MANILA -- The Philippines' antitrust watchdog plans to significantly bolster its manpower as it braces for a "deluge" of complaints on monopolies, cartels and other anti-competitive practices.
"We are submitting a proposal to the Office of the President for an additional 140 items to build up our organization, especially in the enforcement [department]," Philippine Competition Commission Chairman Arsenio Balisacan said in a Sept. 15 interview with the Nikkei Asian Review.
