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The Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS) is an advocacy group which promotes electronic commerce in the Philippines. It was founded in September 1997 by Janette Toral. [1] It successfully lobbied for the passage of the Y2K Law, which made industries prepare for the year 2000 and guard themselves from "Y2K Bug" which was expected to ...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Estadistika ng Pilipinas; PSA) is the central statistical authority of the Philippine government that collects, compiles, analyzes, and publishes statistical information on economic, social, demographic, political affairs, and general affairs of the people of the Philippines, as well as enforcing the civil registration functions in ...
E-commerce or electric commerce in Southeast Asia is the buying and selling of products and services over the internet in the countries of Southeast Asia. These practices reached Southeast Asia during the dot-com mania in the 1990s. After the dot-com bust, local e-companies have seen promising growth in this sector.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) started as a small agency in 1901 under the name Bureau of Government Laboratories, Department of Interior of the Philippine Commission. When the Civil Government was established on July 4, 1901, the Philippine Commission proposed the creation of an office under the Department of Interior to ...
The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region. [31] In 2024, the Philippine economy is estimated to be at ₱26.55 trillion ($471.5 billion), making it the world's 32nd largest by nominal GDP and 13th largest in Asia according to the International Monetary Fund.
Poverty incidence of Pola 10 20 30 40 50 2006 41.90 2009 37.93 2012 29.16 2015 18.33 2018 14.88 2021 18.13 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Notable people Noli De Castro, journalist, news anchor, 12th Vice-President of the Philippines (2004-2010) Ejay Falcon, Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus big winner, actor, and Oriental Mindoro vice-governor References ^ "Executive Order No. 51 ...
Poverty incidence of Tagkawayan 10 20 30 40 50 2006 41.80 2009 23.67 2012 30.95 2015 23.82 2018 20.92 2021 4.26 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Transportation By Land The municipality is connected to Metro Manila by the Quirino Highway, and daily rail services to and from Naga and Legazpi to the southeast are provided by Philippine National Railways. To spur development in the ...
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics ...