Governance News
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.
[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.
