EUROPE-PH News

March 31, 2015
DOLE sets ‘holiday rationalization’

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.”

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March 30, 2015
Yes, we have the power to solve the energy crisis

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.

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March 29, 2015
ECCP initiative starts anti-joblessness drive

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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March 29, 2015
ECCP allocates P2 million for innovation center

The creative sector has been one of Cebu’s economic drivers and that entrepreneurs engaged in this industry must be supported to achieve their potential growth, a business group said.

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March 25, 2015
Philips says #MayMagagawaKa to reduce power consumption

With a power crisis looming over the horizon, consumer electronics company Philips recently launched the #MayMagagawaKa campaign to push Filipinos to start saving energy.

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March 24, 2015
Network wars spill over into pay television

The so-called “network war” is spilling over into pay television as broadcasters rush to serve a burgeoning market consuming business news, thanks to a growing economy that is creating more wealthy people.

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March 24, 2015
ECCP backs kKto 12, launches first dual-training program in PHL

The European Innovation, Technology and Science Center Foundation (EITSC), an initiative of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, supports the Philippine government in implementing the K+12 Basic Education program by launching its first dual-training program for senior high-school students in the country.

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March 23, 2015
PRA Execs Sued for Plumder

”But what happens when the issue is neither inconstancy nor unpredictability but no regulation at all?" by Ducky Paredes

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March 23, 2015
Yes, you can make a difference in energy conservation

Amid bleak news of an impending power shortage this summer (and the years to come), Philips’ May Magagawa Ka campaign was recently launched to shed light on how Filipinos can start saving energy now.

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March 22, 2015
The new radicals

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.

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March 22, 2015
Ports authority books profit despite congestion

The Philippine Ports Authority even overshoots its P3.67-billion target by 16% or P582 million

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March 22, 2015
Express buses seen to hike productivity

“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.

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