Key economic bills to shore up government revenues are being readied by the Aquino administration for approval by the 16th Congr
Read MoreFormer President Fidel V. Ramos on Tuesday called for a constitutional change that will open the country to more foreign investm
Read MoreMANILA - The Philippines will start talks for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) next month,
Read MoreMANILA - The government has made inroads at improving the business environment and growing the economy, but further reforms ha
Read MoreThe Philippine Air Services Negotiating Panel is eyeing air talks with at least seven more nations as it aligns the Department of Touris
Read MoreON THE provision of public infrastructure, the Philippines is the worst performing among ASEAN-5 economies. Foreign investors
Read MoreThe National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) aims to accelerate infrastructure spending to increase its share of the gross domesti
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The country’s growth is on the right track but much remains to be done, including by Congress, to make sure the ec
Read MoreDepartment of Trade and Industry officials will likely confer the European Union early March on moving forward the ongoing proce
Read More“Unfortunately, it’s really difficult to get the bureaucracy to work on all of these details, as anybody who has tried to lead a change
Read MoreCriticism continues to mount over the government’s apparent inability to set a definite course on the development of the Clark
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the Aquino government eyes a threefold incre
Read MoreThe Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that the government will demand for gross revenue sharing from mining projects to en
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT has already tackled more than half, or 65 percent, of the reforms proposed by foreign businessmen to help the P
Read MoreMANILA - The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday said it will pursue air talks with the governments of South Korea, Hong Kong and Mal
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The total value of smuggling in the Philippines amounts to $20 billion per year, according to former Fin
Read MorePosting an annual economic growth of more than 6 percent is no longer a “fluke” for the Philippines, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo sai
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT last year moved on more reforms prescribed by the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFC) in December 2010, according to
Read MoreTHE government must immediately focus on plugging what former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo described as a gaping “smuggling hole”
Read MoreThe government is moving towards further liberalizing the investment regime in the country as it pushed for the passage of thr
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