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  • Academe embraces consumer advocacy programs

    Academe embraces consumer advocacy programs

    The DTI Guimaras recently conducted an information drive with members of Consumer Rights Advocacy of the Youth and Netizens (CRAYONS) Club of Simeon J. Jabasa National High School. CRAYONS was organized last year with students, teachers and parents as its members. Since its organization, the group has been an active…
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  • DTI taps int’l expos to penetrate Chinese market

    DTI taps int’l expos to penetrate Chinese market

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sees huge potential of penetrating the Chinese market through country participation in international trade expositions and facilitation of business-to-business linkages. “Business-to-business activities are increasing and we see a lot of Philippine enterprises eager to penetrate the huge Chinese market. China’s recent move to…
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  • Foreign investors remain bullish in PH investment prospects, FDIs registered with BOI up 29 percent in Jan to May 2018

    Foreign investors remain bullish in PH investment prospects, FDIs registered with BOI up 29 percent in Jan to May 2018

    The growth in FDIs contributed to the overall increase in BOI registrations as investment projects approved the agency was up by 18.92 percent from January to May 2018 to P207.480 B from only P174.472 B recorded in the same period last year. Actual FDIs compiled by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas…
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  • 1st Philippine StartUp MeetUp Berlin– bringing collaboration in digital innovation between the Philippines and Germany

    Photo: Front (L-R): Consul General Lilibeth Pono, FoPo‘s Gerald Marin and Commercial Counsellor Althea Antonio. 2nd Row: Novel Capital‘s Miguel Encarnacion, Consul Catherine Torres and Medwing‘s Johannes Roggendorf Photo: PTIC-Berlin Berlin, GERMANY. PTIC-Berlin together with the Philippine Embassy in Germany and Novel Capital Partners L.L.C organized the first Philippine StartUp…
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  • DTI assists Pinoy cargo companies in UAE

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Dubai, brought together freight forwarding companies in an organizational meeting to discuss the proposed creation of an association under the umbrella of the Philippine Business Council. These freight forwarders service Filipinos frequently shipping balikbayan boxes.…
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  • DTI assists Pinoy cargo companies in UAE

    DTI assists Pinoy cargo companies in UAE

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Dubai, brought together freight forwarding companies in an organizational meeting to discuss the proposed creation of an association under the umbrella of the Philippine Business Council. These freight forwarders service Filipinos frequently shipping balikbayan boxes.…
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  • DTI chief pushes for pragmatic direction in RCEP deal

    DTI chief pushes for pragmatic direction in RCEP deal

    DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez and Assistant Secretary Ann Robeniol during the 5th RCEP Intercessional Meeting in Tokyo, Japan Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez urged his fellow ministers to be more realistic to conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP. Sec. Lopez represented the Philippines (PH) during…
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  • DTI 6 to assist 160 MSMEs on design and brand upgrade

    DTI 6 to assist 160 MSMEs on design and brand upgrade

    DTI VI OIC Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon and DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena, Jr. (center) with PJ Arañador (fifth from right) and his team of product designers during the Design Direction Session for Region VI on July 2, 2018. The DTI VI will conduct a product development…
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  • BOI holds investment promo activities, investors keen on Eastern Visayas’ utilities, services, agri, and real estate industries

    BOI holds investment promo activities, investors keen on Eastern Visayas’ utilities, services, agri, and real estate industries

    Top photo shows one of the investments promotion activities conducted by BOI that is expected to jumpstart business activities in Eastern Visayas. Bottom photo meanwhile shows a BEO-Cebu staff assisting a micro small enterprise participant during the one-on-one consultation. Big businesses are seriously considering investing in Eastern Visayas’ water transport…
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  • Region 6 MSMEs earn P1.3M in nat’l trade fair

    Region 6 MSMEs earn P1.3M in nat’l trade fair

    DTI VI OIC Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon (second from left) tries a blazer with traditional and beautiful embroidery from the indigenous peoples of Panay Bukidnon. Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) from Region VI that showcased arts and crafts products with indigenous designs earned a total sales of Php1,289,297.00…
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