The document discusses the status of the Philippine economy and foreign investments/control. It notes that the economy grew moderately under recent presidents with inflation mostly under control. Foreign investment approvals increased in the third quarter of 2013. It also discusses concerns about the management of human and environmental resources, including issues like illegal logging, mining impacts, and rights violations. Sustainable management of resources is important for continued economic growth.

1. FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS/CONTROL
Reported by:
Johny A. Prudencio
III-BLIS

3. STATUS OF THE PHILIPPINE
ECONOMY
Corazon "Cory" C. Aquino, 3.4 percent and 4.3 percent;
 Fidel "Eddie" V. Ramos, 0.6 percent and 3.4 percent;
Joseph "Erap" E. Estrada, 0.1 percent and 4.3 percent;
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 2.9 percent and 3.6 percent.
PNoy is the "fairest" among the post-Edsa Uprising
presidents when it comes to managing the Philippine
economy in their first two years in office, the National
Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)- Darwin G. Amojelar,
InterAksyon.com

4. STATUS OF THE PHILIPPINE
ECONOMY
Philippines is the fastest growing Asian country for the first quarter of 2013
(Inquirer)
Inflation averaged at 2.9 percent in the first half or below the Bangko
Sentral’s 3 to 5 percent target for the year.
The Heritage Foundation released on Tuesday, January 14, its 2014 Index
of Economic Freedom, which shows the Philippines with a score of 60.1,
improving its ranking by 8 places, from 97th in 2013 to 89th for 2014.
The Philippines' score is 1.9 points higher than last year’s 58.2 due to the
significant improvements in investment freedom, business freedom,
monetary freedom, and the control of government spending.

5. FOUR PILLARS

6. WAIT…
Conducted from June 20 to July
4, Pulse Asia’s Ulat ng Bayan
nationwide survey found “a big
plurality” of Filipinos (43 percent)
saying the economy is
unchanged year-on-year.

7. BECAUSE…
61 percent of respondents think that controlling inflation (i.e.,
high prices of basic necessities) is a national concern that must
be immediately addressed by the administration.
The second most often cited urgent national concern is the
need to increase the pay of workers (49 percent), followed by
job creation (41 percent) and poverty reduction (37 percent).
Other national concerns considered urgent by Filipinos are
graft and corruption (31 percent), criminality (22 percent),
equal law enforcement (16 percent), environmental
degradation (16 percent), peace promotion (15 percent) and
population management (11 percent).

8. FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the third
quarter of 2013 by the seven investment promotion
agencies (IPAs), namely:
Board of Investments (BOI)
Clark Development Corporation (CDC)
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB)
BOI-Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BOI-ARMM)
Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA)

9. JOSE RAMON G. ALBERT
Secretary General

10. LOCAL VS. FOREIGN
CONTROL
BSP requires foreign-controlled banks to go public

11. FILIPINO-OWNED
BUSINESS
Oscar M. Lopez
Manuel M. Lopez

16. In 1956,
businessmen
Ramon V. del
Rosario, Sr.,
Filemon C.
Rodriguez, and
Ernesto Escaler
formed
Philippine
Investment
Management
(PHINMA), the
first Filipino-
managed
investment firm.

17. Sarao Motors
Founded 1953 (as an automotive shop)
1962 (as a corporation)
Founder(s) Leonardo S. Sarao
Headquarters Brgy. Pulang Lupa, Las Piñas,
Philippines

18. Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr.
(Chairman and CEO)
Ramon S. Ang
(President, Vice-Chairman and COO)

19. Founded by Betty Ang,
according to the
alignment of Forbes Asia
is the 23rd richest Filipino
with a total wealth of $
165 million.

20. FOREIGN COMPANIES

21. By the Spanish and German Ayala, Roxas, and Zobel families

22. Chairman John Gokongwei, one of the wealthiest individuals in Southeast Asia.
It was one of the ten most profitable companies on the Philippine Stock
Exchange for 2010.

24. WHAT ATTRACTS FOR THE
FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO INVEST
HERE?
Investors from Sweden, Australia and the US have
been sizing up the Philippines’ booming Business
Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry.
The country's rich land resources have been
attracting the attention of British investors looking to
invest in renewable energy.
The 60/40 rule
BY AYA LOWE (RAPPLER.COM)

25. POSITIVE IMPACT OF
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Economic growth
Civilization
Globalization
Allies
Increase in employment
Workers would gain new knowledge/skills (Lesher & Miroudot (2008)
Exports and infrastructure improvements (Lesher & Miroudot (2008)
Competition (Lesher & Miroudot (2008)

26. NEGATIVE IMPACT OF
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Cause of environmental damage
Smuggling, gambling, and any means of illegal
works
Underemplyment
Increase in population due to migration from rural
to urban areas.
Competition

27. IMPACT TO EDUCATORS
Changes in curriculum
Changes in teaching strategies
Innovation
Must be a computer-literate
Increase in information needs
Expected to have mastery
Vocational education is very needed

28. DO YOU FEEL OUR
ECONOMY IS
GROWING?

29. IF YOU WOULD BE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES, WILL YOU BE
OPEN TO FOREIGN
INVESTORS? OR YOU WILL
CHANGE SOMETHING?

