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PRESS SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN RICARDO

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Government urged to streamline requirements for SMEs

April 23, 2001 - 12:00am

The government should streamline business processing and do away with useless requirements to start commercial ventures especially for small and medium scale enterprises if it wants to attract more investors and...

Business

Government urged to streamline requirements for SMEs

April 23, 2001 - 12:00am

The government should streamline business processing and do away with useless requirements to start commercial ventures especially for small and medium scale enterprises if it wants to attract more investors and...

Business

Puno, other Laban bets sign pro-education covenant

March 14, 2001 - 12:00am

Senatorial candidates of the opposition Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Laban) have vowed, if elected, to mount a bipartisan push for a bale of initiatives that would further the interests of Filipino students and...

Nation

Puno welcomes layoff moratorium

March 10, 2001 - 12:00am

Anticipating potential benefits for the masses, former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. welcomed the other day two significant developments in the labor and power sectors...

Nation

Puno urges government to develop alternative export markets

March 5, 2001 - 12:00am

The government should develop non-traditional markets for Philippine products to stop the growth slowdown of the export sector and prepare for the possible slump of the US economy, the country’s...

Nation

Puno calls on government to fill up court vacancies

March 2, 2001 - 12:00am

To ensure that "those who have less in life should have more in law," former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. underscored the need to fill up the thousands of...

Nation