The Philippine Economic Zone Authority also launched its online job fair to link Filipinos, especially displaced OFWs, to PEZA-registered companies located in over 400 economic zones nationwide.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will be proposing to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) the opening of Internet cafés in areas under general community quarantine.
Creative industry leaders in the Philippines are suggesting the use of technology in animation and virtual production as a means of shooting movies and producing content in the “new normal”.
The Department of Trade and Industry the number of registered online businesses surged from more than 1,600 online businesses that registered for the whole of 2019.
The electronics sector, which accounts for over half of the country’s total merchandise exports, experienced a steep 18.8% decline in export value from January to May this year.
The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2020 puts the value of Manila’s startup ecosystem at $1.6 billion, with a total early stage funding of $102 million over the last two and a half years.
