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THE ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must continue to work on harmonization and convergence after it pushes through with market integration next year, a Cabinet official said.

MANILA, Philippines – The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector will further help drive economic growth in the Philippines but this could be dampened by the forthcoming ASEAN integration in 2015, a study by an international business consultancy group noted.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A non-governmental organization focused on the development of human resource as a primary driver of business and national economic growth, is wary of the seeming unpreparedness of the Philippines once the integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), as one economic community, commence in 2015.

MANILA, Philippines – In terms of primary education and health, the Philippines is the 3rd least competitive among 10 Southeast Asian countries, according to the 2013-2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness report.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday raised its 2014 economic growth projection for the Philippines while cutting the regional outlook, saying Manila will get a boost from higher exports and the reconstruction of areas hit by Typhoon Yolanda.

AS the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) brace for the unification of the regional markets next year, the Philippines has already displayed its preparedness toward Asean 2015, according to Dr. Veronica Caparas of Asian Institute of Management.

QUEZON CITY, Jan. 7 (PIA) – The Philippines notched among the highest usage of ASEAN trade deals in the region, according to experts, urging Asian neighbors to adopt the country’s outreach campaigns to help more businesses reap integration gains.

The quest for education quality in fact propels all education reform initiatives. That being said, educators will be the first to say that arriving at a universal definition of education quality is actually more elusive than, say, achieving specific reform goals such as functional literacy at Grade 3, or the alignment of higher education competencies…

ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has traditionally relied on a mixture of public and private health care with an emphasis on the latter. It is a structure that is likely to continue as more countries in the region begin to move toward the provision of universal health care.

Overall the Philippines can compete under the integrated trading regime of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015, the Department of Trade and Industry said. But some domestic sectors, particularly agriculture, may lose out to competitors.

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said the country is not yet ready for the economic integration of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as it urged the Aquino administration to speed up implementation of infrastructure projects for an efficient transport system to make way for an efficient trade and…

The Philippines needs to address social inequity and rising youth unemployment to take advantage of the economic growth that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations single market is expected to bring by 2015.

DAVAO CITY — Parts of the population, including small farmers, are still generally unaware of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economic integration scheduled for 2015, industry figures said.

MANILA, December 5 (PIA) — Quality of infrastructure in the Philippines is second to the last in the ASEAN region. Senior Research Fellow of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Dr. Adoracion Navarro disclosed this during the forum “Financing Infrastructure in the Philippines ” held at PIDS.

ANILA, Philippines – When it comes to the impending ASEAN economic integration in 2015, the Philippines is cramming things it should have done a decade ago because bureaucracy got in the way then, the education chief said.

The Philippines and Malaysia are expected to lead growth in Southeast Asia until 2015, thanks to reforms and projected roll-out of major infrastructure projects, British financial services giant Barclays Plc. said over the weekend.

MANILA, Philippines – Eleven years ago, member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including the Philippines, envisioned an ASEAN University born from strong linkages of leading universities and institutions in the region.

MANILA, Philippines – Island thinking. To each his own. Quite literally, our higher education institutions (HEIs) are taking competition too seriously that we’re moving at a snail’s pace toward internationalization.

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The coming integration of the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) economies in 2015 has been giving sleepless nights to our manufacturers, exporters and other members of the business sector, and to the labor sector who has not yet reached the level of employment which is commensurate to the “winning” growth rates that our economy…

A HELPING HAND. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala says the department aims to provide more infrastructure and facilities in rice production to help make Philippine rice more competitive. MANILA, Philippines – “At this point in time, we cannot say that we are ready for the ASEAN Economic Community,” said Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala at the department’s…

Region to become world’s 5th-biggest vehicle market The Philippine automotive sector continued to lag behind its peers in the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in terms of sales, despite posting an 18-percent sales growth as of the end of July this year.

The Philippines, Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy, can differentiate itself from its regional peers that are grappling with slowing growth and deteriorating external balance sheets, based on a common theme cited by international researchers in the past few days.

Ayala chief cites skilled labor, strong economy SINGAPORE—Ayala Corp. chair Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala said the Philippines should play an active role in pursuing the integration of Southeast Asian economies, believing the country stood to benefit on a net basis from the plan.

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has emerged as the “most improved” nation among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) with American firms expressing increased satisfaction over the stability of the country’s political system.

US firms doubt ASEAN 2015 single market goal SINGAPORE – Two leading American business groups Tuesday said US firms operating in ASEAN countries are skeptical the regional bloc can meet a 2015 deadline to establish a single market.

The Philippines is seen to lead Southeast Asia in terms of growth as what was once regarded as Asia’s laggard spearheads an “outperforming” region this year until 2015 amid a weakening China.

WHILE government scientists noted the Philippines’s progress in research and development (R&D), its level is still behind some member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday raised its Philippine economic forecast for the year but cut its growth projection for Asia-Pacific as a whole and citing the impact of a slowing growth in China, the world’s second largest economy.

DAVAO CITY—The long years of neglect that Mindanao suffered would have its painful and telling blow when the country is forced to open its entire economy to the scheduled single market of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) by 2015.