Foreign Equity and Professionals News
[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…
[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…
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] China’s peaceful rise revisited
6 December, 2018 at 10:26
President Xi Jinping had hoped that the APEC Leaders Summit would be the validation of China’s soft power as the new champion of globalization and free trade…
ADB to fund technical assistance for three...
6 December, 2018 at 08:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing $5 million worth of technical assistance grants for transport projects in Southeast Asia, with the Philippines getting funding for three projects.
Tax amnesty faces delay
5 December, 2018 at 10:00
The much-awaited tax amnesty early next year may be delayed if Congress will not pass it together with the automatic exchange of information and the lifting of bank secrecy…
[OPINION] Completion of projects start
4 December, 2018 at 11:50
Completion of projects start DEMAND AND SUPPLY – Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star) – December 3, 2018 –
Diokno denies PHL exposed to China ‘debt...
21 November, 2018 at 17:09
The Philippines does not consider itself vulnerable to falling into an alleged “debt trap” with China but is willing to hear a pitch from Washington that the US represents the “better option” for economic partnership, Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said.
Study finds Philippines’ talent competitiveness eroded
21 November, 2018 at 13:20
The Philippines’ ability to develop, attract and retain highly skilled professionals worsened in 2018 due to a persistent job-skills mismatch despite increasing investments in education…
DOF to push for exchange info, bank...
16 November, 2018 at 15:36
The Department of Finance (DOF) said yesterday it would appeal for the legislature to retain the exchange of information and bank secrecy provisions under the proposed tax amnesty bill.
Senators keen on legislation to lure investors,...
14 November, 2018 at 13:23
Senators signaled on Tuesday that they are open to address concerns raised by foreign businessmen that it will take more than presidential edict to liberalize the economy, indicating readiness to do…
