PHILIPPINE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2004.

MANILA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:

MANILA TIMES:

- Foreign investors remain doubtful about the ability of the Arroyo administration to fulfill its reform promises, according to a global investment bank.

- The country's economy, measured by gross domestic product (GDP), is expected to post a lower growth in the last two quarters of the year compared with the first two quarters of the year, a government official said.

- Power-sector reform, under Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan, is expected to jack up the high power rates paid by residential consumers.

- As incoming aircraft lineup to land at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, passengers often catch a glimpse of a gleaming new terminal building.

- The Department of Energy (DOE) said on Friday that at least 900 government ...