SUMMARY Creating more and better jobs is the biggest challenge facing the Philippine economy. For the Philippines to achieve incl
Read MoreThe Philippines needs to provide an environment conducive to investments especially in manufacturing to create more jobs crucial for poverty reduction
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—What is the price of growth? A potential power crunch in Luzon as industries and people use more electricity. Energy Secretary
Read MoreI was in Bangkok for a brief visit last week, and felt the same sadness I’ve always felt each time I’ve visited there in recent times. Thailand’s econ
Read MoreServices can be as powerful an instrument to attain inclusive economic growth as manufacturing. Take, for example, the booming export-oriented busines
Read MoreThe national government aims to have the Industry Development Council (IDC) up and running by the first quarter of 2014, according to the Department o
Read MoreAmid criticism that the economic boom under the Aquino administration is one of “jobless growth” and not “inclusive,” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary
Read MoreThe Aquino administration will fully support and develop five sectors that it considers critical in further reducing poverty in the country, said Arse
Read MoreWhen B/E Aerospace, the US-based maker of aircraft cabin interior parts, was looking to build its first factory outside its home market or Europe it d
Read MoreThis is a re-posted article The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, paving the way
Read MoreYear 2012 was a good year for Taiwanese investors whose investments reached $400 million from $300 million in 2011 as more investors dismayed by the
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - As much as $3 billion in foreign investments in the business process outsourcing, electronics and energy sector are in the pip
Read MoreOn March 27, PEZA DG Lilia De Lima presented at the Euromoney Conference Workshop at the Manila Peninsula. In her presentation “Creating the Nex
Read MoreThis is a re-posted article. MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives is not inclined to lift the 12-percent value added tax (VAT) on oil p
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - A delegation of Philippine automotive and motorcycle parts companies will join the Outbound Business Mission (OBM) and the Ta
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Hardly a day goes by without bad news for the Japanese electronics industry. With a few notable exceptions, such a
Read MoreSALES OF vehicle importers continue to outdo those of local automotive assemblers which are grappling with tight supply, a business group reported y
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill granting tax incentives for the manufacture, assembly, conver
Read MoreTHE PHILIPPINES does not particularly figure in the expansion plans of Japanese firms, which have tagged economies such as China, Thailand, Indonesia
Read MoreWhy the Philippines is one of the most competitive investment locations in Asia right now This eye-opening presentation made by Japan External Trad
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