Local cement manufacturers welcomed the thrust of the current administration towards a bias for domestic industries, stressing they too are victims of import surges that threaten the viability of their cement factories. “Like our peers in the sugar sector, we welcome President Ferdinand Marcos’...
The domestic electronics industry has urged for a review of the effectiveness of the incentives rationalization program of the government stating the country could potentially lose $400 million worth of investments to other countries, on top of the earlier $3.25 billion losses, should there be no...
From left: Go Negosyo Executive Director, Thermina Akram; Senior Adviser for MSME Development, Engr. Merly Cruz; Go Negosyo founder and president, Joey Concepcion; Department of Trade and Industry Secretary, Alfredo Pascual; DTI OIC Director for BSMED, Emma Asusano; and Undersecretary, Blesila...
Experts and advocates of Islamic finance presented the trends and outlook in the growing sector, including ED Nelly Dillera - PTTC; DED Dhim Radia - PTTC; Dr. Zalina Binti Zakaria -Head, Halal Research Center of Islamic Health, Universiti Malaya; Dr. Dalal Aassouli - Asst. Professor, Islamic...
(CLOCKWISE) LOCAD’s CEO and co-founder Constantin Robertz, Manila Athletica’s CEO Aencille Santos, Etaily’s CEO and co-founder Alexander Friedhoff, Department of Trade and Industry – Philippine Trade and Training Center Executive Director Nelly Dillera, Digital Pilipinas Convenor and...
Three-term Senator and Deputy Speaker, Loren Legarda, today called for more budgetary support for livelihood programs of the government for the marginalized sectors amid this pandemic. Legarda, principal sponsor and co-author of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Law, has been...
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),...
