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  • Brexit Sparks Emerging-Market Selloff as Polish Assets Worst Hit

    Brexit Sparks Emerging-Market Selloff as Polish Assets Worst Hit

    Brexit Sparks Emerging-Market Selloff as Polish Assets Worst Hit Bloomberg News June 24, 2016 Eastern Europe and South Africa led a selloff in developing-nation assets following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union as investors speculated that their economies will be the worst affected by the fallout from Thursday’s referendum.…
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  • BOI capacitates Eastern Visayas industries to craft their local roadmaps; discusses proposed Ecological Industrial Zone in Leyte

    BOI capacitates Eastern Visayas industries to craft their local roadmaps; discusses proposed Ecological Industrial Zone in Leyte

    Tacloban, Leyte—Efforts to further move forward the rehabilitation of the former Yolanda typhoon-stricken city is getting added boost as the Board of Investments (BOI), the industry development and investments promotion arm of the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), together with the DTI Regional Office in Eastern Visayas, is capacitating…
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  • DTI enforces standards on construction materials in hardware stores

    DTI enforces standards on construction materials in hardware stores

    The Department of Trade and Industry’s Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) strengthened its enforcement activities for construction materials last week and inspected 50 hardware stores in Quezon City, Caloocan City, Parañaque City, and Muntinlupa City of the National Capital Region (NCR).
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  • Standards make life easier, healthier and safer

    Standards make life easier, healthier and safer

    Technological advancement continues to improve the lives of millions of people around the world. Work gets done faster and resources are utilized more efficiently. These innovations are guided by standards that provide the framework needed to ensure constant growth and improvement. These standards form the backbone of technologies that contribute…
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  • BOI, DA signs agreement on joint facilitation of business permits and licenses

    BOI, DA signs agreement on joint facilitation of business permits and licenses

    The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) DTI Secretary Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala for the two agencies to jointly facilitate business permits, licenses, and endorsements involving investors applying for registration with the Board of Investments…
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  • DTI-FTSC holds trade negotiations course

    DTI-FTSC holds trade negotiations course

    The Department of Trade and Industry’s Foreign Trade Service Corps (FTSC) in line with World Trade Organization Technical Assistance and Capacity Building (WTO-TACB) program hones Philippine officials’ trade negotiations skills through a week-long course on trade negotiations entitled “Trade Negotiations Simulation Skills” (TNSS) last June 6-10 at the Philippine Trade…
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  • DTI-IPG urges MSMEs to go global

    DTI-IPG urges MSMEs to go global

    The Department of Trade and Industry’s Industry Promotion Group (DTI-IPG) urged micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to follow international product standards to break into the global market – in a seminar conducted under the Negosyo, Konsyumer, at iba pa (NKATBP) event held in Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City last June…
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  • KATBP: Senior Citizens, Bida Pa Rin

    KATBP: Senior Citizens, Bida Pa Rin

    This week’s topic is (18 June 2016): “Senior Citizens, Bida Pa Rin” with studio guests from OSCA, DSWD and FSCAP.
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  • PH hosts 68th CCI Meeting, discussions to center on ASEAN hosting in 2017

    PH hosts 68th CCI Meeting, discussions to center on ASEAN hosting in 2017

    The Philippines, through the Board of Investments (BOI) will host the 68th Meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Investments (CCI) in Panglao, Bohol next week (22-24 June 2016).  
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  • BOI approves CARS program participants

    BOI approves CARS program participants

    The Philippine Board of Investments (BoI) announced the approval of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation and Toyota Motors Philippines Corporation as participating car makers of the country’s Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) Program.
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