Gross Domestic Product   Growth for the first nine months of 2011 was at 3.6 percent, below the lower end of the whole year target of 4.5 percent.    Debt problems of trading partners, low government spending, decline in agriculture and fishing due to unfavourable weather and the high cost of fuel were factors that …

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office have just published a very good report about the impact of the global economic turbulence on SE Asia. It considers the position on all the countries in SE Asia, including The Philippines. The report starts by likening the Greek potential debt default and the global economic situation to two dogs. …

UK Trade & Investment have recently produced a report into the transport sector in the Philippines. Developments in the transport are moving ahead with a number of major infrastructure projects in the pipeline. Read the full report here. Transport sector in the Philippines [1]

UK Trade & Investment has recently published a report into corruption in the Philippines. Corruption is the Philippines’ single biggest challenge, undermining the country’s development and impeding UK business prospects. There are signs of progress in the President’s efforts to tackle the problem.Read the full report here. Philippines_ the Challenge of Corruption – September 2011[1]

Advorto appoints HURIS as Country Partner for the Philippines and Vietnam   Advorto, one of Europe’s leading vendors of Recruitment Management Systems, has today appointed the Philippines based, Human Resource Innovations and Solutions, Inc. (“HURIS“), an HR Solutions Provider, as its exclusive Country Partner in the Philippines and Vietnam. HURIS will now manage Advorto’s Distribution …