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[B-SIDE Podcast] Pharma, agri, and defense: investing in the PhilippinesÂ
May 17, 2021 | 10:17 am
In this episode of B-Side, PEZA Director General Charito B. Plaza tellsÂ
BusinessWorld reporter Jenina P. Ibañez how the investment promotion agency is planning a comeback over the next few years.Â
TAKEAWAYSÂ
Idle land should be converted into ecozones.Â
Ms. Plaza said the country should accelerate rural progress by creating economic zones in the countryside. The agency partnered with the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines to identify areas they could convert into ecozones.Â
âWe based it on the land potential and the resources of the plan. We donât have to destroy land â if itâs an agricultural land, we call it agro-industrial economic zone. If itâs a fishing ground, we have the aquamarine economic zone,â she said.Â
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May 13, 2021 | 7:44 pm
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THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has declared a Cavite-based university a special economic zone for science and technology.
PEZA Director General Charito B. Plaza signed an agreement with the University of Perpetual Help System (UPHS) in Molino, Cavite officially recognizing the campus as a Knowledge, Innovation, Science and Technology (KIST) special economic zone institute.
The university is the first private higher education institution to be recognized as a KIST ecozone, PEZA said in a statement Wednesday. KIST parks and institutes provide training that address industry workforce requirements.
UPHS is building an AltaHub innovation institute, which will work on health, business, and technology programs.
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