Published February 18, 2021, 5:52 PM
Local businesses are strongly supporting initiatives to reopen further the Philippine economy, which has suffered from long lockdowns and quarantines due to COVID-19.
“We, the undersigned, express our strong support for the initiatives of the Duterte administration to open the Philippine economy as a means for economic recovery and sustainability,” according to a statement by Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc., Foundation for Economic Freedom, Inc., Management Association of the Philippines, Subdivision and Housing Developers Association, Inc., and UP School of Economics Alumni Association.
As the Philippine economy struggles to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside the rest of the world, the business groups said, “It is important to balance public health with the deleterious effects of poverty and hunger on our countrymen, and to maximize opportunities to attract foreign inve
Groups warn of lost opportunities amid COVID-19
February 19, 2021 | 12:31 am
Reporter
PHILIPPINE business groups on Thursday urged the government to further ease lockdowns to fast-track economic recovery amid a coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement, several chambers and industry groups said the qurantines should be limited to areas with rising infections.
“Delaying any further could result in lost opportunities and see us again lagging behind our neighbors in our quest for economic recovery and sustainability,” they said.
Among those that signed the statement were the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc., Foundation for Economic Freedom, Inc., Management Association of the Philippines, Subdivision and Housing Developers Association, Inc. and University of the Philippines (UP) School of Economics Alumni Association.
The business sector led by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has awarded health professionals and frontliners Gawad Bayaning Kalusugan for their heroism during this pandemic period.
Twelve individuals, 12 teams, 35 health professionals and 43 health teams from 35 medical institutions were nominated to the Gawad Bayaning Kalusugan, a national search for the best benchmarks of medical care in the CoViD-19 pandemic.
The Gawad Bayaning Kalusugan was presented by the PCCI and was initiated by the Association of Allied Health Organization of the Nation (AAHON), the Health Educationalist, Advocates and Leaders Philippines (HEAL PH).
A total of P1.4 million have been raised by the proponents so that each of the winners received P50,000 cash prize and a trophy. Lead proponent Dr Carl Balita expressed that “the generosity of the donors from the business sector poured in as a sign of their utmost respect and appreciation to the self-less sacri