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Amid weakening economic sentiment, fueled by corruption issues, a political economist has floated the prospect of constitutional reform to end protectionist clauses that heavily favor Filipino ownership and goods. Calixto Chikiamco, president of think tank Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF),...

The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) strongly supports the immediate ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) by the Philippine Senate to strengthen the country's ties and partnerships with other nations. “We believe that the objective of the RCEP to...

The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) has urged government to craft an integrated solution to the massive unemployment problem in the country stressing that the usual minimum wage hike and benefits every Labor Day are no longer viable in this time of pandemic and uncertainty. In a statement,...

The recent recommendation of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to temporarily reduce tariffs on rice imports was described as “unwarranted and ill-timed” by a group of farmers.               Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) National...

The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) has expressed support for an initiative to hold hearings on Constitutional Amendments with the objective of amending the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution. But FEF also equally stressed the need to introduce the phrase “unless otherwise...