Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has urged the government to step up efforts to reskill and upskill Filipinos to give them wider employment opportunities. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva (Senate PRIB Photo) During the briefing of the Development Budget Coordinating...
The government should come up with a comprehensive contingency plan to ensure rice supply in the country is sufficient and will counter its rising price. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan attends the Development Budget Coordinating Council's (DBCC)...
The Marcos administration's economic managers on Thursday, Aug. 10, recommended an accelerated government spending in the coming quarters to recover its growth momentum following the 4.3 percent expansion of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2023. (File...
There is no existing agreement for the Philippines to remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and if there is, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday, Aug. 9, that he is repealing any such agreement. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has approved three new big-ticket Japanese projects worth P20.591 billion, bringing total Japanese investments in the country to P766.55 billion and generating 340,601 direct jobs for Filipinos. Fresh from his outbound mission to Japan last July 16-22,...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has partnered with NetGlobal Solutions Inc. (NGSI) for the establishment of a digital marketplace, the first business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce unified platform for PEZA locators. Director General Tereso O. Panga and NGSI Chairman and CEO, Peter G....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said there were three areas of partnership that the government and business sectors could get into to ensure the country's sustainable growth and promote efforts toward climate action. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot)* Marcos...
CEBU CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will be here on Friday, July 28, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Council Summit and the inauguration of the National Museum Philippines-Cebu. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) will be on full alert to ensure the...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has filed a measure that would slap hefty penalties against individuals found guilty of phishing and other forms of online fraud. The measure, House Bill (HB) No.7976, seeks to define economic...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has further streamlined processes and requirements for the Presidential Proclamation of approved economic zone development projects. Tereso O. Panga PEZA Director General Tereso O. Panga said that the PEZA Board was approved on June 23, 2023 Resolution...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is further streamlining its requirements to speed up the presidential proclamation process for ecozone developments as 27 big ticket projects worth more than P40 billion are getting ready to offer locations to investors. PEZA Director General Tereso O....
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Rep. Co's office) A ranking congressman says the Department of Justice (DOJ) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should pursue charges of economic sabotage against crime syndicates in connection with its probe on the alleged onion cartel. Ako Bicol...
