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MANILA, Philippines - Multilateral lender International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes the Philippines has the capability to survive the impact of the fragile economic growth in advanced economies led by the US as well as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
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By: Doris C. Dumlao Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has a fresh opportunity to be Asia’s next tiger economy, potentially regaining the glory lost decades ago, according to a visiting regional business leader from
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By: Gerardo P. Sicat Let us examine more specifically the political constitutions of three of our closest neighbors in ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. These economies have managed impressive economic performance over time. “Investment
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August 14, 2011, 8:00am MB, MANILA, Philippines — Two factors – skilled workforce and competitive labor cost – account for investors’ choice of the Philippines as an ideal investment site. Many foreign companies reportedly prefer
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By: Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas Filipinos living abroad—either as permanent residents in their respective host countries or OFWs—are still perplexed about previous efforts to amend the Philippine Constitution of 1987. What many of them recall
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By Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas INQUIRER.net First Posted 08:59:00 01/09/2011 MANILA, Philippines—In the power sector, non-oil sources of energy will account for 70 percent or more of power generation, especially geothermal, natural gas, coal, biomass,
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By Dr. Bernardo Villegas INQUIRER.net First Posted 13:17:00 12/14/201 MANILA, Philippines—For whatever it is worth, I have a vision for the Philippine economy for the year 2020, a decade from now. I do not claim that it is as an accurate a vision
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Remittances seen to growing by 10% in Q2 BY JIMMY CALAPATI Think-tank First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) yesterday said that OFW remittances are likely to grow between 8-10 percent for the second quarter, but must offset the expected slowdown in foreign
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Everything seems to be on hold for prospective investors in the Philippines because of the coming elections. But to me this election will probably be the start of the most exciting years of my life as a Filipino. I must confess that the first President
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By Iris C. Gonzales (The Philippine Star) Updated March 12, 2010 12:00 AM MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) expects to lose up to P6 billion this year from the Optional Standard Deduction privilege allowed under RA 9504 or the
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New law attracts foreigners by Joel Zurbano MEMBERS of various foreign chambers in the Philippines would support passage of the proposed Philippine immigration act now pending in Congress, for the benefit of the tourism industry. Officials of the Joint
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MONEY SENT HOME by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose by 11.4% to $1.65 billion in December, pushing the 2009 tally to a record $17.1 billion. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which had predicted zero growth earlier in the year as the global
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