House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The near-doubling of senior citizens and persons with disabilities' (PWDs) discount on groceries and other prime commodities to P500 per month is guaranteed for implementation this...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Fisheries, agriculture and WTO reform will be at the heart of intense negotiations when trade ministers from around the world gather in Abu Dhabi later this month. Big deals are unlikely during the World Trade Organization's 13th ministerial meeting, since its rules require...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, December 29 defended the Marcos administration’s spending for foreign and local trips next year and urged government agencies to follow through on investment pledges that would be made during these official visits. “The President is the most potent...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual reported that a total of P169.7 billion in actual investments have been generated from the 34 letters of intent and agreements signed with various Japanese companies during President Marcos visit to Japan in February this year. Pascual reported the...
TOKYO, Japan—Proposed economic reforms in the 1987 Constitutions will not be brought up in the forums President Marcos will participate in during his four-day trip here. DTI Secretary Alfredo Pascual (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/Yummie Dingding)) Although Marcos has confirmed that the government...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) believes that strengthening its economic partnerships with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will greatly benefit the country's growth, citing the UAE as a "promising partner" with strong and mutual alignments in trade and investment. This sentiment follows...
Senator Mark Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship, joined the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) headed by Secretary Alfredo Pascual in a price monitoring activity of Noche Buena items in one of the grocery stores in Divisoria market in Manila....
As a popular song goes, “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” Along the main roads, there are pockets of traffic slowdown where local government unit personnel are putting up Christmas décor. At the commercial centers, the fairy lights already twinkle above...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Seven business establishments in Northern Mindanao received the Gold Bagwis Seal – the highest recognition in the Bagwis Awards – from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Region 10 during a ceremony in this city on Tuesday, October 24. REPRESENTATIVES of a company...
Senator Mark Villar joined the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in its regular price monitoring activities to see if products are in adherence with Philippine standards or PS quality for those locally made and the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC). (Photo courtesy of the Office of...
ILOILO CITY – The Competitiveness Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has awarded local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas for improving their competitiveness. THE Iloilo city government is awarded the Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City in Western Visayas region....
Foreign investments approved by Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) investment promotion agencies since the start of the administration of President Marcos has reached P1.4 trillion, Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual said. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual (Photo from...
