Digital platform foodpanda said that as e-commerce emerges as a vital tool in the country’s economic development, developing this sector becomes a key government priority.
“As our country continues to recover from the pandemic, e-Commerce remains to be the catalyst towards economic recovery and growth,” DTI director Christopher Lawrence Arnuco said.
The Virtual Customer Services (VCS) project, which will adopt 100% work-from-home operations for its contact center agents, will provide customer and vendor management services to support Amazon’s global retail business and sellers.
Under the 5% discount, which is distinct from the 20% regular discount, allows senior citizens and PWDs to have a maximum purchase amount of P1,300 a week for both online and offline transactions, without carryover of the unused amount.
The ADVanCE incubation program’s first ever Demo Day on Wednesday, June 22, featured six socially-conscious start-ups which pitched their profitability, new products, and plans to scale in the hopes of gaining partners and investors.
DTI and PS-DBM agreed to share with each other personal and business information of the registrants from their respective system databases, primarily for the purpose of linking DTI’s Business Name Registration System (BNRS) with the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS).
Recognizing the importance of e-commerce in facilitating cross-border trade in goods and services, the Philippines during the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland expressed its support for the extension of the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions until the next Ministerial Conference.
The United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (UNECC) aims to facilitate the use of electronic communications in international trade by ensuring that contracts concluded and other communications exchanged electronically are as valid and enforceable as their traditional paper-based equivalents.
Created in 2015, the e-Presyo serves as a repository for current prices of Basic Necessities and Prime Commodities (BNPCs) that are being monitored by DTI offices nationwide.
