Abbreviations
| ACT ADB AdEPT ADSPP AFAS AFP AFTA AIF AIM AmCham AMLA ANU ANZCHAM AO APEC ARMM ARTTF ASA ASEAN ASG ATI ATIGA ATO AusAID BAP BAR BCDA BI BIR BIT BLES Bn BOC BOI BOP |
Alcohol, Cigarettes, Tobacco Asian Development Bank Advanced English Pre-employment Training Ancestral Domain Sustainable Protection Plan ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services Armed Forces of the Philippines ASEAN Free Trade Area Asian Infrastructure Fund Alternative Investment Market American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 Australian National University Australian-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Philippines Administrative Order Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Anti-Red Tape Task Force Air Service Agreement Association of Southeast Asian Nations Abu Sayyaf Group Asian Terminals, Inc. ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement Air Transportation Office Australian Agency for International Development Banker’s Association of the Philippines Board of Airline Representatives Bases Conversion and Development Authority Bureau of Immigration Bureau of Internal Revenue Bilateral Investment Treaty Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics Billion Bureau of Customs Board of Investments Balance of Payments |
| BOT BPAP BPO BSP CAAC CAAP CAB CALA CALABARZON CanCham CARP CBCP CBD CBI CBRE CBU CCT CCT CDF CE CEC CEDC CEO CEZA CFS CGY Cha-Cha CHED CHR CIAC CICT CIQ CIT CNG COA CP CPI CPP |
Build-Operate-Transfer Business Processing Association of the Philippines Business Process Outsourcing Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Citizens Action AgainstCrime Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Civil Aeronautics Board Cavite-Laguna Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Central Business District Carribean Basin Initiative CB Richard Ellis Completely Built Units Common Carriers Tax Conditional Cash Transfer Countrywide Development Funds Certificate of Exemption Chief Executive Consultant Cebu Energy Development Corporation Chief Executive Officer Cagayan Economic Zone Authority Container Freight Station Cagayan de Oro Charter Change Commission on Higher Education Commission on Human RightS Clark International Airport Corporation Commission on Information and Communications and Technology Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine Corporate Income Tax Compressed Natural Gas Commission on Audit Charoen Pokphand Foods Consumer Price Index Communist Party of the Philippines |
| CPSD CRC CSC CSR CTMA CY DA DAO DAR DBM DBP DENR DepEd DFA DHS DICT DILG DMCI DMIA DND DOE DOF DOH DOJ DOLE DOST DOT DOTC DPWH DST DSWD DTI ECA ECC ECC |
Consolidated Public Sector Deficit Center for Research and Communication Civil Service Commission Corporate Social Responsibility Customs and Tariff Modernization Act Container Yard Department of Agriculture DENR Administrative Order Department of Agrarian Reform Department of Budget and Management Development Bank of the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources Department of Education Department of Foreign Affairs Demographic and Health Surveys Department of Information and Communications Technology Department of the Interior and Local Government D. M. Consunji Incorporated Diosdado Macapagal International Airport Department of National Defense Department of Energy Department of Finance Department of Health Department of Justice Department of Labor and Employment Department of Science and Technology Department of Tourism Department of Transportation and Communications Department of Public Works and Highways Documentary Stamp Tax Department of Social Welfare and Development Department of Trade and Industry Employment Conditions Abroad Environmental Compliance Certificate Emigration Clearance Certificate |
| ECCP EDC EDC EDSA EIA EIF EITI EO EP EPIRA ERC ESO EU EVAT FAA FAO FDI FGD FINL FIT FMD FOCAP FPDIC FPIC FTA FTAA FTI FTI FY GAA GATS GDP GILAS GIR GNI GNP GOCCs GOJ GPB |
European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Export Development Council Energy Development Corporation Epifanio de los Santos Avenue Energy Information Administration Entry into Force Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Executive Order Exploration Permit Electric Power Industry Reform Act Energy Regulatory Commission Engineering Services Outsourcing European Union Expanded Value Added Tax Federal Aviation Administration Food and Agriculture Organization Foreign Direct Investment Focus Group Discussion Foreign Investment Negative List Feed-in-Tariff Foot-and-Mouth Disease Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines First Philippine Infrastructure Development Corporation Free and Prior Informed Consent Free Trade Agreement Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement Federation of Thai Industries Food Terminal Incorporated Fiscal Year General Appropriations Act General Agreement on Trade in Services Gross Domestic Product Gearing Up Internet Literacy and Access for Students Gross International Reserves Gross National Income Gross National Product Government Owned and Controlled Corporations Government of Japan Gross Philippine Billings |
