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Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario has declared his policy direction and advocacy of having only a “few” political appointees while recruiting the “best and the brightest” under his leadership.
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                    [Title] => Market to enter consolidation phase this week – analysts
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The stock market is likely to enter a consolidation phase this week before testing the all-time high level set before the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Some analysts, however, said that the prevailing low interest rate environment is giving investors and traders every reason to continue buying stocks.


Last week, the Philippine composite index or PSEi gained 55.81 percent, or 1.67 percent, to 3,389.37, the highest close since Feb. 5, 1997 when it settled at 3,396.04 points.  The all-time high level was recorded at 3,447.60 posted on Feb. 3, 2007.


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                    [Title] => Staying the course
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During the critical days of GMA’s administration, especially after the resignation of the Hyatt 10 in 2005 and the subsequent impeachment attempts and calls for her resignation, the consistent counsel given to GMA from those whom she sought advice from was simply to "stay the course." GMA did stay the course, doing what she had to do and carrying on with tight fiscal reforms that were even branded as unpopular.
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                    [Title] => Peso closes in on 47:$1
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The peso continued to rally yesterday, nearly touching the 47-to-a-dollar level as it hit an intraday high of 48.090 to $1.


At the Philippine Dealing System (PDS), the peso closed 15 centavos higher at 48.10 from Thursday’s close of 48.25 to $1. Yesterday’s close was the highest since March 14, 2001 when the currency last touched the 48.20- to-a-dollar level.


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                    [Title] => Stocks rise to 10-year high on upbeat economic outlook
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Share prices closed 2.38 percent higher yesterday to levels last seen just prior to the Asian crisis 10 years ago amid upbeat investor outlook for the economy, dealers said. 


The Philippine Stock Exchange Index jumped 78.43, or 2.4 percent, to 3,379.37, its highest close since Feb. 10, 1997. The main stock measure is less than a hundred points from its record close of 3,447.60, a level it reached on Feb. 3, 1997.


Some analysts and fund managers expect the index to climb to 3,500 this year.


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                    [Title] => RP gets high marks from CalPERS
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The Philippines posted the highest rate of improvement among 27 emerging markets evaluated by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the United States’ biggest pension fund, Malacañang announced yesterday.


In his memorandum to President Arroyo dated Feb.1, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said CalPERS’ consulting firm, Wilshire Associates, provided the Department of Foreign Affairs with an advance copy of its report on the Philippines.


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                    [Title] => Unlikely diplomat was RP’s best envoy to US
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Albert del Rosario’s five years as Philippine ambassador to the US was a nonstop race against time. Confirmed by Congress in Oct. 2001, he flew to his new post the next day after a rush briefing at the foreign office. Gloria Arroyo was to visit Washington in six weeks, so del Rosario needed to arrange all her meetings, chiefly with George W. Bush. Yet the embassy still had to fix his own presentation of credentials to the White House, for only then may he officially operate.
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                    [Title] => Calpers ‘bothered’ by reports of RP labor violations — TUCP
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American and other foreign investors are bothered by reports of widespread labor standard violations in the Philippines and may pull out their capital from the country, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) warned yesterday.


TUCP said the California Public Employees Retirement System (Calpers), one of the country’s top investors, is worried over reports of labor violations in the country.


Calpers previously commissioned a study, which indicated widespread violations in the Philippines.


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                    [Title] => CalPERS investments in RP up 16.5% to $78.33-M
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The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the biggest pension fund in the US, has been gradually increasing its stock investments in the Philippines, based on a study conducted by the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).


Available records show that CalPERS’ investments in local stocks amounted to $78.33 million as of its last fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, up 16.5 percent from $67.25 million at the previous fiscal year.


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                    [Title] => Peso hits 40-month high of 51.57:$1
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Last week, the Philippine composite index or PSEi gained 55.81 percent, or 1.67 percent, to 3,389.37, the highest close since Feb. 5, 1997 when it settled at 3,396.04 points.  The all-time high level was recorded at 3,447.60 posted on Feb. 3, 2007.


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                    [Title] => Peso closes in on 47:$1
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The peso continued to rally yesterday, nearly touching the 47-to-a-dollar level as it hit an intraday high of 48.090 to $1.


At the Philippine Dealing System (PDS), the peso closed 15 centavos higher at 48.10 from Thursday’s close of 48.25 to $1. Yesterday’s close was the highest since March 14, 2001 when the currency last touched the 48.20- to-a-dollar level.


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                    [Title] => Stocks rise to 10-year high on upbeat economic outlook
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Share prices closed 2.38 percent higher yesterday to levels last seen just prior to the Asian crisis 10 years ago amid upbeat investor outlook for the economy, dealers said. 


The Philippine Stock Exchange Index jumped 78.43, or 2.4 percent, to 3,379.37, its highest close since Feb. 10, 1997. The main stock measure is less than a hundred points from its record close of 3,447.60, a level it reached on Feb. 3, 1997.


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In his memorandum to President Arroyo dated Feb.1, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said CalPERS’ consulting firm, Wilshire Associates, provided the Department of Foreign Affairs with an advance copy of its report on the Philippines.


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                    [Title] => Unlikely diplomat was RP’s best envoy to US
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                    [Title] => Calpers ‘bothered’ by reports of RP labor violations — TUCP
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American and other foreign investors are bothered by reports of widespread labor standard violations in the Philippines and may pull out their capital from the country, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) warned yesterday.


TUCP said the California Public Employees Retirement System (Calpers), one of the country’s top investors, is worried over reports of labor violations in the country.


Calpers previously commissioned a study, which indicated widespread violations in the Philippines.


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                    [Title] => CalPERS investments in RP up 16.5% to $78.33-M
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Available records show that CalPERS’ investments in local stocks amounted to $78.33 million as of its last fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, up 16.5 percent from $67.25 million at the previous fiscal year.


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