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"The Development Budget and Coordinating Committee (DBCC) has not made any changes to the country’s growth target," said Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Augusto B. Santos.


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NEDA mulls lower GDP growth target for this yr

By Ted P. Torres | September 5, 2005 - 12:00am

Despite the lifting of the temporary retraining order (TRO) on the expanded value added tax (EVAT) law, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is planning to scale down the government’s gross...

Business

Dubai Indulgence

By ROVING IMP By KRISTALLE MARIE GARCIA-KEKERT | September 5, 2005 - 12:00am

An update on Dubai - It's hard to believe that a century ago, Dubai was little more than a hot desert land strewn with a handful of modest huts, home only to sand-roaming Bedouins and a camel or two. But over the...

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Government sticks to 5.3% GDP growth target for 2005

By Ted P. Torres | August 21, 2005 - 12:00am

The National Government will stick to its gross domestic product (GDP) growth target of 5.3 percent for the whole of 2005 despite continued threats from external forces such as skyrocketing world oil prices. "The...

Business