{"id":148585,"date":"2018-01-24T03:31:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T08:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148585"},"modified":"2018-01-24T03:31:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T08:31:53","slug":"gdp-growth-sends-signal-for-investors-ph-on-right-track-pcci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/24\/gdp-growth-sends-signal-for-investors-ph-on-right-track-pcci\/","title":{"rendered":"GDP growth sends signal for investors PH on right track: PCCI"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_148589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148589\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1919279_100480766645452_7966364_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148589\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1919279_100480766645452_7966364_n.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo by Bing Sibal Limjoco\/Facebook)\" width=\"495\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1919279_100480766645452_7966364_n.jpg 495w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1919279_100480766645452_7966364_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1919279_100480766645452_7966364_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Ma. Alegria Sibal-Limjoco (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bing.s.limjoco\">Photo by Bing Sibal Limjoco\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the largest business organization in the country, on Tuesday lauded the country\u2019s economic performance and called for initiatives that would propel investments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a confidence builder and sends a strong signal to local and foreign investors that the country is on the right track,\u201d said new PCCI President Ma. Alegria Sibal-Limjoco.<\/p>\n<p>Limjoco made this statement after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, bringing full-year growth to 6.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>She underscored the need to enable the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) partake of opportunities with the growing economy.<\/p>\n<p>Limjoco expressed hope that the economic team of President Rodrigo Duterte would work with her business group on setting a policy direction that would strategically drive public and private investments.<\/p>\n<p>She also called for initiatives that would equip MSMEs in agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors to become global winners and champions of decent jobs and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(These) have lasting multiplier effects on the economy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the largest business organization in the country, on Tuesday lauded &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":148589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[44587,15566,13259],"class_list":["post-148585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-ma-alegria-sibal-limjoco","tag-philippine-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry","tag-philippine-statistics-authority","mauthors-leslie-gatpolintan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}