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Eastern Visayas, Bicol’s best, finest products at SM Mega Trade Halls
The Deparment of Trade and Industry (DTI) is set to showcase an annual display of micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) excellence by bringing the best and finest products from Eastern Visayas and Bicol Regions for the Bahandi Eastern Visayas and OKB-Gayon Bicol Regional Trade Fairs on October 4 and 5, respectively, at the SM Mega Trade Halls 1 and 2, SM Megamall. As part of Marketing, one of the seven-point strategy (7Ms strategy) advocated by the Department, DTI is helping MSMEs penetrate the mainstream marketing through trade fairs. “With MSMEs being the backbone of the Philippine economy, it is important that we find ways to integrate the sector to bigger value chains, either in the public or the private sectors. Empowering MSMEs can only mean significant growth that is powered by ever smarter Filipino entrepreneurs, ready to participate in local, regional and global marketplace,” said DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez. DTI-Regional Operations Group Supervising Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya explained that providing platforms for MSMEs to market their products in events such as trade fairs will test its marketability for bigger markets. “Participation in Trade Fairs provide MSMEs an opportunity to test their products for bigger markets and beyond,” Maglaya said. These MSMEs, according to Maglaya, have been assisted by DTI through Negosyo Centers, Shared Service Facilities (SSF), One Town, One Product, Kapatid Mentor ME Project, SME Roving Academy, among others. “By enhancing MSME products through DTI assistance, we are confident that their products would be market-acceptable, and supported locally and globally,” she said. The Bahandi Trade Fair, through the DTI-Region 8, will... read moreSmall Business Corp. welcomes new president
State-owned Small Business Corporation (SB Corp), the micro financing-arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), recently welcomed its new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ma. Luna E. Cacanando. Cacanando’s appointment came amid the government’s step to battle loan sharks through affordable and easy access micro-financing program, the Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso or P3 program of the administration. Cacanando expressed strong belief in the MSME finance advocacy as an affirmative action in levelling the playing field for young enterprises that have yet to hurdle the age of maturity and for small enterprises that lack sufficient capital to get to expand into a formal business undertaking. “We will push for MSME financing further to help create more entrepreneurs, spur economic growth that will provide jobs to Filipinos,” Cacanando said. Cacanando brings with her more than three decades of MSME development finance experience and industry expertise, mostly as a government executive. She went on an early retirement from government service in February 2016 as Senior Vice President of Small Business Corporation and Head of the agency’s Financing and Capacity Building Sector. Prior to joining SB Corp, Cacanando was Credit Manager of Guarantee Fund for MSMEs (GFSME) until its merger with Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corporation (SBGFC or SB Corp) as the surviving entity in November 2001. Fresh from the University of the Philippines, Los Banos with a degree in Bachelor Science in Agricultural Economics, Cacanando joined the then KKK-Livelihood Corporation in August 1983. Ten years later, she joined GFSME in April 1993. Prior to her appointment as SB Corp Director and election... read more
PH merchandise exports sustain growth, up by 10.79%
Recent preliminary report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that Philippine merchandise export performance continued on a positive trajectory increasing by 10.79% in the first 11 months (January to November) of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, an analysis confirmed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). From January to November 2017, the value of merchandise exports was shared almost evenly by electronics and non-electronics with 51.38% and 48.62%, respectively. Exports of Philippine electronic products increased remarkably by 10.84% in the first 11 months of 2017. This was achieved on the back of the robust performance of six out of the nine subsectors of the industry which contributed 97.95% share in the cumulative total value of the industry. Meanwhile, non-electronic goods also increased significantly by 10.73% in the first 11 months of 2017, backed by positive growth of a wide range of sectors in the non-electronics category. Topping the list were Forest Products with triple-digit growth of 560.90%. Other contributing commodities exhibited double-digit increases including mineral products (76.12%), sugar and products (47.77%), footwear (47.43%), coconut products (37.61%), non-metallic mineral manufactures (32.17%), and furniture and fixtures (26.27%). Exports of garments also increased by 3.00%, while Travel Goods and Handbags at 1.53%. “The increase of exports sales for some non-electronic goods this year may be viewed as a result of the sector-focused intervention included in the 2015-2017 Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP),” said DTI Trade and Investments Promotion Group Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado. The leading destination of PH merchandise exports for the first 11 months of the year was still the combined markets of PROC and HK SAR. Shipments...IdeaSpace opens 2016 startup competition, announces new funding structure
