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Published April 14, 2021, 1:05 PM
Philippine businessmen Wednesday, (April 14) took a pause from their busy schedules to make a stand against China’s aggression in the country’s territory.
With that business groups rallied behind Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, other government officials and various groups in calling on China to withdraw their vessels from Julian Felipe Reef.
Photos of Chinese vessels spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 27, 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea)
“Julian Felipe Reef is historically and by law undisputed Philippines territory, as was most clearly established in the 2016 ruling based on the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas.
Published January 16, 2021, 7:00 AM
Multisectoral groups, comprising of 51 largest and widely-represented private sector associations, have urged for the immediate enactment of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill to boost market confidence, save jobs and provide instant relief to businesses’ suffering from the COVID-19 impact.
“We, members of some of the largest and most widely-represented private sector groups in the country, reiterate our strongest and unequivocal support for the immediate enactment of the CREATE Bill,” stated the joint statement.
Congress has been deliberating the CREATE Bill for three years already, but both Houses have a hard time reconciling their versions.
Private sector groups reiterate call for immediate passage into law of CREATE bill By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published January 15, 2021 1:10pm Fifty-one of the country’s largest private sector and business groups on Friday called anew for the immediate passage into law of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill. “We humbly request the Senate and the House of Representatives to move quickly and decisively to push CREATE forward and ensure its immediate enactment,” the groups said in a statement. “We join the multisectoral call for the passage of this important legislative measure with urgency. After three years of deliberation, every day of delay comes at the risk of losing more jobs and hemorrhaging more investments,” the groups added.