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MANILA (AFP) —Trying to set up a grand European Union-style economic community for Asia "does not appear feasible" the president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Thursday. 


The focus should be shifted towards setting up sub-regional groups, ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda told a conference in Manila. 


"Reaching a broad political and social consensus needed to develop a far-reaching pan-Asian grand plan of regional economic integration does not appear feasible at this stage," he said. 


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In open-ended plans, a pre-need firm pays the tuition of a beneficiary regardless of the amount due.


This is opposed to a fixed value plan that specifies a fixed amount the beneficiary would receive upon maturity.


FPPC president Juan Miguel Vazquez said there should be a cap for open-ended benefits to ensure the survival of pre-need companies.


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Education policies pushed to produce globally competitive workforce

By Ghio Ong | July 17, 2008 - 12:00am

The Philippines should pursue education policies that would help develop a globally competitive workforce and intensify public-private partnerships to fast-track political and economic reforms in the country, the...

Headlines

AIM to appeal NLRC ruling on suspended professors

By Rainier Allan Ronda | March 16, 2008 - 12:00am

Metro

EU-style Asian economic community not feasible - ADB

March 2, 2007 - 12:00am

MANILA (AFP) —Trying to set up a grand European Union-style economic community for Asia "does not appear feasible" the president of the Asian Development...

Headlines

Pre-need group seeks benefits ceiling on open-ended plans

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | June 22, 2005 - 12:00am

The Federation of Philippine Pre-Need Plan Companies (FPPC) is seeking a ceiling on the benefits paid to planholders of open-ended plans to ensure the continued operations of pre-need firms. In open-ended plans,...

Business