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Policy Balance Would Help Philippine Small and Medium Enterprises Benefit from New Investments Arising from Constitutional Reforms — CRC President Daniel Rodrigo Reyes

By |June 21st, 2021|CRC Events, Economic Fora, Infrastructure and Industry, News, Series of Economic Fora, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

New Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) could greatly benefit Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) if policies are put in place to balance the influx of new players, asserted CRC President Daniel Rodrigo Reyes earlier this month at an event examining the constitutional reforms that have recently been proposed in the Philippine legislature. Mr Reyes gave the ... continue reading

VIDEO — CRC hosts conversation on “Scaling Up the Philippine Agribusiness by Integrating Smallholder Farms” under its IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series

By |April 7th, 2021|CRC Events, CRC Publications, Food and Agribusiness, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

PASIG CITY -- The small size of #farmholdings in the Philippines has always been cited as a key structural reason why Philippine #Agribusiness has struggled over the decades. But if there was a way to integrate the outputs of these farms, the resulting synergies would bring about economic success without abandoning the social justice gains ... continue reading

VIDEO — CRC launches PCSE “Together Towards Tomorrow” Video Features Series

By |March 12th, 2021|CRC Events, Family and Youth Education, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Social Economics, University News, Webinars|

The future is ours to build, with young people at the forefront. On February 20, 2021, the Center for Research and Communication’s Professorial Chair for Social Economics held "Together Towards Tomorrow", a live launch event for a continuing series of video features on young people’s leadership in the future of key Philippine Economic Sectors. The ... continue reading

Villegas, on “What the Philippines has to do in the BPO-IT sector”

By |February 15th, 2021|CRC Events, CRC International Investor Roadshows, Digital Sector, Expertise, News, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

The Philippines isn’t going to lose its global advantage in the BPO-IT sector anytime soon, says eminent Filipino economist Bernardo M. Villegas. But the country now needs to train its workers, so they can migrate to high value knowledge process outsourcing services. At an open forum after the latest CRC International Investor Roadshow, Dr. Villegas ... continue reading

Villegas says co-operatives, smallholder consolidation schemes could be keys to efficient agricultural production

By |February 4th, 2021|CRC Events, CRC International Investor Roadshows, Food and Agribusiness, News, Research Findings, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

Pasig City -- If the Philippines wants its agricultural production to be efficient, then it needs to find more imaginative ways of helping the Philippines’ many small farmowners to work together, says eminent Filipino economist Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas in a recently released video from the Center for Research and Communication, where he answered audience ... continue reading

VIDEO — “The Philippine Economy as a Top Emerging Market” – A CRC International Investor Roadshow event

By |December 22nd, 2020|CRC Events, CRC International Investor Roadshows, Digital Sector, Energy Industry, Expertise, Finance, Food and Agribusiness, Infrastructure and Industry, News, Social Economics, Transportation and Logistics, Trends, University News|

Pasig City -- CRC has a special treat for its website and social media followers this 2020: we are glad to be able to formally release the video for “The Philippine Economy as a Top Emerging Market,” the CRC International Investor Roadshow event with eminent Philippine economist, Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas, held last December 11, ... continue reading

VIDEO — CRC hosts conversation on “Building Resilience and Sustainability in the Creative Sector” under its IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series

By |December 17th, 2020|CRC Events, Digital Sector, Expertise, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

Pasig City -- The year 2020 has been a hard one for the Philippines' creative sector, with COVID-19 forcing the closure of performance, exhibition, and production venues, as well as limiting the movement and disposable income to potential patrons. To help jumpstart a conversation about possible solutions, the Center for Research and Communication (CRC)  focused ... continue reading

Discussion of Research Updates for “The Pueblos of Panay”

By |August 17th, 2020|CRC Events, CRCFI Research Fund, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Research Findings, University News|

Editor's note: Dr. Paul A. Dumol’s research update last July 30, titled “The Pueblos of Panay: Examining Their foundation Dates,” has been very fruitful in terms of findings, so there are three groups of content currently up on the CRC website.  This page contains a discussion, written by the research team, about the findings of ... continue reading

VIDEO — CRC online research update on the rise of “The Pueblos of Panay”, 30 July 2020

By |August 16th, 2020|CRC Events, CRCFI Research Fund, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Research Findings, University News|

Ortigas, Pasig -- For a little over an hour last July 30, 2020, viewers from at least four continents came together and focused their attention on Panay island. Specifically, they paid attention to the history of the founding of the Spanish Colonial era Pueblos of Panay, and the online research update of Dr. Paul A. ... continue reading

Research Update: Foundation Dates for “The Pueblos of Panay”

By |August 15th, 2020|CRC Events, CRCFI Research Fund, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, Research Findings, University News|

Editor's note: Dr. Paul A. Dumol’s research update last July 30, titled “The Pueblos of Panay: Examining Their foundation Dates,” has been very fruitful in terms of findings, so there are three groups of content currently up on the CRC website. The video for the webcast event, captured with the help of the UA&P Department ... continue reading