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The Philippines needs to transform and upgrade the local manufacturing sector to take advantage of opportunities from a bigger market in the Asean Eco..

Potential losses from the forthcoming Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 must not be exaggerated particularly in the agricultural sector. This is ..

Poor households in the Philippines lose about seven percent of their per capita incomes due to natural disasters, a study published by the Philippine ..

The state of infrastructure in the Philippines is the second worst among countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippi..

A few gaps and challenges still hamper logistics and trade facilitation in the Philippines, and removing them, while necessary, will also be difficult..

An expert from the state-owned Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) attributed the country’s poor infrastructure to the decline in off..

The Philippines, one of the world’s top rice consumers, may need to import as much as 2 million tons of the grain in 2014 as it looks set to miss se..

The Philippines needs to focus on niche treatment and on expanding its markets to capture a greater share of the medical tourism market, a new report..

AN INCENTIVE program is being crafted for the automobile manufacturers who will invest in the Philippines, an official said. Philippine Institute of ..

National Competitive Council (NCC) of the Philippines private sector co-chair Guillermo M. Luz, for his part, said some local government units are als..

SEVENTEEN industries have been identified for industrial upgrading and transformation based on the Philippine Manufacturing Industry Roadmap (PMIR). T..

While the food manufacturing industry has generally adjusted to upcoming Asean integration, other industries such as the automotive and sugar sectors ..

About 16 million people in the Philippines still do not have access to electricity, forming part of the 130 million in Southeast Asia who still do not..

To prepare the country for the upcoming Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, the Philippines needs to improve its domestic conditions, upgrade its ..