The Philippine Economic Zone Authority has partnered with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples to promote the creation of economic zones in ancestral domains and lands to spur development in the countryside.
ECOZONES. Philippine Economic Zone Authority Director General Charito Plaza delivers a speech during a ceremony for the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at the PEZA headquarters in Pasay City on Tuesday (May 31, 2022). The PEZA and DENR will identify idle lands across the country that can be converted into economic zones. (Screenshot from PEZA YouTube channel) MANILA - The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Tuesday that will help the former to identify idle lands across the country that can be developed into economic zones. In her speech during the signing ceremony, PEZA Director General Charito Plaza said the partnership with the DENR aims to identify viable timberlands, agricultural lands, mining lands, and natural tourism sites that can be utilized as ecozones such as agro-industrial, agro-forestry, m
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority is recommending a review of existing laws affecting investments and institutionalizing the work-from-home arrangement under the new administration.