President Duterte has signed an administrative order (AO) directing the adoption and implementation of the National Competition Policy (NCP), Malacañang reporters learned on Wednesday night, Oct. 20. (From right) President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (Photo from PCOO...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), the country’s anti-trust watchdog, has set up a task force that will look into the issue of abuse of dominance involving Internet exclusivity deal in condominiums and subdivisions as complaints rise. PCC Chairman Arsenio M. Balisacan revealed this...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), the anti-trust authority in the country, has expressed opposition to any extension on the suspension of its motu proprio review power on mergers and acquisitions (M&As). PCC Chairman Arsenio Balisacan said this at the virtual “Enhancing Competition...
Liberalization will help address the competition concerns hounding the Philippines’ sugar industry, which is keeping the prices of the sweetener high. In a forum organized by Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), Roehlano Briones, a senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for...
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has called out the Philippines to keep in check potential power market abuse in the logistics sector, citing serious competition issues, including high freight cost and shortage in containers disrupting supply chains during this...
The Philippine government has tapped San Miguel Corporation (SMC) for its new packaging solution that will prolong the shelf life of local milk. SMC’s packaging unit, San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corp. (SMYPC), recently signed an agreement with the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), an attached...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the joint venture between the City Government of Manila and developer Waterfront Manila Premier Development, Inc. (Waterfront Manila) for their planned Manila Bay reclamation project. The parties have proposed to build “Manila...
Local business groups have strongly called for the passage in Congress the amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA) stressing this will help local firms recover from the pandemic, contradicting concerns of some Senators that the bill will pose a threat to domestic industries. In a joint...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has defended the Department of Trade and Industry’s imposition of safeguard measures and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) on certain imports to protect domestic industries, but the country’s anti-trust watchdog also equally stressed that such legitimate...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), the country’s anti-trust watchdog, has favored the opening of last mile logistics (delivery services), a sector that is primarily dominated by small Filipino ventures in the country’s bustling logistics industry. PCC Chairman Arsenio Balisacan...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the acquisition by Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) of shares in Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Maxim), resulting in a merger of the two US-based semiconductor makers. In its Commission Decision, the PCC merger review found that the...
The Philippines is urged to open its logistics sector to more foreign competition and remove rules granting preferential treatment only to certain firms to reduce the high cost of logistics and realize the crucial economic role in the sector, which has an estimated $11 billion market size. ...
