Charter change: Wholesale or retail?
We often hear the proponents of changing the 1987 Constitution arguing that it’s an urgent one so we can attract ...
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Gonzales bats for changes to media ownership
Deputy Speaker and Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. has proposed several amendments to the economic provisions of the Constitution, including ...
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‘Critical Infrastructure EO’ to fast-track sustained prosperity
"This ‘Critical Infrastructure EO’ may prove to be the President’s developmental legacy that will be valid beyond the myopic 6-year ...
Read morePositioning in the community of nations
"The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global emergency that mobilized an unprecedented level of international cooperation to confront a global existential ...
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Amended Public Service Act can harm Filipino investors
Giving a new definition to a public utility to skirt the foreign equity requirement under the Constitution may harm Filipino ...
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Lifting of foreign ownership limit to boost renewable energy sector
Advocacy group Foundation for Economic Freedom on Wednesday welcomed the Marcos administration's move to open the renewable energy sector to ...
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PH welcomes foreign investments in telecom, infrastructure
The Philippines is open to foreign investments, particularly in telecommunications, airports, toll roads and shipping, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said. ...
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RE developers back easing of restriction on foreign firms
A group of developers said over the weekend lifting the 40-percent foreign ownership limit on renewable energy would pave the ...
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Padilla insists Charter change to attract more investors to PH
It is high time to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution to attract more foreign investments in the ...
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Foreign reserves slipped to $108.9b at end of 2021
The gross international reserves settled at $108.89 billion at the end of December 2021, up $1.17 billion from the previous ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.