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Projects registered with BOI increase over 30% in the first 4 months of 2017; Job generation also up 181%
April 26, 2017Preliminary estimates of investment figures approved by the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) in the first four months of 2017 reached PHp154 billion. DTI Secretary and BOI Chair Ramon M. Lopez said the figure is tracking an increase of over 30% compared to last year over the same period, which…Read More -
Filipino Women in Global Business : Maria Cristina Coronel of Pointwest
April 26, 2017By Abigael Mei Yaokana / Office of the Director, DTI-EMB “LEAD, Excel and Innovate” are the core values of Pointwest Technologies Corp., a proudly 100-percent Filipino-owned company. Maria Cristina Coronel, president and CEO, cofounded the company with just nine employees. “My goal was to put the Philippines on the global map…Read More -
DTI-EMB pushes promotion of PHL construction services
April 26, 2017Part Three To support its services, it provides export assistance, business matching, coffee accreditation and export documentation; handles trade complaints through its Export Trade Complaints Committee; and provides market and product consultancy, and export and import statistics. Its four major programs are the Philippine Export Competitiveness Program, Doing Business in…Read More -
Northbound policy
April 26, 2017By Benedict M. Uy / Director of Commercial Affairs, Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei Foreign Trade Service Cops-DTI Part Two TAIWAN boasts of a rich culture and colorful history. Its unique political situation and less than abundant natural resources have pushed the Taiwanese to stand up for themselves with…Read More -
PH startup bags up to $500,000 in equity investments
April 25, 2017Acudeen Technologies, a startup that helps small and medium enterprises (SMEs) overcome financial constraints, recently bagged equity investments of up to $500,000 after besting other participants from over 66 countries in the SeedStars World Summit in Switzerland. Founded by a Filipino startup entrepreneur Mario Jordan “Magellan” Fetalino III, Acudeen Technologies…Read More -
BOI to recognize registered firms’ excellence, calls for nomination to the Guinogulan Awards
April 25, 2017The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI), the lead investments promotion agency of the country, announced that nominations for the Guinogulan Awards is now open. Inspired by the native Filipino word “Guinogulan” which literally means “Lord of Golds”, the brand of citation will recognize BOI-registered business enterprises (RBEs) that show excellence…Read More -
Singapore-based Filipinos train for entrepreneurship
April 21, 2017The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Philippine Trade & Investment Centre (PTIC)-Singapore recently presented at a seminar organized by The Global Filipino Investors (TGFI) with over 200 Singapore-based Filipinos participants. PTIC Commercial Counsellor Glenn Peñaranda shared DTI’s initiatives and projects in promoting and spurring entrepreneurship in the Philippines…Read More -
DTI Davao Region to award 18 Bagwis Gold Seals to business establishments
April 21, 2017The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Davao Region is set to award 18 Bagwis Award Gold Seals to qualified business establishments in the region. The DTI Bagwis Award is a recognition program for business establishments that engage in fair trade business ethics and uphold consumers’ interest by embedding consumer…Read More -
BOI approves Php48.5 B Cavite-Laguna Expressway project, seen to speed up travel of commuting public, fuel business activities in area
April 21, 2017The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) has approved the Php48.5 Billion Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) project of MPCALA Holdings, Inc. (MHI), qualifying as an Infrastructure of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project under the Preferred Activities of the current Investment Priorities Plan (IPP). Trade Undersecretary and BOI Managing Head Ceferino Rodolfo highlighted the…Read More -
Balik-Pinas, Balik-Hanapbuhay Program Administered
April 20, 2017The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region 2, in collaboration with the Department of Trade and Industry – Nueva Vizcaya (DTI-NV) conducted a one (1) day Balik-Pinas, Balik-Hanapbuhay Program to Overseas Filipino Workers on March 30, 2017 at the Nueva Vizcaya Livelihood and Pasalubong Center, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. The seminar…Read More
