The bill creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology was approved Wednesday at the House of Representatives on second readi
Read MorePOSSIBLE REVISIONS to a pending incentives rationalization bill have been submitted to the Senate by foreign businessmen bidding to have equity limi
Read MoreThis is a re-posted photo release from the website of the Senate of the Philippines. Senator Manny Villar, chair of the Committee on Trade and
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 MoreThe CEOs of the top corporations in the country have pledged to renounce any form of bribery and to conduct their business ethically according to a
Read MoreJAPAN’S BUSINESS CHAMBER has asked the government to develop Batangas port into an industrial complex to help its members -- many of whom operate ju
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. Often easily cast in the role of bogeyman in tales of corruption, big business is considered by most to be a mercile
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) wants the constitutional limits on foreign ownership to stay, specifically o
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. MANILA, Philippines - In the power sector, non-oil sources of energy will account for 70 percent or more of power
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) together with 10 Philippine business groups and the House of Representatives recently agreed
Read MoreThe House of Representatives has committed to give priority to 23 bills that seek to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of local businesse
Read MorePHILIPPINE GROSS domestic product grew at 7.3 percent in 2010, propelled mainly by industry and services. Now that the main engine of growth is the
Read MoreTHE RETIREMENT & Healthcare Coalition (RHC) and a German certification firm will work with hospitals to raise service standards in a bid to attr
Read MoreAsean’s big role in American firms’ future seen American businesses operating in the country are optimistic that the Philippine economy will contin
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
Read MoreNEARLY 650 private firms and business groups have signed up for the Integrity Pledge initiative, giving the private sector-led campaign a large pool
Read MoreBUSINESS GROUPS expect the bulk of recommended laws to pass within the next 18 months as the government helps fast-track economic competitiveness im
Read MoreFOREIGN CHAMBERS want the government to consider shortening the Foreign Investment Negative List to support President Benigno S. C. Aquino III’s pro
Read MoreLOCAL and foreign business groups are intensifying their lobby for the passage of at least 12 proposed laws, as they prod legislators to make 2011 a
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