THE National Innovation Council (NIC) aims to double the grants extended by the Innovation Fund next year, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda). On the sidelines of the Filipinnovation forum last Monday, Neda Undersecretary for Planning and Policy Rosemarie G. Edillon told reporters that this means the…
THE government is preparing new measures to combat the steep rise in commodity prices, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda). The President has issued Administrative Order (AO) No. 20, which instructed the Department of Agriculture (DA) to take the lead in streamlining administrative proceduresand policies on the…
WITH the unanimous approval of the Senate bill to increase minimum daily wages in the private sector by P100, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) expressed concern that micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) would be unable to cope with the new policy. Neda Undersecretary for Planning and Policy…
LOCAL economists believe undertaking an economic charter change would harness the country’s potential in mass media and renewable energy. In a statement, the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) said liberalizing restrictive areas in the 1987 Constitution will allow the economy to develop and compete in a changing global economic landscape.…
THE next edition of the country’s Regular Foreign Investment Negative List (RFINL) is expected to become shorter to reflect recent legislative changes, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda). Neda Undersecretary for Planning and Policy Rosemarie G. Edillon told BusinessMirror that the oversight agency had already made a…