Top business, trade and labor leaders have come together and issued a joint appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to immediately release the Executive Order (EO) deferring the increase in the Social Security System (SSS) monthly contributions of both employees and workers. pcci The September 27, 2021...
The number of closed establishments outside of the National Capital Region (NCR) worsened to 7 percent from 4 percent with the imposition of different alert levels in the regions, while NCR has improved to 11.76 percent from 16 percent following the limited opening in restaurants and personal care...
Malacanang has ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP), a mega free trade deal seeking to grant zero duty on goods traded among 15 countries that account for 29 percent of global gross domestic product. The document was ratified by President Rodrigo Duterte on September 2...
Photo credit: http://www.philippineplastic.com/index.html Domestic plastics manufacturers are experiencing a shortage of plastic wastes for recycling due to huge gap in plastic circularity following strict campaigns against the use of plastic materials in the country. In a statement, the Philippine...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has urged government for a change in strategy to more effective responses in containing the pandemic instead of the existing quarantine protocols, which they said only brought the country into an “economic blackhole”. pcci PCCI Acting...
Global merchandise trade hits record high, confirming the strength of trade recovery from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, although the new waves of infection could easily undermine recovery, according to the latest World Trade Organization's (WTO) latest Global Trade Barometer. WTO The Goods...
Employers and government agencies on Wednesday, (June 30) signed a manifesto that seeks to create 1 million jobs by end this year to help address the high unemployment rate in the country and bring it back to pre-pandemic level. The Manifesto on 1 Million Jobs for 2021-Partnership Project with the...
Philippine businessmen Wednesday, (April 14) took a pause from their busy schedules to make a stand against China’s aggression in the country's territory. With that business groups rallied behind Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, other government officials and various groups...
The 46th Philippine Business Conference and Expo, the country's largest annual business gathering, happening on October 7-8, will carry the theme innovation@ph. Organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, this year PBC will highlight the call for businesses to innovate, which has...