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Integration

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | April 1, 2017 - 12:39am

Through this whole year, the country will be hosting all the meetings of the ASEAN. It is the regional association’s 50th year and an important vantage point for looking at the possibilities economic integration...

Opinion

Product diversification to strengthen Philippine agriculture

By Philexport News and Features | January 16, 2016 - 9:00am

Exporters, producers and processors of agriculture and fishery products must diversify their portfolio to gain competitive advantage in overseas market and maximize the country’s potential benefits from the...

Agriculture

EDITORIAL - ASEAN Community

December 31, 2015 - 9:00am

Ready or not, the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations formally launched yesterday the ASEAN Community, putting the grouping along an inexorable path toward full economic integration by 2025...

Opinion

EDITORIAL - Preparing for economic integration

August 29, 2015 - 10:00am

The Thais are learning to communicate in the different languages of neighboring Southeast Asian countries. Singapore is briefing its business community, including those operating small and medium enterprises, about...

Opinion

DoF: BSP slowly preparing Philippines for financial integration

By Carlo S. Lorenciana | August 17, 2015 - 10:00am

Works, especially on the regulatory aspect, have already started to prepare the Philippines for financial integration, an official from the Department of Finance (DoF) said.

Freeman Cebu Business

Sharing prosperity from Asean integration: The legal challenges

By Manuel V. Pangilinan | March 3, 2015 - 12:00am

Salutation: The handshake

Business

AEC – manufacturers have to move to advanced technologies

By Henry J. Schumacher | January 30, 2015 - 12:00am

In the last 25 years, ASEAN countries have become established as a preeminent destination for global manufacturers seeking a well-resourced, cost effective manufacturing base for garments and textiles, electronics...

Freeman Cebu Business

MPIC to study SCTEX O&M offers

By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 27, 2015 - 12:00am

Infrastructure giant Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is set to carefully evaluate the offers for operation and maintenance of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac expressway (SCTEX) under the Swiss challenge process being...

Business

International firms to make Philippines as gateway to ASEAN

By Ehda Dagooc | January 26, 2015 - 12:00am

With the ASEAN integration just around the bend, more international companies are expected to make their way to a 600 million consumer base with the Philippines as their gateway to the region.

Freeman Cebu Business

An urgent matter

January 11, 2015 - 12:00am

Almost two weeks after that “unforgettable” 13-hour road trip from Manila to Baguio City, I’m back in the City of Pines minus the estimated one million tourists who joined me in making the city...

Business