THE upcoming national elections may put potential investors on a “wait-and-see” stance, Trade Secretary Peter Favila warned. “[The influx of investments] this year will depend on the outcome of the elections—who is the next president and the credibility of the polls,” he told reporters Friday night.
While investors may temporarily hold back and await the poll results, they would likely conduct preliminary work, and may finally decide on infusing investment pledges soon after the elections, the trade chief said.
He refused to give out the department’s inward investment target for 2010, even as agency has yet to release last year’s total commitments registered with the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
PEZA had reported that investment pledges in ecozones last year amounted to P175.365 billion, up 13.3 percent year-on-year.
PEZA had also said it targets a 15-percent growth in investments this year.
Meanwhile, the BOI had said it would slightly miss its 2009 investments target of P288.35 billion, which is the same amount garnered in 2008.
The combined investment pledges with the two incentives-giving reached P443.23 billion in 2008. –BEN ARNOLD O. DE VERA, Manila Times
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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