EUROPE-PH News

January 07, 2017
Anti-trust body seeks level playing field for contractors

Source: The Philippine Star MANILA, Ph...

January 09, 2017
DTI, export exec downplay GSP+ fallout

Source: Business World Online THE COUN...

November 16, 2016
Paris climate agreement opens investment opportunities in PH

The historic global agreement on climate change adopted in Paris last year helped open up nearly $23 trillion worth of investment opportunities for emerging markets like the Philippines between now and 2030.

October 23, 2016
Energy stakeholders to meet in Davao Oct. 25

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) will convene some 100 energy sector stakeholders during the Energy Smart Mindanao 2016 on Tuesday, October, 25 at Park Inn by Radisson, Lanang, Davao City.

October 23, 2016
Business chambers can help get the right message across

Amid the tirades of President Rodrigo Duterte against the United States and European Union that have been cited to have affected investors' confidence, chambers of commerce can help get the message across to the foreign business community.

October 17, 2016
Participants in Energy Smart 2016

Energy Smart 2016 was held last August 31 - September 2, 2016 at the SMX Convention Center Manila. This 3-day conference and exhibition sought to strengthen commitment to an agenda for an inclusive, competitive, and sustainable energy future.

October 13, 2016
Net FDI inflows up at $503M in July ~ BSP

Foreign direct investments (FDI) registered net inflows to the Philippines in July and brought the year-to-date performance up by almost 80 percent, data released by the central bank on Monday showed.

October 13, 2016
Pimentel's vision of Federal Philippines

Peace and progress: these two words best sum up, according to the country's longest-serving proponent of federalism and former Senate President Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr., the main objectives for pushing fundamental change in a country long used to the presidential-bicameral system of government that it learned from its colonizers.

October 09, 2016
Risk insurance for agri sector eyed

Former Agriculture Secretary and now 3rd District Representative of Bohol Arthur Yap has called for the implementation of Index Risk Insurance for the agriculture sector.

September 25, 2016
Investors 'fairly positive but vigilant'

Foreign investors are willing to take a chance on the Philippines even as President Rodrigo R. Duterte's headline grabbing rhetoric may have increased the political risk of investing in one of Asia's brightest spots.

September 21, 2016
'Rift with EU to hurt economy'

A rift with the European Union will have negative consequences for the Philippine economy, European business leaders said yesterday.

September 21, 2016
Philippine sociopolitical issues start to worry international investors ~ S&P Global

Sociopolitical concerns surrounding the Philippine market are starting to dent the confidence of international investors, according to S&P Global Ratings.