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DTI eyes stricter requirements for contractors
The Philippine Star
|September 22, 2025
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking at tightening rules on the issuances of contractor licenses amid controversies on the government's flood control projects.
Trade Secretary Cristina Roque told reporters that the DTI is looking at reforms, particularly more stringent requirements in the issuance of contractors' licenses by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB).
The PCAB is one of the implementing boards of the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines, an attached agency of the DTI.
"That's precisely why we have the fact-finding body," Roque said.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition September 22, 2025 de The Philippine Star.
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