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                    [ArticleID] => 2165719
                    [Title] => Nilagdaang FIA ni Duterte magpapasigla sa negosyo
                    [Summary] => Inaasahang magiging sentro ng mga bagong pasimulang negosyo ng Pilipinas sa Southeast Asia ang paglagda at pagsasabatas ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa inamyendahang ‘Foreign Investments Act.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-08 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097155
                    [AuthorName] => Joy Cantos
                    [SectionName] => Police Metro
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                    [ArticleID] => 2108444
                    [Title] => British Chamber calls for lower capital requirement in retail trade liberalization law
                    [Summary] => (As released) Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel and international trade lawyer Anthony Abad were guests at the joint advocacy webinar hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce Philippines (ECCP) and Chris Nelson, executive director and trustee of the British Chamber of Commerce.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-06-27 11:04:00
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                    [Title] => Foreign chambers laud changes to Foreign Investments Act
                    [Summary] => Foreign business groups in the country welcomed the recent approval of amendments to the Foreign Investments Act at the House of Representatives, saying these would enable the Philippines to attract more investments. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-09-13 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1473425
                    [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
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                    [Title] => Foreign chambers back FIA changes
                    [Summary] => The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) in the Philippines have thrown their support behind amendments to the Foreign Investments Act (FIA) to help the country attract more investors and create jobs. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-01-29 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
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                    [Title] => JFC backs bill amending law on foreign investments
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The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) support a proposed measure seeking to change the foreign investments law by removing restrictions on practice of professions and lowering the employment threshold for small and medium enterprises.

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Section 10, Article XII of the Philippine Constitution provides that the Congress must reserve certain areas of investment to Filipinos or to corporations or associations of which at least 60 percent of capital is owned by Filipinos.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136078 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1135728 [AuthorName] => Arianne C. Artugue [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 891330 [Title] => Wanting to be a great nation [Summary] =>

Guillermo Luz, co-chair of the National Competitiveness Council, a public-private sector body dedicated to building up the long-term competitiveness of the Philippines, emailed to us recently a summary of how our country performed in various global competitiveness reports in 2012.

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The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) of the Philippines has expressed concern over the draft rules on foreign ownership recently released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as it could discourage investments to the country.

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An executive order (EO) seeking to expand the economic activities and investment areas reserved to Philippine nationals has been signed by President Aquino.

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The pictures of survivors mourning the death of their loved ones say it all.

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