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Published May 27, 2021, 4:14 PM
Dubai
Port (DP World) is the latest investor from the Middle East to have joined the growing number of firms from the region that have been attracted to the
Philippines.
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Charito B. Plaza announced the Dubai Port investment at the recent online briefing and testimonial for the Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), H.E. Adnan Villaluna Alonto, together with his embassy officials in Riyadh: Atty. Rommel Romato, First Secretary & Consul General; Atty. Von Ryan Fererra, Third Secretary & Vice-Consul; and Abigail Pajarillo, Political and Economic Assistant.
PEZA Director General Charito B. Plaza
Published May 5, 2021, 6:00 AM
Despite the continuing movement restrictions, economic zones still operate at higher capacity and continued to employ over a million workers across the country.
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Charito B. Plaza said that during the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) period from April 12-16, economic zones were operating at 90 percent capacity or 2,701 companies continued to open nationwide. This enabled 1,193,813 employees to work under various work schemes.
Philippine Economic Zone Authority Director General Charito B. Plaza. (Photo credit from Corporate Communications Division
Philippine Economic Zone Authority)
Broken down, Plaza said that 84 percent of the IT-BPO industry continued to operate while the manufacturing sector at 94 percent.
Published May 3, 2021, 5:00 PM
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has strongly batted for the lifting of locational investment restrictions, including business process outsourcing (BPO) operations in Metro Manila, to create more jobs, especially in the country’s capital.
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said during the TGER-NERS Job Summit on Labor Day, May 1, that DTI and the Board of Investments (BOI) support the recommendations of the business sector to the review of the Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) and to remove the geographical qualifications in availing subsidies, incentives, and programs, among others.
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez (Bloomberg file photo)
Director General Charito Ching Plaza and I-PAY MYEG PH (IPMPI) Chief Executive Officer Ann Margaret Saldana together with MYEG Business Development Head Clemente Antonio Sarte signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the EPCS and related services, on February 18, 2
PASAY CITY, Mar. 3 The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Charito “Ching” Plaza announced on her State of PEZA Address (SOPA) last Wednesday, February 24, 2021, that the agency will begin to use and implement automated systems and processes including an online payment method accessible to applicant investors or current locators in ecozones.
“Now in its 26th year, it is high time that PEZA’s governance adapt technology and innovations and explore digital platforms to improve good governance, transparency, ease of doing business, and accountability,” said Plaza.