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ASEAN, FTA partners meet for RCEP in Manila
May 08, 2017Trade officials from all 10 ASEAN Member States and six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners gathered for the 18th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Negotiating Committee Meeting and Related Meetings on 8 to 12 May 2017 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). Trade officials from 10 ASEAN Members…Read More -
Philippines and Russia deepen economic relations
May 08, 2017The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) hosted the inaugural meeting of the Philippines – Russia Joint Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation (JCTEC) on 28 April 2017 in Manila. DTI Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo and Russian Ministry of Economic Development (MED) Deputy Minister Alexander V. Tsybulskiy led the meeting.…Read More -
BOI approves Php410M Biomass Plant in the North
May 07, 2017The Philippine Board of Investments recently greenlit the application of Isabela La Suerte Rice Mill Corporation as a renewable energy developer of biomass energy resources under the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 which is among the special laws listed in the current Investment Priorities Plan (IPP). It has already been…Read More -
BOI approves Consunji power project in Batangas
May 07, 2017The Consunji-owned Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp. was recently given the nod by the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) to put up a gas turbine power plant in Calaca, Batangas. The current Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) includes power generation projects as among the preferred activities for investment under the energy…Read More -
Catch the Konsyumer Atbp. this Saturday! (06 May 2017)
May 05, 2017This week’s topic is: “Senior Citizens at PWDs, Bida Kayo Dito” with studio guests from DSWD, DA, DTI, NCDA and OSCA. 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…Read More -
#FashionRevolution: Piñatex™ stars at pop-up store in London
May 04, 2017The launch party of The Pineapple Room on 25 April 2017 at The Old Truman Brewery – a London hub for the new and the hip – “celebrates innovative and sustainable material solutions in fashion.” Happy to join the Ananas Anam team led by innovator Dr. Carmen Hijosa at Bourgeois…Read More -
PH startup to revolutionize postal system
May 04, 2017The Department of Trade and Industry’s Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Singapore is working closely with four Filipinos from Cebu who are presently based in Singapore, to officially introduce Geopik, an app that will revolutionize the postal system in the Philippines. Filipinos Francisco Liwa, Ivan Lacuesta, Rodessa Padrigano…Read More -
DTI brings Kapatid Mentor Me to Batangas
May 04, 2017The Department of Trade and Industry, in partnership with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE), launched the “KAPATID Mentor Me Program (KMME)” in the province of Batangas at the SM Lipa City Event Center, Lipa City, Batangas on 03 May 2017. Batangas is the second province in CALABARZON to roll-out…Read More -
BOI approves eel farming facility in Leyte, to provide jobs, help in recovery efforts of Yolanda-stricken areas
May 04, 2017The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) has approved the application for registration of Oceans Ace Philippines Export Import Corporation for its Php18 million live eel farming facility project in Hindang, Leyte. Approved by BOI as an export producer of live eel under the Export Activities category of the current Investment…Read More -
BOI approves hotel projects in Siquijor and Tagaytay
May 04, 2017The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) recently approved the Php62.4 million Casa Coco Hotel project of Altipeak Land Development, Inc. and the Php29.1 million Eco Container Hotel of Ecohotels Inc. These projects qualified as tourist accommodation facilities under the current Investments Priorities Plan (IPP). The Department of Tourism (DOT) endorsed…Read More
