The Joint Foreign Chambers has urged lawmakers to pass amendments to the Foreign Investments Act that will allow more foreign nationals to practice in the Philippines and make it easier for more foreign investors to set up shop in the country, the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper reported. ( http://link.reuters.com/xeq76v )

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