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Harnessing the unlimited potentials of the Filipino diaspora for the Philippines’ Startup Ecosystem
May 31, 2018The economy of the Philippines is currently growing at above 6.8% (as of latest quarter), one of the highest growth rates in the world. Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) account for 70% of total employment, with millennials venturing into entrepreneurship at an increased rate. Manila is home to an…Read More -
Trade chief highlights importance of product packaging to MSMEs: Pack! Pinas roadshow wraps up before hundreds of regional entrepreneurs
May 31, 2018Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez emphasized the importance of well-designed product packaging to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the final leg of the Pack! Pinas roadshow last 29 May in Cavite. Pack! Pinas final leg in Cavite attended by hundreds of entrepreneurs from…Read More -
Sharing the good news from the Philippines
May 30, 2018By: Babe Romualdez I am currently in San Francisco, California, having just come from Honolulu where – together with Executive Secretary Bingbong Medialdea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año – we had briefings with US Pacific Command (USPACOM) Commander Admiral Harry…Read More -
Two Food Manufacturers of Zambales set sights on bigger market
May 29, 2018Among the thousands of local Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) of Central Luzon, CAFI and Green Thumb Agri Products (GTAP), were just two (2) of the Ten (10) selected MSMEs to be enrolled in the Brand Development Program of the Department of Trade and Industry Region 3. The Branding Program…Read More -
DTI Regional Office III receives CSC PRIME HRM Bronze Award
May 29, 2018DTI-3 RD Judith P. Angeles receives the Certification of Recognition as PRIME HRM Bronze Awardee from the Civil Service Commission in rites held on May 9, 2018 in Cagayan De Oro City. With RD Angeles are CSC Chairperson Alicial Dela Rosa Bala (4th from L), DTI HRAS Director Joel…Read More -
DTI urges school supplies sellers to follow SRP
May 29, 2018In time for the opening of school next month, the Department of Trade and Industry Regional Office III (DTI-3) urges stores in the region selling school supplies to sell their products within the Suggested Retail Prices (SRP). The DTI recently published the SRP table for school supplies effective May 3,…Read More -
CL Negosyo Centers assist more than 55K in 2017, more centers to be opened
May 29, 2018A total of 55,669 micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been assisted region wide by Negosyo Centers in 2017. Negosyo Centers in Nueva Ecija had the most number of assisted clients with 14,821 clients served while 12,660 clients were served by Nego Centers in Bulacan. Bataan Negosyo Centers were…Read More -
Joint team inspects weighing scales in Angeles City
May 29, 2018Personnel from DTI Pampanga use test weights to check if the weighing scale in a public market in Angeles City is functioning correctly. The Department of Trade and Industry – Pampanga Provincial Office’s (DTI Pampanga) Consumer Protection Division, in collaboration with the Angeles City local government’s Business Permit and…Read More -
CL registers highest number of barangay enterprises in 2017
May 29, 2018Among all regions in the country, Central Luzon had the most number of Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBEs) registered through the Negosyo Centers. For 2017, a total of 2,240 BMBEs registered in the 64 Negosyo Centers spread throughout the region. The number of BMBEs in the region represents 20 percent…Read More -
Tarlac MSMEs asked to avail of DTI services
May 29, 2018MENTOR ME IS HERE. Twenty new mentees join the Kapatid Mentor ME program of DTI in Tarlac. DTI RD Judith Angeles (left) and mentor Carlo Calimon join the 3rd batch of KMME mentees in the province. The participants of the Kapatid Mentor Micro Enterprises (KMME) program and other Micro…Read More
