By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Reporter
THE PHILIPPINES may have to benchmark its number of holidays against other Southeast Asian countries, as having “too much” holidays may discourage foreign investors, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said.
“We are a country that is competing with other countries for investment. So of course, investors will look at productivity as a factor,” he told BusinessWorld in an Aug. 15 interview.
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