Lloyd Laboratories is in discussion with Livzon Mavpharm Inc., a Chinese technology partner, for its planned COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing project in the Philippines. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Christopher M. Bamba, Lloyd Laboratories director business development, said they are specifically...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has apprehended and issued 50 letters of inquiry to business establishments and profiteers that took advantaged of the crisis in Typhoon Odette-affected areas in Visayas and Mindanao. DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez reported during President Duterte’s...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has ordered DTI regional offices to run after business owners who are profiteering and unduly hiking prices of consumer goods in typhoon- hit areas in the Visayas and Mindanao. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez “I have instructed our Consumer...
Amidst the opposition raised by a group of farmers against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement, Assistant Secretary Allan B. Gepty, emphasized that the RCEP agreement provides vast opportunities for the agricultural sector ranging from enhanced market access, trade...
The Philippines has batted for a transparent and predictable regulatory environment in the services sector more than providing access to services markets amid an uneven progress among economies in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez Trade and...
MTD Philippines, a fully owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s top engineering conglomerate MTD Capital, has announced it is investing P12 billion over the next six years in the country. Patrick Nicholas David, president and CEO of MTD Philippines Inc. and chairman of Bandar Hebat Builders Inc. (BHBI),...
To help employers who are still reeling hard from the effects of the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has suggested offering soft loans for them to pay for their employees' 13th month pay. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said he already...
The number of closed establishments outside of the National Capital Region (NCR) worsened to 7 percent from 4 percent with the imposition of different alert levels in the regions, while NCR has improved to 11.76 percent from 16 percent following the limited opening in restaurants and personal care...
Food has always been the first to come to mind when one starts to think of going into business. Foremost, it will never run out of demand. As such, so many have tried their luck to partake in this kind of business. Entrepreneurs Eduardo and Teresita Ngan Tian decided to go into the food business....
EU hints resumption of trade negotiations with PH The EU said it is currently assessing the possible resumption of bilateral trade negotiations with the Philippines as the 27-European country union steps up its strategic engagement with the Indo-Pacific region. European Union (EU) In its Joint...
It was a year ago when I started this weekly column promoting consumer advocacy . My maiden column written on September 19,2020 was titled Knowing your Consumer Rights .I wrote that an informed consumer who feels aggrieved in a business transaction should know ...
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...
