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"The ASEAN picture is mixed in terms of international competitiveness, and it might be difficult -- although possible -- to prescribe uniform policie..

he government`s lack of concrete development plans and targets is hampering efforts to promote the Philippines as an alternative health tourism desti..

The government is not ready to face other countries in negotiating terms favorable for the country in bilateral trade deals accurding to a study by t..

The government needs to improve infrastructure and education for business process outsourcing industry to sustain the country`s advantage over competi..

CONCLUSION of a free-trade deal between the Philippines and Japan may face further delays after Manila rejected Tokyo’s offer allowing the entry of ..

GOVERNMENT subsidy to hybrid rice farmers cannot be scrapped at a time when the program is still taking off, Frisco Malabanan, the director of the Dep..

THE government should scrap its hybrid rice program and remove subsidies for the project to avoid wasting public resources, a study said. “There..

The government think tank, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), has named Josef T. Yap as president of the Institute effective April..

Economic experts on Wednesday warned that the lingering fiscal crisis stands in the way of the Philippine government in achieving the ambitious Mille..

The boom-bust cycle of economic growth, coupled with weak poverty alleviation programs, have contributed to the government`s failure to significantly ..

The country will see a slower growth of 5.6% in 2005 due to higher taxes, high fuel prices as well as the absence of last year`s heavy election spen..

THE domestic economy would grow by 5.6 percent only this year owing to the decline in consumer expenditure because of higher taxes and fuel prices, ..

Economists are cautiously optimistic about the prospects of a bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) between Manila and Washington. Government negotiat..

The Philippine economic team is suffering from a bout of contagion. No, not the type related to meningococcemia or avian influenza. A sense of euphor..

THE government expects to sign the country’s first bilateral trade agreement, or the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), by J..