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  • DTI-BDTP successfully adopts Hybrid National Trade Fairs in 2021; announces plans for 2022

    Building on lessons learned in the previous year, the DTI-Bureau of Domestic Trade Promotion (BDTP) successfully adopted a hybrid approach, combining virtual online activities with physical in-person events, to fulfill its mandate to expand the market presence of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the country’s 16 regions. Virtual…
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  • DTI Quezon conducts Kalakal Quezon Christmas Fair 2021

    The Department of Trade and Industry – Quezon Provincial Office conducted the KALAKAL Quezon Christmas Fair 2021 last 24-30 November 2021 at The Atrium, SM City Lucena for the continuous rolling of marketing and promotion assistance to MSMEs under various interventions such as OTOP Next Gen (ONG), Shared Service Facilities…
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  • RCEP to boost PH digital economy and BPO sector

    With the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement early this year, the legal and institutional regime for the ten-member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand will be further strengthened in such a way that…
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  • DTI issues guidelines for the certification of remaining inventories of ceramic tiles

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) has issued Memorandum Circular (MC) 22-01, Series of 2022 providing supplemental guidelines for the implementation of Department Administrative Order (DAO) 20-09:2020 or “The New Technical Regulation Concerning the Mandatory Product Certification of Ceramic Tiles”.  The said…
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  • DTI 11 continues health standards compliance monitoring, urges Safety Seal certification

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 11 reminds all business establishments to continuously follow the minimum health public standards (MPHS) while urging everyone to get a Safety Seal certification.   With the anticipated rise in the COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, the agency reiterated its call for…
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  • DTI distributes P440-K worth of livelihood kits to ‘Odette’-hit MSMEs in Palawan

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – MIMAROPA extended aid to the first batch of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in Puerto Princesa City. A total of 55 MSMEs each received P8,000 worth of sari-sari store items / package under DTI’s…
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  • DTI extends help to the victims of typhoon Odette

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) quickly disseminates the aid through the Livelihood Seeding Program – Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay (LSP-NSB). This program aspires to benefit the small business owners despite the Typhoon Odette sternly affecting their livelihoods. Following the order of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte before the end…
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  • DTI, PhilDev launch new programs ‘IDEA’ and ‘ADVanCE’ to further stimulate Startup Growth

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), together with PhilDev Foundation, formally launched the Incubation, Development, and Entrepreneurial Assistance (IDEA) and Accelerating Development, Valuation, and Corporate Entrepreneurship (ADVanCE) through a live info session conducted last 12 January 2022 via Facebook Live. The startup ecosystem in the country accelerates forward despite…
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  • DTI: 94.24% of Metro Manila establishments comply with health protocols in 2021

    The Department of Trade and Industry’s Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) reported that 94.24% of Metro Manila business establishments monitored are compliant with the Minimum Public Health Standards (MPHS) set by the government to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Out of the 5,267 inspected firms last year,…
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  • 36 MSMEs gear up for Innovation for Business Recovery amidst pandemic

    The Davao Region has continued to promote enterprise-based innovation in a bid to produce more resilient and responsive entrepreneurs.   With the help of the Science, Technology, and Risk-resilient based Initiatives toward Knowledge Economy Davao Regional Inclusive Innovation Center (iSTRIKE Davao RIIC), this goal has been strengthened and reinforced.  The…
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