30. AS A STUDENT, WHAT CAN YOU
DO TO HELP OUR ECONOMY
GROW?

31. DO YOU WANT TO BE A
MASTER OR A SERVANT?
AN EMPLOYEE OR AN
EMPLOYER?
A BOSS OR A WORKER?

32. MANAGEMENT OF
RESOURCES
Reported by:
Johny A. Prudencio
III-BLIS

34. OUR RESOURCES
Human power
Environment

35. HUMAN RESOURCES

36. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

37. CONCERNS IN HUMAN
RESOURCES
Illegal recruiters
Human trafficking
Child labor
Slave labor
Extrajudicial killings
Terrorism
Prostitution
Blackmailing/threats

38. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

39. LGU’S AND NGO’S CONCERN
IN ENVIRONMENT

40. BUT WHAT HAPPENED?

41. According to 2013 Resource Governance
Index, New York-based Revenue Watch
Institute gave the Philippines a composite
score of 54 out of 100, ranking it 23rd among
58 resource-rich countries surveyed for quality
of management of oil, gas, and mining
sectors.
Source: Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star) | May 20, 2013

42. CONCERNS IN ENVIRONMENT
Overfishing and destructive fishing
Coastal infrastructure development
Deforestation
Pollution
Improper waste disposal
Decline of natural resources and biodiversity
Illegal killing of animals/wild animals

47. Illegal Tree-cutting and Pollutive Activities of Jac Liner
Position paper by the Kalikasan Partylist | May 30, 2012

48. Ang mga dayuhang korporasyon ay umaabot ng
1,151,514 ektarya. Inindorso o inaprubahan ng
adminstrasyon ni Aquino ang 353 na aplikasyon
sa pagmimina.
Source: Kalikasan.net

49. Executive Order 23 (EO 23)
o logging moratorium sa
mga natitirang kagubatan,
patuloy pa rin ang
operasyon at pagpuputol
ng puno ng mga malaking
commercial loggers na
nagtotroso sa Cagayan,
Aurora, Quezon,
Davao Del Norte,
Compostela Valley at
CARAGA Region.
Source: Kalikasan.net

50. Ang pinakamalaking kumpanya sa mundo na Exxon Mobil
ay aktibong naghahanap ng langis at gas sa
Sulu Sea. Gayundin ang mga dayuhang tulad ng Royal
Dutch Shell, BHP Billiton, NorAsian Energy, at Nido
Petroleum na pinahintulutan din na magsagawa ng
eksplorasyon sa milyong-milyong ektarya ng dagat malapit sa
Palawan.
Source: Kalikasan.net

51. Source: Kalikasan.net
Mayroon nang pitong (7) tagapagtaguyod ng
kalikasan ang pinaslang sa ilalim ni Aquino.
Kabilang dito ang sikat na botanist na si
Leonard Co, Palawan activist Dr. Gerry Ortega
at lider ng mga maliliit na minero na si Santos
Manrique.

52. DEMAND LETTER ON INTERNALLY-
DISPLACED PERSONS DUE TO
MINING

53. The violence and human rights violations from the militarization
caused by combat operations, bombing, hamletting, massacres,
extrajudicial killings, strafing, destruction of properties and threats by
the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are escalating.
This is seen to systematically stem from the current administration’s series of
counter-insurgency plans from the infamous Oplan Bantay Laya of the
Arroyo regime up to the present Oplan Bayanihan of Benigno Aquino III.
Primarily targeted in these plans are the civilian population in so-called
“NPA-infested areas” as well as progressive and patriotic leaders and
activists.
From the letter of concerned Filipino people, presented to Sec. Ramon
Jesus P. Paje of Department of Environmentand Natural Resources

54. Resist the growing ecological threats presented
by US military forces in our lands and seas!
US bases, troops and military exercises, out of the
Asia-Pacific now!
The people united will never be defeated! Long
live international solidarity!
 Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment 04 August
2013

57. KEEP SILENT?
AND
COME WHAT MAY?

61. WILL YOU BE AN ADVOCATE
OF GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF
RESOURCES?

62. RELATIONSHIP…
Reported by:
Johny A. Prudencio
III-BLIS

64. FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS/CONTROL
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES

65. DO YOU WANT TO BE A
MASTER OR A SERVANT?
AN EMPLOYEE OR AN
EMPLOYER?
A BOSS OR A WORKER?

66. REFERENCES
Reported by:
Johny A. Prudencio
III-BLIS

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heritage-foundation-index
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for-first-quarter-of-2013
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down-2014-economist
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admin-fostered-growth-but-failed-in-generating-jobs-mgg-report
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what-holding-back-fdi-philippines
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http://fpe.ph/about-fpe/priority-issues-and-concerns