GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED

Question 1

government agency responsible for the registration, licensing,
regulation and supervision of all corporations and partnerships organized in
the Philippines, including foreign corporations licensed to engage in business
or to establish branch offices in the Philippines.

Answer 1

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Question 2

an attached agency of
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is the lead government agency
responsible for the promotion of investments in the Philippines

Answer 2

Board of Investments (BOI)

Question 3

Tasked to generate investments and improve the image of the country as a
viable investment destination through the formulation and implementation
of investment promotion strategy for synchronized investment promotion
efforts including the generation of investment opportunities,

Answer 3

Investment Promotions Group (IPG)

Question 4

Provides support services to the Board and its clientele through the
enhancement of management processes, efficient dispensation of incentives,
design and implementation of information systems, rendering of legal
support on investment-related issues, and conduct of human resource
development programs.

Answer 4

Technical Services Group (TSG)

Question 5

Prepares the annual Investment Priorities Plan.

Answer 5

Industry Development Group (IDG)

Question 6

is in charge of evaluating, registering, supervising, monitoring and
giving project assistance to registered firms.

Answer 6

Project Assessment Group (PAG)

Question 7

is an investment promotion agency and a government owned
corporation, attached to the Department of Trade & Industry. It is
responsible for ensuring that foreign investors who wish to put up their
operations in the country will have readily available suitable locations in
world-class, environment-friendly economic zones.

Answer 7

Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)

Question 8

primary objective is to maintain price stability conducive to a
balanced and sustainable economic growth.

Answer 8

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)

Question 9

is mandated to be the primary agency responsible for the
conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s
environment and natural resources.

Answer 9

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

Question 10

is the primary government
agency mandated to promote gainful employment opportunities, develop
human resources, protect workers and promote their welfare, and maintain
industrial peace.

Answer 10

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

Question 11

is the lead implementing agency of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). It undertakes land
tenure improvement, development of program beneficiaries, and the delivery
of agrarian justice.

Answer 11

Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

Question 12

is the principal agency of the
Philippine government responsible for the promotion of agricultural
development growth

Answer 12

Department of Agriculture (DA)

Question 13

is a national
government agency tasked as the planning, regulatory and quasi-judicial body
for land use development and real estate and housing regulation.

Answer 13

Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)

Question 14

lead government
agency in the Philippine water sector, conferred with policy-making,
regulatory and quasi-judicial functions.

Answer 14

National Water Resources Board (NWRB)

Question 15

is responsible for
ensuring the optimum exploitation, utilization, development, conservation
and protection of the country’s water resource,

Answer 15

National Water Resources Board (NWRB)

Question 16

It is mandated to
undertake the administration and enforcement of immigration and
citizenship laws and the admission of foreigners to the Philippines including
the enforcement of alien registration laws, and the exclusion, deportation and
repatriation of aliens.

Answer 16

Bureau of Immigration (BI)

Question 17

shall be the primary government agency
charged with the responsibility to encourage, promote, and develop tourism
as a major socio-economic activity to generate foreign currency and
employment and to spread the benefits of tourism to both the private and
public sector.

Answer 17

Department of Tourism (DOT)