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[6] On June 2, 1975, the Department of Trade was created under PD 721 to pursue efforts of the government toward strengthening the country's socio-economic development, particularly in the area of commercial activities. [7] A key strategy of the new department was vigorous export promotion to generate much needed foreign exchange.
July 1, 1992 July 30, 1996 Fidel V. Ramos: 28 Cesar B. Bautista August 1, 1996 June 30, 1998 29 Jose Pardo June 30, 1998 January 2, 2000 Joseph Ejercito Estrada: 30 Mar Roxas: January 2, 2000 December 10, 2003 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo: 31 Cesar Purisima: December 10, 2003 February 15, 2005 32 Juan Santos February 15, 2005 July 8, 2005 33 Peter B ...
The Philippines' Bureau of Plant Industry, (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Industriya sa Paghahalaman, [4] abbreviated as BPI) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for serving and supporting the Philippine plant industry sector. San Fernando, Pampanga
PDR/Reporma – Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma; PDSP – Partido Demokratikong Sosyalista ng Pilipinas; PFP – Partido Federal ng Pilipinas; PLM – Partido Lakas ng Masa; PMP – Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino; PPP – Partido Pilipino sa Pagbabago, Partidong Pagbabago ng Palawan; PROMDI – Probinsya Muna Development Initiative
The BPO sector only accounted for 0.075% of the GDP in 2000 but rose to 2.4% in 2005, which indicated a great potential for generating employment. In this sector alone, it reached a staggering one million workers by 2010 and accounted for 27% of all new jobs. [3]
The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region. [31] In 2025, the Philippine economy is estimated to be at ₱29.66 trillion ($507.6 billion), making it the world's 31st largest by nominal GDP and 11th largest in Asia according to the International Monetary Fund.
Corn/maize is the second most important crop in the Philippines. 600,000 farm households are employed in different businesses in the corn value chain. As of 2012, around 2.594 million hectares (6.41 × 10 ^ 6 acres) of land is under corn cultivation and the total production was 7.408 million metric tons (8.166 × 10 ^ 6 short tons). [37]
The UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino (UPDF; "UP Filipino Dictionary") is a series of monolingual Filipino dictionaries. The dictionaries were created by the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino of the University of the Philippines, with Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature and a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, as editor-in-chief.