Employers and government agencies on Wednesday, (June 30) signed a manifesto that seeks to create 1 million jobs by end this year to help address the high unemployment rate in the country and bring it back to pre-pandemic level. The Manifesto on 1 Million Jobs for 2021-Partnership Project with the...
The domestic creative industry lost as much as 90 percent of revenues in 2020, exacerbated by the closure of ABS-CBN that affected the total media landscape. In a presentation at the virtual Creative Futures 2021, Paolo Mercado, president of the Creative Economy Council of the Philippines,...
The P1.14-trillion employment recovery plan that is expected to generate at least 220,000 jobs and assist over 1.4 million Filipinos struggling with unemployment and income losses has finally received the green light from Malacañang. A barbershop worker in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. (File...
The government is seen to extend the temporary work from home (WFH) authority for IT-business process management (IT-BPM) economic zone locators as well as the easing of locational restriction in the National Capital Region (NCR). Trade and Industry Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo revealed...
The Philippines will be prioritizing 7 sectors in the Philippines Skills Framework (PSF), an inter-agency initiative to build the skills and competencies of the country’s human capital and better prepare them for the work of the future as 48 percent of current jobs could be displaced by...
The finance and trade departments signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the corporate recovery and tax Incentives for enterprises (CREATE) law, the government’s largest fiscal stimulus package for businesses in the country’s history. Ahead of the July 10, 2021 deadline, Finance...
The Department of Trade and Industry-Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) has reactivated its Technical Committee (TC 45) on Plastics and Plastic Products primarily in anticipation of House Bill No. 9147 mandating the DTI-BPS to develop and promulgate the appropriate Philippine National...
Some P15-billion worth of investments from foreign retailers are seeking registration with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), but the potential foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow could be multiplied once amendments to the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (RTLA) is passed. Senator...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is hopeful that the Tariff Commission will still appreciate its data and evidence presented on the imposition of safeguard duty on imported cars and light commercial vehicles to protect the domestic motor vehicle manufacturing sector and save jobs. Trade...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez just gave a timely assist to local construction companies amid the alleged skyrocketing of metal prices in the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
There are still 1 million unemployed individuals due to the pandemic, but they could be reintegrated back to the workforce pool should the government’s Safety Seal Certification program becomes successful. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez explained at the virtual Townhall Session on...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has proposed for the immediate reopening of indoor gyms and fitness/wellness centers at 20 percent capacity and the Safety Seal Certification requirement may just have to follow after. At the virtual “Laging Handa” public briefing in Malacanang, Lopez...
