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
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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