Philippine Daily Inquirer
11:10 pm | Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
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MANILA, Philippines—About 50 export companies operating within economic zones mostly in Calabarzon have implemented shorter working hours and forced leaves affecting up to 20,000 workers amid delayed production due to the truck ban in Manila, according to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.
PEZA promotions and public relations manager Elmer H. San Pascual told reporters covering the Philippine Semiconductor and Electronics Convention and Exhibition on Wednesday that a number of manufacturing companies have been complaining that it now takes at least five days before shipments can come out of the port of Manila as trucks are barred from traversing the roads of the city.
“The imported raw materials are being affected, hence production is also being affected,” San Pascual said.
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry last week blamed the slower first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) partly on the truck ban in Manila, which the business group claimed has brought higher costs and lost opportunities to businesses.
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