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Arangkada Philippines Second Anniversary Forum Playlist

Use the playlist above to watch all videos on the Second Anniversary Forum in order.

Ressa: It’s nice to be here a year later, and most of the panel members were here last year. So, Bobby de Ocampo last year said the focus should be infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure. What are the key accomplishment in the last year, and what do you want to see happen next? Why don’t we start with Ed.

Francisco: In terms of the key accomplishments, the coalition has done its job. The PPP Center is in place; resource building is in the works. As Secretary Jimenez and Bill Luz said, demand is easy now that it is getting the supply out. It’s getting the strategies in place. I think that is what I want to see.

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Rimando: Good afternoon, everyone. This is the third panel. We’ll talk about business costs, education, the judiciary, and social services.

Let’s start with a question: What do you think have we accomplished in 2012 as far as your sectors are concerned? Let’s limit it to just three and then we move on from there. Let’s start with Mr. Yang.

Yang: To give you some perspective, I probably will represent the quick service industry or the informal eat-out industry. We are one of the biggest employers, so labor is one of our most important factors for success—the quality of labor. In the field of education, what’s most important to us is that the quality of education improves for our labor force. I think we are lucky that Filipinos have a natural sense of hospitality. In our business that’s critical, but the educational level needs to improve, so the K+12  program which the government has embarked on provide a longer term increase in the competitiveness of our pool of labor.

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Alcuaz: We have about 30 minutes for this discussion and about 10 minutes for questions. If anyone has a question at any point , please stand up, wave your hand, and I will throw you into the discussion. Let me introduce members of the panel. Of course, you know the Secretary of Tourism Ramon Jimenez. Aileen Clemente, head of Rajah Tours, is from the Philippine Travel Agencies Association. Dr. Rolly Dy, representing agribusiness sector, is with the University of Asia and the Pacific. Bobby Batungbacal is with Dow Chemical and also with the Chemical Industries Association. He represents the manufacturing. John Ridsdel is with TVI, which operates a mine in Zamboanga del Norte.

I will ask everyone one or two questions, and I will ask the same question to everyone. [First Question] Could you point out in your sector what’s been the biggest accomplishment or the biggest challenge in the last one or two years.

May we begin with the mining sector. John?

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