Europe-PH News
The new radicals
March 22, 2015
One early evening back in 1997, I literally sprang up from my bed with eyes wide and mouth open. Then I started jumping up and down while listening to a song that was just new to the 99.5 RT playlist at that time. Read More
Express buses seen to hike productivity
March 22, 2015
“If the system works, the business community will be happy because its human resource will spend less unproductive time being stuck in traffic and will have more productive time on the job,†Henry J. Schumacher, executive director of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), said in a text message on Sunday. Read More
Ports authority books profit despite congestion
March 22, 2015
The Philippine Ports Authority even overshoots its P3.67-billion target by 16% or P582 million Read More
Philips encourages Filipinos to save energy now by using the right leds.
March 19, 2015
The Philips #MayMagagawaKa campaign encourages Filipinos to start saving energy now to manage the impending power shortage this summer and the years that follow. Read More
Port users must help ease cargo handling
March 17, 2015
Business groups have indicated skepticism on government claims that operations at the port of Manila have “completely normalized†after months of tightness due to the pileup of cargo containers. Read More
Aquino approval rating falls
March 17, 2015
The approval rating of President Benigno S. C Aquino III has fallen to its lowest after the Mamasapano fiasco, which may curtail the administration’s push for key legislative measures including much-awaited economic reforms according to analysts, even though business groups remain hopeful. Read More
A grace-ful exit
March 15, 2015
It was exactly one month and ten days since she bowed out as chairperson of the Commission on Audit. On that Thursday afternoon, Maria Gracia Pulido Tan was upbeat and candid, talking about her stint in government at the Integrity Initiative forum organized by the Makati Business Club and the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines. Read More
Congress on verge of giving up power measure
March 14, 2015
Both Chambers of Congress are on the verge of giving up on passing a joint resolution that will allow the President to address an electricity shortage expected to take place from March to July in Luzon. Read More
Tell me what's on your mind
March 13, 2015
I havenot done a retro diary in over a year. So, I figured, with the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) and the European Union (EU) holding its joint Network and Opportunities event during the middle of last week at the InterContinental Manila, this was the perfect time to bring it back. Read More
Re-bracketing tax rates doable
March 11, 2015
A proposal to cut the individual income tax rate to 25 percent from the present 32 percent is unlikely to happen before the end of the Aquino administration but a re-bracketing of the tax rates is doable, according to Sen. Sonny Angara. Read More
Efforts to decongest ports progressing - Palace
March 11, 2015
Malacañang said yesterday efforts to decongest the ports were progressing and that importers and forwarders were now being urged to reduce trucking rates back to where they were prior to the congestion. Read More
ECCP worried over gov’t stance on incentives
March 11, 2015
“Senator (Juan Edgardo) Angara has reiterated today that the incentives will not be part of the budget and will only be an addendum. The way it was explained to the business community, it is more for statistical purposes and not for approval purposes,†he said. Read More
