PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Tiffany & Company is quietly building a diamond-polishing factory in Cambodia, a country popularly associated more with kil
Read MoreSKETCHES By Ana Marie Pamintuan The administration is still basking in the glow of the country’s first-ever investment grade rating from Fitch. The
Read MoreDEMAND AND SUPPLY By Boo Chanco If DTI Secretary Greg Domingo is to be believed, we are no longer the wallflower in the FDI ball. Investors are fin
Read MoreSource: Rappler. 1 April 2013. MANILA, Philippines - #TalkThursday's guest this week is Cesar V. Purisima, the Secretary of the Philippine Depa
Read MoreBy Benjamin E. Diokno THE BENEFITS of the first ever investment-grade upgrade are grossly exaggerated. The behavior of the stock market last Monday
Read MoreFrom The Rushford Report Let’s cast a gimlet eye on President Barack Obama’s “pivot” toward Asia. Viewed from important Asian capital cities — T
Read MoreInvestments registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) in the first quarter this year soared 171.12 percent to P53.75 billion again
Read MoreHONG KONG — The Philippines was once the sick man of Asia: badly managed, corrupt and poor. Years of efforts by the government of President Benigno
Read MoreREVIEW & OUTLOOK ASIA One of the brighter economic growth stories in Asia over the past year got a little brighter yesterday, when the Philippi
Read MoreEditors' Note: This infographic was prepared in January 2013 in anticipation of a credit rating upgrade. On March 27, 2013, the Philippines won it
Read MoreTHE GROWTH of the Philippines’ Human Development Index (HDI) in 2012 lags behind that of other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countrie
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT is coming up with an updated medium-term development plan (MTDP) that will be centered on “job creation” and will be presented by Presi
Read MoreTHE PHILIPPINE government is committed to strong, sustainable and inclusive growth. The latter means that the poor should not be left behind in th
Read MoreMANILA - The government has made inroads at improving the business environment and growing the economy, but further reforms ha
Read MoreOur economy’s growth rate may have stepped up to 6.6 percent from 3.9 percent in 2011, but that’s still not quite growing twice as fast—
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Promoting a more conducive business environment remains one of the main priorities of President Aquino in the rem
Read MoreThe Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in the Philippines said it believed that while economic growth in the Philippines was very encour
Read MoreDAVAO CITY -- Job creation is critical if the Philippines is to make sure that its strong economic growth becomes inclusive, officials yes
Read MoreThe country is back on the radar of foreign investors, President Aquino declared upon his return the other day from the World Economic Forum in Sw
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