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Invest in job-generating industries, human capital—DTI Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan Summit opens
TAGUIG CITY—The Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan (TNK)-Employment and Livelihood Summit piloted yesterday (1 December) aimed at wrapping up policy recommendations from previously held sectoral summits to chart a new employment agenda, in line with the administration’s development path. Sectoral summits, whose recommendations feed into the TNK-Employment and Livelihood Summit include the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Summit, the Manufacturing Summit, Construction Congress and Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM). “We want to identify the strategies to increase employment levels, improve access to employment opportunities, and address our skills requirement,” said Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez. The government, through DTI and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), gathered the public and private sectors and members of the academe to develop a national employment program, a strategic plan that supports the National Development and Security Strategy geared towards the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022. The trade chief strongly encouraged the meeting to invest in job generating industries such as those in Industry and Services sector, specifically manufacturing, construction, IT BPM, retail trade, and tourism. “Government is cognizant that we should make these industries attractive to investors hence, the action plan will allow us to prioritize,” he said. He also called on participants to invest in the country’s human capital to help address the perennial problem of skills mismatch and to sustain the growth of Philippines industries The two-day TNK Summit with the theme “Malasakit at Pagbabago Tungo sa Kaunlaran at Katiwasayan,” also aimed at preparing the workforce for the industry’s current and future needs. The government aspires to draw a “shared agenda on employment creation and livelihood... read moreTOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE PHL BAMBOO INDUSTRY
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ANDA BANANA CHIPS FIND ITS WAY TO ISLAND SOUVENIR STORES
Badiang Self Help Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BASHMUCO) inks a Memorandum of Agreement with Islands Souvenir Incorporated (ISI) for the supply of crispy and best tasting banana chips to ISI stores nationwide. The agreement is made part of ISI’s Inclusive Business Program in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry- Region 7 which is designed to help micro-enterprises in the countryside. BASHMUCO is a beneficiary of DTI’s Shared Service Facility...No Results Found
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EAT Danao grosses P1.3M in 3 months
Earning at least P1.3M in the last three months, Danao Extreme, Eco, Educational Adventure Tour (EAT) Danao has surpassed the town’s annual market revenue of last year. This news was reveled during the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) meeting when Danao Vice Mayor Jose Cepedoza welcomed the mayors to the Berinja Hall of the newly put up Danao Eco-Park in barangay Magtangtang. The biggest income earners, the famed Suislide (from coined suicide and slide) and the extreme rappell charges P850 per head has been steadilly going up since both have been set up since December of last year, tourism designate Anna Loinda Saluan revealed. Promoting the Dagohoy Historical Spot as a major strategy to create conditions of productive and creative enterprise as well as open employment opportunities has transformed a historical spot into a full extreme adventure destination with its own package of tests for the daring tourist. (PIA) Click here for full...DENR celebrates Earth Day
Earth Day was celebrated yesterday with the theme, “Lupa at Tubig Buhayin, Hangin Linisin, Ang Batas Tuparin.” Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Sec. Lito Atienza says that the annual Earth Day celebration is a good opportunity to make a report to the people on current situation of our local environment, including the resources therein. The celebration highlighted the current condition of the air, water and earth as well as the status of environmental law enforcements in the country. Earth Day was started in the United States 39 years ago, when then Senator Nelson Gaylor called on the people to protest the degradation of the environment. (PIA-7/hfg) Click here for full...1st Visayas Cooperative Teamshop opens
The 1st Visayas Cooperative Teamshop starts today until this Thursday (April 23) at the Tacloban City Convention Center. The teamshop’s activities revolve around the theme “One Visayas, One Coop Movement: Together, Everyone Achieves More.” The Teamshop is hosted by the Regional Cooperative Development Council of Region 8 in close coordination with the Cooperative Development Authority and the City Government of Tacloban. The teamshop will highlight the major role that cooperatives in the Visayas play in achieving economic development by improving global competitiveness under a regulated environment. Among the topics are Supervision and Regulation, Cooperative Justice System in Settling Disputes, Cooperative Taxation, Cooperative Development Council and Current Cooperative Programs. The summit is participated in by the different cooperatives from Regions 6, 7 and 8. (PIA) Click here for full...PBB, PDA auditions here in Bohol
Auditions are now being held at the Island City Mall (ICM) for the 3rd season of Pinoy Big Brother and Pinoy Dream Academy. Filipinos aged 20-35 can try out to be one of “Kuya’s” housemates on “PBB Season 3,” while teenagers, 14 to 17 years old, are qualified to join “PBB Teen Edition Season 3.” While those hopeful singers aged 18-25 years old, can join the Pinoy Dream Academy. Thousands of people have flocked to the ICM since it is the only audition held in the Visayas...Kapihan tackles hot Boholano products
“PROUDLY Pinoy and truly Boholano.” That’s how one would describe Jojie’s baked products and has earned the discriminating taste of local and foreign tourists. For owners Arnold and Ma. Carmen “Jojie” Labunog, the next big dough to knead may be for bigger outside markets. The Boholano delicacy investor is slowly inching its way to perfecting the packaging of their products as initial steps in claiming a niche in international stalls. At the weekly Kapihan sa PIA, the Labunogs admit as with every Pinoy product, it must show consistency and follow standards to be competitive. Lending words for those eyeing the same line of business, they said their baked delicacies always carry the patience, hardwork and faith; their biggest capital since their humble beginnings. Now opening the innovative Painitang Bol-anon at the traditional merienda venue at the Agora, Jojies owners said they have started to get foreign tourists sitting on their place and enjoring lazy afternoon snacks of local delicacies. It has to be a passion, says Jojie, matriarch of the chain of Jojies Bakeshops all over Bohol while doled out free advice to would be baked food entrepreneurs. With Jojies at the thresholds of international markets, the ingredient to make their food debut may just be in their tagline: real goodness in every bite. (rachiu/PIA) Click here for full...National News
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