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Foreign retailers and investors in Philippine retail trade
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December 6, 2022
The legal topography in the country’s retail trade sector has become obscure with the promulgation of the Twelfth (12th) Regular Foreign Investment Negative List (RFINL) in the last month of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s term of office, since it includes in its “No Foreign Equity”...
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How SMEs can manage fluctuating peso values better
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November 29, 2022
This year’s most harrowing economic trend, following the accelerated rate of inflation, is the depreciation of the Philippine peso against the US dollar. The local currency hit ₱50 to $1 dollar in July 2022 and continued to depreciate, eventually dropping to ₱59 in September and...
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Focusing on What Matters – A Tax Regime Proposal
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November 22, 2022
“Focus on what matters” isn’t only a phrase that applies to maintaining a proper work-life balance or just bettering your life in general.  This phrase is also the key to improving our tax administration.   Under the 2021 BIR Annual Report (the latest as of...
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Inclusive Business for an Inclusive ASEAN
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November 15, 2022
Last  November 8  to 13, 2022, the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit was held in Cambodia with the theme “‘ASEAN A.C.T: Addressing Challenges Together,” underscoring ASEAN’s spirit of “Togetherness” as one community and the common will in its collective endeavor to address and overcome challenges...
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The Generational Shift: Mindsets, Motivations, Management
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November 8, 2022
When I joined the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) in 2009, I was 33 and president of Pacific Sun Solutions. I wondered what MAP could do for me as a young female CEO.   Thirteen years later, it’s 2022, and I am happy to...
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How to Explore ASEAN
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November 1, 2022
It is important to know about Free Trade Agreements, such as the AFTA which covers the ASEAN region. Before we even go to the RCEP, ASEAN Plus and other aggrupations, it makes sense to know first about ASEAN.   Who are the member states? You...
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Big-business strategies SMEs should adopt for ‘Ber months
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October 25, 2022
The proliferation of celebrity endorser announcements, holiday-themed digital ads, and promos welcoming September should tell you that big businesses are milking the ‘Ber months for what it’s worth. The ‘Ber months is not only the longest holiday season in the Philippines; it’s also the longest...
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EDCOM 2: Lifelong Learning Poverty Crisis (Part Two)
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October 11, 2022
(Second of two parts)   The Education Commission 2 (EDCOM 2) must connect our primary school learning crisis to more fundamental questions of the Philippines as a Lifelong Learning (LLL) nation.  Formal and informal learning in communities and corporations must be integrally pursued.   Long-term...
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EDCOM 2: Lifelong Learning Poverty Crisis (Part One)
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October 4, 2022
(1st of 2 Parts) The Philippines has a lifelong learning (LLL) poverty crisis – perhaps even worse than the widely-discussed learning poverty gap at the primary school level.  Both must be addressed now if we are to remain competitive and provide “socially cohesive, fulfilling, inclusive...
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