IdeaSpace Foundation (IdeaSpace), the leading early-stage technology incubator and accelerator in the Philippines, announced the opening of its annual startup competition for 2016, which will begin accepting early-stage startup ideas beginning January 21. Now on its fourth year, the IdeaSpace startup competition will also have a new structure which will focus on providing equity-free funding and support to competition winners so founders can pursue their innovative ideas. “Ever since IdeaSpace was founded, we have declared our belief that Filipino entrepreneurs can turn their innovative startup ideas into reality and make it big on the world stage as long as there is an ecosystem to support them,” said Diane Eustaquio, Executive Director at IdeaSpace. “With this new equity-free funding structure, IdeaSpace strengthens its commitment to the local startup ecosystem to bring out the most socially relevant innovations that can help solve pressing problems of the world, particularly in emerging economies such as the Philippines,” she added. Ideas from across the country, region Interested groups and individuals can now log on to apply.ideaspacefoundation.org to fill up the form and submit their startup ideas for evaluation until March 18, 2016. Submissions from around the Philippines, as well as in the Southeast Asian region, are welcome. The top twenty ideas from this pool will be screened by an esteemed panel of judges, and the top 20 early-stage startups that will enter incubation will be announced by July 5, 2016. At least ten of these startups, meanwhile, will enter the acceleration phase beginning August 1, 2016. Those who enter the acceleration phase will have access to up to P1 million funding which will include up to P500,000 in cash, while non-cash benefits...Local News/ Bohol Balita
DENR to hold its 1st Central Visayas PAMB Summit on July 10-12 in Bohol
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 through its Protected Area, Wildlife, Coastal Zone and Management Services (PAWCZMS) is set to hold its 1st Central Visayas Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) Summit on July 10-12, 2013 at the Bohol Plaza Resort and Restaurant in Panglao Island, Bohol. Around 121 representatives from the private sector, non-government organizations, other government agencies and the local government units are expected to participate in this two-day activity. With the theme, “PA Management Innovations: Towards Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation in Harmony with the Needs of the Host Communities”, the activity aims to discuss status and direction of PA management in the region, present innovative protected area management interventions for the enhancement of biodiversity conservation, and showcase ecotourism potentials of PAs that benefits different communities in the region. “Central Visayas is home to 24 protected areas and this activity will certainly highlight the significance of these protected areas not only in biodiversity conservation but its worth to the economical and cultural values of the Visayan people,” said DENR 7 Regional Executive Director Dr. Isabelito R. Montejo. The summit, jointly organized by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE), Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), and the Cebu Uniting for Sustainable Water (CUSW), will also focus on the status of current PAs and its new directions and development given its changing and dynamic environment. “Our PAs must be preserved, conserved, and developed that would benefit fully the host communities and other stakeholders while we maximize the use of the necessary tools or technologies to improve its preservation efforts,” Montejo added. Meanwhile,...115th PH Independence Day, isaulog sa mga Bol-anon
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 11 (PIA)–Pangunahan sa kagamhanang probinsyal sa Bohol ang kasaulogan sa ika-115 nga anibersaryo sa kagawasan sa atong nasud ugma, Hunyo 12, 2013. Nagdala sa tema nga: “Kalayaan 2013: Ambagan tungo sa Malawakang Kaunlaran”, yano apan mabulokong kalihokan ang ipahigayon ugma sa St. Joseph Cathedral ug Plaza Rizal sa syudad sa Tagbilaran. Ang selebrasyon pagasugdan sa usa ka Balaang Misa sa alas 7:15 sa buntag nga ipahigayon sa St. Joseph Cathedral. Sundan kini dayon sa simultaneous ringing of church bells, blowing of horns ug pagpatingog sa sirena. Human niini, ipahigayon dayon ang foyer honor, wreath laying ug flag raising ceremony didto sa Plaza Rizal. Inig alas 9 sa buntag, usa ka commemorative program ang mosunod dayon. Ang mga kawani sa kagamhanang probinsyal, nasudnong ahensiya sa gobyerno ug mga local nga opisyal ang gipaabot nga manambong sa maong kasaulogan....Brigada Eskwela 2013, gilusad sa syudad sa Tagbilaran
