The country’s largest business organization is calling on the government to increase the land retention limit of landowners to 24 hectares from five hectares, and allow full foreign ownership of solar and wind projects in the country. | aldenmonzonINQ
The resolution also recommended the implementation of a debt condonation program for unpaid amortizations of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries and convert certificates of land ownership award into simple titles.
“Both the government and the private sectors took initiatives to respond to the pandemic and spur economic recovery. PCCI, in particular, spent time with government officials to share and exchange views on strategic plans on both economy and sustainability in business facing the new reality on the need of competitive and adaptive ideas to new challenges,” Barcelon said during his opening remarks on the first day of the two-day conference.
The government was also asked to encourage public-private partnerships in the implementation of the Universal Healthcare Law.For employment, the PCCI is asking the government to help micro, small and medium enterprises, as well as amend restrictive and punitive labor laws and enact ones that will increase productivity.
For national security, the PCCI is asking the government to deepen cooperation with neighboring states, expand participation in regional and multilateral defense agreements, and accelerate the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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