â€But what happens when the issue is neither inconstancy nor unpredictability but no regulation at all?" by Ducky Paredes
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.
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.
The Philippine Ports Authority even overshoots its P3.67-billion target by 16% or P582 million
“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.
The Philips #MayMagagawaKa campaign encourages Filipinos to start saving energy now to manage the impending power shortage this summer and the years that follow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
In close partnership with government, businesses, civil society, and academia, ECCP passionately works to enhance the business environment for both European and Filipino companies.