by admin | May 21, 2017 | Headlines
By JUNE S. BLANCO
CABINET Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. and Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Bohol, 2nd District) Thursday morning led launching ceremonies of the biography of the former’s friend and the latter’s father at the Fortridge Pavillion in Soculan, Dauis town.
Erico Boyles Aumentado: A Great Boholano Leader is now off the press. Aumentado had invited Evasco to be the guest of honor and speaker. initial copies are sold at the introductory/launching price of only P500, available at the Aumentado museum and residence at New Capitol Heights, this city.
In his message, Evasco said the elder Aumentado is the epitome of good public service. He said he got to know the solon when the latter frequented Davao City in 2001 shepherding selected Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) employees undergoing training in different aspects of human resources as part of a grant from the Australian Government.
Evasco confessed that it was in one of their meetings there that the solon invited him to return to his hometown of Maribojoc to run as mayor and introduce the kind and brand of development that he has implemented in Davao City.
And, as the saying goes, the rest is history. Evasco completed three terms as mayor of the previously sleepy town before his current stint as Cabinet Secretary of President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
He spelled out his current task in the most basic term as “coordinator” of the rest of the secretaries in order to put their acts together to benefit the most number of Filipinos.
For their part, authors Bingo Dejaresco and Ben Cal gave anecdotes on their personal experiences with the former governor.
Granddaughter and passer of the 2016 bar examinations Jiselle Rae Aumentado-Villamor bared her life with her grandfather. She said he was doting on her, but assumed a strict and no-nonsense façade as her boss.
Aumentado the son was the elder Aumentado;s chief of staff. As such, he had direct experience as front liner in following up funding from different agencies. Into his own terms now, he followed up his father’s contacts, established rapport, and again, the rest is history.
For her part, Aumentado matriarch Grenie said she was deeply moved on hearing directly from those affected that her husband had touched their lives in so many ways..
by admin | May 20, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines, Negosyo Center Updates
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 18, (PIA)–The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) completes its two programs dealing with helping micro small and medium enterprises (MSMsE) hand holding them to sustain and link with other available help to sustain them and upscale into a better surviving industry.
This as the DTI brings to Bohol its second micro, small and medium enterprise retooling programs with 25 entrepreneurs availing of the Kapatid Mentor Me Program (KMMP).
Next to its Small Medium Enterprise Development Roving Academy (SMEDRA), which was launched in Bohol years back, the DTI brings this mentoring program that aims to get to the 95% of the economy which is the micro industries, according to DTI 7 Regional Director Asteria Caberte, during a press con after launching the program here at the Metrocenter Hotel, May 17.
The KMMP started as a joint under taking of the DTI Go Negosyo and aims to usher in an entrepreneurial mindset by linking the micro, small medium enterprises (MSMEs) to large enterprises in a symbiotic supply and demand relationship.
Top achieve this linkages, MSMEs should be provided with capacity buildings as well as access to technology, consultations by business elders and financing.
These include the conduct of trainings, seminars, one -n one mentoring sessions, business matching and other capacity building activities that ate all geared towards the successful integration of the MSMEs into the thriving industry clusters, DTI said.
This means the program can help MSMEs scale up their businesses through regular coaching and mentorship by business owners and practitioners on the various functional areas of entrepreneurships.
In Bohol, 25 MSMEs short listed by the 7 Negosyo Centers here enrolled in the province’s first batch of KMMP, an even bigger number of MSMEs taking the long queue just to get to the free program, said Marisol Balistoy, DTI Bohol caretaker.
The 95% micro economies often do not survive and they get lost because they do not always get the help they need and nobody helps them, SME Development Adviser Engr. Merly Cruz added.
in fact of the 95%, 99.2% are micro and small industries whose survival rate is hardly 50%, she pointed out.
These micro and small industries are the potential suppliers of the micro processes for large industries for their future processes, Cruz who used to be DTI assistant secretary said.
The country is so keen on helping these MSMEs because they create 2 or every 3 new jobs, and sustaining it even for its job generation strategy, could already mean significant improvements in the economy, Cruz hinted.
With the KMMP, they can hopefully expand their network, if they have financing problems, the KMMP brings the micro-financiers to them, mentors them on the access to markets, new technologies, business adviser or critic and supply matching.
At the Bohol launch, Caberte said they invited 300 MSMEs to join the 25 MSMEs in the first two KMMP sessions, of which over 350 business owners and operators came.
During the first two sessions, the DTI brought in topics on Entrepreneurial Mind Setting and Values Formation with mentor Rey Calooy founder and CEO of RNC Marketing, while local business icons Emgr Arnold Labunog of Jojie’s Bakeshop and Dr Ed Escalona owner of Our DeliBread came in to inspire the entrepreneurs.
