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Paper billing statement should be given at no cost says DTI
April 02, 2018Following the issue on paperless billing, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is coordinating with other government agencies and the private sector to ensure that consumers need not pay additional fees when opted to receive a paper billing statement via mail. In order to avoid delays in delivery of…Read More -
APBC welcomes PHL delegation to Australia
April 02, 201828 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror In Photo: Philippine Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez and Foreign Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano lead the delegation of local business leaders that met with their Australian counterparts during a meeting on March 16 in Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia. THE Australia-Philippines Business Council (APBC)…Read More -
Exporters urged to maximize US GSP privilege extended to PHL
April 02, 201828 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Export Marketing Bureau (EMB), urged Philippine exporters to maximize the US Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) privilege, which has been extended until December 31, 2020, with the signing of the US Consolidated Appropriations Act,…Read More -
DTI-EMB invites local exporters to join China International Import Exposition
April 02, 2018By Rudolph Jay Velasco | Market Innovation Division | DTI-Epxort Marketing Bureau 28 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Export Marketing Bureau (EMB), are inviting all exporters to join the China International Import Expo (CIIE) and register on or before the…Read More -
PHL gets 5th trade policy review in WTO
April 02, 201828 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror TRADE Secretary Ramon M. Lopez, the Philippines’s chief negotiator at the World Trade Organization (WTO), said an inter-agency delegation headed by Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will appear before the WTO Trade Policy Review Body…Read More -
DTI holds overseas and domestic construction information and capacity-building sessions (Part 1)
April 02, 2018By Gliceria N. Cademia | Services Division | DTI-Export Marketing Bureau 28 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror THE Department of Trade and Industry’s Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) in collaboration, with the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines’s (CIAP) Philippine Overseas and Domestic Construction Board, held the Overseas and…Read More -
DTI approves the adoption of an International Standard on Occupational health and safety management systems as PNS
April 02, 2018The Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) adopts the International Standard of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use as a Philippine National Standard (PNS). The PNS ISO 45001:2018 specifies requirements for an occupational…Read More -
DTI strengthens monitoring and enforcement in the regions
April 02, 2018The monitoring and enforcement teams of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently conducted special monitoring and enforcement activities on price and supply of basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPC) and on mandatory labeling of construction materials and household appliances in Southern Leyte and in Antipolo, Rizal. A total…Read More -
NC Sapian conducts series of business related orientation
March 28, 2018The DTI Capiz Provincial Office, through its Negosyo Center (NC) in Sapian, conducted a series of the seminars to the residents of Brgys. Majanlud and Maninang that also included 4Ps beneficiaries. A total of 100 participants (44 in Majanlud and 56 in Maninang) were acquainted in Barangay Entrepreneurship and Development…Read More -
DTI, RCC, and HEIs embark on a 2 day Workshop to analyze and interpret the CMCI Survey Results of some LGUs in Region 02
March 27, 2018The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Regional Office No. 02, Regional Competitiveness Committee (RCC), and some identified Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) embarked on a two-day activity entitled “Training and Workshop on the Analysis and Interpretation of Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) Survey Results” on March 15 – 16,…Read More
