The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corporation have expressed strong support for the passage of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Bill. The CREATE Bill is another landmark bill in a series of reform measures intend...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the country’s largest business organization, is calling on government to focus on economic recovery and building resilience against natural and man-made disasters measures rather than the proposed amendments on the Constitution. Known as the...
The Philippine electronics industry is projecting a 7 percent rebound in exports this year back to the 2019 level at $43.3 billion on strong demand following shortages of automotive electronics for some of the world’s car giants and the prospects of more favorable incentives provision under the...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the favorable trade performance last November signaled that the country is well-positioned to take advantage of the improvements in external demand. In a statement, Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said that...
Firms on wait-and-see mode Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III Investment and expansion plans in the country are currently treading water as they await the delayed approval of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill, the Duterte administration’s chief...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has strongly pushed to fast track the enactment of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives Reform or CREATE bill before yearend. “After years of lobbying, we are hopeful that the measure will be enacted into law before the year ends,”...
Despite the expected Malacanang approval of the CREATE bill following Senate passage, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) said there is still so much to do to attract foreign direct investments. “We still have a lot of work moving forward. The restrictive provisions in our...
Foreign business groups target a more bullish $50 billion foreign direct investment inflows to Philippines and creation of 3 million jobs over the next ten years with new capital flows into IT-business process management, manufacturing, infrastructure, tourism and mining sectors, encouraged by the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) sees the light at the end of the tunnel as the Senate is seen to pass the corporate recovery and tax incentives for enterprises (CREATE) bill before the Congress takes its traditional Christmas break in December. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez...
As the domestic economy continued to battle the impact of COVID-19 and the devastation from successive typhoons, Senator Imee Marcos urged the Duterte administration’s economic managers to be ‘bold, aggressive and quick’ economic stimulus response instead of the current “anemic” stimulus...
Foreign business chambers and the electronics industry have rallied behind the proposal of Senator Ralph Rector for a “grandfather” incentives system in the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE) Bill to ensure that existing investors will continue to invest in the...
Prospects for the electronics sector has brighten up with Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI) now projecting a 7 percent growth in 2021 and an upgraded growth projection for 2020 from negative 15 percent to only 5 percent contraction. SEIPI President...
