by admin | Apr 17, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines, Malakanyang Updates, National News
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DOHA, QATAR—Dutertenomics, the new way to sum-up Philippine (PH) President Rodrigo Duterte’s key socio-economic agenda, which aims to widen the gains of economic development, to address inequality and to uplift the quality of life of all Filipinos, was used to describe the various initiatives undertaken in the official Middle East visits of President Duterte.
PH Cabinet members reported, in a press briefing, several gains in securing the safety and welfare of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in these countries, several memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and agreements in the field of education, health, vocational and skills training, economic investment and technical cooperation with the three countries that the official delegation visited, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Bahrain and Qatar from 10 to 16 April.
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said that the chief executive’s visits to these Middle East countries significantly strengthened the relationship between President Duterte and each of the leaders in the three nations, resulting in stronger commitment to build-up on PH bilateral trade and investments with KSA, Bahrain and Qatar.
All these initiatives form part the ‘Dutertenomics’ that will create more job and income opportunities, and improve the lives of many Filipinos. These opportunities will be dispersed throughout the country, uplifting the lives of the people in the provinces and addressing inequality in the country.
More trade and investments
President Duterte led the discussion on how trade can be more balanced by encouraging these Middle East countries to buy more of PH products to improve the trade balance. Said countries are the main sources of oil and oil products that PH has to import.
Aside from commitments to expand imports from PH, several initiatives to facilitate investments were signed.
Foremost among which is the Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (IPPA) with Qatar, which should facilitate the flow of bigger sized Qatar investments into PH. This agreement, the negotiations of which started nine years ago, will now make PH an eligible recipient of investment funds from the Qatar Sovereign Fund. Initial estimate of investment allocation is USD 1 billion.
The IPPA will basically provide internationally-recognized investors their rights and safeguards.
“Qatar investors will be treated fairly, will not be disadvantaged and will facilitate identification of opportunities and entry of investments,” Sec. Lopez said.
There are more investment MOUs and Letters of Intent (LOIs) signed that will bring in investments into PH.
Saudi Arabia
PH through PEZA, led by the DTI Secretary as Chairman, together with Director General Charito Plaza, was able to close USD 469 million-worth of business to business (B2B) LOIs, creating 16,000 new jobs in the areas of pharma generics, property development, medical tourism, ports warehouses, agri-industrial economic zones and Halal food processing industry zones, and tourism.
Bahrain
PH company AMA Group Holdings Corporation and Bahrain company Nader & Ebrahim Sons of Hassan Company W.L.L. (represented by Ebrahim Hassan Mubarak Alameer) signed an MOU, wherein parties agreed to acquire, by lease from land owners, an area of 10,000 hectares with additional investment of USD 250 million over three to five years. This will create 3,500 new jobs. When operation is full, employment will go up to 40,000, producing a total volume of 560,000 MT of various fruits and agriculture products, with export value of USD 280 million annually.
Qatar
Thirteen projects were signed amounting to USD 206 million, generating close to 6,000 workers. These projects will be in the areas of retirement village/hotel/ tourism economic zone in Romblon, Davao or Cebu; information technology (IT) and economic zone management services; hospitals and medical tourism; poultry and Halal food processing; digital marketing; manufacture of coco peat/coco fiber in South Cotabato; manufacture and export facility of nanostructured carbon; and agro-industrial economic zone in Palawan.
More prospects ahead
PH also told investors that the PH is the 2017 chair of the ASEAN regional meetings. At the top of its agenda is steering the ASEAN to full economic integration, which means that by capitalizing on PH’s location, not only will investors be able to access PH market of 105 million, but Phil will be their gateway to the bigger ASEAN market of 620 million people.
President Duterte also encouraged these Middle East countries to explore cooperation on several prime industry sectors in PH that investors can take part in, including agribusiness & agriculture; energy efficiency technologies & renewable energy; infrastructure/public-private partnership (PPP) projects; IT-business process management shared services; oil & gas; and tourism.
by admin | Feb 1, 2017 | Kontra Droga, Major Events, Malakanyang Updates
MANILA, February 1 (PIA)–Gitun-an na sa Malakanyang ang pagmugna og special task force sa Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) nga motabang sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa anti-illegal drugs campaign.
Human kini sa direktiba ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte sa Philippine National Police (PNP) nga ihunong na ang operasyon batok sa ilegal nga droga ug pagtutok sa internal cleansing batok sa mga police scalawags.
Sa pagpanumpa sa mga bag-ong na-promote nga military generals ug flag officers kagahapon sa Malakanyang nga gipangunahan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, gipalutaw niini ang kamahinungdanon sa papel sa militar sa kalamboan sa nasod sa pagseguro sa kalinaw ug seguridad.
Sa maong oath-taking rites sa Malakanyang, gisukot sa Presidente ang mga bag-ong opisyal sa militar sa pagbantay sa kaayohan sa nasod ug sa pagtabang sa pag-implementar sa reporma sa gobyerno.
“As we endeavor to carry out reforms in all government agencies, I wish that you remain to be the kind of officers who put the welfare of the organization, the nation, and its people above your personal considerations,” matud pa ni Duterte.
Gibalik usab sa Presidente ang iyang panawagan sa militar sa pagpabiling loyal sa bandila ug sa konstitusyon.
