The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the creation of the "Task Force on Oxygen Supply". A pair of oxygen tanks. (Photo by Moo Shua/ Unsplash) This was bared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, Sept. 10 during a virtual...
The Departments of Health and Trade and Industry should put in place mechanisms that would make sure testing laboratories will comply with the reduced price cap for real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or swab tests, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Thursday, Sept....
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged manufacturers to consider calls not to increase the prices of Christmas products in the country this year. (Photo via Unsplash) "Panawagan sa manufacturers baka gusto nila na wag munang gumalaw ng presyo for Christmas products this year or kung...
The increasing cost of packaging materials, including tin can, was the major reason behind the price hike of basic commodities, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. Aside from this, the department stressed that the last increase on the suggested retail prices (SRPs) of basic goods was...
Before allowing vaccinated individuals to avail of dine-in and personal care service in areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), a certain target in vaccination must be reached first, according to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos. MMDA...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is calling for startup applications to a recently launched incubation program seen to help increase the transfer of patented technologies to benefit local startups. Called the IPHatch Competition, the program is held by Singapore-based...
Investments to Philippine startups reached $547 million as of 2020, including $50 million poured into local startups, according to Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. In a keynote speech at the virtual Manufacturing Summit 2021, Lopez revealed that $547 million have been invested to...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, August 22 appealed to fellow lawmakers to maintain objectivity as they seek the truth about the government’s COVID-19 response, saying they should not pass judgment too early without knowing all the facts. Go, who chairs the Senate health committee...
Global merchandise trade hits record high, confirming the strength of trade recovery from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, although the new waves of infection could easily undermine recovery, according to the latest World Trade Organization's (WTO) latest Global Trade Barometer. WTO The Goods...
If he would have his way, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III would not extend the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) beyond Aug. 20. (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting) "Frankly my personal position would be to give a break to our workers. Kung ituloy...
Instead of an extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said he would rather have a deescalation of the restriction to a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) with granular lockdowns. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez...
The domestic plastics industry has been alarmed by the passage in the Lower House of HB 9147 (Single-Use Plastic Products or SUPs Regulation Act) and HB 9171 (Plastic Tax Act), imposing P20 per kg. excise tax on plastic bag products, which seek to curb the plastic waste problem. Photo credit:...
