Department of Trade and Industry officials will likely confer the European Union early March on moving forward the ongoing proce
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Read MoreThis is a re-posted article THE SENATE LAST NIGHT ratified a reconciled bill allowing foreigners to take a majority stake in rural banks, a
Read MoreThe National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is considering possible amendments to the Foreign Investments Act to address the
Read MoreMANILA - The business community has called on legislators to pass key economic reform bills before the 15th Congress goes on break for the mid-term
Read MoreASEAN’s full economic integration two years from now should be a compelling reason for the Philippines and EU to finally enter into a free trade agr
Read MoreLET’S MAKE THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT NEGATIVE LIST LESS NEGATIVE The Philippine Government recently released the 9th Foreign Investment Negative Li
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The country's biggest telecommunications firm, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), lost in its appeal at the Suprem
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government can increase the value of foreign direct investment (FDIs) in the country by creating a more competi
Read MoreMalacañang said on Wednesday that the government will work for the “continuous improvement” of the country’s economic freedom following the slightly
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Prospective investors in the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) program for infrastructure are asking the Aquino ad
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - A professor of the University of the Philippines (UP) School of Economics and fellow of the Institute for Development and Econ
Read MoreA STUDY on the merits of amending the Constitution has yet to be finished, a Cabinet official said, as economic managers continue talks with the pri
Read MoreI am giving my full support to the move in both chambers of Congress to amend the economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution that unreasonably res
Read MoreMY FRIEND, comrade, and fellow BusinessWorld columnist Toti Chikiamco sent me the open letter of the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF). The open
Read MoreDESPITE repeated pronouncements from Malacañang that it is against Charter change, the Philippines would have to amend its Constitution at some poin
Read MoreObviously buoyed by his successful shepherding of two impeachment votes last year, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte declared with utmost confidence that t
Read MoreThe report that Speaker Feliciano Belmonte of the House and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile will revive discussions to amend the restrictive econ
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Read MoreLifting foreign equity limits through changes to the Constitution soon is unlikely, a ranking Trade official last week said, hinting however that a
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