Capitalist industry in the Philippines

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Amway Corp. enters RP market early 1997 investing $6 million
By Lynda B. Valencia, Philippines News Agency, 18 September 1996. Not mentioned in the article is that Amway is a pyramid scheme that exploits family ties and has been in trouble in US courts. It has far right political associations.
US Fresh Fruit Transnational Attacks Workers' Union and Cooperative in the Philippines
From Asia Monitor Resource Center, 12 October 1997. Dole Food company is trying to destroy the National Federation of Labor (NLF) because it supports the SEARBAI and FARM cooperatives' negotiation with Dole over the price of bananas.
Bill Gates to visit Manila
By Ruben B. Cal, PNA, 22 November 1997. Gates, a super multibillionaire who is considered the richest man in the world, said that his company will work with local companies and the Philippine government on IT promotion. Gates announced that his company has granted the Philippines a license to produce selected Microsoft software products.
Export Processing Zones: the TUCP makes a breakthrough
ICFTU OnLine, 23 February 1998. Export processing zones, with their reputation for being impregnable to trade unions, first appeared in the Philippines in the seventies. The real explosion in the number of zones didn't happen until the end of the eighties however. Now there are 22, spread across the country's islands.
Disgraced businessman looks certain to return
By Cecilia Quiambao, Bangkok Post 7 July 1998. He left the country in 1986 with Marcos, his political patron as he rose to become the Philippines's most powerful business executive, and now Eduardo Cojuangco is back.
BANYAN urges gov't takeover of PAL, assails de-nationalization of airline industry
BANYAN news release, 28 September 1998. The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today said the Estrada government should immediately take control over the Philippine Airlines to save it from further ruin and to protect the interests of PAL employees who are being sold out by some of their union leaders. BAYAN also assailed government for using PAL's closure as a ground to de-nationalize the airline industry, with the entry of Cathay Pacific as a first step.