DAVAO CITY — Mindanao’s business sector is pushing for government to adopt policies that will decentralize the issuance of permits and speed up the release of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the amended Cabotage Law to encourage more investment into the south.
FEARING a nascent global climate accord could be strangled at birth by skeptical US Republicans, President Barack Obama is wooing an unlikely ally — big business.
ILOILO CITY — The newly built P700-million Iloilo Convention Center (ICC), which was used for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in September and October, has yet to attract bidders for its operation and management.
BEFORE Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. became the e-commerce giant that it is today, it was a small business with founders who knew very little about the Internet.
PRESIDENT Benigno S. C. Aquino III, host of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, has set the discussion points for the annual dialogue between regional economic leaders and their counterparts in the business sector.
THE BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) could also adjust the bank reserve requirement ahead of the shift to a corridor system for setting key rates, its governor said, though he noted that the current policy stance remains appropriate.
AFTER HOSTING this year’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, the Philippines should identify the sectors it can excel in and ensure that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) gain a share of economic growth, economic leaders said.
DAVAO CITY — Mindanao’s Cacao Double-up program is getting a P160-million allocation for 2016 from the Department of Agriculture (DA), which will go mainly to farmers groups in identified priority areas.
MANILA AND CEBU ranked in the lower fourth among 28 cities across the Asia-Pacific region in a study covering 39 indicators that weighed liveability, sustainability and competitiveness. Toronto, Vancouver and Singapore topped the survey.
ECONOMIC GROWTH in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bloc is expected to be “moderate” this year at around 3.1%, lower than 3.4% recorded last year, the regional bloc’s policy support group said yesterday.