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Ending Fake Management Systems Certifications: “Best Way to Tell the Authenticity of Your ISO Certificates”
April 24, 2020Anyone can claim that they are certified to an ISO Management System Certification standard. It is crucial for end users and the community to verify these claims to ensure that the certification is valid and acceptable. In the past, the only way to tell if an ISO certification is authentic,…Read More -
DTI FabLabs produce PPEs for healthcare workers, frontliners
April 24, 2020MANILA—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its Shared Service Facility (SSF) Fabrication Laboratories (FabLabs) has produced and distributed 59,127 face shields and 230 aerosol boxes across 1,026 hospitals nationwide to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals, health units, and other essential establishments doing frontline work. The SSF…Read More -
DTI in Sydney offers Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan webinar series to overseas Filipinos affected by COVID-19
April 24, 2020The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Sydney, the overseas office of the DTI in Australia, organized the first webinar of the Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) webinar series held on 20 April 2020. The TNK is an initiative of the DTI…Read More -
ADVISORY: Chinese Taipei Issues Temporary Alternative Arrangements of the Presentation of Original Certificates due to COVID-19 Pandemic
April 23, 202023 April 2020 Due to the impact in the movement of airfreight and courier mail as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese Taipei has issued temporary alternative arrangements for goods subject to presentation of original veterinary or phytosanitary certificates to be implemented until 30 June 2020.Read More -
Minimum health standards will be the new protocol in business operations – DTI chief
April 23, 2020MANILA—Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said best hygiene and health measures practiced among leading export companies should be the new protocol in business operations as the country prepares for the post-Enhanced Community Quarantine (post-ECQ) scenario. “Minimum health standards such as strict social distancing, wearing of face…Read More -
DTI, CONWEP to produce 300,000 PPE coveralls for healthcare workers
April 23, 2020MAKATI—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has partnered with the Confederation of Wearable Exporters of the Philippines (CONWEP) to produce 300,000 locally-manufactured personal protective equipment (PPE) coveralls for the country’s healthcare workers. To address the deficient supply of PPE in the country, DTI launched the Bayanihan PPE Project with…Read More -
DTI-BPS Response to COVID19: Free PPE and other related Standards
April 22, 2020The Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) informs its stakeholders that all Medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) or emergency response related Philippine National Standards (PNS) shall be provided for FREE to any interested entity or stakeholder. The initiative supports the national government’s efforts in dealing with…Read More -
DTI-BPS adopts International Standards on security and resilience
April 22, 2020The Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) adopts the following International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards on security and resilience as Philippine National Standards (PNS), to help businesses and communities during the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) crisis: PNS ISO 22313:2020 Security and resilience – Business continuity…Read More -
DTI lauds arrival of Filipino cacao beans in European markets
April 21, 2020MANILA—Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez congratulates Auro Chocolate for being the first Philippine company to provide a major shipment of cacao beans to the European market. On 16 April 2020, the container shipment of Mindanao-sourced, premium cacao beans arrived at the port of Antwerp, Belgium. The…Read More -
DTI holds Bagsakan to support mango growers
April 21, 2020The Bureau of Domestic Trade Promotion (BDTP) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in coordination with the DTI-Bataan put up a Bagsakan to support Bataan mango growers last April 15, 2020 at the DTI Head Office parking area in Makati City. The one-day Bagsakan sold out 4.18 tons…Read More
