MANILA, Philippines – There is no need to amend the Constitution even if the changes will only affect economic provisions, President Benigno Aquino
Read MoreThis is a re-posted Senate press release. Changes to the economic provisions of the Constitution should be introduced now, with Senator Franklin Dril
Read MoreThis is a re-posted Senate press release. Senator Edgardo J. Angara stressed the need to prioritize changing restrictive policies on foreign investme
Read MorePRESIDENT Benigno S. C. Aquino III said that amendments to economic provisions in the Constitution are not necessary for economic progress but said
Read MoreBESIDES the constitutional issues on the proposed mode for Charter change, the opening up of the economic provisions for amendments would give the g
Read MoreAN EASING of ownership limits will be proposed by the Board of Investments (BoI) during an upcoming review of the Foreign Investment Negative List,
Read MorePlans to shorten foreign investment negative list The government has committed to allow foreigners to invest in more industries and practice more p
Read MoreCONGRESS has again turned its sights on revamping the Constitution but its leaders yesterday pledged that amendments would be limited this time to e
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. One cannot fail to be impressed by the swiftness with which the leaders of the two chambers of Congress have agree
Read MoreHouse Minority Leader Edcel Lagman on Saturday said the agreement among congressional leaders to use the legislative process to amend the Constituti
Read MoreThe Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the latest efforts by congressional leaders to change t
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. For over a decade now, there have been several efforts to introduce changes in the Constitution. Each time the stumb
Read MoreCAPS ON foreign ownership of real estate in the Philippines pose the biggest hindrance to growing the local property sector, an international consul
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte think some economic provisions in the Constituti
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) wants the constitutional limits on foreign ownership to stay, specifically o
Read MoreJAPANESE OFFICIALS cited the Philippine business environment, power rates, infrastructure, and foreign equity limits as con
Read MoreBUENOS AIRES—Argentina's Congress is gearing up for a debate on a bill to limit the amount of farmland foreigners can buy, amid a surge of interest
Read MoreThe Asian Development Bank has urged developing countries, including the Philippines, to pursue measures that will provide good-quality jobs for the
Read MoreA group of rural banks in the country lauded efforts of Congress to draft a law that will allow the sector to accept foreign capital. The Rural Ban
Read MoreFOREIGN businessmen are again urging lawmakers to ease limits on the entry of professionals, saying this would open the economy to a wider talent po
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