Updates

MBC-PBEd Joint RTD on the Dual Mission of Higher Education

    03 December 2019 – The Makati Business Club (MBC) and the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) co-hosted a joint roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez, the seventh and first female president of the Utah Valley University (UVU), at the Shangri-la Makati, Makati City.

    Statement on the PISA Results

      Makati Business Club joins Philippine Business for Education in its statement on the results of the 2018 Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA). We will answer its call for the private sector, civil society, and academia to work with the government on transformative solutions.

      Joint Lunch Reception for the 2019 FYLPRO Organization

        26 November 2019 — the Makati Business Club, the Philippines-U.S. Business Council, and the American Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, hosted their annual lunch reception for the Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO) Delegation.

        STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S DECISION TO MAINTAIN RICE LIBERALIZATION

          Makati Business Club supports the decision of President Duterte and his economic managers to maintain the rice liberalization policy even as they help farmers by improving mitigation measures and investigating reports of hoarding. We and other business groups are ready to assist the government with those.