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PTTC holds Export Manager Advanced Training (EMAT) Program
The Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) and Hinrich Foundation, in collaboration with partner-organizations, the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB), German Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI/ AHK Philippinen) and the Trade Capability Development Services (TCDSI Inc.) representing Liezpig University – presented the Export Manager Advanced Training (EMAT) Program during an Orientation Briefing attended by twenty-two (22) exporting companies held at the PTTC on January 16, 2018. EMAT Program is a professional short course developed by Leipzig University, one of the world’s oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany and the Hinrich Foundation, an independent charitable foundation which promotes economic prosperity and peace, to enable small and medium Asian enterprises (SMEs) to compete in the global market. The pilot run of EMAT program in the Philippines will be held on 16-18 February 2018 which discusses International Markets and Value Proposition. The next session, focusing on Market Entry Strategies, will be held on 9-13 March 2018. Participants of the program will earn 5 credit units for Leipzig University’s MBA program and are expected to gain results-focused insights that will enable them to compete in the international arena. Participants who complete the course will also receive a Certificate of Completion from Leipzig University, a Certificate of Attendance validated by GPCCI/ AHK Philippinen, and a Certificate of Achievement from the ITC SME Trade Academy based in Geneva. The regular course fee of Php40,000.00 with a 75% scholarship borne by private and government institutions, is reduced to Php10,000.00 registration fee per participant for the entire eight-day’s session staggered in two schedules inclusive of in-class lectures, online learning modules, and one-on-one business... read moreTrade chief to investors: “Partner with PH, build value together”
NEW DELHI – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez encouraged Indian businessmen and delegates from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to ride on the ongoing Philippine (PH) growth story. During the PH-India Business Forum on 24 January 2018, the country’s trade chief presented Dutertenomics — the socioeconomic policies of President Rodrigo Duterte—to encourage investors to partner with PH, which will help in creating additional value for their businesses and boost income-generation operations. “The initiatives under Dutertenomics can help support investors by creating an environment where companies can do business swiftly and efficiently,” said Sec. Lopez, stressing that ongoing infrastructure projects strategically link the country’s industries. These, in turn, will further power the growth of an already strong economic base. “Our ‘Build Build Build’ infrastructure program will facilitate greater trade and investment as it opens up access to new markets, while minimizing trade and logistics cost,” he added. Under Dutertenomics, the government’s massive ‘Build Build Build’ program aims to develop massive and efficient infrastructure projects to create more opportunities in the countryside by developing more regional growth centers. The trade chief also highlighted DTI’s Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan, at Konsyumer initiative as well as the inclusive, innovation-led, industrial strategy (i3s) as support for the socioeconomic agenda of President Duterte. The i3s complements the government’s thrust to promote an innovation ecosystem in PH, with different sectors partnering to generate more jobs and improved business opportunities. This sets up the environment for MSMEs to grow, with full assistance in training, product and market development, equipment and financing from government. With the significant growth of 6.9% in the country’s GDP and... read more
Geeks on a Beach Offers 20% Discount Until June 30
The organizers of the international conference Geeks on a Beach 4 (www.geeksonabeach.com) currently offers a 20% discount on the registration fee until June 30, 2016. This is an opportunity for participants from Bohol to attend such conference without having to travel outside the province. Early bird registrants had enjoyed bigger discounts earlier this year. Tina Amper, founder of Techtalks.PH that organized the conference, has announced some of the speakers at the conference. Among the speakers are David Brown, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Techstars from Boulder, USA, Khailee Ng, the Managing Editor of 500 Startups, Malaysia, Diane Eustaquio, the Executive Director of IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc., Janette Toral, E-Commerce Advocate and founder of DigitalFilipino.com, Philippines and many more. The organizing team of GOAB4 also presented the details of the conference to Gov Edgard M. Chatto as well as to other participants during the Bohol ICT sectoral discussion last June...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Bagyo, taman signal no. 5 na
