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PAB PROMOTIONS STAFF “HANGOUTS” AT THE GOOGLE HEADQUARTERS
January 31, 2020Promotions staff of the Philippine Accreditation Bureau – Promotion and Documentation Division had a one-on-one coaching session on the use of Google Hangouts for online meetings with Mr. Raymund Yulo, Hardware Product Support Manager of Google Services Philippines on 27 August 2019 at 11th Floor, Uptown Place Tower 1, 11th Avenue Corner…Read More -
PAB DIRECTOR JAMES EMPEÑO TALKS ABOUT ACCREDITATION IN PERFECT MORNING
January 31, 2020TV 5 Network’s Perfect Morning was the perfect vehicle for Director James E. Empeño to promote the services of the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) on national TV, through the Trabaho Negosyo Konsyumer (TNK) of the Department of Trade and Industry. Perfect morning which airs on Wednesdays from 10:00 AM to…Read More -
DTI-PAB HOLDS CERTIFICATION BODIES FORUM
January 31, 2020The DTI-Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) gathered its accredited Certification Bodies (CBs) and potential applicants in a forum to discuss their issues and concerns on accreditation held in St. Giles Makati Hotel on 04 July 2019. Twenty-one (21) participants from different certification bodies for management system, product and halal attended the…Read More -
Press Statement of Secretary Ramon M. Lopez Data Sharing Agreement with TransUnion
January 29, 2020Today’s signing of the data-sharing agreement between the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and TransUnion Philippines is part of the government’s continuing effort to improve our competitiveness ranking. More importantly, this agreement will improve access for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) when it comes to their access to…Read More -
PAB Promotes the Equivalence of Accreditation
January 29, 2020The Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) joins Bureau Veritas Certification Philippines in its ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor’s Course to introduce and promote the equivalence of PAB accreditation services on 25 July 2019, at the Diamond Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Manila. Bureau Veritas is one of PAB’s accredited certification bodies in the Philippines…Read More -
DTI-TransUnion signs agreement to improve competitiveness ranking, promote MSME access to finance
January 29, 2020The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and TransUnion Philippines signed a data sharing agreement on 29 January 2020 in which DTI will provide Publicly Available Data of business enterprises to TransUnion, the country’s largest credit bureau. The data sharing agreement will allow TransUnion to develop a “firm bureau database”…Read More -
DTI confiscates substandard appliances in Batangas City inspection
January 28, 2020BATANGAS CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) confiscated appliances from two supermarkets during an inspection last 27 January 2020. The appliances included light bulbs, rice cookers, electric kettles, and induction cookers that do not have Philippine Standard (PS) marks or Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers for imported products.…Read More -
Special Service Campaign for Smart Brake Support of certain Mazda vehicles
January 28, 2020Bermaz Auto Philippines (BAP), official distributor of Mazda in the Philippines, through the DTI-Consumer Protection and Advocacy Bureau (CPAB), has issued an advisory regarding Special Service Campaign regarding the Smart Brake Support (SBS) on certain Mazda 3 (BP) and CX-30 (DM) vehicles. For more information, please see the letter below: ♦ Date…Read More -
ADVISORY: PTTC-GMEA releases Q1 schedule of trainings
January 28, 2020The Philippine Trade Training Center – Global MSME Academy (PTTC-GMEA) has released their training calendar for the first quarter of 2020. They are offering the following: For more information, you may visit PTTC’s website at http://pttc.gov.ph/.♦ Date of Release: 28 January 2020Read More -
PTIC Tokyo co-organizes Investment Promotion Seminar for Bohol provincial government in Tokyo
January 27, 2020TOKYO, JAPAN — Bohol Governor Arthur C. Yap and other Bohol officials visited Japan on a business mission to attract Japanese investments to the province on 21-23 January 2020. An investment seminar with select Japanese companies kicked off the business mission, co-organized by the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC)…Read More
