General Business Environment – Page 2

October 6, 20110

One more growth forecast downgrade

ANOTHER THINK TANK has downgraded its growth forecasts for the Philippines, which it described as “resilient, not immune” to global financial troubl

October 6, 20110

This is a re-posted op-ed piece. The Philippines is no longer “a horror story” and prospective investors are “lining up” to do business in the countr

October 4, 20110

This is a re-posted opinion piece. I was still a kid when I first heard the claim that our country was a land of limitless potentials. Agriculture wa

October 4, 20110

PRESIDENT Aquino declared his four-day official visit to Japan a “resounding success” after he was promised some $1.78 billion in investments in ene

October 3, 20110

THE PHILIPPINES slipped a notch in a list of 66 economies ranked according to support they give information technology (IT) firms in a biennial surv

September 28, 20110

Universal Entertainment Corp. (6425), the Japanese pachinko company that is a part owner of Wynn Resorts Ltd., is targeting 150 billion yen ($2 bill

September 20, 20110

MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino’s satisfaction and trust ratings went up by six and four percentage points, respectively, in the past three m

September 13, 20110

DEALING with Manila can be trying, cables released by WikiLeaks last week indicated, with the American embassy in Manila pointing to politics and po

September 1, 20110

Efforts by the government to catch up on its infrastructure spending in the second quarter fell short as public construction was again cited as a ma

August 31, 20110

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Even from her sickbed, Gloria Arroyo doesn’t stop. The full-page ad boasting of her achievements does it all over