| GPP GPPB GRP GSIS GVA GWh H2RSH HB HDM-4 HKG HMO HRAP IATA ICCRHC ICCs ICIP ICT ICTSI IDA IEA IFAD IFC IFR IIF IMD IMF IOR IP IPA IPP IPR IPT-3 IRA IRRI |
Geothermal Power Plant Government Procurement Policy Board Government of the Republic of the Philippines Government Service Insurance System Gross Value Added Giga Watt Hour Hydrogen Hi-Speed Rail Super Highway House Bill Highway Development and Management Version 4 Hong Kong Health Maintenance Organization Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Philippines International Air Transport Association International Chambers of Commerce Retirement and Healthcare Coalition Indigenous Cultural Communities Investment Climate Improvement Project Information and Communication Technologies International Container Terminal Services, Inc. International Development Association International Energy Agency International Fund for Agricultural Development International Finance Corporation International Flight Rules Institute for International Finance International Institute for Management Development International Monetary Fund Importer of Record Indigenous People Investment Promotion Agencies Independent Power Producers Intellectual Property Rights International Passenger Terminal 3 Internal Revenue Allotment International Rice Research Institute |
| IRRs IT-BPO ITES ITH ITO ITU JBIC JCCIPI JETRO JFC JI JICA JORC JPEPA JV JVA KBPIP KCCP KEGs KEPCO KM KOICA KPO LARA LEDAC LGU LHS LNG LOLO LPG LRA LRT LRTA LTFRB LTO |
Implementing Rules and Regulations Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing Information Technology Enabled Service Income Tax Holiday Information Technology Outsourcing International Telecommunication Union Japan Bank for International Cooperation Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines Japan External Trade Organization Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines Jemaah Islamiyah Japan International Cooperation Agency Joint Ore Reserves Committee Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement Joint Venture Joint Venture Agreements Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig Korean Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Key Employment Generators Korea Electric Power Corporation Kilometer Korea International Cooperation Agency Knowledge Process Outsourcing Land Administration Reform Act Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council Local Government Unit Left Hand Side Liquefied Natural Gas Lift-On/ Lift-Off Liquefied Petroleum Gas Land Registration Authority Light Rail Transit Light Rail Transit Authority Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Land Transportation Office |
| LWUA MAP MARINA MCC MDC MDG ME MFA MGB MIC MILF MinDA MLD MM2H MMDA Mn MNC MNL MNLF MNTC MOU MOA MRP MRT MSME MTPDP MTPIP MVDP MW MWSS NAIA NAMRIA NASDAQ NASTF NBI NBN NCC |
Local Water Utilities Administration Minerals Action Plan Maritime Industry Authority Millenium Challenge Corporation Minerals Development Council Millenium Development Goal Middle East Multi Fibre Agreement Mines and Geosciences Bureau Multiple Industry Cluster Moro Islamic Liberation Front Mindanao Development Authority Million Liters Per Day Malaysia My Second Home Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Million Multinational Corporation Manila Moro National Liberation Front Manila North Tollways Corporation Memorandum of Understanding Memorandum of Agreement Maximum Retail Prices Metro Rail Transit Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Medium Term Philippine Development Plan Medium Term Public Investment Program Motor Vehicle Development Program Megawatt Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Ninoy Aquino International Airport National Mapping and Resource Information Authority National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation Anti-Smuggling Task Force National Bureau of Investigation National Broadband Network National Competitiveness Council |
| NCIP NCR NCTS NDCC NDF NEDA NEDA-ICC NEP NEP NFA NGC NGO NIA NLEX NLRC NMP NPA NPC NSCB NSO NTC NTT NWPC NWRB Nyd ODA OECD OFW OGCC OP OWWA PADC PAF |
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples National Capital Region National Center for Transportation Studies National Disaster Coordinating Council National Democratic Front National Economic and Development Authority National Economic and Development Authority Investment Coordination – Committee National Economic Policy National Expenditure Proposal National Food Authority National Grid Corporation of the Philippines Non-Governmental Organization National Irrigation Administration North Luzon Expressway National Labor Relations Commission National Minerals Policy New People’s Army National Power Corporation National Statistical Coordination Board National Statistics Office National Telecommunications Commission Nippon Telegraph and Telephone National Wages and Productivity Commission National Water Resources Board Not yet drafted Official development assistance Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Overseas Filipino Worker Office of the Government Corporate Counsel Office of the President Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Philippine Agribusiness Development and Commercial Corporation Philippine Air Force |
