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Market Development Update: Northbound Policy
April 19, 2017By Benedict M. Uy Director of Commercial Affairs, Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei Foreign Trade Service Cops-DTI Part One THE Philippine Foreign Trade Service Corps recently had its planning conference for the year 2017. All of the country’s commercial attachés were asked to report to the the Philippine…Read More -
DTI-EMB pushes promotion of PHL construction services
April 19, 2017Part Two INFORMATION technology-business-process manangement (IT-BPM) includes construction and engineering services outsourcing. The Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) would like to help the Philippine construction sector to be the world’s leading provider of construction service. Loring said there is more value in providing nonvoice services, like software development and construction and…Read More -
PHL exports continue to grow, up 11% in February 2017
April 19, 2017By Kathleen Bondoc PHILIPPINE exports posted an 11-percent increase on total sales of $4.782 billion for the month of February 2017, marking its third month of positive growth, a report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. For February 2017 eight out of 10 top major Philippine exported goods…Read More -
Filipino Women in Global Business: Clarita Reyes-Lapus of Mama Sita
April 19, 2017By Abigael Mei Yaokana / Office of the Director, DTI-EMB NO doubt about it: Food plays a huge part in the Filipino tradition, with the dining table becoming the heart of every Filipino home. In fact, a household feels empty when the family doesn’t eat together. No fiesta or even a…Read More -
P3 guidelines set; DTI to introduce national conduits
April 18, 2017As funds for the Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso (P3) expected to be released anytime soon, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and its micro-financing arm Small Business Corporation (SB Corp) have ironed out the guidelines of its implementation that will help micro entrepreneurs throughout the country. Being the…Read More -
PH exports continue to grow, up by 11% in Feb 2017
April 18, 2017Philippine exports posted an increase of 11% with total sales of $4.782 billion for the month of February 2017, marking its third month of positive growth according to a report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). For February 2017, eight out of ten top major Philippine exported goods rose…Read More -
‘Dutertenomics’ debuts in Middle East
April 17, 2017Boosts PH economic ties in Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar. Dutertenomics, the new way to sum-up Philippine (PH) President Rodrigo Duterte’s key socio-economic agenda, which aims to widen the gains of economic development, to address inequality and to uplift the quality of life of all Filipinos, was used to describe the various…Read More -
NorthMin Mentor ME launch brings in 1K participants
April 12, 2017Around 1,000 potential and start-up entrepreneurs were assisted by the Kapatid Mentor ME (KMME) program launching in four of Region 10’s provinces – Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental – last March 24, 27, April 5 and 6, respectively to help scale up businesses of micro entrepreneurs. The…Read More -
DTI-10 warns public over P3 scam
April 12, 2017The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Region 10 has warned the public of a group named “Hugpong Federal Movement of the Philippines” in the guise of using the government’s micro-financing program called Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso by collecting P100 from individuals in several barangays and municipalities within…Read More -
ATTENTION: EXPORTERS UTILIZING THE EU-GSP+
April 11, 2017The EU has launched an online platform where stakeholders can participate and contribute inputs on how GSP+ has benefited their organization. The online survey may be accessed at this link, and will be open until 09 June 2017. For more details, please see Letter to Industry Stakeholders on GSP+…Read More
