RP will meet 2005 MDG target, PGMA assures U.N.
NEW YORK CITY - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo committed to the United Nations (UN) today that the Philippines will meet the 2015 target date of achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDG).
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Economic managers assure RP strong enough to withstand global financial
MANILA, Sept. 30 (PNA) – Philippine economic managers on Tuesday said the domestic economy is strong enough to face the global financial turbulence. In a statement issued late in the day, the economic team said it is working with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in monitoring developments in the global financial markets.
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Wooing Korea into Coral Triangle Initiative
The Philippines is an archipelago rich with tourism options waiting to be explored. One of their most important attractions -- which so happens to be as important to the world's production of fresh air as the Amazon jungle -- is their marine diversity.
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Int'l Mask Arts and Culture Org invites Bacolod's Masskara Festivalvagifem erfaringer vagifem 25 mg vagifem 10
Negros Occidental (3 October) -- Bacolod City, with its world famous Masskara Festival, has been invited to join the International Mask Arts and Culture Organization (IMACO), Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia disclosed
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Policy Statements on PGMA's Speech during the Media Launch of the Global Forum on Migration and Development , October 07, 2008 Presidential Briefing Studio, Kalayaan Hall, Malacañang
Governance "I direct our economic team to work hard on all fronts to manage inflationary pressures and provide a safety net to those hit hardest by these global developments. I direct them to draw up a contingency plan to cushion the impact of a possible economic recession of the developed economies on the ordinary people of the Philippines. Possible, but you hope it will not happen, but it's important to have a contingency plan. And I direct the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Labor and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas to draw up a similar plan for overseas Filipinos."
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Policy Statements from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Speech during the Economist Conferences Business Roundtable with the Government of the Philippines, Grand Ballroom, Dusit Tthani Hotel, Makati City, October 10, 2008
Speech at http://www.op.gov.ph/speeches.asp Governance "We are proving the value of a new paradigm for self-reliance through the use of: first, a targeted strategy with a set of precise prescriptions to ease the price challenges we are facing; second, rice self-sufficiency and more energy independence; and third, long-term reforms."
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Weekly summary of press releases - October 17, 2008
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is calling on the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to unite and "take a bold step forward" to ensure that its regional and individual member economies are protected from the crisis currently gripping world economies.
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PGMA welcomes new Korea and Finland ambassadors; bids farewell to French envoybioclavid wiki bioclavid modic bioclavid til hunde
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo received today the letters of credentials of the newly designated ambassadors of Korea and Finland to the Philippines as she bade goodbye to the outgoing French ambassador.
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Countries prepare draft declaration on Coral Triangle protection
MANILA(PNA) - Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and the Philippines came up with the proposed Manila Declaration of Support and Commitment to the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on coral reefs, fisheries and food security for possible signing this week.
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GMA signs EO launching job generation visa
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed today, 18 November 2008, an executive order that would allow foreigners to stay in the Philippines indefinitely provided they will employ at least 10 Filipinos.
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FFCCCI vows assistance to Filipino workers displaced by global crisisbioclavid wiki kapslerbruger.site bioclavid til hunde
The Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) has vowed to help the government find new jobs for Filipino workers displaced by the current global economic crisis.
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RP economy grew by 4.6 percent in 2008
MANILA, Jan. 29 (PNA) -- Despite the reeling effects of the global financial crisis, the Philippine economy posted a 4.6 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2008.
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Arroyo administration moves to assist joblessbioclavid wiki bioclavid modic bioclavid til hunde
MANILA, Jan. 31 (PNA) -- The Arroyo administration has come up with measures to assist workers who have lost their jobs here and abroad due to the global economic crisis, one of which is to come up with a website on available job vacancies.
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PHILIPPINES' STIMULUS PACKAGE -RECTO BARES RP'S FRAMEWORK FOR ECONOMIC RESILIENCY PLAN
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director-General Ralph G. Recto today bared the framework for the PhP300 billion Economic Resiliency Plan which aims to pump prime the economy in 2009. The Plan, which is the country's own stimulus package, was borne by President Arroyo's desire for the country "to hit the ground running in 2009" in response to the global economic crisis.
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Skills-retooling program going to where OFWs are
The government`s skills-retooling program for Filipino expatriate workers is going where the Filipino workers in foreign countries are.
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