| PAGASA PAG-IBIG PAGCOR PAL PAMURI PASG PCA PCAHO PCCC PCCI PCGG PCI PD PDF-TWGs PDI PEATC PEGR PERA PERC PEZA PHAP PhilHealth PHIVIDEC PIATCO |
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Pagtutulungan sa kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya at Gobyerno Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Philippine Airlines Philippine Association of Multinational Regional Headquarters, Inc. Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group Partnership and Co-operation Agreement Philippine Council on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Philippine Climate Change Commission Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Presidential Commission on Good Government Per Capita Income Presidential Decree Philippine Development Forum Philippine Development Forum Technical Working Groups Philippine Daily Inquirer Public Estates Authority Tollway Corporation Partnership for Economic Governance Reforms Personal Equity Retirement Account Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Philippine Economic Zone Authority Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corporation Philippines International Air Terminals Company |
| PIDC PIDS PLDT PLLO PMS PN PNCC PNOC PNR PORTAL PPA PPA PPP PRA PRC PRC PSA PSALM PSE PSF R&D RA RATS RDC RE REIT RGDP RH RHS RKC ROHQs ROK RORO ROW RP RRTS RTC SB SBMA SCTEX SEA |
Private Infrastructure Development Corporation Philippine Institute for Development Studies Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Presidential Legislative Liaison Office Presidential Management Staff Philippine Navy Philippine National Construction Corporation Philippine National Oil Company Philippine National Railways Ports Transparency Alliance Purchasing Power Parity Philippine Ports Authority Public Private Partnership Philippine Retirement Authority Professional Regulation Commission People’s Republic of China Pacific Strategies & Assessments Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Philippine Stock Exchange Passenger Service Fee Research and Development Republic Act Run After the Smugglers Regional Development Council Renewable Energy Real Estate Investment Trust Regional Gross Domestic Product Reproductive Health Right Hand Side Revised Kyoto Convention Regional Operating Headquarters Republic of Korea Roll-on/Roll-Off Right-of-Way Republic of the Philippines RORO Road Terminal System Regional Transportation Commission Senate Bill Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Southeast Asia |
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SEIPI SEZ SFECO SLEX SLTC SMC SME SMS SNITS SONA SRA SRC SSME SSS STAR SVEG SWS T-1 T-2 T-3 TAF TAG TCC TESDA TEU TEZ THSR TIEZA TIFA TPLEX TPP TRANSCO TRB |
Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc Special Economic Zone Shanghai Corporation for Foreign Economic and Technological Corp. Southern Luzon Expressway South Luzon Tollway Corporation San Miguel Corporation Small-to-Medium Enterprises Short Messaging Service Simplified Net Income Taxation Scheme State of the Nation Address Sugar Regulatory Administration Special Return Certificate Service Science Management Engineering Social Security System Southern Tagalog Arterial Road Special Visa for Employment Generation Social Weather Stations Terminal 1 Terminal 2 Terminal 3 The Asia Foundation Transparent Accountable Governance Tax Credit Certificates Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Twenty foot Equivalent Units Tourism Economic Zone Taiwan High Speed Rail Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway Trans-Pacific Partnership National Transmission Corporation Trade Regulatory Board |
| TROs TTCR TV UAE UHC UK UN UNCTAD UNDP UNESCAP UNICEF UNWTO UP UPOU US USAID USc USG VAS VAT VILP VoIP WB WEF WESM WHO WIPO WQMA WTO WTTC WWII YOY |
Temporary Restraining Orders Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report Television United Arab Emirates Universal Health Care United Kingdom United Nations United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Program United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific United Nations Children’s Fund United Nations World Tourism Organization University of the Philippines University of the Philippines Open University United States United States Agency for International Development US cent United States Government Value Added Service Value Added Tax Various Infrastructure and Local Projects Voice over Internet Protocol World Bank World Economic Forum Wholesale Electricity Spot Market World Health Organization World Intellectual Property Organization Water Quality Management Areas World Trade Organization World Travel and Tourism Council World War II Year-on-Year |
