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  • BOI recognize partners in industry dev’t and investment promotions through 2017 Guinogulan Awards and Invest Philippines Night

    BOI recognize partners in industry dev’t and investment promotions through 2017 Guinogulan Awards and Invest Philippines Night

    It was indeed an occasion of recognition, thanksgiving, and celebration as the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI), the industry development and investments promotion arm of the Department of Trade & Industry, gathered last October 9, 2017 for the 2017 Guinogulan Awards and Philippines Night, all its significant stakeholders in the past…
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  • DTI cites rise of global value chains and NEMs in exports growth

    DTI cites rise of global value chains and NEMs in exports growth

    In a recent seminar co-organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the ASEAN Japan Center (AJC) entitled “Changing Trade and Investment Landscape in ASEAN and the Philippines”, DTI Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado cited the importance of global value chains and non-equity mode (NEM) in the growth of…
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  • DTI-Davao pushes for product certification, continues campaign

    DTI-Davao pushes for product certification, continues campaign

    DAVAO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao Region has further strengthened its commitment towards product standards, as it continuously carry out initiatives to campaign for the Bureau of Philippines Standards’ (BPS) Product Certification Scheme. Through its Consumer Protection Division (CPD), the agency spearheaded the Seminar…
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  • Ayala Malls opens its 1st Go Lokal! Store

    Ayala Malls opens its 1st Go Lokal! Store

    Makati City – Three (3) days after the successful “Buyers’ Day at the GoLokal! ConceptStore@DTI” on September 29, 2017, another Go Lokal! PopUp store opened @Glorietta2 on October 03, 2017. The event also sealed the partnership of the Department of Trade and Industry represented by Trade Chief Secretary Ramon M.…
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  • BOI approves Php246 M Cocomilk Project

    BOI approves Php246 M Cocomilk Project

    In pursuit of its thrust to promote regional and rural development of agri-based industries, the Board of Investments (BOI) recently approved the application of Century Pacific Agricultural Ventures, Inc. (CPAVI) as a new export producer of coconut milk under the Export Activities category of the 2017 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP).…
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  • Buyers’ Day at the GoLokal! Concept Store @ DTI is a buyers’ dream

    Buyers’ Day at the GoLokal! Concept Store @ DTI is a buyers’ dream

    The GoLokal!ConceptStore@DTI opened last Friday, 29 September 2017 with an event called “Buyers’ Day” – an opportunity for our buyers to check out the new products of over 200 MSMEs from the product development program of the Design Center of the Philippines, exclusively for Go Lokal!. Six (6) product specialists…
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  • Taiwan entrepreneurs urged to invest in PHL biz ventures

    Taiwan entrepreneurs urged to invest in PHL biz ventures

    by Roderick Abad Published in Business Mirror 03 October 2017 TAIWANESE enterprises are encouraged to do business in the Philippines to further strengthen the economic and bilateral ties of two allied and close neighbors. “Now is the best time and the best opportune moment to nourish our friendship and to…
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  • What’s next for the ASEAN RORO?

    What’s next for the ASEAN RORO?

    by Alma F. Argayoso / Trade Service Officer PTIC Jakarta Published in Business Mirror FOLLOWING the successful launch of the Asean Roro (roll-on, roll-off) shipping service between Davao, General Santos and Bitung (DGB) on the eastern part of Indonesia, what’s next for the Asean Roro? While the establishment of the…
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  • CREATE PHL, CECP poised to elevate PHL as Asia’s next creative powerhouse

    CREATE PHL, CECP poised to elevate PHL as Asia’s next creative powerhouse

    Published in Business Mirror 03 October 2017 THE Creative Economy Council of the Philippines (CECP) aims to turn the country into one of the big players in the global creative-industry scene. The CECP is a participant of the maiden edition of CREATE Philippines. The Center for International Trade Expositions and…
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  • PHL IT-BPM companies talked biz with Korean ICT delegates

    by DTI-EMB, Maria Luz S. Medialdia / Supervising TIDS / DTI-EMB Published in Business Mirror 03 October 2017 In Photo: Representatives of Philippine information and communications technology (ICT) companies meet with their counterparts from 13 Korean firms during an Inbound Business Matching Mission (IBMM) with the Korea Association for ICT…
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