Also in during the launching and initial sessions was Henry Tenedero who talked about Marketing. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
Marketing mentor Henry Tenedero and PCE Visayas dean Virgilio Espeleta dished out free business advice to over 350 Bohol MSM entrepreneurs gathered during the free sessions of the opening modules of the Kapatid mentor me program in Bohol. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | May 20, 2017 | Headlines
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 19, (PIA)–For their resilience to global economic meltdowns, a former senior official at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sees helping micro small and medium enterprises important to galvanize world economies.
During the press conference after launching the Kapatid Mentor Me Program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Negosyo Centers (NC), Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE) and the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), former DTI undersecretary for regional operations Merly Cruz hinted that small capitalization allows them to easily recoup.
Big businesses have bigger capitalization and in an economic crisis, they lose big and somtimes could not recover. leading to closing shop.
Cruz, who came to Bohol in a new hat; PCE adviser in the development of MSME also came with PCE Central Visayas dean and Boholano Virgilio Espeleta brought along with them two more business mentors who spoke to over 350 Boholano entrepreneurs gathered for the launching of the Kapatid Mentor Me Program (KMMP), the first mentoring program to help MSMEs here.
Even mentors Rey Calooy founder and Chief Executive officer of the RNC Marketing and Henry PCE Tenedero agree with Cruz that a move to integrate support to MSMEs would be the best move the country would ever take with the opening of world markets and the integration of economies.
Cruz pointed out that 95% of the economy are MSMEs, while 99.2% of the MSMEs who provide 2 out of three new employments are basically small and micro industries.
These micro and small enterprises do not always survive, she said pointing out only about 50% of them surviving while the rest fall off and get lost.
To help these MSMEs get past the initial stages and scale up, the government brings in to Bohol the KMMP, which allows Boholano entrepreneurs the help of a pool of 26 to 28 mentors from industry clusters as yet, that could lend advise and technologies to help these young entrepreneurs stand sturdy, said PCE Visayas Virgilio Espeleta.
The PCE has provided the mentors in coordination with the local chambers of commerce and industry, in as much as the DTI which is the most strategic agency to convened the KMMP would have a difficult time tapping the mentors.
While DTI is good, there is something wanting in its system, admits former Usec Cruz.
Here, as the new views coming out from the private sector, the PCE sits in the most appropriate position to traffic the fusion of strengths, the former regional operations chief of DTI and now the MSME development guru explained.
Keeping the achievement in bringing the mentoring program to Bohol entrepreneurs, DTI Regional Director Asteria Caberte finds it her personal opportunity to usher in something revolutionary.
While the KMMP has already started two batches of mentoring courses in Cebu, the Bohol opening is another huge opportunity for local entrepreneurs to gain knowledge and skills to build sturdier investments, said Marisol Balistoy.
Many see the move as game changing trailblazing step in Bohol.
To Cruz however, Bohol’s trailblazing is nothing new, when she witnessed how Bohol has gone leaps and bounds in the recent years, starting with its environmental advocacy in sustainable ecotourism and development. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
Former DTI director for regional operations Merly Cruz and DTI Regional Director Asteria Caberte believes that supporting the micro and small entrepreneurs can help sustain the job generation capacity of the country and makes the economy more resilient. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | May 18, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines, National News
Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Toronto (PTIC-Toronto) confirmed eight (8) Canadian food distributor and companies to visit the International Food Exhibition Philippines (IFEX) on May 19 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
Participating companies are major companies in the mainstream and ethnic food trade business based in three provinces of Canada including British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. The Canadian delegation includes Loblaw, the biggest mainstream supermarket chain in Canada; Canda Six Fortune Enterprise Co Ltd, Corinthian Distributors Ltd and AFOD Ltd, all involved in ethnic market distribution; Bianca International Organic , known for bulk trading; APO Products, Wilby Commercial Ltd, and New Almanic International Ltd, companies known for distributing Filipino products in Canada. These companies will also be part of Incentive Program of DTI-Center for International Trade Exposition and Mission (CITEM), the organizer of IFEX, as they are classified as Very Important Buyer (VIB) at the said trade exposition.
“This is one way of further assisting our Filipino exporters in penetrating markets such as Canada,” said PTIC-Toronto Senior Trade Commissioner Maria Roseni M. Alvero.
With over 700 exhibitors, IFEX 2017 will highlight the Philippines and the ASEAN region as a reliable supplier of ingredients and specialty food, tropical fruits, vegetables, seafood, beverages, bakery and confectioneries, Halal certified products, natural and organic food as well as allied industries and services.
As the first Canadian Food Buying Mission to the Philippines, the mission is organized by the newly opened Trade Section of the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto, the representative office of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry in Canada.
