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DTI Presents Investment Opportunities to Dutch Shipbuilding Firm
March 06, 2019MAKATI – With Dutch shipbuilding company Damen Shipyard Group visiting the Philippines (PH) to possibly partner with the Philippine Navy to build and supply naval defense vessels, Department of Trade and Industry Secretary (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez took the opportunity to present the Hanjin Facility in Subic and other investment…Read More -
DTI-PAB Retains Signatory Status to APAC MRA
March 05, 2019Ms. Perla F. Baje, Chief of PAB-Laboratory Accreditation Division (6th from left) thanking the APAC peer evaluators (1st to 4th from left) during the closing meeting of the 5-day APAC peer evaluation. Others in photo are PAB-OIC Ernani M. Dionisio (center), Ms. Juanita P. Carpio –Chief of PAB- Management System…Read More -
RCEP negotiation to be concluded this year
March 04, 2019CAMBODIA — The sixteen (16) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministers from the 10 members states of ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam) together with its Free Trade Area (FTA) partners from Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and New Zealand expressed their collective determination…Read More -
Filipino cuisine to be served at Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
March 04, 2019Local and international food connoisseurs will get to taste and discover Filipino cuisine as Australia’s iconic food and wine festival brings the spotlight on Filipino cuisine at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (MFWF) happening on 9-13 March 2019. In a series of events that will feature and celebrate Filipino…Read More -
Fair Trade Laws monitoring and enforcement to be strengthened in Region 8
March 04, 2019Officials of DTI Biliran look at markings of a steel bar that passed the product standards The Department of Trade and Industry Region 8 (DTI-8) conducted a two-day activity held last 27-28 February 2019 on Advanced Mediation and Orientation on Department Orders related to Monitoring and Enforcement. It aims to capacitate…Read More -
PH tropical food takes centerstage in Japan’s premier food trade show
March 04, 2019Banana chips are among the Philippines’ top fruit exports to Japan. Sixteen local companies are set to showcase the best of Philippine food products in the 44th edition of International Food & Beverage Exhibition, popularly known as FOODEX Japan. The event will be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan,…Read More -
PHL exporters join outbound mission to Middle East
March 04, 2019By Myrtle Faye L. Solina | Food and Agri-Marine Division | DTI-Export Marketing Bureau 04 March 2019 Published also in Business Mirror Undersecretary of Trade Promotions Group Abdulgani M. Macatoman of the Department of Trade and Industry during one of the store checks in Dubai. THE Export Marketing Bureau (EMB)…Read More -
Export ready: Accrediting exporters under Export Development Act
March 04, 201904 March 2019 By Patricia G. Blacer | Export Assistance and Business Matching Division (EABMD) | DTI-Export Marketing Bureau Published also in Business Mirror THE Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) offers free accreditation of exporters under the Export Development Act’s (EDA) export incentives…Read More -
PHL participates in HIMSS 2019 in US
March 04, 201904 March 2019 Published also in Business Mirror ORLANDO, Florida—The Philippines Healthcare Information Management Services (HIMS) participated at the Annual Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference from February 11 to 15, 2019, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA. The 2019 HIMSS Global Conference and Exhibition…Read More -
Gov’t touts reforms on ease of doing business ahead of World Bank survey
March 04, 2019Following the protest by the Philippine government on World Bank’s 2019 Doing Business (DB) Report, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) kicked off a communication campaign in its bid for better results in the 2020 cycle by reporting to the public, the various Ease of Doing Business reforms initiated…Read More
