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  • Negosyo Center Pakil Conducts SMERA on Costing and Pricing

    Negosyo Center Pakil Conducts SMERA on Costing and Pricing

    Pakil, Laguna – The Negosyo Center Pakil conducted its third SME Roving Academy (SMERA) entitled “Seminar on Costing and Pricing” last November 26, 2019 at the Turumba Spring Resort, Pakil, Laguna. The resource person for the event was Dr. Caesar Apolinar P. Ramirez Jr., a mentor for finance for the…
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  • DTI chief eyes more funds for MSMEs in local, int’l trade fairs

    MANDALUYONG – Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is awaiting the Senate’s approval of additional budget to send more micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to local and international trade fairs. In his welcome remarks at the Kalakal CALABARZON Trade Fair and the…
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  • BOI-approved investments breach historic P1T mark as of October

    The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI), the country’s lead investments and industry promotions agency breached its annual target of P1 T as it reached P1.040 T in investment approvals in the first 10 months of the year, the highest ever in the agency’s 52-year history. “For the third successive year,…
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  • DTI targets truckers, forwarders to adopt new road freight transport standards

    The Department of Trade and Industry- Competitiveness Bureau (DTI-CB), in cooperation with Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) and DTI- Region 3 Office pushes the adoption of Philippine National Standard on Road Freight Transport (PNS 2135:2018) to fleet operators and hauling companies, in a bid to improve the competitiveness of logistics…
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  • DTI inks partnership with PACUCOA to promote Philippine Quality Award in Educational Sector

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) enters into a partnership agreement with the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) in a bid to promote the Philippine Quality Award (PQA), the highest level of national recognition for exemplary organizational performance, to higher educational institutions (HEIs). The…
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  • 2019 National Export Congress features Digital Transformation Tools for MSME adaption

    The Fourth Industrial Revolution is evolving in an exponential pace. The possibilities of billions of people connected by mobile devices with unprecedented processing power, storage capacity, and access to knowledge are unlimited. And these possibilities will be multiplied by emerging technology breakthroughs in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics,…
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  • Government and stakeholders gather to discuss the Philippines’ trade agenda

    The Department of Trade and Industry will hold the One Country, One Voice (OCOV) Forum on International Trade, “Seizing Opportunities Amidst the Challenges of International Trade,” on 4 December 2019 at the New World Hotel, Makati City. The OCOV Forum will bring together thought leaders and practitioners from the government,…
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  • Go Lokal! Store Opens at New Clark City for SEA Games 2019

    Souvenirs, food products and halal cuisine for athletes, guests and visitors at the 30th Southeast Asian Games are now available at the Go Lokal! Store and Halal Food Hub located at the East Commercial Building, New Clark City (NCC) in Capas, Tarlac. Go Lokal! is a flagship program of the…
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  • Hundreds of young entreps undergo YEP

    Over 250 young entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs from all over Central Visayas filled the ballroom of the Cebu International Parklane Hotel to listen, learn, and be inspired by a panel of experienced entrepreneurs during the Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) Cebu Roadshow organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)…
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  • Trade Chief spearheads DTI field office’s groundbreaking in GenSan

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has proposed PhP40 million budget for the construction of its permanent field office in General Santos City. Along with the other DTI officials, Secretary Ramon Lopez and Regional Operations Group Undersecretary Blesila Lantayona led the sod-turning for the five-story building, which will be…
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