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Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said more employees can go back to their jobs under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). “So, total around 75 to 78 percent [are] allowed to work under MECQ,” Lopez stressed. “There will be new quarantine status of regions, provinces, and cities starting May 16.” President Rodrigo Duterte announced the new […]
To bring quality and affordable fish and aquatic products to residents in Metro Manila and other urban areas in the country amid the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) being enforced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched “isDA On-the-Go” and the “Seafood Kadiwa” to complement its […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez commended the 12-member National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR), which he leads, for the seven-year exclusion of the Philippines from the counterfeiting and piracy watchlist of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). This, according to Lopez, is a positive positioning that helps ensure the country’s […]
About 94 percent of economic activities will resume under a general community quarantine (GCQ), Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez has assured. But Lopez said companies are still encouraged to implement work-from-home arrangements even when most of the economic activities has returned under GCQ. The trade chief said the remaining 6 percent of economic activities that are not […]
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said the guidelines jointly issued by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) allowing the private sector to operate during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and general community quarantine (GCQ) will manage the risks of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission even as it opens […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the government is looking into granting enterprises that will put up their businesses outside Metro Manila longer tax holidays as an incentive. This is in support of Senator Bong Go’s proposed “Balik-Probinsya” Program to decongest the National Capital Region (NCR) by providing incentives to businesses […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez has clarified to tenants of both residential and commercial spaces that rental fees and charges are deferred but are not waived, during the enhanced community quarantine period. During the Laging Handa public briefing, Lopez said residential and commercial rents falling due within the quarantine period shall […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has recently released Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 20-12, Series of 2020 granting a 30-day grace period for the payment of residential and commercial rents with due dates within the the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period. “To provide economic relief to Filipinos and MSMEs during the COVID-19 public health emergency, DTI […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez told manufacturers, retailers, and distributors of improved policies and coordination with law enforcers at checkpoints after recognizing the challenges of cargo trucks carrying essential food and non-food materials reportedly being barred at checkpoints due to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon. “We can expect order […]
Manufacturing facilities allowed to operate during the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon are encouraged to shut down their factories to further limit the movement of people. In a press briefing in Malacañang Palace recently, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez appealed to factories with one to two months inventory in their warehouses to stop their operations during […]