The seven-month-long port congestion cost local and foreign businesses at least $500 million, according to estimates made by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), which enjoins the government to implement reforms to avoid more losses, as the peak season for port activity draws near.
By 2016,senior high school students of STI in the culinary and restaurant services , hotel and events management, information and technology, and tourism management programs undergo training under the ECCP member companies.
Retirement & Healthcare Coalition (RHC) Executive Director Marc Daubenbuechel landed in the Philippines in 2006, and from then on it was a love affair with the country that sees no end.
The European Chamber in Manila just conducted a very interesting forum on innovation within the context of our Human Capital Club. The presentation of Suzanne Merritt reminded me of other lessons in innovation. I was and still am fascinated by the Chile success in trying to copy the excitement of the Silicon Valley.
“Anyone who invests in justice invests in Filipino lives, for what is a nation without justice for its people?†Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said at a recent forum on judicial reform initiatives jointly convened by business groups led by the Makati Business Club and non-government organizations like the Judicial Reform Initiatives and the Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order at the Hotel InterContinental in Makati.
SeaOil Philippines, TeaM Energy and Isla Lipana & Co. are some of the signatories of the Integrity Pledge of a private sector-led campaign that took the initial step to create positive change within their organizations.
The Philippines can learn energy efficiency measures from European countries, which have successfully put in place such practices in their respective territories, the European Union’s Ambassador to the Philippines Guy Ledoux said in an interview with The STAR.
STI Education Services Group, Inc., a subsidiary of listed STI Educations Systems Holdings, Inc. of businessman Eusebio Tanco, has entered into two separate partnerships to improve its students’ skills and prepare them better for the real world.
A few weeks before the deadline of filing income tax returns, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) released the top individual taxpayers for taxable year 2013, following the top corporate taxpayers for the same year. So, did everyone get the message of BIR?
Heeding foreign businessmen’s call to limit the number of national holidays to 15 days or those prescribed by law, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is pushing for what it calls “holiday rationalization.â€
The long hot summer is upon us and the prospect of a power outage is certainly not cool. But amid this bleak news comes this refreshing campaign to raise awareness on energy conservation and underscore its urgency in the country.
The European Innovation, Technology and Science Center Foundation (EITSC) has started a campaign that will help the government ease unemployment in the country.
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