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Reyes made the call to encourage foreign businesses to partner with the government in alleviating poverty in the countryside.


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                    [Title] => Gov’t data hides ‘deterioration in quality of workforce’
                    [Summary] => Employment data released by the government recently showed an impressive 750,000 jobs created last year but on closer inspection the numbers hide a serious deterioration in the quality of the country’s workforce, analysts said.


"What the numbers clearly show is that employment in the formal sector is shrinking and employment in the informal sector of the labor market is growing," Rene Ofreneo director of the school of labor and industrial relations at the University of the Philippines told AFP.


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                    [Title] => Consultant cites Napocor as hindrance to energy efficiency improvements
                    [Summary] => The state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) has been identified as one of the major barriers to energy efficiency improvements in the Philippines. 


In a paper presented at the Philippine Business Leaders Forum, EnerCon Consultancy Services general manager Alan Taylor said the Philippines effectively uses cost-plus pricing for some key public sector industries. 


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                    [Title] => Slower energy consumption defers need for additional capacity in Luzon to 2010
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First Generation Holdings Corp. (FirstGen) president Federico Lopez, in a presentation before members of the Philippine Business Leaders Forum (PBLF), said there was a noted decline in electricity consumption since November 2004, dampening total power demand. 


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                    [Title] => Cap on chargeable VAT may pose great risk for businesses — PBLF
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In a position paper, PBLF, an associate of Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), said the 70-percent cap on chargeable VAT "distorts the system from a pure tax on consumption," and is seen as another disincentive to doing or expanding business in the country.


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DENR promotes environmental development

July 2, 2006 - 12:00am

Environment and Natural Secretary Angelo Reyes is inviting local and foreign business leaders to invest in the development and protection of the country’s natural resources. Reyes made the call to encourage...

Headlines

Gov’t data hides ‘deterioration in quality of workforce’

March 29, 2006 - 12:00am

Employment data released by the government recently showed an impressive 750,000 jobs created last year but on closer inspection the numbers hide a serious deterioration in the quality of the country’s workforce,...

Headlines

Consultant cites Napocor as hindrance to energy efficiency improvements

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 4, 2005 - 12:00am

The state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) has been identified as one of the major barriers to energy efficiency improvements in the Philippines.  In a paper presented at the Philippine Business Leaders Forum,...

Business

Slower energy consumption defers need for additional capacity in Luzon to 2010

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | August 26, 2005 - 12:00am

The Luzon grid will be needing additional power capacity in 2010, instead of the earlier expected 2007, due to a slower than anticipated demand, a power industry official said. First Generation Holdings Corp. (FirstGen)...

Business

Cap on chargeable VAT may pose great risk for businesses — PBLF

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | May 23, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippine Business Leaders Forum (PBLF) has said that the imposed 70-percent cap for creditable value added tax (VAT) from the total computed input may pose great risk for businesses, particularly those with...

Business