Businessmen are hopeful that the newly signed RCEP will stimulate trade, investment and digital transformation among member countries. Amb. Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), cited the timely completion of the world’s biggest free...
Philippine businesses do not see significant change in the US business relations either under a Democrat or a Republic leadership as they look for better economic opportunities in other countries having perceived the US government giving more support to other ASEAN countries than the Philippines,...
As millions of battered micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the country are emerging from their worst year, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), has issued an appeal for the grant of relief for stall and/or store lessees, specifically the small ones. Philippine...
Pag-IBIG Fund assured the leaders of the country’s largest business organizations to work for the Board approval of its requires to postpone the agency’s January 2021 implementation of the increase of its mandatory monthly contributions. In a statement, business groups said Pag-IBIG Fund Chief...
The 46th Philippine Business Conference (PBC) has approved three resolutions including converting idle lands and parks in urban cities into vegetable plots for the unemployed and marginalized to ensure continuous food supply in the country and help ease poverty during this pandemic. Photo...
The enthusiasm of Philippine business leaders can never be dampened by the pandemic as they remained steadfast in their conviction that country’s economic rebound remains very strong, but stressed the need to push for stronger innovation efforts. Enunina Mangio “Prospects for the country’s...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has strongly suggested that President Duterte sign an executive order to liberalize access to satellite technology as telcos failed to provide good Internet services and access in the countryside. Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
The business sector has urged the Inter Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to increase the passenger capacity of buses and allow public utility vehicles to operate to at least 80 percent to enable the economy to efficiently bounce back and sustainably recover. This was...
The business sector has urged the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the policy making body on the government’s COVID-19 and related responses, to temporarily suspend the Data Privacy Act (DPA) to avoid the huge expense for contract tracing, a move...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s voice of business, is putting up its own online shopping portal called “Shop All” to provide a venue for all-Filipino products and services of the micro, small and medium enterprises. This was announced by PCCI Chairman...
Amb. Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the country’s largest business organization Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), said the Philippines should leverage its political favors with China to persuade Taiwan to allow the entry of Philippine mangoes and coconuts or face trade...