BUSINESS and economic groups, in separate statements, have expressed their condolences to the family of former President Fidel V. Ramos on his passing.
The seven chambers said they remember Ramos for his strong efforts to promote foreign investment into the Philippines, to create jobs for Filipinos, and to reduce poverty in the country. The Joint Foreign Chambers is a coalition of the American, Australian-New Zealand, Canadian, European, Japanese, Korean Chambers and Philippine Association of Multinational Companies Regional Headquarters Inc. .
Balisacan also noted that while he was in the academe, he saw firsthand and closely followed how Ramos’s economic and social reform agenda, which focused on opening the economy and people empowerment, “paved the way to foundational economic transformation.” The BPO sector has been one of the, if not the biggest, contributors to the country’s economic success.
“The former president’s development policy firmly put people at the center of development,” the POPCOM executive director said. “He was, during his presidency up to the last years of his active life, a firm believer of the benefits of family planning.”