The IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) said the current “on the ground reality” of the industry workforce points to a gradual return towards working in the office as this has been the demand of global customers. “I estimate that to be along the range of 70-30.…
THE Vice-Chairman of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development Council underscored that the “big brother” approach is the only way to create scale and address issues on working capital among MSMEs and farmers. In order for the country’s small merchants to be competitive in the global market, Jose…
The CARS program, initially introduced through the issuance of Executive Order No. 182 in 2015, gave participating automakers six years to reach the minimum
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) said it has provided P1.9 billion in funding support to 204 cooperatives and 12,086 farmers in 29 provinces under the Expanded Rice Credit Assistance under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ERCA-RCEF). LandBank said the loans released to farmers and co-ops financed their production…
Around 1.23 billion people were employed in the world’s agrifood systems in 2019, and more than three times that figure, or almost half the world’s population, live in households linked to agrifood systems. Of these 1.23 billion people, 857 million worked in primary agricultural production, while 375 million worked in…