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  • BOI approves micro enterprise’ game development project

    BOI approves micro enterprise’ game development project

    The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) recently approved the application for registration of Definite Gaming PTE Ltd. Philippines, Inc. as a new services export provider under the Export Activities category of the current Investment Priorities Plan (IPP). Classified as a micro enterprise, the Php2.75 million project in Mandaluyong City is…
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  • Kape Pilipino Cupping Competition announces winners

    Kape Pilipino Cupping Competition announces winners

    After a three-month search and a five-day of tasting almost a hundred coffee samples from all over the Philippines, the Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. (PBCI), Coffee Quality Institute (CQI), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA) announced the Inhandig…
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  • DTI launches Negosyo Center Pililia

    DTI launches Negosyo Center Pililia

    The Department of Trade and Industry, in partnership with the Local Government of Pililia and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry- Pililia, launched the Negosyo Center Pililia at the Municipal Hall, Pililia, Rizal on 07 March 2017. “The establishment of Negosyo Center in Pililia proves that the private and…
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  • DTI-assisted women micro-entrepreneurs earn P187k in sales

    DTI-assisted women micro-entrepreneurs earn P187k in sales

    Twenty-four women micro-entrepreneurs joined and recorded a total gross sales of P187,084.50 in cash and booked orders in the recently concluded Weekend Tienda sa Iloilo at the Atria Park District on March 10-12, 2017. These women micro-entrepreneurs are enrolled in the Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women (GREAT…
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  • DTI Region 11 rolls-out revised business permitting standards

    DTI Region 11 rolls-out revised business permitting standards

    The Department of Trade and Industry in Davao Region presented the Department of the Interior and Local Government-DTI-Department of Information and Communications Technology Joint Memorandum Circular, No. 1, s. 2016 in a bid to enhance the Business Permit and Licensing System (BPLS) of all local government units (LGUs) in the…
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  • Iloilo City NC counselors undergo orientation

    Iloilo City NC counselors undergo orientation

    The DTI Iloilo Provincial Office conducted a two-day orientation seminar for the business counselors of the Negosyo Center (NC) of Iloilo City. The activity was attended by 12 participants at the Iloilo City Hall on March 2-3, 2017. The topics covered were the functions and services related to the operation…
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  • Sec Lopez opens P198.5B-worth investment talks with JP companies

    Sec Lopez opens P198.5B-worth investment talks with JP companies

    Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez met with senior executives of Japan’s seven major trading houses in Tokyo recently (March 1, 2017) to discuss President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic programs and Japanese Companies investment interests in the Philippines, conservatively valued at Php198.5B. During a breakfast dialogue, Lopez—together…
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  • BOI remains upbeat in investment prospects from foreign investors for the year

    BOI remains upbeat in investment prospects from foreign investors for the year

    Following the impressive growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the country last year, the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) remains upbeat that investment projects and business activities will continue to pour in given the country’s sound macroeconomic fundamentals and the solid optimism and confidence of international investors who…
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  • BOI capacitates Negosyo Center biz counsellors on investments promotion and facilitation

    BOI capacitates Negosyo Center biz counsellors on investments promotion and facilitation

    As micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are seen to drive the country’s inclusive economic growth, employment generation, and innovation, the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) stepped up efforts to further boost the capabilities of Negosyo Center business counsellors in the country on investment promotions to cover image building, investment generation…
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  • NC coordinators train on intellectual property applications

    NC coordinators train on intellectual property applications

    Negosyo Center coordinators and business counselors here underwent a one-day seminar-workshop to equip them with relevant knowledge and skills in promoting the importance of effective utilization of intellectual property (IP) in the region. The Intellectual Property Satellite Office (IPSO) – Iloilo conducted the “Negosyo Ko, IPO-Protect Ko” – A Capacity…
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