IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT, raising excise tax rates on some products and streamlining investors’ fiscal perks are a preferable option for government as
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Right. Reforming our investment laws is not a silver bullet. I don’t think advocates ever said that. There are oth
Read MoreIn the last Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, we ranked near the bottom. The Philippines is second-to-the-last among A
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The year 2009 was another year of varied attempts to achieve Charter change. None succeeded. The last was the (Ra
Read MorePOSSIBLE REVISIONS to a pending incentives rationalization bill have been submitted to the Senate by foreign businessmen bidding to have equity limi
Read MoreSenator Franklin Drilon believes that once plenary debates on amending the Constitution begin in Congress, President Benigno Aquino III will be conv
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Charter change in the past was unpopular because of the general belief that it was a ploy of incumbent politicians
Read MoreBILLS PROPOSING tax breaks for companies involved in the business of hybrid cars have advanced through both chambers of Congress, though at differen
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Congress will continue its efforts to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution despite the reluctance of Preside
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Amending the economic provisions of the Constitution is no guarantee for faster growth or bigger foreign investments, but a st
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Leaders of Congress have reportedly proposed the amendment of the economic provisions of the Constitution through
Read MoreMANILA, 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 MoreIn summary, the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce do not believe that the Retail Trade Act has achieved its objective of liberalizing foreign ow
Read MoreSENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman are heading for “war” over arguments on the unconstitutionality of a “legi
Read MoreThe thing going for it is that it can’t be suspected of being a ploy to keep a president in power. Which was what all the efforts to change the Char
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 MoreCONGRESS has again turned its sights on revamping the Constitution but its leaders yesterday pledged that amendments would be limited this time to e
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