Una nang miingon ang Presidente nga iya usab tahasan ang mga sundalo aron arestuhon ang mga badlongon nga polis. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Feb 1, 2017 | Kontra Droga, Malakanyang Updates, National News
MANILA, February 1 (PIA)–Mi-apelar ang Malakanyang nga angay mosalig sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) ug National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sa ilang anti-illegal drugs operations.
Kini human gipahunong ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte ang Oplan Tokhang sa mga polis tungod kay nagamit kini sa mga police scalawags.
Matud pa ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, mas maayo nga saligan na lamang ang proseso ug lakang sa PDEA ug NBI.
Samtang plano usab sa Malakanyang nga banhawon ang Philippine Constabulary (PC).
Mismong si Presidente Duterte ang nisugyot sa maong posibilidad sa gipahigayong command conference niadtong niaging semana.
Matud pa ni Abella nga sa pagkakaron, wala pa’y opisyal nga polisiya alang sa maong sugyot sa Presidente.
Apan giseguro ni Abella nga usa kini sa mahimong item sa balaodnong iduso sa administrasyon.
Gipasabot ni Abella nga banhawon ang P.C tungod kay gusto sa Presidente nga magbaton og mas masaligang ahensiya nga ang magpadagan mao ang militar ug dili “civilian in nature” sama sa PNP. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jan 31, 2017 | DTI Updates, Malakanyang Updates, National News
The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) through the DTI is again conducting its 6th run of the Customer Experience Survey for Renewal of Business Permit. The said survey is conducted once a year during the renewal period of business permits. For this year, the survey will be conducted from January to February and is targeted to cover 164 local government units (LGUs). It aims to determine satisfaction level and assess performance of LGUs in terms of Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) standards for renewal process of business permit.
To comply with Pres. Duterte’s pronouncement during his inaugural speech for government agencies to reduce requirements and processing time for all government transactions, the DTI together with the DILG and the newly created DITC signed the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 01, Series of 2016 which aims is to revise the standards in processing business permits and licenses in all cities and municipalities in the country. In the new JMC, the standard processing time for the renewal of business permit takes only 1 day or less with only two requirements needed: 1. Barangay clearance and 2. Basis for computing taxes, fees, and charges (e.g. Income Tax Returns).
by admin | Jan 30, 2017 | Major Events, Malakanyang Updates
MANILA, January 30 (PIA)–Giseguro sa Duterte administration nga walay kabag-ohan sa ginadawat nga exemption sa value added tax (VAT) sa mga senior citizens ug persons with disabilities (PWDs) sa gidusong tax reform karon sa gobyerno.
Kini ang gi-anunsiyo ni Department of Finance (DoF) Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua atol sa press briefing sa Malakanyang niadtong Biyernes, Enero 27.
“Ang good news po dito, ang senior citizen VAT exemption at sa PWD ay hindi tatanggalin pero ang gagawin po natin ay aayusin po natin ‘yung sistema. For example through a national ID para ‘yung leakage ay maiwasan, na ang benepisyo lang ay mapupunta sa tamang tao,” matud pa ni Chua.
Gitin-aw ni Chua nga tinguha sa ipatuman nga tax reform nga mapakunhod ang poverty rate sa nasod gikan sa 22%, himuong 14% nga mahimong dalan aron ang Pilipinas mahimong middle-income nga nasod sa tuig 2022.
Matud pa ni Chua nga ang tax reform parte sa 10-point socioeconomic agenda ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte.
Mi-apela usab si Chua sa pipila ka naglantaw sa tax reform isip pabug-at lamang nga tan-awon ang kinatibuk-ang epekto niini sa nasod. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jan 26, 2017 | Infrastraktura, Major Events, Malakanyang Updates
MANILA, January 26 (PIA)–Gitakdang magpatuman si Presidente Rodrigo Duterte og mas istriktong patakaran batok sa mga tapolang empleyado sa gobyerno sa sunod buwan.
“By end of February, I will impose severe restrictions on government. Unang-una yung sweldo nila ang lalaki. I will have zero tolerance for non-performing government workers,” matud pa ni Duterte sa iyang mensahe atubangan sa mga biktima sa bagyong Yolanda sa syudad sa Tacloban, Leyte kagahapon.
Gawas niini, giingong pasakaan usab og kaso nga simple o serious neglect of duty ang mga kawani sa gobyerno nga wala nakahimo sa ilang trabaho.
Matud pa sa Presidente nga mihinay ang aksiyon sa gobyerno sa daghang panginahanglan sa mga Pilipino tungod usab sa hinay nga paglihok sa mga kawani sa gobyerno.
Gimanduan niini ang mga ahensiya sa gobyerno nga aksiyunan dayon ang request o bisan unsang papeles nga gipangayo sa bisan asang buhatan ug departamento.
Gitataw sa Presidente nga ang kapaayohan ug interes sa publiko ang angay unahon.
Gi-awhag usab niini ang mga regional directors sa mga ahensiya nga mahimong maayong ehemplo diin angay kining mag-una nga moabot sa opisina ug ang katapusang mopaule.
Samtang gipasidan-an usab ni Presidente Duterte kagahapon ang mga city mayors sa tibuok nasod nga lili-on niya ang paggamit niini sa ilang intelligence fund. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)