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, May 22 (PIA)–Gilusad sa Department of Education (DepEd) niadtong Lunes, Mayo 20 ang 2013 National Schools Maintenance Week o Brigada Eskwela sa syudad sa Tagbilaran pinaagi sa motorcade. Ang maong motorcade naggikan sa buhatan sa DepEd City Division nga ni-agi sa Mansasa, Dampas, paingon sa Island City Mall, niagi sa dalan J.A. Clarin, niliko sa City Central School ug natapos sa Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School (DCPNHS). Sa paghidangat sa DCPNHS, gisugdan dayon ang Kick-off Program nga gisalmotan sa mga magtutudlo ug mga opisyal sa mga tunghaan sa syudad, mga tinugyanan sa DepEd-Bohol ug City Division ug sa pribadong sector. Ang maong kalihokan gibuksan usab sa nagkalain-laing tunghaan sa tibuok nasud. Gitakda sa Mayo 20 hangtud 25, ang Brigada Eskwela ning tuiga nga naa na sa ika-10 ka tuig, nagdala sa tema nga “Isang Dekada ng Bayanihan sa Paaralan.” Kining maong kalihokan nagsugod niadtong 2003 diin mag-uban ang mga magtutudlo, prinsipal, mga ginikanan, mga kabataan ug apil na ang tibuok komunidad aron manglimpyo ug i-andam ang mga tunghaan sa pagbukas sa klase sa Hunyo. Pipila sa mga aktibidad nga gihimo mao ang pag-ayo sa mga kagamitan, pagpamintal sa mga lawak-tunghaan ug pagpanglimpyo sulod sa eskwelahan. May ubang mga ginikanan usab ug hugpong sa pribadong sektor nga nihatag og mga gamit sa eskwelahan sama sa mga libro ug uban pang mahimong magamit sa mga estudyante. Atol sa programa sa paglusad sa Brigada Eskwela nga gipahigayon niadtong Lunes sa DCPNHS grounds, gihimo ang pagtunol sa computer ug printer sa mga tinun-an sa DCPNHS Batch 1993 sa mga tinugyanan sa maong tunghaan. Nihatag usab ang DCPNHS Batch 1988...PNP, gibutang sa full alert status
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, May 06 (PIA)–Usa ka semana sa dili pa ang eleksyon, gi-deklarar na sa Philippine National Police (PNP) ang full alert status sa tibuok nasud. Matud pa ni Police Chief Superintendent Miguel Antonio, Deputy National Task Force Commander sa Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) 2013, alas-6:00 ganinang buntag (Lunes) nahimong epektibo ang kamanduan. Giingong magpabilin ang full alert status hangtud dili kini imando nga tangtangon ni PNP Chief Allan Purisima. Una nang gi-bawal sa niaging semana sa pamunuan sa PNP ang pag-leave sa mga polis sa tibuok nasud. Giingong 989 ka polis na ang gi-aprubahan sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) nga mahimong escort sa mga kandidato hangtud Hunyo 12 sa pagtapos sa election period. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/i-sjp) Mga kandidato sa probinsya sa Bohol, nihimo sa covenant signing TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, May 06 (PIA)–Nihimo og paglagdaay og kasabotan o covenant signing ang mga kandidato sa probinsya sa Bohol kagahapon sulod sa St. Joseph Cathedral. Dinhi ilang gipanaad nga ilang buhaton ang tanan aron mahimong malinawon ug hapsay ang piniliay karong Mayo 13. Gipangunahan ang maong kalihokan ni Bishop Leonardo Medroso sa Diocese sa Tagbilaran pinaagi sa santos nga misa sa alas 5:00 sa hapon. Ang pagpagdaay sa kasabotan gitambongan nilang Philippine National Police (PNP) Provincial Director PSSupt. Constantino Barot Jr., Commanding Officer sa 2nd Special Forces Battalion Lt. Col. Julius Tomines, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Provincial Director Louella Lucino ug Commission on Elections (Comelec) Bohol OIC Lionel Marco Castillano. Gihimo sa tanang mi-kandidato sa provincial level gikan sa gobernador, bise-gobernador, kongresista, mga sakop sa sangguniang panlalawigan, mayor, bise-mayor ug mga konsehal ang paglagda sa kasabotan alang sa...Labing unang ‘Saulog Tagbilaran’ ilusad karong adlawa
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 30 (PIA)–Isip pagtamod sa kapistahan ni Senyor San Jose ugma, Mayo 1, ilusad karong adlawa ang labing-unang ‘Saulog Tagbilaran’. Ang “Saulog Tagbilaran,” usa ka religion-based cultural nga kalihokan nga magpakita sa kinabuhi ni Senyor San Jose, ang patron sa syudad sa Tagbilaran isip mahigugmaong amahan ug debotong mamumuo agig pagpakita sa mga deboto sa ilang pangayupo ug pasalamat ngadto sa patron. Ang mga mosalmot sa maong street dancing competition mag-abot sa alas 12 sa udto didto sa daan nga City Hall ug paingon kini sa bag-ong City Hall. Siyam ka barangay sa syudad ang mosalmot sa maong street dancing nga naglangkob sa Bool, Booy, Cabawan, Cogon, Manga, Mansasa, Poblacion I, Poblacion 2 ug Ubujan. Ang street dancing magsugod sa ala una sa hapon didto sa daang City Hall nga moliko sa wala nga bahin sa C. Gallares Street, moliko sa B. Inting Street ug moderetso paingon sa CPG Avenue atbang sa City Square. Moliko na usab kini sa J.S. Torralba duol sa Plaza Rizal, moliko sa E. Sarmiento nga mag-atubang sa Cathedral ug moliko pa-wala sa J. A. Clarin Street paingon na sa Tagbilaran City Hall Compound. Kini nahimo tungod sa pagtambayayong sa City Government of Tagbilaran ug sa Cathedral Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker nga may tema karong tuig nga “Pit Senor San Jose! Viva San Jose! Viva Tagbilaran!”. Mosunod usab ang laing programa sa City Hall compound human sa street dancing. Sa Mayo 1 ang selebrasyon sa kapistahan sa patron sa syudad ug mao usab kini ang magbukas sa usa ka buwan nga kapistahan sa lain-laing dapit dinhi sa lalawigan sa Bohol....National News
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