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September 13, 20210

[OPINION] Hubris and May 2022

September 9, 2021 | 8:32 pm Signs And Wonders | By Diwa C. Guinigundo What we are seeing today is the emergence of truth. There are initial

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September 12, 20210

Poe to Neda: Give us data to justify PSA

BYBUTCH FERNANDEZ SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 Sen. Grace Poe prodded the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Thursday to provide senators wit

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September 8, 20210

Bill on ease of paying taxes hurdles 2nd reading

By Filane Mikee Cervantes A measure seeking to modernize tax administration and improve tax compliance has hurdled second reading at the House of

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September 7, 20210

[PRESS RELEASE] Business Leaders call on Congress to Approve Key Economic Reforms, Especially Amendments to the Public Service Act

September 7, 2021 Philippine business groups and foreign chambers call on Congress to pass three investment reform bills that will strengthen the Ph

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September 6, 20210

Philippine Airlines struggles to survive in pandemic

By: Miguel R. Camus - Reporter / @miguelrcamusINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:30 AM September 05, 2021   Philippine Airlines (PAL) formal

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August 31, 20210

[PRESS RELEASE] Business Groups Looks Forward to Enactment of Creative Industries Act

The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham Philippines) welcomes the progress being made in the Congress towards enactment of the Cr

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August 26, 20210

Economic reforms to attract more investors from Europe

Louella Desiderio - The Philippine Star August 26, 2021 | 12:00am The immediate passage of economic reforms such as amendments to the Foreign

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August 26, 20210

Passage of key bills to ease FDI restrictiveness

August 26, 2021 | 12:31 am By Jenina P. Ibañez, Reporter Improvements in the Philippine foreign direct investment (FDI) restrictiveness rank

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August 25, 20210

[VIDEO] Foreign Chambers to Senate: Liberalize PH telco sector

August 24, 2021 Rundown: Foreign Chambers in the Philippines call on the Senate to liberalize the telecommunications sector in a bid to foster comp

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August 25, 20210

Retention of telcos as public utility opposed

August 25, 2021 | 12:07 am Foreign business groups say ‘liberalizing sends strong signal to investors’ Foreign business groups are joining local indus

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August 23, 20210

[PRESS RELEASE] Foreign Chambers Echo Business Groups’ Opposition to Retention of Telcos as Public Utility

August 23, 2021 The Joint Foreign Chambers expressed concerns (in a letter to all senators dated July 30) with the proposal to retain the 60/40 rule

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August 23, 20210

Businesses urge government to allow more foreign capital into telco

Louella Desiderio - The Philippine Star August 22, 2021 | 12:00am Business groups are against a proposal to keep the telecommunications industry

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August 23, 20210

ARTA wants to institutionalize digital payments in state firms

Louella Desiderio - The Philippine Star | August 20, 2021 | 12:00am The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) wants government agencies to make use of a d

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August 19, 20210

Bill easing bank deposit secrecy gets Palace endorsement

By: Daxim L. Lucas - Reporter / @daxinq Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:24 AM August 19, 2021 A central bank-backed bill

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August 16, 20210

[OPINION] Words words words

DEMAND AND SUPPLY - Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star) - August 13, 2021 - 12:00am If only words can fuel a power plant, we should have no

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August 16, 20210

More FDI seen needed to plug current account deficit by 2022

August 12, 2021 | 8:26 pm   The current account deficit is likely to widen starting in 2022, pressing home the need for reforms to attract more

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August 16, 20210

British Chamber: Passage of priority bills to support local economy

The British Chamber of Commerce Philippines (BCCP) expects the swift passage of priority bills amending the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (RTLA), Pu

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August 12, 20210

DTI issues order dismissing safeguard measures on cars

Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) - August 12, 2021 - 12:00am The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has junked the petition for safegua

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August 12, 20210

[VIDEO] Insight with April Lee Tan interview with John Forbes of AmCham Philippines

ANC | August 10, 2021 April Lee Tan sits down with American Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines senior adviser John Forbes for his outlook on the

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August 6, 20210

Legislative Tracker – August 2021

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PHILIPPINE PROFILE

PHILIPPINE PROFILE
GDP, 2020 -9.5% y-o-y growth
Exports, 2019 US$ 70.9 million
Exports, 2020 US$ 63.8 million
FDI Inflows, 2020 US$ 6.5 billion
Poverty Incidence, % of Pop, 2018 16.6%
Population, 2018 106.5 million
Income Classification (WB) Lower Middle Income
*in constant 2000 prices
**in current prices

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