By: Cristina Eloisa Baclig, INQINQUIRER.net, 26 Nov 2020
MANILA, Philippines — Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez on Wednesday said they are targeting a lower percentage of closed businesses before the year ends.
“Hopefully [bumaba] in a nudge mga four percent, maybe swerte na yung three percent,” Lopez told INQUIRER.net.
(Hopefully, it will drop in a nudge, around four percent, consider it lucky if it reaches three percent.)
According to Lopez, a recent DTI survey of 3,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) showed that only five percent of the 1.5 million registered businesses remain closed in November.
“It looks konti but in terms of number marami pa ‘yan,” Lopez said.
(It looks few, but in terms of the number, that is still a lot.) [ac]
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against serious violations of
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1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
