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Saturday, 27 December 2008 |
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!Even if the world is in a global economic turmoil and some countries
are even in a worse of situation due to political and civil strife, let
us all join hands and be reminded of what we already have and grateful
that we could have had less.
To give everybody an opportunity to
be with their family and loved ones, the PCA offices are closed for the
entire duration of the Christmas Holidays. Like the rest of the
Philippines, normal office operations resume 05 January 2009.
The Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA) its Officers, Board
of Directors, Members, Chapters, Affiliates and Secretariat Staff
wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year! |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 |
US Steel Industry, in Slump, Looks to Federal Stimulus By LOUIS UCHITELLE
Published: January 1, 2009
The steel industry, having entered the recession in the best of health, is emerging as a leading indicator of what lies ahead. As steel production goes — and it is now in collapse — so will go the national economy.
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Saturday, 27 December 2008 |
2009 PCA OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN & CONSULTANTSIn its initial Board Meeting held last 15 December 2008 at the PCA Boardroom, the new Board of Directors voted unanimously on the following:
01. Anthony L. Fernandez President
02. Augusto F. Manalo First Vice President
03 Raul M. Irlanda Second Vice President
04. Ellen Chua Secretary
05. John Bautista Treasurer
06. Filomeno Castillo, Jr. Director
07. Napoleon Co Director
08. Eric A. Cruz Director
09. Nicandro G. Linao Director
10. Ronnel S. Paclibar Director
11. Lito Pascual Director
12. Charles Sy Director
13. Lily Pio Roda Director
14. Mauro P. Sanchez Director
15. Felizardo R. Sevilla, Jr. Director
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
A primer on financial crisis and the Philippine economyWhat’s a financial crisis? Are we in one?
The Philippine economy is not in a financial crisis. A leading authority, Charles Kindleberger, has used a definition of financial crisis as “a sharp, brief, ultra-cyclical deterioration of all or most of a group of financial indicators – short-term interest rates, asset prices, commercial insolvencies, and failures of financial institutions.”
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