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1. Business leaders urge government: Amend EPIRA, Oil Deregulation Law
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry submitted 11 resolutions to Vice President Jejomar Binay as part of the outputs of the 20th Visayas Area Business Conference and Expo in Bacolod City Saturday.
The chambers are urging the Department of Energy to push for the amendment of Electric Power Industry Reform Act, particularly on technical issues, market framework, and regulation.
The resolution also requests DOE secretary Jose Almendras to explain his statement that “if only the ERC would do its job, amending the law could be avoided.”
Both chambers are also urging the DOE to push Congress to amend the Downstream Oil Deregulation Law to restore regulatory powers to the energy department in areas where the law is “inoperable.”
They are also asking the DOE to detail how the national government incurred P1 trillion in energy liabilities.
For the sugar industry, the chambers are urging Sugar Regulatory Administration chief, Regina Martin to push the National Biofuels Board to decide on the request of ethanol producers for a 20-percent tariff on imported fuel ethanol.
This is to encourage local production of ethanol and for the DOE to decide where to index the tariff, the chambers said.
The Bureau of Information and Communications Technology of the Department of Science and Technology will meet Business Process Outsourcing industry stakeholders in Negros and Panay to draw a roadmap for further BPO development.
The chambers are also calling on government agencies to investigate the upsurge in foreign-owned businesses in Kalibo.
The Bureau of Immigration, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of Labor and Employment were cited by the chambers as the main agencies that should look into the matter.
The PCCI and MBCCI are also calling on the Department of Public Works and Highways central office and Aklan representative Florencio Mirafloresto to prioritize the funding of the proposed Kalibo Circumferential Road West Section to boost tourism in the area.
Both chambers are also urging the PPP Center of the government to consider recommending the approval of the Kalibo International Airport’s renovation into a PPP.
They are also urging the DOTC, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, and state agencies to consider opeing the Iloilo Airport to international flights from Hong Kong, China, and South Korea.
The DPWH is also being urged to create a drainage master plan for Iloilo, and are endorsing to the Department of Interior and Local Government the stand of the Visayas business sector on the Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008.
Both the PCCI and MBCCI said the provisions in the code must only apply to new buildings and the submission of requirements for the Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report must be strictly imposed.*PP
2. Etihad increases flights to Riyadh
ABU DHABI - Etihad Airways will substantially boost flights to Riyadh from a daily service to 13 flights a week from 30 October.
The extra services, to be operated by Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft, will offer greater access for business travelers to explore commercial opportunities in the two Arabian capitals.
The new Riyadh schedule will boost connectivity significantly to a number of key destinations across the airline’s global network, including the Indian Subcontinent, Indonesia and the Philippines.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ Chief Executive Officer, said: “Saudi Arabia is a key market for Etihad, and Riyadh has always been an important strategic destination for the airline. These changes allow us to strengthen our position within the GCC network.
“We are grateful to the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority and the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority for their support, which has enabled us to add the extra flights.”
Etihad Airways launched its services to Riyadh in December, 2004. The airline also offers 13 flights -per-week to Jeddah and Dammam
3. DOT: Philippine airlines to survive ‘pocket-open skies
Filipino airlines are expected to survive and prevail amid the government’s “pocket-open skies” policy, according to newly appointed Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr.
Dispelling fears raised by some stakeholders in the tourism industry that opening up some of the country’s airports to foreign carriers may do local carriers harm, Jimenez said the policy was meant to strengthen them instead.
The “pocket-open skies” policy eases restrictions on foreign airlines and allows them to land in selected international airports outside Metro Manila. In doing so, more foreign travelers on planes charging cheaper fares are expected to visit the Philippines.
Jimenez said the principle behind pushing for such policy was “very simple”—a more liberalized aviation rule would open up the country to more foreign tourists.
He was echoing the points raised by his predecessor in pushing for the policy.
“We didn’t do it for any other reason but that,” Jimenez, an advertising executive by profession, said at a press conference with tourism beat reporters early last week.
“But having said that, it was also done because we believe that Filipino airlines are among the best airlines in the world and they will find a way not only to survive open skies but to lead it,” said the new tourism chief.
Jimenez said the strengths of local carriers would remain under such policy “and the will do well under [it]… that is our belief.”
Before stepping down, former Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim urged his successor, amid resistance by some in the tourism sector, to continue “fighting” for the policy, which President Aquino approved when he signed Executive Order No. 29 in March.
There had been speculations that vested interests hurt by such policy had a hand in Lim’s leaving the Cabinet.
Lim had aimed to increase foreign visitors to the country from last year’s 3 million to 6.3 million by 2016. But Jimenez said he was working to surpass the target. “We think we can do somewhat better than that,” he added.
The tourism agency, which has tapped at least six of the country’s largest advertising and marketing communications teams to come up with a new Philippine brand, is expected to launch the new campaign before Christmas.
