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A competition policy for the rice and passenger transport sector is needed to encourage innovation and prevent cartels. This was stressed in a natio..

The Philippine services sector needs an articulated and comprehensive national strategy to maximize its potentials as a growth engine for the economy...

The Philippines has vast potentials to be the heart of services trade in Asia Pacific. A study authored by Dr. Ramonette Serafica, research consultan..

Recovery in the European Union (EU) will boost the Philippine economy given strong trade and investment relations between the two. In a recent forum ..

Blaming rice cartels for price manipulation cannot be considered a definitive explanation of last year's rice price hike. Sharp drop in imports is a m..

Various digital data by-products from electronic devices, social media, search engines, sensors, and tracking devices (including climate sensors and g..

A recent study of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Department of Health (DOH) reveals that the leading cau..

It has been twenty-five years since the passage of the Generic Drugs Act and five years since the Cheaper Medicines Act, but majority of Filipinos, pa..

High local shipping costs may be attributed largely to the absence of competition in the local shipping industry, thus the need for a comprehensive re..

The Philippines should implement strong medium-term structural reforms to ensure growth, according to an expert in international business and investme..

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), represented by its president Dr. Gilberto Llanto, and World Bank Philippines, re..

Efforts to modernize customs administration are expected to create new opportunities for custom brokers who are adept and flexible enough to adjust to..

Health sector stakeholders gathered at Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City to discuss some of the best healthcare innovation practices in a forum..

In the Philippines, every president has promised to achieve rice self-sufficiency within his or her term. Sadly, this promise has been repeatedly brok..

More regionally tailored industry roadmaps need to be put in place to strengthen the viability of local businesses and industries in light of the impe..