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Senate President Manny
Villar keynotes the opening of the Annual Call Center
Conference and Expo 2008 organized by the Contact Center
Association of the Philippines, the country’s premier
learning and networking event for the call-center
industry, at the SMX Convention Center at the SM Mall of
Asia in Pasay City. Roy Domingo
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TOP STORIES |
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Ralph Recto named new Neda chief |
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PRESIDENT
Arroyo has appointed former senator Ralph Recto, the author
of the administration’s vaunted expanded value-added tax
(E-VAT) law, as director general of the National Economic
and Development Authority (Neda), Malacaņang announced on
Wednesday. |
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US recession only shortterm |
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THE
organization of contact centers in the country, Contact
Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP), said the US
recession would only affect the industry in the immediate
term and not in the long run. |
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Exports sector in fighting mode despite global slide |
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THE
Philippines is setting an “ambitious” goal—considering the
global economic slide seen to continue at least until next
year—of increasing its combined merchandise and services
export revenues to $84.4 billion in 2010 based on industry
growth-rate targets of 9 percent for 2008, 14 percent for
2009 and 15 percent for 2010. |
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Tetangco hints at more rate hikes to tame inflation |
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THE central
bank chief hinted Wednesday at further raising interest
rates to control inflation, which has been driven to a
14-year high by spiraling oil and food prices. |
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RP retirees boosting property outlook |
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OVERSEAS
Filipinos and retirees remain the most active buyers of
residential property in the Philippines despite the sluggish
economic environment prevailing, and their spending has kept
a train of industry-linked enterprises going, according to
an official of an international real-estate services
company. |
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Treasury caps sale of RTBs |
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THE
government has capped the sale of retail Treasury bonds or
RTBs to P70 billion despite higher demand for the three- and
five-year IOUs. |
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ARMM |
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TAKING a cue
from Malacaņang, the Arroyo-dominated House of
Representatives said Wednesday that Congress can pass a
joint resolution to postpone the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) elections, set on August 11. |
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KL
admits it |
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DESPITE
Malaysia’s current crackdown on undocumented Filipino
workers, its ambassador to the Philippines said its economy
would still need to rehire these people to be able to
augment the labor requirement of their industries. |
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RP
Malaysia trade |
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WITH strong
interests in setting up rubber and palm plantations, as well
as engaging in the booming services sector in the
Philippines, Kuala Lumpur expects to increase its trade with
Manila by 10 percent to $5.4 billion this year, said
Malaysian envoy to the Philippines Dato Ahmad Rasidi Hazizi. |
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Without modernized agri |
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SEN. Edgardo
Angara is moving to get the government’s firm commitment to
modernize agriculture in the country, asserting this is the
surefire solution to guarantee food sufficiency and increase
the Philippines’ competitiveness in global agriculture
trade. |
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Eton at Greenbelt
Reflecting
the local property sector’s upbeat mood despite a
slowdown in the US, Eton Properties Philippines Inc.
held its groundbreaking for Eton Residences Greenbelt, a
luxury condo that will soon rise in Makati City. From
left are Alvin Tan, Eton senior manager; John Tan, Basic
Holdings executive; Jaime Bautista, Philippine Airlines
president; Danilo Ignacio, Eton president and COO; and
Johnny Tan, president of G-E Construction. Nonie
Reyes |
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