THE country needs to improve its quality of education and labor system in an effort to take advantage of investment opportunities amid projections for the Philippines to become one of the world’s largest economies by 2050. Read the rest of this entry »
Improve labor system, quality of education
April 28, 2012
ECOP calls for labor reforms to improve competitiveness, productivity
April 25, 2012
MANILA — The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) passed a five-point resolution on Tuesday calling for reforms in the labor market to improve competitiveness, productivity and sustain the country’s economic growth. Read the rest of this entry »
Branding shift pushed
April 16, 2012
A BUSINESS branding campaign could be unveiled later this year by the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) as part of efforts to boost exports and attract investors. Read the rest of this entry »
RP needs to do more to raise competitiveness — WB report
April 10, 2012
The Philippines must strengthen overall competitiveness through enhancing competition including reducing the cost of doing business, and addressing infrastructure and service delivery bottlenecks. Read the rest of this entry »
Better competitiveness rankings seen this year
April 3, 2012
The government hopes to improve the country’s competitiveness this year to boost the economy, Guillermo Luz, the co-chairman of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) of the Philippines said during an exclusive roundtable with The Manila Times on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Phl most underrated country in the world, says Purisima
March 24, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is the most underrated country in the world, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said yesterday during a forum organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry »
Competitiveness sought to keep local workforce
February 7, 2012
THE chairman and chief executive officer of Ayala Corp., Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, said on Monday that the Philippines has to compete like companies for its people. Read the rest of this entry »
Government allots P500M/year for industry competitiveness fund
January 19, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The government has allotted half a billion yearly for the industry competitiveness fund (ICF) to help big ticket investors operating in ecozones outside the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) cope with high electricity costs. Read the rest of this entry »
WEF Competitiveness Survey limited to big firms’ sentiments – economist
November 9, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The World Economic Forum (WEF) Competitiveness Survey only represents the sentiments of the big businesses and not the small and medium sized ones or those located in the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) zones, an economist said. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Competitiveness
October 7, 2011
Changing World
MANILA, Philippines — The recent improvement in global competitiveness of the Philippines in the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranking leaves little room for complacency. We are still behind all of our ASEAN peers, with the exception of Cambodia. Read the rest of this entry »
