Save Act

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario admitted that pushing for the passage in the United States Congress of a garments legislation that is favorable to the Philippines is a tough crusade but vowed to continue the fight for it relentlessly to ensure job generation and help revive the ailing textile sector in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will have to remove two to three sections of the “cut and sew” portion of the Save the Industries Act to reduce the waived duties of the United States to $200 million, a ranking government official said.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines have agreed to water down the Save the Industries Act bill lodged before the US Congress by reducing the garment categories to nine instead of 17.

ASIDE from being the Director of the DTI Public Relations Office, I also head the Garments and Textile Industry Development Office (GTIDO) as its Executive Director. When I assumed office this year, it was right smack in the middle of a long-drawn out advocacy campaign for the SAVE Act which began in 2008. It is…

WASHINGTON – Support for Save Our Industries act among US legislators is growing and the measure, which seeks to allow Philippine-made apparel using US fabrics to enter the United States duty free, could be taken up by the US Congress in the coming months, said Philippine ambassador to Washington Jose Cuisia.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Daniel Inouye has refiled in the US Senate a bill which seeks to revive the dying textile industry in the Philippines and generate some 200,000 jobs while at the same time opening up the Asian market for American textile.

THE Save Our Industries Act, a bill in the US Congress that would enable the freer entry of Philippine-made garments into the highly lucrative US market, would be re-filed in the current 112th Congress after it was snubbed in the last legislative session.

MANILA, Philippines –  The move for SAVE Act to be passed in the US Congress is gaining momentum in key cities all over the US, the Garments and Textile Industries Development Office (GTIDO) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.

The lobby in support of the SAVE Act which is pending in the US Congress is gaining momentum in key cities all over the country.

The labor and employers sectors in the local garments and textile industry banded together, in an unprecedented move, to back the SAVE Act bill now pending in the US Congress. The passage of the bill is expected to generate jobs for workers who were displaced when the US stopped issuing quotas on garments imports in…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will be meeting with United States Congressmen and Senators this week in a final bid to pass the Save the Industries Bill before the end of this session.