The Department of Trade and Industry is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the advancement,promotion,governance,regulation,management and growth of industry and trade.
The Araneta family is a Filipino family that originated from Guipúzcoa,the Basque region of northern Spain. The name is derived from the Basque word aran meaning "valley",with the suffix -eta meaning "abundance of",but also a locative term denoting place. In this case,the Araneta name means "the family that comes from the valley"..
Rizalino S. Navarro was a Filipino businessman,business executive and politician. Navarro served as the Secretary of Trade and Industry from 1992 to 1996 within the Cabinet of former Philippines President Fidel Ramos.
Ramón Pereyra Jacinto,best known by his initials RJ,is a Filipino businessman,musician and radio TV personality. He previously served as Undersecretary for Government Digital Broadcast Television and the Digitization of the Entertainment Industry Sector in Department of Information and Communications Technology. He is also the founder and chairman of Philippine rock-and-roll radio station DZRJ and the Rajah Broadcasting Network.
Alfredo "Fred" Espinosa Pascual is a Filipino international development banker and finance expert,currently serving as the Secretary of Trade and Industry under the administration of Bongbong Marcos since June 30,2022. He also served as the 20th President of the University of the Philippines (U.P.) System,from 2011 to 2017. He was a member of the U.P. Board of Regents,the university's highest policy-making and governing body,representing the alumni,just before he was elected as U.P. President,the first non-faculty member to hold the position.
The Office of the President of the Philippines,is an administrative,advisory,and consultative government agency that aids the president of the Philippines in performing their duty as head of state and chief of the executive branch of government.
The order of precedence in the Philippines is the protocol used in ranking government officials and other personages in the Philippines. Purely ceremonial in nature,it has no legal standing,and does not reflect the presidential line of succession nor the equal status of the three branches of government established in the 1987 Constitution.
Mark Aguilar Villar is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as a Senator since 2022. He served in President Rodrigo Duterte's cabinet as the Secretary of Public Works and Highways from 2016 to 2021,and was the COVID-19 pandemic isolation czar from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Nacionalista Party,he was the Representative of Las Piñas from 2010 to 2016. Villar has also previously held executive positions in his family's businesses.
Arthur "Art" Planta Tugade is a Filipino businessman and lawyer from Cagayan who served as the Secretary of the Department of Transportation under the Duterte administration from 2016 to 2022. He previously held the position of President and chief executive officer of Clark Development Corporation,an attached agency of the government-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority under the late President Benigno Aquino III.
Fortunato "Boy" Tanseco de la Peña is a Filipino engineer and professor who served as the Secretary of Science and Technology in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2022. Before he assumed leadership of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST),he was the Undersecretary for Scientific and Technological Services from 2001 to 2014. Except for his brief retirement from 2014 to 2016,he has been with the department since 1982.
Carlos "Sonny" García Domínguez III is a distinguished Filipino businessman who was appointed as Philippine Cabinet Secretary thrice:as Minister of Natural Resources (1986-1987),Secretary of Agriculture (1987-1989),and as Secretary of Finance (2016-2022).
Ernesto del Mar Pernia is a Filipino economist,writer and professor emeritus at the University of the Philippines School of Economics. He formerly served as Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority and Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning under the Duterte administration from 2016 to 2020.
Karl Kendrick Tiu Chua is a Filipino economist who served as the Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning under the Duterte administration from 2021 to 2022. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as acting secretary in April 2020,and became the official secretary on June 2,2021,succeeding Ernesto Pernia. A former World Bank senior economist,he previously served as an undersecretary of the Department of Finance.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2017. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
The first 100 days of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency began on June 30,2016,the day Rodrigo Duterte was inaugurated as the 16th president of the Philippines. The concept of the first 100 days of a presidential term was first adopted in the Philippines by President Corazon Aquino from the United States and has since been used as a gauge of presidential success and activism,and is a considered the "honeymoon period" where traditional critics are urged to refrain from detracting the new president. The 100th day of his presidency ended at noon on October 8,2016.
Manuel Manligas Bonoan is a Filipino businessman and engineer who was the president and chief executive officer of SMC Tollways. He has served as the secretary of public works and highways since June 30,2022.
Gamaliel Asis Cordoba is a Filipino lawyer who was the longest-serving Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from 2009 until 2022. He is currently the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA) replacing former Solicitor General Jose Calida. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) on November 29,2022.
Jose Santos Concepcion Jr.,also known as Joecon,was a Filipino industrialist,activist,and politician. He served as Secretary of Trade and Industry from 1986 to 1991.
