by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | DTI Updates, Headlines
Houston, Texas – The 2018 Philippines Healthcare Information Management Services (HIMS) Trade and Investment Roadshow to the USA with the theme “Unlocking Opportunities. Embracing Innovation” held a business forum and outreach in Houston, Texas from 1-2 March 2018.
Texas Honorary Consul General Ethel Mercado welcomed the Philippine delegation headed by DTI Undersecretary for Trade and Investments Promotion Group Nora Terrado and composed of officials from the Department of Trade and Industry, Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) and Export Management Bureau (EMB), Philippine business process management (BPM) industry leaders and representatives from 13 companies providing IT and HIMS-BPM services.
Attended by healthcare professionals and business owners ranging from small to large healthcare facilities and institutions, the business forum held at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) 3rd Coast Restaurant highlighted the Philippines’ strong economic growth that translates to more enhanced partnership opportunities between the Philippines and the Houston healthcare industry.
The delegation served as ambassadors in promoting the sector’s strengths, advantages and capabilities. Company visits to the top three (3) health facilities in Houston, namely Memorial Hermann, Methodist, and CHI St. Lukes as well as Kindred and HealthSouth facilitated discussions on the impact of technology on healthcare information management.
“As we see the transformative effect of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the healthcare industry, the Philippines will continue to advance the complementation of our services and these emerging technologies. It also gives pride to the Philippines the increasing role of Overseas Filipino Investors (OFIs) in Houston’s healthcare and IT-BPM sector who have established their own respective facilities. We will continue to enhance our services to ensure we bring value to our OFIs as well,” said Undersecretary for Trade and Investments Promotion Group Nora K. Terrado.
The Houston Business Forum and Outreach is the 2nd track of the 2018 Philippines Healthcare Information Management Services (HIMS) Trade and Investment Roadshows in the United States of America (USA) organized by the Philippine Board of Investment (BOI) and the Department of Trade and Industry’s Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) in close coordination with the Philippine Trade and Investment Center Los Angeles (PTIC-LA) and the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce – Texas (PACCTx).
The Philippine delegation also concluded the New York Business Forum and business-to-business (B2B) meetings. It will proceed to Las Vegas for the country’s participation to the 2018 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, which will be attended by around 40,000 professionals, executives and vendors in the IT/HIM industry worldwide, making it a vast potential for networking and investment opportunities for the country.
The Philippines remains one of the leading suppliers of HIMS services worldwide, with 118, 245 full time employees (FTEs) and revenue of $2.41 billion in 2016. The Roadshow is part of the continuous efforts of the Philippines to help the HIMS-BPM Industry reach its US$5 billion revenue and 210,000 FTEs target by 2022.
In photo: The Philippine delegation during the Healthcare Information Management Services (HIMS) Trade and Investment Roadshow to the USA with the theme “Unlocking Opportunities. Embracing Innovation” business forum and outreach in Houston, Texas from 1-2 March 2018.
by admin | Mar 4, 2018 | Local News / Bohol Balita
By JUNE S. BLANCO
REP. Erico Aristotle “Aris” Aumentado will discuss with the mayors of the towns in Bohol’s 2nd district their respective development plans to ensure that these jive with the District Economic Master Plan (DEMP).
Aumentado said he will meet the mayors shortly to ensure that their plans dovetail with the DEMP, the details of which are now being finalized by a team from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
The draft DEMP identifies infrastructure, tourism potentials, economic zones and telecommunications as priority key areas.
The solon said only when these are established will a place be attractive to potential investors.
More often than not, he said, investors pour money only into businesses that they are currently involved in. When they find a locale’s business climate to be suitable, they tend to expand. When they feel the business environment to be friendly, they may venture into new but related businesses.
Putting up infrastructure like seaports, airports, roads and bridges, telecommunications will definitely make a place inviting to locators.
He said these will facilitate the transport going in and out of the locality of goods for raw materials and finished products for marketing.
The solon added that he has enlisted the help of concerned agencies in upgrading the airport, seaports and other facilities in Ubay – the perceived district “center”. The seaport has been expanded while the airport runway will be extended and widened.
