Foreign Equity and Professionals News
[EDITORIAL] Not business as usual
28 November, 2017 at 15:30
Terrorists and rebels aim to sow fear, destabilize the government and disrupt normal life. Many governments therefore move to prevent such troublemakers from attaining their objectives.
Gov’t not interested in being 3rd telco...
28 November, 2017 at 13:30
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) vowed that the government would not establish a competing telecommunications player, saying it could support competition in the sector in other ways.
[EDITORIAL] Telco shakeup
28 November, 2017 at 11:15
Finally, the political will to address a major national economic problem — slow internet and poor telecommunications service. President Duterte has offered China a slot to become the third major telco player in the country…
[OPINION] ‘Revolutionary government’
27 November, 2017 at 15:30
If he will have his way, President Rodrigo Duterte would like “to destroy” the government as the only way to stamp out completely the systemic corruption at the Bureau of Customs, and the entire bureaucracy for that matter.
Targets set for reduced foreign curbs
24 November, 2017 at 10:55
Malacañang has zeroed in on eight sectors and activities in its bid to further ease limits to foreign participation and ownership, according to Memorandum Order No. 16 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea on Nov. 21 and released to journalists on Thursday.
Duterte offers China 3rd telco carrier slot
22 November, 2017 at 10:49
“The telecom duopoly is about to end,” Malacañang declared on Monday.
[EDITORIAL] Challenges amid growth
21 November, 2017 at 13:00
Despite the siege in Marawi, inflation, political noise and external factors, the economy grew by a better-than-expected 6.9 percent in the third quarter.
Port of Manila leaps to 32nd spot...
21 November, 2017 at 12:00
The Port of Manila leaps 4 notches higher finishing at 32nd spot in the list of the 2016 top 100 container ports worldwide.
Duterte wants more areas opened up for...
21 November, 2017 at 09:53
President Duterte is expected to sign a memorandum circular directing government agencies to fasttrack the determination of other business sectors that can be opened up to foreign participation.
[EDITORIAL] The economic future of Asean
20 November, 2017 at 18:00
While the Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) has been in existence as a mainly political group since 1967, it was only on Dec. 31, 2015, that a serious economic cooperation pact was signed among its member-states.
Malaysia firm gets first right over gov’t...
20 November, 2017 at 17:00
Malaysia-based investment holding company MTD Capital Berhad has been given the original proponent status (OPS) for a P12.7-billion development of a portion of the highly anticipated New Clark City.
Asean Leadership Amid a New World Order
20 November, 2017 at 15:00
Ambassador Albert del Rosario has prepared what he called an open letter to the world leaders who will be arriving in Manila to attend the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.
Gov’t taps Facebook for internet infra plan
20 November, 2017 at 13:00
The government partnered with Facebook in order to put up a high speed internet infrastructure in a few years time, promising a capacity that would be “almost equal” to that of the giants of the telecommunications industry.
[EDITORIAL] Warm relations
20 November, 2017 at 11:00
Ties between the Philippines and China have so improved they are now as warm as the weather in Manila. This is according to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who represented President Xi Jinping at the regional summits hosted by the Philippines in Manila this week.
