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May 31, 20200

[OPINION] How to catch investment fallout from China

AS EASY AS ABC - Atty. Alex B. Cabrera (The Philippine Star) - May 31, 2020 - 12:00am   When word got out that Japanese investors are

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January 20, 20200

PEZA 2019 investments plunge

Due to CITIRA bill By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT | Published January 17, 2020, 10:00 PM Committed investments registered and approved by the Philippine

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March 23, 20180

Investments in Subic Freeport fell by almost half in 2017

Investments in Subic Freeport fell by almost half in 2017 By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat | Published March 20, 2018, 10:00 PM Investments regist

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March 5, 20180

Lopez warns: Firms to take a hit in TRAIN Package 2

Lopez warns: Firms to take a hit in TRAIN Package 2 By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat | Published March 1, 2018, 10:01 PM Trade and Industry Secretary

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January 15, 20180

Special Report: US, Korea investments falter in 2017, as China-Japan rise

Special Report: US, Korea investments falter in 2017, as China-Japan rise Richmond S. Mercurio (The Philippine Star) - January 15, 2018 - 12:00am &n;

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November 2, 20170

PHL in lower half of Doing Business list

PHL in lower half of Doing Business list By Elijah Joseph C. Tubayan, Reporter | November 2, 2017   The Philippines has remained in the

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October 19, 20170

Indonesia Hunts For Investors for Projects Worth Hundreds of Billions

Indonesia Hunts For Investors for Projects Worth Hundreds of Billions By Rieka Rahadiana, Thomas Kutty Abraham, and Rosalind Mathieson October 17, 2

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August 30, 20170

[EDITORIAL] Perceptions on peace and order

Perceptions on peace and order Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:13 AM August 28, 2017 A number of noneconomic factors impact greatly o

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August 2, 20170

‘China can’t hire its nationals for projects in PH’

‘China can’t hire its nationals for projects in PH’ By: Ben O. de Vera - Reporter / @bendeveraINQ | Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:45 AM July 31, 201

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March 7, 20170

Manufacturing investments to double this year – BOI

Manufacturing investments to double this year – BOI By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat | Published March 5, 2017, 10:00 PM   The Board of Investment

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January 4, 20170

Building blocks for competitiveness in 2017

Building blocks for competitiveness in 2017 By: Guillermo M. Luz  |  December 31, 2016 Over the last six years, we have tracked the country’s co

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January 3, 20170

Killings, Duterte tirades may dampen investments – EU

Killings, Duterte tirades may dampen investments – EU By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 2, 2017 - 12:00am

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November 11, 20160

August net FDI inflow biggest in four months

August net FDI inflow biggest in four months By Melissa Luz T. Lopez | Posted on November 11, 2016 NET foreign direct investments (FDIs) to the Ph

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October 25, 20160

Reforms feared casualty in drug war

Reforms feared casualty in drug war By Melissa Luz T. Lopez, Senior Reporter | Posted on October 24, 2016   Investors are losing appetite t

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July 5, 20160

New DTI chief wants to trim down Negative List

New DTI chief wants to trim down Negative List by Bernie Magkilat | July 1, 2016 (updated) New Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez has call

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May 11, 20160

Presidential bets told tax hike inevitable

Presidential bets told tax hike inevitable By Maria Eloisa I. Calderon, Editor-at-Large | Posted on May 08, 2016 11:37:00 PM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDAT

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April 19, 20160

Peza: Approved investment pledges to increase 8% in ’16

Peza: Approved investment pledges to increase 8% in ’16 By: Amy R. Remo | 12:24 AM April 15th, 2016 On the back of growing interest from foreign inv

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March 15, 20160

FDI inflows hit $5.72B in 2015, miss gov’t target

FDI inflows hit $5.72B in 2015, miss gov’t target By: Ben O. de vera | March 12, 2016 Foreign-led investments in job-generating projects slid 0.3

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February 1, 20160

PHL auto sales seen to hit 500,000 in 5 years

PHL auto sales seen to hit 500,000 in 5 years By Victor V. Saulon | Posted on January 29, 2016 07:53:00 PM VEHICLE sales in the Philippines are e

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January 4, 20160

Philippines attracts steady stream of FDI

Philippines attracts steady stream of FDI Courtney Fingar and Simon Curtis | December 22, 2015 Strength and variety of inward investment prepare the

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PHILIPPINE PROFILE

PHILIPPINE PROFILE
GDP*, 2017 6.7% y-o-y growth
GDP*, 2018 6.2% y-o-y growth
GDP, 2019 5.9% y-o-y growth
Exports, 2018 US$ 67.5 million
Exports, 2019 (as of Nov 2019) US$ 64.5 million
FDI Inflows, 2017 US$ 8.7 billionGone up!
FDI Inflows, 2018 US$ 6.5 billionGone down.
Poverty Incidence, % of Pop, 2015 21.6%
Population, 2018 106.5 million
Income Classification (WB) Lower Middle Income
*in constant 2000 prices
**in current prices

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