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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The National Competitiveness Council has signed an agreement with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL) aimed at establishing a coherent and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Cheaper to do business in PH</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Philippines is becoming increasingly competitive as an investment destination both in manufacturing and services in terms of cost, competency and availability o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:07:43 +0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Electronic clearing to be set up in 1st half</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Philippines will launch a unified customs electronic clearing platform in the first half, a competitiveness official said yesterday, ahead of a commitment to al&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Competitiveness sought to keep local workforce </title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The chairman and chief executive officer of Ayala Corp., Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, said on Monday that the Philippines has to compete like companies for its peo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>The Importance of Country Competitiveness</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;BY JAIME AUGUSTO ZOBEL DE AYALA, Chairman and CEO, Ayala Corporation&lt;br /&gt;Member, National Competitiveness Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:13:11 +0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Economic strategy to hasten growth</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;By Cesar B. Bautista&lt;br /&gt;Former NCC Co-Chairman for the private sector&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>NCC continues to push for policy on Cha-Ro</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) will continue pushing for a policy on chassis roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) in support of the ASEAN Ro-Ro agenda of President &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Trade Secretary Gregory L.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Trade department launched yesterday the first leg of private sector consultations on developing industry road maps in a bid to align competitiveness goals with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Mayors urged to go online, help curb piracy</title>
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 <description>&lt;p class=&quot;standard&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo is urging towns and cities to allow online renewal of mayor’s permits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:02:01 +0800</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Trade department will hold dialogues with experts and stakeholders in creating strategic industry road maps to improve the country’s competitiveness, the agen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;To step up the country’s competitiveness, the &lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot;&gt;Department of Trade and Industry&lt;/span&gt; (DTI) yesterday launched the Philippine Business Registr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:56:56 +0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Aquino to focus on three sectors of Arangkada Philippines</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;President Benigno S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;President Aquino on Thursday assured local and foreign investors that the government is moving to ensure fair and competitive power rates in the country to boost th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>New industry roadmaps planned to improve PH competitiveness</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will tap the private sector in the drafting of industry roadmaps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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