Jose T. Pardo and Ramon S. Monzon were re-elected as chairman and president, respectively, of the Philippine Stock Exchange, while Employers Confederation of the Philippines Chairman Edgardo G. Lacson returned to the bourse’s board of directors after a three-year hiatus. Photo (from left,...
# Business lauds comprehensive SONA The private sector seemed to agree with President Marcos that “the state of the economy is sound and improving” and lauded the comprehensive report to the nation, but disagreed with the president on how to further ease doing business in the country, stating...
Despite the advancements in technology, particularly AI (artificial intelligence), employers vowed that people should always be priority and they cannot be replaced by robots. This was stressed by Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) Chairman Edgardo G. Lacson at the opening Tuesday,...
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...
Employers strongly urged the government to speed up reopening of the domestic economy, warning that the huge stimulus packages would just all be for naught if the economy remains on lockdown as business edges into a black hole. At the opening of the virtual 42nd National Employers Conference on the...
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...
