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WEBBattery assault. SMC ASIA CARS Distributors Corp. (SMCACDC) or BMW Philippines has already been known for being a company at the forefront of purveying battery electric vehicles (BEVs). This confidence has resulted in a slew of relevant releases over a relatively short span of time.
Philippines may benefit from new globalization
WEBFebruary 11, 2021 | 12:32 am. By Beatrice M. Laforga, Reporter. THE PHILIPPINES could benefit substantially from the ongoing massive shift in global trade, with the services sector likely to see the most gains, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. While the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns disrupted global economy and trade, the ADB said ...
Powering up Philippines’ renewable ambitions with rooftop solar
WEBNov 9, 2021 · Rooftop solar could offer a valuable path to expand on national renewable energy capacity and could be a valuable tool in achieving the Philippines’ renewed ambition of achieving over 37% share of renewables in the power mix by 2030. Solar rooftop installations could also deliver other potential benefits for the Philippines, particularly at a ...
Improving the country’s healthcare reach and efficiency
WEBJan 31, 2022 · With the UHC law, every Filipino citizen is automatically enrolled in the National Health Insurance Program. Also, the report noted, the law calls for enhancing the effectiveness of health insurance by the major inflow of extra resources to health insurance from restructured sin taxes, as well as for improving local health systems and health infrastructure by means of extra resources to health ...
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WEBAug 24, 2024 · LATEST NEWS. Unilab announces passing of its first president Amb. Howard Q. Dee August 24, 2024 | 1:00 am; Philippines could provoke China at ‘another Chinese island’, says Global Times August 23, 2024 | 1:01 pm; Kamala Harris says she will aim to pass middle class tax cut as president August 23, 2024 | 12:47 pm; Mexico’s planned judicial reform is ‘major risk’ to democracy, says US ...
Filipino students falling behind in reading, writing levels in ...
WEBDec 3, 2020 · Majority of Grade 5 students in the Philippines had a reading pro fi ciency level equivalent to that in the first years of primary school, with 27% of the students still at the level (the lowest in band scale of 2 and below to 6 and above) where they can only “match single words to an image of a familiar object or concept.”. Only 29% of grade 5 learners in the country are at the level ...
Philippine mining: A contributor to economic recovery
WEBFeb 24, 2021 · The Philippines leads the world in chromite resources as well. “Despite our enormous mineral resources, the contribution of the mining industry to the economy remains minuscule. As of last year, the share of the mining output to GDP (gross domestic product) was a mere .06%. It contributed only 1.2% to …
The economic legacy of Marcos - BusinessWorld Online
WEBMar 6, 2022 · During the fi nal years of the Marcos regime, the economy crashed with negative growth of 7.04% in 1984 and -6.86% in 1985. The adverse economic impact was so significant and deeply rooted that the Philippines became the “Sick Man of Asia” for two decades. Consistent high growth came only 25 years later during Noynoy Aquino’s term and ...
Top 1000 Corporations in the Philippines - BusinessWorld Online
WEBSep 4, 2023 · Part of what makes Top 1000 a reliable source that the Philippine business community awaits each year is the rigorous and thorough methodology the publication utilizes in every issue.. The financial data used in the magazine, both for the parent companies and conglomerates, are gathered from stock corporations’ audited financial statements (AFS) that were submitted to the Securities and ...
Addressing the Philippine education crisis - BusinessWorld Online
WEBJul 6, 2021 · By Bernardo M. Villegas. It is obvious that the Philippine Government is struggling to comply with the constitutional mandate that the State is obliged to provide free quality education at the basic education level for all Filipino children and youth. The inadequacies of the State are either due to limited funds or poor governance or both.