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Improving investor sentiment propped up FDIs in February

May 10, 2023 - 3:03pm

Foreign direct investments weathered headwinds in February, yielding inflows as an analyst believes an uptrend could materialize...

Business

FDIs clock triple-digit growth in April on low base

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral | July 12, 2021 - 5:54pm

Foreign direct investments to the Philippines posted another month of triple-digit growth in April, with much of the lift...

Business

Foreign investments shrink to $7.6 billion, lowest in 4 years

By Lawrence Agcaoili | March 11, 2020 - 12:00am

Net foreign direct investment inflows fell by 23.1 percent to a four-year low of $7.65 billion in 2019 from $9.95 billion in 2018 and the figure is expected to decline further due to the impact of the rapid spread...

Business

Commentary: A cautionary tale in trade and investment

By Edwin Santiago | January 25, 2020 - 4:17pm

For the Philippines, reducing poverty and improving people’s living standards are of primary concern. 

News Commentary

CITIRA: More jobs or less?

By Fidel O. Abalos | October 7, 2019 - 12:00am

Just last week, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, through Governor Benjamin Diokno, reported that it “expects foreign direct investment inflows to drop this year following a sharp decline in the first half...

Freeman Cebu Business

Approved FDI pledges surge in 2nd quarter

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral | September 5, 2019 - 6:50pm

Committed foreign direct investments rose to P49.6 billion in the second quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported...

Business

Pro-foreign investment laws can triple FDI inflows — Pernia

By Czeriza Valencia | July 2, 2019 - 12:00am

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the country can increase three-fold by amending three key investment laws that...

Business

FDI inflows slow further in March, Q1

By Lawrence Agcaoili | June 11, 2019 - 12:00am

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows remained weak in March, slipping by 14 percent to $586 million from $681 million in...

Business

Foreign investments drop in 2018

By Lawrence Agcaoili | March 12, 2019 - 12:00am

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows declined by 4.4 percent to $9.8 billion last year from $10.3 billion in 2017 due to...

Business

Attracting foreign direct investments: 2019 vs 1970s

By Gerardo P. Sicat | March 6, 2019 - 12:00am

Philippine economic managers recently went to Osaka to explain the country’s foreign direct investment program to attract and gain the attention of potential investors from Japan.

Business