FPLA meets need for ‘renaissance leaders’

The quest for excellence requires continuous innovation. And with innovation as the crucial factor, a deeper sense of leadership is needed to achieve the desired transformation.

The quest for excellence requires continuous innovation. And with innovation as the crucial factor, a deeper sense of leadership is needed to achieve the desired transformation.

The group of taipan George Ty expects its automotive business under Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) to get a big boost from the rise of the domestic economy as per capita gross domestic product (GDP) is seen to hit $3,000 in the next few years.

Splash Corp., a listed personal care products manufacturer, said buyers in North America snapped up its Barrio Fiesta-branded condiments business although overall food sales still ended with modest gains.

The Philippines will stand by its export target of $81.53 billion for 2013 on the back of rising non-electronics shipments and a robust services sector, according to trade officials.

The Philippine Stock Exchange is looking at the possibility of merging with the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp. within the year, thus creating a unified platform for trading of stocks and bonds.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will only make minor adjustments in the Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) for 2013, putting off the major changes to 2014.

Property developer Century Properties Group Inc. posted a 10-percent growth in first-quarter net profit to P501 million on higher revenues and margins.

Bank of the Philippine Islands is set to roll out this week a new unit investment trust fund (UITF) that will track the main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index, riding on strong investor appetite for equities.

MANILA, Philippines—The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) urged stronger education and internship programs for job-generating sectors. These are agribusiness, manufacturing, tourism, IT-Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), housing, infrastructure and logistics, Neda said in a statement. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan, who is also Neda director-general, said stronger coordination between government agencies and [...]

The country’s airline industry continued to post gains in terms of overall passenger traffic in the first quarter, but at a much slower pace than that recorded in 2012, data from the Civil Aeronautics Board showed.

A Malaysian business mission is in town until Thursday to explore possible ventures in the country.
A San Miguel-led consortium has petitioned the government to reconsider its disqualification from the P1.72-billion public-private partnership (PPP) project that seeks to introduce contactless-based smart card technology into the metropolis’ light railway transit (LRT) system.