Neha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
1. Business leaders urge government: Amend EPIRA, Oil Deregulation Law
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry submitted 11 resolutions to Vice President Jejomar Binay as part of the outputs of the 20th Visayas Area Business Conference and Expo in Bacolod City Saturday.
The chambers are urging the Department of Energy to push for the amendment of Electric Power Industry Reform Act, particularly on technical issues, market framework, and regulation.
The resolution also requests DOE secretary Jose Almendras to explain his statement that “if only the ERC would do its job, amending the law could be avoided.”
Both chambers are also urging the DOE to push Congress to amend the Downstream Oil Deregulation Law to restore regulatory powers to the energy department in areas where the law is “inoperable.”
They are also asking the DOE to detail how the national government incurred P1 trillion in energy liabilities.
For the sugar industry, the chambers are urging Sugar Regulatory Administration chief, Regina Martin to push the National Biofuels Board to decide on the request of ethanol producers for a 20-percent tariff on imported fuel ethanol.
This is to encourage local production of ethanol and for the DOE to decide where to index the tariff, the chambers said.
The Bureau of Information and Communications Technology of the Department of Science and Technology will meet Business Process Outsourcing industry stakeholders in Negros and Panay to draw a roadmap for further BPO development.
The chambers are also calling on government agencies to investigate the upsurge in foreign-owned businesses in Kalibo.
The Bureau of Immigration, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of Labor and Employment were cited by the chambers as the main agencies that should look into the matter.
The PCCI and MBCCI are also calling on the Department of Public Works and Highways central office and Aklan representative Florencio Mirafloresto to prioritize the funding of the proposed Kalibo Circumferential Road West Section to boost tourism in the area.
Both chambers are also urging the PPP Center of the government to consider recommending the approval of the Kalibo International Airport’s renovation into a PPP.
They are also urging the DOTC, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, and state agencies to consider opeing the Iloilo Airport to international flights from Hong Kong, China, and South Korea.
The DPWH is also being urged to create a drainage master plan for Iloilo, and are endorsing to the Department of Interior and Local Government the stand of the Visayas business sector on the Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008.
Both the PCCI and MBCCI said the provisions in the code must only apply to new buildings and the submission of requirements for the Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report must be strictly imposed.*PP
2. Etihad increases flights to Riyadh
ABU DHABI - Etihad Airways will substantially boost flights to Riyadh from a daily service to 13 flights a week from 30 October.
The extra services, to be operated by Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft, will offer greater access for business travelers to explore commercial opportunities in the two Arabian capitals.
The new Riyadh schedule will boost connectivity significantly to a number of key destinations across the airline’s global network, including the Indian Subcontinent, Indonesia and the Philippines.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ Chief Executive Officer, said: “Saudi Arabia is a key market for Etihad, and Riyadh has always been an important strategic destination for the airline. These changes allow us to strengthen our position within the GCC network.
“We are grateful to the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority and the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority for their support, which has enabled us to add the extra flights.”
Etihad Airways launched its services to Riyadh in December, 2004. The airline also offers 13 flights -per-week to Jeddah and Dammam
3. DOT: Philippine airlines to survive ‘pocket-open skies
Filipino airlines are expected to survive and prevail amid the government’s “pocket-open skies” policy, according to newly appointed Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr.
Dispelling fears raised by some stakeholders in the tourism industry that opening up some of the country’s airports to foreign carriers may do local carriers harm, Jimenez said the policy was meant to strengthen them instead.
The “pocket-open skies” policy eases restrictions on foreign airlines and allows them to land in selected international airports outside Metro Manila. In doing so, more foreign travelers on planes charging cheaper fares are expected to visit the Philippines.
Jimenez said the principle behind pushing for such policy was “very simple”—a more liberalized aviation rule would open up the country to more foreign tourists.
He was echoing the points raised by his predecessor in pushing for the policy.
“We didn’t do it for any other reason but that,” Jimenez, an advertising executive by profession, said at a press conference with tourism beat reporters early last week.
“But having said that, it was also done because we believe that Filipino airlines are among the best airlines in the world and they will find a way not only to survive open skies but to lead it,” said the new tourism chief.
Jimenez said the strengths of local carriers would remain under such policy “and the will do well under [it]… that is our belief.”
Before stepping down, former Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim urged his successor, amid resistance by some in the tourism sector, to continue “fighting” for the policy, which President Aquino approved when he signed Executive Order No. 29 in March.
There had been speculations that vested interests hurt by such policy had a hand in Lim’s leaving the Cabinet.
Lim had aimed to increase foreign visitors to the country from last year’s 3 million to 6.3 million by 2016. But Jimenez said he was working to surpass the target. “We think we can do somewhat better than that,” he added.
The tourism agency, which has tapped at least six of the country’s largest advertising and marketing communications teams to come up with a new Philippine brand, is expected to launch the new campaign before Christmas.
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Aviation NEWS Reporter
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