Doing Business 2014 Launch Speech of Mr. Motoo Konishi, Philippines_ Country Director, World Bank
Read MoreSpeech of Speaker Belmonte during the MBC Membership meeting - Sep 30, 2013
Read MoreIt may be the single biggest challenge the Aquino administration faces in its drive to reduce poverty: how to create more and better jobs that raise r
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – Despite stellar economic growth and improved ranking in the most widely followed competitiveness survey, business groups still u
Read MoreInequality—or the gap between the rich and the poor—in the Philippines could be worse as the household-income surveys are probably not that accurate d
Read MoreAn official of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has urged the Aquino administration to relax foreign ownership rules as this will help the country att
Read MoreThe unemployment rate rose in July from a year ago despite a robust economic growth traced to rising investments. The National Economic and Develop
Read MoreChamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) President Benjamin Philip G. Romualdez on Tuesday said some $12 billion (P528 billion) in mining investment
Read MoreThe government should amend the retail trade law as it imposes various restrictions to foreign retail investors wanting to do business in the country.
Read MoreBusiness groups including foreign chambers of commerce are advocating the speedier passage of business and economic reform bills to attract more inves
Read MoreReflecting continuing high business confidence in the country, a recent survey among American companies shows the Philippines having the most improved
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) - The Philippines jumped 6 notches higher in its ranking in the 2013 edition of the Global Competitiveness Index, ma
Read MoreSingapore – Captains of industry from the ASEAN region gathered in Singapore Friday at the inaugural of Network ASEAN Forum (NAF) to discuss issues th
Read MoreLast June, Philippine Business Groups (PBG) including the Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) sent a letter to President Aquino listing key issues and propos
Read MoreThe fourth State of the Nation address of President Aquino delivered two days ago was a big let-down for me. After one hour and a half of listening, I
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The Export Development Council (EDC) has begun consultations for the drafting of a new three-year export road map, which will cont
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT plans to further raise infrastructure spending to comprise a bigger percentage of the economy next year, towards a 5% ratio by 2016, a
Read MoreIt has been more than 20 years since the end of the Cory Aquino era when the country was restored to the pre-martial law political institutions. Four
Read MoreServices can be as powerful an instrument to attain inclusive economic growth as manufacturing. Take, for example, the booming export-oriented busines
Read MoreNow that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has withdrawn its two “significant safety concerns” or SSCs issued on the Philippines an
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