The DEMP will serve as the district’s development “bible” to make headway for progress. Otherwise, he said, development will be topsy-turvy.
Harmonizing the towns’ development plans, he said, augurs well for the synchronized and well spread development of the district.
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Business, National News
28 February 2018 – Eight days to go before Go Lokal!’s launches its newest collections for the season at a Buyers’ Day on March 08, 2018. Go Lokal! is a retail concept store of Philippine products and a free innovative marketing tool developed by the Department of Trade and Industry for the country’s MSMEs.
The event will be highlighted with the awarding of the Top Brand discoveries of 2017, startups that fulfilled their goal of creating value, supporting dramatic bottom-line results and acting as a strategic asset to customers worldwide.
The Buyers’ Day will be held at the GoLokal!ConceptStore@DTI located at the Ground Floor, Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City. For more information on Go Lokal!, please visit golokal.dti.gov.ph.
by admin | Feb 26, 2018 | DTI Updates, National News
26 February 2018 – The Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) of the Department of Trade and Industry and Hinrich Foundation, with other cooperating organizations like the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB)-DTI, the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI/ AHK Philippines) and Leipzig University, held the 1st session of Export Manager Advanced Training Program on February 16-18, 2018 at the PTTC in Pasay City. It was attended by 35 participants from 29 exporting companies and five participants from DTI.
“Going international is like putting up a new one. It has its own select challenges, has its own demands, has its own processes, and basically, a very much bigger set of paradigms to interact with. And this session is already set up in 28 countries, and you are the first in the Philippines. And we hope that with support from our European friends like the German Chamber, we’ll see more of our European partners with us.” shared PTTC Executive Director, Nestor P. Palabyab.
GPCCI Executive Director Peter Kompalla, said in his welcome remarks that the program aims to build bridges between the two countries to foster international business relationship. Mr. Kompalla added that the German government is not a one-way road and is not only supporting German companies in the Philippines, but that it also provides equal support to Philippine companies that will lead to the European market.
International SEPT Program of Leipzig University Director Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger emphasized that this training on international entrepreneurship is a knowledge transfer program which aims to equip the participants with new management tools for an innovative and proactive approach to new markets. Prof. Dr. Dornberger conducted the 3-day workshop and shared practical tools in quantitative and qualitative market research, how to create the right value proposition and the importance of creating a sound customer profile called “persona”.
The next & final session of the EMAT Manila will be on March 11-13, 2018 focusing on Market Entry Strategies, with by Mr Gunnar Kassberg of Leipzig University as the resource person. This is followed by individual coaching sessions on March 12-13, 2018 at the Philippine Trade Training Center.
In photo: (Front row, third from left) Hinrich Foundation Program Director Mr. Alexander Boome, Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger of Leipzig University, EMB-DTI Assistant Director Agnes Legaspi,PTTC Executive Director Nestor P. Palabyab, and GPCCI Executive Director Peter Kompalla and (Second row, fifth from left) PTTC Acting Deputy Executive Director Elizabeth Manuel. Joining them are participants from different industries and regions in the Philippines and the training program coordinators.
In photo: Participants (from left to right: Greenflex International Corp., Greenlife Coconut Producer Phils, and Rathbone & Co., Inc.) in one-on-one consultations with Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger during the workshop exercises.
by admin | Feb 23, 2018 | DTI Updates, National News
23 February 2018 – To mark the 31st founding anniversary of the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) on February 27, 2018, a series of seminars will be conducted on the same day until February 28, 2018. The PTTC is the trade training arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The two-day event will offer seminars on food safety, innovation, e-commerce and exports for a total of 15 training programs. Activities include a special forum entitled “Towards Inclusive Prosperity for the Filipino MSMEs” in partnership with Ureka while businesses with required permits and business registration documents may also have the chance to sign up for e-commerce platform. Registration is free to interested participants on a first come, first served basis.
PTTC invites all the MSMEs, with special mention to women entrepreneurs, to attend the two-day training program. More information on the schedules of the seminars are available at the www.pttc.gov.ph or Facebook page at www.facebook.com/DTI.PTTC.
