DTI 7 performance magazine Kalampusan February 2014

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NCC Roadshow set on March 11

The National Competitiveness Council (NCC), in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is conducting an NCC road show with the theme “Boosting Regional/Local Competitiveness through Public Private Partnership” on March 11, 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon, in Cebu City.

The road show will present the Philippines Game Plan for Competitiveness and highlight the presentation of the results of the Social Weather Stations 2013 Annual Enterprise Survey on Corruption.

Expected during the NCC forum are local business chambers, industry associations, academe, non-government organizations, concerned government agencies, and members of the media.

Among the speakers of the activity are Mahar Mangahas, President of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Mary Lou Gesilva, Division Chief of the DTI-NCC.

The National Competitiveness Council was formed last October 2006 as a Public-Private Task Force on Philippine Competitiveness by virtue of Presidential Executive Order No. 571, amended to E.O. no. 44 by the present administration to address the improvement of the country’s competitiveness from the bottom third of competitiveness rankings to the top third by 2016.

For more information on the activities of the NCC, visit the website http://www.competitive.org.ph (ends)

 

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DTI conducts NICCEP Workshop for CV Industry Clusters

A workshop for stakeholders of the National Industry Cluster Enhancement Project (NICCEP) will be held in Cebu City on March 6 to 7 this year.

Organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the activity aims to assess performance of the four industry clusters in Central Visayas, namely Information and Communications Technology (ICT); Gifts, Decors and Housewares (GDH); Health and Wellness (H&W); and Tourism.

The workshop will entail evaluation of what has been done and update the project activity plan for better performance in the succeeding periods. 

NICCEP is a three-year joint project of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Japan international Cooperation Agency (JICA) that aims to enhance the capacity of selected industry clusters to plan, implement, facilitate service delivery, evaluate projects and improve industry competitiveness and business environment.

With the adoption of the project, SMEs in the industry and services sectors are expected to be more globally competitive.

The DTI is positive that the NICCEP will help the Philippine government in achieving its goal of inclusive growth and poverty alleviation. Through the cluster approach, the economic growth being experienced by the country will be felt by a broad spectrum of the Filipino population.

The Philippine SME sector comprises about 99.6 percent of all registered firms nationwide, it employees 69.9 percent of the labor force and contributes 32 percent to the country’s economy. (ends)

 



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DTI Cebu holds Sinulog Fiesta Trade Fair 2014

Amidst the merriment of the Sinulog revelry, the Department of Trade and Industry Cebu (DTI-Cebu) gathers several local manufacturers for the Sinulog Fiesta Trade Fair on January 10 to 20, 2014 at SM City Cebu Atrium.

Jointly undertaken with the Cebu City Government and the Sinulog Foundation Inc., the marketing and trade event will feature products of more than 50 producers such as native delicacies, processed foods, organics, novelty items, wearables, health and wellness products and export quality furniture.

Other than Cebu, exhibitors also include those from Bohol, Laguna, Caloocan, Davao and Cainta, Rizal.

DTI-Cebu Provincial Director Nelia Navarro said that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have found new and larger income opportunities with DTI”s continuing package of interventions in financing, marketing, training, product and technology development and access to business-related knowledge and information.

Started in 2003 at the Plaza Independencia, the Sinulog Trade Fair transferred to the SM City Cebu in 2006 as the MSME participants and customers increased.


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DTI Central Visayas performance magazine Kalampusan 4th Quarter 2013

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Aftermath, a video on the impact of the Bohol earthquake and typhoon Hai...

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DTI serves notice to 24 retailers in Bantayan, Cebu found violating price freeze

On November 24, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) served notice to 24 retailers for violating the price freeze imposed in Central Visayas, which include the calamity stricken area of Batanyan Island.

DTI Cebu Provincial Director Nelia Navarro said the department found these retailers violating the price freeze during their monitoring of 51 establishments, which covered 40 retailers and 11 hardware stores, in the towns of Bantayan on November 21 and 22 this year.

Navarro related that “these violators have already undergone due process and they have committed to follow the price freeze.” 

In a statement released to media, Navarro clarified that the price freeze covers only basic goods and does not include construction materials.

DTI Central Visayas regional director Asteria Caberte added that the DTI continues to monitor the prices and supply of basic necessities in the region to ensure that the price freeze is being followed and that region has adequate supply of basic goods.

Caberte underscored that, under the Price Act, the basic necessities assigned to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) include canned fish and other marine products, processed milk, coffee, laundry soap, detergents, candles, bread, salt.

For other basic necessities, Caberte highlighted the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) jurisdiction on rice, corn, cooking oil, fresh eggs, fresh pork/ beef and poultry meat, fresh milk, fresh vegetables, root crops, sugar, fresh/ dried and other marine products; while the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is responsible for firewood and charcoal; and, the Department of Health (DOH) – drugs classified as essential by DOH. (end)

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