GENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Changi-led consortium wins contract to operate Clark...
4 January, 2019 at 10:53
The government on Thursday awarded the operations and management contract for the Clark International Airport in Pampanga to a consortium that includes the operator of Singapore’s Changi Airport
Department of Homeland Security Issues Travel Advisory...
2 January, 2019 at 15:00
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the determination that aviation security at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), which serves as a last-point-of-departure airport for flights to…
Duterte rating rises: Blow to critics or...
2 January, 2019 at 13:00
Notwithstanding his threats against Catholic bishops, public satisfaction with President Rodrigo Duterte rose in December, the second time that his performance ratings increased after an 11-point decline in June, results of a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
Legislative Tracker – December 2018
2 January, 2019 at 12:46
Legislative Tracker – December 2018
Legislative Priorities – December 2018
Tax bureau moves to address businesses’ VAT...
2 January, 2019 at 09:56
The 90-day deadline for processing value-added tax (VAT) refund claims now covers the actual payment of the amount, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said.
Power to the people
26 December, 2018 at 16:00
The recent congressional bicameral conference committee approval of the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop bill, or Evoss, has raised the expectations of power industry stakeholders.
Congress amends Corporation Code
26 December, 2018 at 15:00
The bicameral conference committee in Congress approved yesterday the reconciled version of a bill amending the Corporation Code of the Philippines to make it easier for investors to set up businesses.
House members covet road tax fund –...
26 December, 2018 at 13:00
Many members of the House of Representatives, including Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. and Minority Leader Danilo Suarez, have sought the release…
Senate working on resolving data transmission bill...
26 December, 2018 at 11:00
Senator Paolo Benigno A. Aquino IV said the open access in data transmission bill still has a chance to be passed in the Senate before the 17th Congress ends if the committee on science and technology addresses the concerns of some senators on the proposed measure.
[OPINION] Our yawning trade gap
19 December, 2018 at 17:00
Last October, the Philippines posted its largest monthly trade deficit on record, at $4.2 billion — meaning that our total import bill…
[OPINION] Time Person(s) of the Year
19 December, 2018 at 16:00
Time has just announced the 2018 Person of the Year as the “Guardians”: four journalists and the entire staff of one hometown newspaper.
[OPINION] DOTr project a flop?
19 December, 2018 at 14:58
This time, DOTr made something happen fast. As soon as they inaugurated the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), DOTr made sure it flopped.
House body eases retail trade rules further
12 December, 2018 at 17:48
The House of Representatives Committee on Trade and Industry approved on Tuesday a bill reducing the minimum paid-up capital requirement of foreign retailers to engage in business here.
In Vietnam’s nearly untapped market, foreign retailers...
12 December, 2018 at 13:00
Retailers from across Asia are flooding into Vietnam as the country loosens restrictions on foreign companies, racing to bring convenience stores and supermarkets…
[OPINION] Coping with FIRe
12 December, 2018 at 10:00
I had the privilege to listen to Dr. Aniceto Orbeta of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), the government think tank, when he made a presentation on Labor and Global Development…
Soon to be signed DOLE-Ecop pact seen...
12 December, 2018 at 08:00
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is aiming to double the count of regularized workers next year upon signing of a forthcoming memorandum of agreement…
[EDITORIAL] Legislative priorities
11 December, 2018 at 10:00
Lawmakers were realistic enough to note that they were just laying the groundwork for an initiative that would have to be picked up by the next Congress.
[OPINION] Improving ease of doing business in...
11 December, 2018 at 08:00
Earlier this month the World Bank released its Ease of Doing Business rankings. For the third year in a row New Zealand came in at number one.
American Chamber pushes for further easing of...
10 December, 2018 at 13:00
Making the Foreign Investment Negative List “less negative” through legislation should bode well for lawmakers in an election year if the reforms benefit voters, the American Chamber of Commerce…
LIFE AFTER IS: PHILIPPINES FACES ITS NEXT...
10 December, 2018 at 11:34
More than a year since Duterte declared Marawi ‘liberated’ from Islamic State extremists, much of the city remains in ruins…
While PH was sleeping, IT-BPM industry grew
7 December, 2018 at 13:00
Efrille goes back to her hometown in Bohol only twice a year—once for new year, and then in August for her daughter’s birthday.
Globalizing corporate Philippines
7 December, 2018 at 10:52
For the longest time, the Philippines has been stereotyped as a principal source of cheap labor. Indeed, we have exported many of our people to greener pastures abroad.
[OPINION] Is manufacturing losing steam?
6 December, 2018 at 15:00
After averaging 7-8 percent annual growth over the last eight years, the manufacturing sector posted a lackluster growth rate of 4 percent in the third quarter (Q3).
[OPINION] Charter change is our business
6 December, 2018 at 13:00
Let this piece be an updating report, especially to my colleagues in business, on what the business sector is doing to be engaged in the move to amend our Constitution…
