A UKTI Report from the British Embassy Manila. An earlier-than-expected upgrade for the Philippines given by London-based Fitch Ratings. This was not unexpected and represents an important milestone rather than a break in the trend or end point. But, for the Philippines, important and historic recognition of the economic progress it has made. The change …

      A person cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.                  – Emil Zatopak                      A necessary Introduction – The First step The Sama-Sama Cup (Tagalog for ‘together’) idea was conceived in Boracay, Philippines on November 9th 2011. It was executed only …

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND INDICATORS   We are indebted to the Philippines Embassy in London for providing a summary of the latest economic and performance indicators for the Philippines. Gross Domestic Product   The Philippine economy grew by 6.8 percent in the last quarter of 2012, placing full year 2012 growth at 6.6 percent.     Industry grew …

We recently received a letter from the PDAAS charity which is included below. Any company or organisation who can help this organisation in any way should contact them directly.   Dear Sir/Maam; We, the PRODUCTIVE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ASSOCIATION (PDAAS), dole register # GSC-ROX11-2012-046.This is a differently People with Disability Organizations, It is a  Non-profit and  Non-Stock, …

According to the recently published World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013, the Philippines is included among the rising stars in emerging market economies in terms of travel and tourism competitiveness as its rank among 140 economies “climbed from 94th to 82nd on the back of policy improvements supporting the industry.” This was announced recently …