The Canadian delegation is also expected to meet with Philippine exporters and brand owners in pre-arranged business meetings during IFEX.
by admin | May 18, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines
Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC), an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), announced free training seminars on various food exports-related topics alongside the holding of International Food Exhibition Philippines (IFEX) organized by DTI’s Center for International Trade Exposition and Missions (CITEM) on 19-21 May at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
Scheduled at the PTTC during the 3-day trade show are food export and investment seminars discussing topics on Health and Wellness Importance of Cacao, Cocoa, and Chocolates, 1st Organic Coconut Congress, Agribusiness Research and Development Forum and Market Entry Requirements.
IFEX Philippines is the biggest international trade exhibition on ethnic and specialty food, tropical fruits, vegetables, seafood, beverage, bakery & confectionery products, meal & poultry, HALAL-certified products together with natural, organic, and healthy food products in the Philippines and Asia.
This year’s edition will also feature ethnic ingredients and food from ASEAN member states through the TASTE ASEAN as part of the official programs under the ASEAN Committee on Business and Investment Promotion (ASEAN CBIP).
The trade show is seen as a great opportunity for food companies, both local and international, to test new markets, launch new products and sell them to international buyers.
by admin | May 17, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines, Negosyo Center Updates
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Coconut remains as country’s biggest export product with $487.3 million in sales in the fourth quarter of 2016
The Philippines top agricultural export products will be among the highlights of the International Food Exhibition (IFEX) Philippines to be held on May 19–21, 2017 at the World Trade Center Metro Manila and the Philippine Trade and Training Center, Pasay City.
In line with its efforts to promote the country’s food commodities to the international market, IFEX Philippines will have special highlights on coffee, cacao, coconut, and fruit and nut products as part of the Food Industry Cluster under the Food Artisans Village. Each pavilion site will showcase the Philippines’ high-demand export commodities in numerous varieties and cultivars.
“Through IFEX Philippines, we hope to close new deals and partnerships with our extensive list of international buyers, a majority of which are new comers to the event,” said CITEM Executive Director, Clayton Tugonon. “We are showcasing only the best in IFEX Philippines and buyers can expect to see the finest agricultural products the Philippines has to offer.”
Agro-based products contributed to 6.1% of the share of the Philippine’s export in the first half of 2016, amounting to a $291.5 million in sales. Coconut products lead the country’s agricultural exports with 34% share to total agricultural exports, closing off the last quarter of 2016 with a total of $487.3 million.
The Philippines is a major producer of tropical fruits, exporting more than 744,000 metric tons of homegrown products in the fourth quarter of 2016. Bananas ranked second in the total agricultural exports with a share of 12% and sales of $172.6 in 2016. Pineapples follow right after at 10.7% with $153.7 million in sales.
Tuna, fourth in the overall export shares with 5.5%, recorded an increase in exports by 39.2% during the fourth quarter of 2016 from $56.58 million in 2015 to $78.76 million. Other seafood products, such as seaweeds, carrageenan, shrimps, and prawns, produced $67.54 million during the same period.
Coffee exports rose by 24.7% from $91.50 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 to $114.14 million in 2016, while cacao closed off the year with $72.16 million, an increase by almost 30%.
“There is a constant increase in the exports of our commodities and with new partnerships, such as our outstanding one with Japan, this trend will only continue within the next years,” said Tugonon. “IFEX Philippines will be our one-stop trade platform in promoting our local products and building relationship with global buyers.”
The 11th edition of IFEX Philippines will feature four major exhibition halls that will present a spectrum of flavors from across the globe.
Top and emerging Philippine exporters and business support organizations (BSOs) in the food industry will be stationed at the “Food Philippines Hall”, while the “International Hall” presents top food products and ingredients from top international companies and manufacturers.
The distinct flavors of the country’s provinces take center stage in the “Food Artisans Village”, presented by the Department of Agriculture, through the Agribusiness Marketing and Assistance Service (DA-AMAS). The Food Artisans Village includes the Commodity, Seafood, Mindanao, and Negros Occidental Pavilions.
The “MarketPlace” is a free-for-all where buyers and visitors can purchase on retail throughout the event.
IFEX will also present highly curated exhibit of product prototypes developed through the locally fabricated food machinery operated by Food Innovation Centers (FICs), under the Department of Science and Technology- Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) at the “Food Innovation Gallery”.
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IFEX Philippines, Asia’s ethnic food & ingredients show, is the country’s biggest international trade exhibition on the Philippines’ and Asia’s specialty food, with around 700 exhibitor companies, attracting wholesale buyers, importers and food distributors from all over the world.
IFEX Philippines is a fast-rising Asian marketplace where sellers of unique tropical flavors, products, innovations, and services are linked with international buyers, importers, and retailers, propelling for bigger international presence, wider variety of products, and world-class features. Categories include tropical fruits, vegetables, seafood, beverages, bakery and confectionery products, meat and poultry, Halal-certified products, as well as natural, organic, and healthy food products. It is organized in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (DA-AMAS), and the ASEAN Committee on Business and Investment Promotion (CBIP), which is chaired by DTI.
