An Inter-Agency Task Force on National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) is being constituted to address the alarming high unemployment situation in the country and help Filipinos get back to the new normal. This developed as government agencies led by the Department of Trade and Industry signed...
An Inter-Agency Task Force on National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) is being constituted to address the alarming high unemployment situation in the country and help Filipinos get back to the new normal. This developed as government agencies led by the Department of Trade and Industry...
Putting up a business is not an easy feat but these young Filipino entrepreneurs continue to overcome the many challenges of a business along with what this year has to offer. What drives them is the synergy of business and purpose: to promote local products. Learn more about their stories below....
Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has opened a new credit facility that will fund 90 percent of borrowers’ investment requirement, but this is only if the borrower is either a farmer or a micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) engaged in the agricultural value chain of certain...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez yesterday said the domestic economy is expected to recover to 6 percent GDP growth this year, which he premised on the easing of restrictions under a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status for the National Capital Region and neighboring...
The Board of Investments (BOI), the Philippine premier investment generation agency, has set a P1.25 trillion investments target in 2021, following the approval of P1.02 trillion in committed investments last year. “We are working hard for a V-shaped Philippine economic recovery in 2021 and are...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said the latest manufacturing index bodes well for the economy as he cited efforts in the cold chain and copper industries development as crucial pillars that will strengthen the country’s supply value chain. The Philippine Manufacturing Purchasing...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has a standing recommendation to impose price caps on pork not just on the retail price side, but across the value chain to ensure traders, hog raisers and other middle men are not engaged in profiteering activities. DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez stressed...
Automotive leader Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has urged Filipinos to patronize locally produced vehicles as it supports government efforts to promote local car production even turning bullish with 30 percent recovery growth on sales and the operation of its P4.5-billion new logistics hub...
A consumer group has called for “pork holiday” in protest of the high prices of pork in the local market and amid the inability of government and industry players to stop prices from rising.. MB file (Photo by Keith Bacongco) In a statement, Laban Konsyumer Inc. issued a challenge to consumers...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has expressed strong confidence of economic recovery this year citing the strong foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2020 are expected to start coming in this 2021. DTI Undersecretary Rodolfo S. Ceferino said during the Economic Recover Virtual...
Thailand is like pointing its fingers back to themselves as the fellow ASEAN country urged Philippines to follow the multilateral trading body - World Trade Organization (WTO), which ruling Thailand ignored for the past 10 years. Thailand’s Department of Industry and Commerce was represented by...
