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                    [Title] => Government to price Samurai bond issue Feb 23
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The government is set to price its Samurai bond offer of up to $1.1 billion (¥100 billion) on February 23 and possibly complete its commercial borrowing requirements for the year, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said Tuesday night.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 406612 [Title] => Lacson: JPEPA vote not a trade-off [Summary] =>

Opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson maintained yesterday that he voted for the ratification of the controversial Japan-Philippines ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298628 [Title] => Signing of RP-Japan FTA seen to take place next yr [Summary] => TOKYO, Japan — The signing of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Japan and the Philippines is likely to take place in the first semester of 2006 with ongoing negotiations deadlocked due to unresolved issues.

"There are still a number of concerns that need to be sufficiently addressed and we have to ensure that both parties will come out of negotiations satisfied with the results," said Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon.
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An organization of overseas performing artists (OPAs) is accusing some government officials of turning Japanese promoters into "milking cows" through the imposition of the verification system and escrow bond requirement.
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Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon has reportedly ordered labor officials to suspend the verification and authentication processes of the work contracts of OPAs, a local recruitment agency revealed yesterday.

The Philippine Association of Recruitment Agencies Deploying Artists (PARADA) said Siazon supposedly gave the order upon the request of Tokyo’s foreign ministry. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255123 [Title] => Rebuttal to ‘Made in Japan’ [Summary] => Having felt alluded to in the "Made in Japan" item of the May 27 issue of SPYBIZ, Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon wrote to rebut the allegations. According to him, the present exchange rate of Y210 to US $1 was first established by former President Cory Aquino in 1986 for the immediate relief of DFA personnel who would have been affected by the depreciation of the US dollar. This rate was also approved by FVR and Joseph Estrada during their terms. Siazon said it isn’t true that the exchange rate used is three times the normal. [DatePublished] => 2004-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730160 [AuthorName] => S.A. Maguire [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252307 [Title] => Ramos doubts ‘People Power’ vs Arroyo possible [Summary] => The proclamation of President Arroyo as the winner in the May 10 elections is unlikely to trigger "EDSA-type" massive street protests.

Former President Fidel Ramos bared his post-election assessment during a press conference yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) before he left for Tokyo, Japan to attend an Asian leaders’ conference.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231432 [Title] => Gov’t to ask written peace commitment from MILF [Summary] => The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) must present a written commitment renouncing terrorism as a condition to start the formal peace talks with the government starting January next year.

Presidential deputy spokesman Ricardo Saludo said the government will demand a written commitment from the MILF renouncing terrorism as well as commitment to help the government identify and arrest members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants.
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[DatePublished] => 2003-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186272 [Title] => GMA to seek more aid from Japan [Summary] => President Arroyo is to seek increased aid from Japan, the Philippines’ top provider of official development assistance, during a three-day state visit to Tokyo, officials said yesterday.

Mrs. Arroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo are to depart for Japan for the three-day state visit at 9:20 a.m. today.

Malacañang said Mrs. Arroyo would deliver tomorrow an address before the Diet, the Japanese parliament, meet Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and make a traditional call on Emperor Akihito.
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                    [Title] => Government to price Samurai bond issue Feb 23
                    [Summary] => 

The government is set to price its Samurai bond offer of up to $1.1 billion (¥100 billion) on February 23 and possibly complete its commercial borrowing requirements for the year, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said Tuesday night.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 406612 [Title] => Lacson: JPEPA vote not a trade-off [Summary] =>

Opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson maintained yesterday that he voted for the ratification of the controversial Japan-Philippines ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298628 [Title] => Signing of RP-Japan FTA seen to take place next yr [Summary] => TOKYO, Japan — The signing of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Japan and the Philippines is likely to take place in the first semester of 2006 with ongoing negotiations deadlocked due to unresolved issues.

"There are still a number of concerns that need to be sufficiently addressed and we have to ensure that both parties will come out of negotiations satisfied with the results," said Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275999 [Title] => Gov’t milking Japanese promoters, OPAs claim [Summary] => Are they being milked for all they’re worth?

An organization of overseas performing artists (OPAs) is accusing some government officials of turning Japanese promoters into "milking cows" through the imposition of the verification system and escrow bond requirement.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546326 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275610 [Title] => RP eases policy on Japanese promoters [Summary] => The Philippine government has suspended regulations restricting Japanese promoters from hiring Filipino entertainers in an apparent bid to promote the deployment of overseas performing artists (OPAs).

Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon has reportedly ordered labor officials to suspend the verification and authentication processes of the work contracts of OPAs, a local recruitment agency revealed yesterday.

The Philippine Association of Recruitment Agencies Deploying Artists (PARADA) said Siazon supposedly gave the order upon the request of Tokyo’s foreign ministry. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255123 [Title] => Rebuttal to ‘Made in Japan’ [Summary] => Having felt alluded to in the "Made in Japan" item of the May 27 issue of SPYBIZ, Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon wrote to rebut the allegations. According to him, the present exchange rate of Y210 to US $1 was first established by former President Cory Aquino in 1986 for the immediate relief of DFA personnel who would have been affected by the depreciation of the US dollar. This rate was also approved by FVR and Joseph Estrada during their terms. Siazon said it isn’t true that the exchange rate used is three times the normal. [DatePublished] => 2004-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730160 [AuthorName] => S.A. Maguire [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252307 [Title] => Ramos doubts ‘People Power’ vs Arroyo possible [Summary] => The proclamation of President Arroyo as the winner in the May 10 elections is unlikely to trigger "EDSA-type" massive street protests.

Former President Fidel Ramos bared his post-election assessment during a press conference yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) before he left for Tokyo, Japan to attend an Asian leaders’ conference.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231432 [Title] => Gov’t to ask written peace commitment from MILF [Summary] => The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) must present a written commitment renouncing terrorism as a condition to start the formal peace talks with the government starting January next year.

Presidential deputy spokesman Ricardo Saludo said the government will demand a written commitment from the MILF renouncing terrorism as well as commitment to help the government identify and arrest members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196200 [Title] => Dignitaries attend centennial of workers who built Benguet Rd. [Summary] => A day of remembrance along the scenic and historic mountain highway called Kennon Road that was to become the world famous summer capital of the Philippines-Baguio almost a century ago to the rest of the world was attended yesterday morning by Filipino, Japanese and American dignitaries who offered flowers beside a marker on the view deck of the main gateway to the Cordilleras. This was in commemoration of the centennial of the arrival of some 1,500 workers who helped build what was then known as the Benguet Road.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186272 [Title] => GMA to seek more aid from Japan [Summary] => President Arroyo is to seek increased aid from Japan, the Philippines’ top provider of official development assistance, during a three-day state visit to Tokyo, officials said yesterday.

Mrs. Arroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo are to depart for Japan for the three-day state visit at 9:20 a.m. today.

Malacañang said Mrs. Arroyo would deliver tomorrow an address before the Diet, the Japanese parliament, meet Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and make a traditional call on Emperor Akihito.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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