Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) energy committee chairman Jose Alejandro recently told his members they will push for the drawing up of…
A newsman once commented that when national disasters hit the Philippines, we now count our dead in the thousands, not in hundreds; destroyed properties…
The coalition of dollar earners and their allies were meeting at the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. boardroom last Wednesday when the peso-dollar rate hit…
Twenty years ago this month, leaders of two distinct and independent organizations of exporters came together and decided to unify into one umbrella organization.…
The electronic processing of import papers was adopted by the Bureau of Customs long before its present chief, Commissioner Rufino Biazon, was appointed by…
Whenever Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced hefty increases in OFW remittances, its spokesmen sounded so upbeat, at times, even euphoric. The figures have…
The Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) automation projects, namely the electronic-to-mobile (e2m) and National Single Window (NSW), are indeed a welcome change. By electronically…
International banker and economist Victor Barrios recently drafted a paper arguing that a strong peso has kept the Philippines poor, its people poorer and…
Critics have made a joke of the much vaunted flagship public works program of the Aquino administration called Public-Private-Partnership or PPP. The program did…
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry mainstay Donald Dee says he and other leaders of the country’s biggest business organization have been making noise…
