“What it’s like on board an outnumbered Philippine ship facing down China’s push to dominate the South China Sea (CNN, March 26),”“China coast guard flexes its might against the Philippines in disputed waters as journalists look on (The Economic Times, March 27)”… It’s not ...
The ECCP's 24 sector committees convene to discuss cross-cutting and specific issues, listing key recommendations on actions needed to support market access for European businesses, and enable long-term economic welfare for the Philippines. Below are our advocacy wins in 2023. ...
IMF World Economic Outlook UN World Population Prospects World Inequality Report S&P Global Ratings Moody’s Fitch Ratings IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) CIA The World Factbook World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution ...
UN Tourism has issued the Cebu Call to Action for resilient food tourism in Asia-Pacific to attract more tourists and bring socio-economic benefits to... Philippines to host the inaugural UN Tourism Gastronomy Forum UN Tourism is organising its first-ever UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy...
27 June 2024 The Philippines’ zero-tariff on electric vehicles (EVs) and parts has been extended until 2028. The decision was made by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board in mid-May 2024 after a review of Executive Order (EO) No. 12 (s. 2023), which had tempora...
The socioeconomicimpact on factory or fulfillment workers promotes fair treatment. Sustainability is also a logistical issue: without reliable supplies, companies quickly run out of environment-friendly options. After 2022—a year in which supply chain issues forced companies to turn to expensive high-...
Transferring governmental responsibility to those capable of undertaking it was not consistent with building a social and economic base for political democracy. Self-government meant, of necessity, assumption of power by those Filipinos who were already in positions of leadership in society. But those ...
was ultimately frustrated by the power andresilienceof entrenched institutions. Share tenants who had rallied to Aguinaldo’s cause, partly for economic reasons, merely exchanged one landlord for another. In any case, the proclamation of a republic in 1898 had marked the Filipinos as the first Asi...
China denied the allegations as the two countries square off over the Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the vast South China Sea. “We express our strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the fact that the Japanese side has once aga...
It’s a rather big country with plenty of strengths, but it is also often embroiled in political or economic turmoil. Young Filipino ladies are simply tired of the instability. They want access to good education, career opportunities, and healthcare, and they want to be treated equally and ...