DOLLAR earnings raked in by exporters in the different economic zones (Ecozones) in the country jumped by 28.96 percent in the first three quarters of the year to $30.275 billion.
Locators of privately operated economic zones contributed $21.3 billion to the total January-to-September exports, 32.4 percent higher compared with the same period in 2009.
Companies in government-owned economic zones, on the other hand, registered a 27.75-percent hike in export earnings to $5.766 billion in the first nine months of the year.
Meanwhile, service exporters in information technology (IT) parks and buildings reported total three-quarter dollar earnings of $3.207 billion, 11.6-percent better compared with the same period last year.
In terms of employment, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority reported that ecozone locators collectively employ 721,588 individuals, up 21.84 percent compared with September last year.
Public ecozones employ 124,118 individuals, while the privately run ecozones have 331,492 total personnel. The IT parks and buildings, on the other hand, are now home to 265,978 employees. –Max V. de Leon / Reporter, Businessmirror
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
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