A total of 1,370 IT business process management (ITBPM) firms with combined investments of P8.185 billion have transferred their registration to the Board of Investments (BOI) from other investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to continue enjoying fiscal perks even if they operate under the...
The President signed Proclamation No. 200 on April 14 promulgating a new IT park ecozone at Lacson Street in Banago, Bacolod City to be known as Robinsons Cyberpark Bacolod, with investment of P777.350 million. The President likewise approved Proclamation No. 402 last 19 April, designating several...
The healthcare information and management services (HIMS), the fastest growing segment in the IT-business process management (IT-BPM) industry, is eyeing a bigger pie in the $406 billion US healthcare services market to boost its growth. Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).Director General...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the issuance of an Executive Order (EO) that would operationalize the country's tariff commitments under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said the Philippines is not closing to formalizing its trade relations with the US amid pronouncements by its number one ally to focus on the Indo Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) instead of free trade deals. DTI Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual While...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Despite heightened tensions arising from recent military drills of the Chinese armed forces at the Taiwan Strait, it’s business as usual in this nation of 23.9 million people, including more than 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Most of the OFWs are concentrated in...
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund slightly lowered its outlook for the global economy on Tuesday, while predicting that most countries will avoid a recession this year despite economic worries and geopolitical strains. Concerns over high inflation, rising...
The Philippines and the United States (US) will advance partnerships and exchanges on varied issues involving economic and environmental security, chief among them are public health emergency resiliency, virology and vaccines, renewably energy, marine protection, and food security. Philippine and...
The Marcos administration's economic team will be in the United States (US) this week to paint a resilient, fast-growing, open, united, and politically stable Philippines on the sidelines of the World Bank-International Monetary Funk (WB-IMF) Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. *Malacañang photo*...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has kicked off its collaboration with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for the establishment of an electricity affordability index so Filipino consumers can fully track and be guided on the variation of the tariffs they have been paying...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. vowed to continue his administration’s drive to sustain the improvements reflected in the recent inflation rate data. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a Cabinet meeting in Malacañang. (Photo from Presidential Communications Office) In a...
Tereso O. Panga, the newly appointed Director General of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), has outlined six priorities he committed the agency will pursue to promote more export-oriented investments in the economic zones. In his first State of the PEZA Address (SOPA) to its employees at...
