President Marcos is set to follow up on the business deals forged earlier this year in Japan during his second trip to Tokyo this week. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a bilateral meeting in Malacañan Palace on Nov. 3, 2023. (Photo courtesy...
GUEST COLUMNIST By DR. WILLIAM S. CO, PCCI CHAIRMAN Finally, we now have a full-time secretary of the Department of Agriculture. After holding the post for over a year as concurrent DA chief, President Ferdinand Marcos, early this month, announced the appointment of fishing tycoon Francisco...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has started its nationwide audit on the compliance of local government units (LGUs) with the electronic Business One-Stop Shop (eBOSS) to determine the reasons why some LGUs could not comply with the said requirement. Ernesto Perez (ARTA) The audit started on...
G Summit 2023 Digital transformation has become synonymous with technology integration. But at the recent G Summit 2023 event, business leaders realized that it is way more than that – it is a transformative journey to overcome barriers and gain opportunities for sustainable business...
As access to comprehensive climate data is still wrought with challenges due to disparate sources and incompatible formats across countries, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) is proposing the establishment of an online platform that shall facilitate the sharing of facts, figures and other...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) will hold its Legal Summit on Oct. 11 to boost its efforts in ensuring the ease of doing business (EODB) in the country. Photo from ARTA/Facebook In a Facebook post, the ARTA said its Legal Summit, with the theme "Scaling-Up Partnership Efforts Against Red Tape...
(MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar has filed a bill that would protect local business process outsourcing (BPO) workers from the "abusive language" of their employers, among other things. Villar...
The Philippine Business Bank (PBB) reported a 23.6 percent rise in its net income to P1.1 billion in the first nine months of 2023 compared to P926 million in the same period in 2022, attributed to its balance sheet expansion and better operating efficiency. The bank noted a strong performance in...
49 th Philippine Business Conference and Expo Chairman Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr. said the “Vision 2050: The Philippines A First-World Economy” is possible, given the country’s vast natural resources, its people, and full cooperation between the government and the private sector. “The...
GUEST COLUMNIST By PCCI CHAIRMAN DR. WILLIAM S. CO All roads lead to the much-anticipated business conference in the country happening on Oct. 25 to 26 at The Manila Hotel. Over 1,200 local and foreign delegates are expected to gather and listen from visionary leaders and...
The Social Security System (SSS) has returned to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) P5.7 billion unutilized fund for the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) Program of the Department of Finance (DOF) to help small business employers and employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. In its Peformance Audit...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is in full support of President Marcos's Executive Order (EO) No. 41 , which banned the collection of pass-through fees by local government units (LGUs) on all national roads. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) director-general Secretary Ernesto Perez (ARTA/Facebook)...
