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October 3, 20210

ARTA rolls out app for government complaints

Louella Desiderio - The Philippine Star - October 3, 2021 | 12:00am The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has launched a mobile app to make it easie

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October 2, 20210

Parex should not be approved without assessing its benefits and costs

October 2, 2021 | The Manila Times By Robert Siy In the past week, announcements have been made that the Pasig River Expressway (Parex) Project

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September 30, 20210

[OPINION] This is disturbing

September 30, 2021 | 5:01 pm Signs and Wonders By Diwa C. Guinigundo  In 2014, seven years ago, the Philippines was acclaimed by the Washington-b

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September 30, 20210

[OPINION] Opportunity loss from corruption

September 23, 2021 | 7:31 pm Signs and Wonders By Diwa C. Guinigundo Two days ago, this broadsheet reported on Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl

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September 29, 20210

Foreigners laud easing of retail trade

The Philippine Star - 29 Sep 2021 By LOUELLA DESIDERIO Foreign business groups lauded the recent move of Congress to ratify the bicameral report for

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September 29, 20210

[PRESS RELEASE] Foreign Chambers Call for Senate Action on Ease of Paying Taxes Bill

September 29, 2021 In a letter recently sent to the Senate Ways and Means Committee, the Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) requested for the Senate to del

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September 28, 20210

DOF orders full disclosure of mining review report

BY BERNADETTE D. NICOLAS | SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III ordered the publication of a report on the comprehensi

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September 27, 20210

[PRESS RELEASE] Joint Foreign Chambers Statement on Ratification of RTLA Amendments Bicam Report

September 27, 2021 As strong proponents of increased foreign direct investment in the Philippines, we applaud the Senate and House for ratifying the

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September 27, 20210

[OPINION] The injustice behind Parex

 By Robert Siy  | September 25, 2021 The Pasig River Expressway (Parex) project of San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is a proposed

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September 27, 20210

[OPINION] Golden age of infrastructure

HIDDEN AGENDA - Mary Ann LL. Reyes - The Philippine Star, September 26, 2021 | 12:00am Last Friday, another life-changing mega pro

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September 27, 20210

FEF expresses support for initiatives to open up Philippine economy

September 24, 2021 We, the Foundation for Economic Freedom, express our strong support for the initiatives to open up the Philippine economy as a mea

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September 23, 20210

Retail trade measure seen to hurt MSMEs

September 23, 2021 | 12:32 am By Jenina P. Ibañez, Reporter The measure that seeks to lower the minimum investment hurdle for foreign retail

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September 22, 20210

SMC’s P95-B Pasig River toll road project OK’d

By: Miguel R. Camus - Reporter / @miguelrcamusINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:06 AM September 22, 2021 Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SM

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September 22, 20210

Senate ratifies bicam on retail trade

September 21, 2021 | 12:34 am The Senate on Monday ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee report on a measure that seeks to lower the minim

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September 21, 20210

Duterte OK’s pilot test of in-person classes

September 21, 2021 | 12:33 am By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte has approved a pilot test of limited in

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September 21, 20210

Businessmen bare 3-pronged strategy on vaccine rollout, ‘safe’ economy, reopening measures and support for frontliners

BY TYRONE JASPER C. PIAD | SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 To help improve the Covid-19 response by the government, the Makati Business Club (MBC) has prop

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September 21, 20210

Arta chief to create TWG to craft PHL’s own Doing Business report

By Tyrone Jasper C. Piad The Anti-Red Tape Authority (Arta) is set to create a technical working group (TWG) tasked with developing methodologies or

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September 21, 20210

[VIDEO] PH business groups back senate amendments to Public Service Act

September 21, 2021 | ANC Market Edge: Several of the Philippines' biggest foreign and local business groups back the senate's proposed amendments to

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September 20, 20210

Business groups back Senate amendments to Public Service Act

ABS-CBN News | Posted at Sep 20 2021 09:05 PM Several business groups on Monday said they support the Senate’s proposed amendments to the Pu

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September 20, 20210

[PRESS RELEASE] Foreign Business Groups welcome Senate PSA Substitute Bill to boost Foreign Investment, create jobs, and speed up post-pandemic recovery

September 20, 2021 We, the undersigned members of the Joint Foreign Chambers, strongly support liberalization of the Philippine economy through pas

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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
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**in current prices

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