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Regional Competitiveness Committee (RCC) Convenes for its 1st Business Meeting for 2018
March 27, 2018The Regional Competitiveness Committee (RCC), chaired by the Department of Trade and Industry – Region 02 (DTI), recently convened for its 1st Business Meeting for 2018 last March 06, 2018 at the NERBAC Conference Hall, DTI Regional Office No. 02, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. The meeting aimed to present the accomplishments…Read More -
Ilocos Sur coffee wins Best Quality in Nationwide Competition
March 27, 2018Bigger market opportunities await the coffee industry of Ilocos Sur as the locally produced Robusta coffee from the said province was hailed as the best quality coffee during the 2018 Philippine Coffee Quality Competition held at Baguio City on March 20-21, 2018. The robusta coffee entry of Mr. Rodolfo Aciong…Read More -
DTI, DOF explain TRAIN package 2 to Japanese investors
March 26, 2018MAKATI – In efforts to enhance trade and investment relations between the Philippines (PH) and Japan (JP), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez together with officials of the Department of Finance (DOF) addressed the issues and clarified the concerns raised by Japanese investors on the Tax Reform…Read More -
The Philippines 5th Trade Policy Review in the WTO
March 26, 2018DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez, the Philippines’ Chief Negotiator at the WTO, announced that an inter-agency delegation headed by DTI Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo will appear before the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Policy Review Body in Geneva, Switzerland on 26 and 28 March 2018 for the Philippines Fifth Trade…Read More -
US-GSP for Philippines approved for 3 years
March 26, 2018Washington, D.C.—The United States Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) was reauthorized on 23 March 2018, after President Donald J. Trump signed the Omnibus Spending Bill which included GSP renewal language. The renewal authorizes the GSP through 31 December 2020 and includes a mechanism that refunds tariffs paid from 01 January…Read More -
Catch the Konsyumer Atbp. this Saturday! (24 Mar 2018)
March 23, 2018This week’s topic is: “Pamantayan para sa tourist hotel, transportation at guide” with studio guests from DOT and HRAP. Tune in to Konsyumer Atbp, (KATBP), DTI’s consumer education radio program, simultaneously aired over DZMM 630 kHz and Sky Cable channel 26, every Saturday from 10:30 in the morning to 12:00…Read More -
Persistence: Key To Fish Pond Owners’ Answered Battle Cry
March 23, 2018Rural life can sometimes be droning especially to farmers who have been engaged in the same farming practices over the years. Innovation might have been introduced but close to nothing has succeeded because of backwardness, disinterest, capital and poor access to development programs. Despite treacherous tests, Linabo Agrarian Reform Cooperative…Read More -
APBC welcomes PH delegation to Australia
March 22, 2018THE Australia-Philippines Business Council (APBC) welcomed the Philippine delegation to Australia led by Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez and Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano through a welcome reception participated in by Australian and Philippine business leaders on 16 March 2018 in Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia.…Read More -
DTI urges PHL businesses to join China International Import Expo
March 21, 2018By Kristina Noelle S. Andaya | Knowledge Processing Division | DTI-Export Marketing Bureau 21 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror In Photo: Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez (third from left), together with Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Trade and Investment Promotions Group Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado (second from…Read More -
DTI’s first Export Managers Advanced Training program wows participants
March 21, 201821 March 2018 Publiashed also in Business Mirror In Photo: Prof. Gunnar Kaßberg (standing, right) of the Small Enterprise Promotion and Training Business Services of Leipzig University Coordinator, gets a taste of Dory’s Distillery lambanog during the brand-development workshop of the Department of Trade and Industry’s first Export Managers Advanced…Read More
