SHANGHAI—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has cited the government’s continuing efforts to open the economy to foreign participation, the country’s political stability and its young, dynamic workforce as among the key factors that would make the Philippines far more attractive…

Political popularity gives heft to machinery. Impatient with the Palace’s pace, House leaders have seized the initiative to make a constituent assembly (Con-ass) possible soon. Proposals are getting clearer, with a Palace-sponsored proposal, a party plan, bills for scheduling and…