MANILA, Mar. 25 (PIA)–Nidesider na ang Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) nga dugangan og taman Signal number 5 ang kasamtangang signals sa bagyo nga taman number 4 lamang ang gigamit sa paghatag og pasidaan sa publiko kun may kalamidad sa atong nasud. Matud pa sa PAGASA, opisyal nang gamiton sa ahensiya ang taman Signal number 5 kun ang bagyo usa ka super typhoon nga may gikosgon nga hangin nga molapas sa 220 kilometro matag oras. Susama niini ang niaging bagyong Yolanda nga usa ka super typhoon nga may gikosgon nga hangin`g mikabat sa 235 taman 275 kilometro matag oras. Padayon pang gamiton sa PAGASA ang public storm warning signal hangtud number 4 nga na-adopt niadtong tuig 1997 ug gi-revised niadtong tuig 2010. Gipasabot sa PAGASA nga Signal number 1, kun may gikosgon nga hangin`g mokabat sa 30-60 kilometro matag oras; Signal 2, kun 61-100 kph; Signal 3, kun 101-185 kph; ug Signal 4, kun kapin sa 185 kph....Hingotanan pupils receive 200 dreams in shoeboxes
HINGOTANAN ISLAND, Bien Unido, Bohol, March 24, (PIA) – Few days into the school breaks for vacation, pupils of Hingotanan in Bien Unido, get their “dreams in a box,” one that could help them spell a colorful summer. The box are shoe boxes filled with pad paper, notebooks, crayons, pencils, pencil cases, ballpens, erasers, rulers and glue, 200 all of them for indigent kids of Hingotanan Elementary School. Apart from that, a feeding program gathered the 200 kids in two classrooms for a packed lunch feeding program managed by the teachers, said Hingotanan principal Breeza Padillo. “It comes to very good use especially when summer approaches and the island offers very limited options for play,” said a school teacher who asked not be named. “Salamat sa gipanghatag,” 11 years old Marjorie Gudez said, a wide smile pasted on her face. She meekly hid her face however when asked if a photograph could be taken. Meanwhile, another 11 year old Remie Robin, who did not get any box said he was happy for those who got their shoeboxes. He said more kids need the boxed school items more direly than he does. A group called Information technology Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), Congressman Aristotle Aumentado , Bohol Information Communication Technology Council (BICTC) and Philippine Call Center Institute (PCCI) crossed the seas from Ubay to deliver the kids dream boxes. The concept started in Manila, when kids decided to gather school supplies and share them to kids needing assistance, explained IBPAP’s Raymond Lacdao, who also brought the boxes from Manila for Hingotanan’s kids from financially challenged families. The event,...LIP SERVICE
Years back, telecom giant Globe laid fiber optic cables around Bohol, promising for information communications technology investors a high speed internet. This should be enough to make Bohol a new hub for a reliable business processing industry. That was also when we heard Tagbilaran was among the picked new wave cities, some places to watch because there is a programmed call center related courses in its schools, and has a stack of natural wonders as add-ons. The celebration has hardly dies down when no less than PLDT bigwigs came to a spectacular switching on of the P600 million Domestic Fiber Optic Network in Bohol. That event, they said, signals another astounding promise for the largely wonder economy called business process outsourcing. With two options for acclaimed boosted speeds, the largest processors to render a new image of Bohol way up the poverty thresholds has been installed in the province. In fact, even with single telecom giant globe in 2013, Bohol could have opened its doors for prospectors when it bade to host the national ICT Convention. Industry workers said tit should be the perfect show window for investors to check the island which also has history and natural beauty as a value-added benefit. The earthquake though, proved beneficial for Boholanos who seem to shuffle on the move. The earthquake offered the perfect excuse for Bohol to lay its ICT plans aside for other pressing matters. After the earthquake, we should now be seeing results. And indeed, its shows: Our call center training institutions are not churning out quality workers. Other than the signs that also say Bohol is into...BICTC, may napili nga bag-ong mga opisyales
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, March 24, (PIA) – May bag-o na nga mga opisyales and Bohol Information Communication Technology Council (BICTC), kini human sa piniliay atul usab sa planning workshop nga nahitabo niadtongunang semana sa Marso, didto sa Panda Tea Garden Resort. Si Delilah Biliran, kinsa representante sa Alturas Group of Companies, maoy natumbok nga tsirman samant si Engr Jerome Auza sa Auza.net maoy napili nga vice-chair. Si Ashley Uy, kinsa representante sa TechTalks.ph maoy napili nga kalihim samtang si Amie Rosarie Caballo ang napili nga mamahandi. Auditor usab si Dahlia Melda T. Magno samtang si Romeo Teruel, kinsa representante sa kagamhanang probinsyal, maoy natugyanan isip Public Relations Officer. Trustees sila Ben Skelton (Taguihon Internet Research), Roy Bayonas (PrintBit), Benjie Jamora (B&J Computer Systems), Santino Paredes (ETC Solutions), Maricel Golosino (Globe Telecommunications), Marlis Badiang (Phil. Call Center Institute), Melvin Soldia (BISU) ug si Dalareich Polot (HCIERRD Web and IT Solutions). Gawas sa Agricultura ug Industriya nga ubay niini ug sa damgo niini nga mamahimong sentro sa eco-cultural tourism nga mga suroyanan, ang Administrasyon ni Gobernador Edgar Chatto, mitumbok na sa information communication technology isip usa sa mga kasaligang makina nga makapa-ugmad sa Bohol ug sa kapid an ka mga Bol-anon. Tumong usab sa BICTC, nga subay sa damgo sa Administrasyon, nga makapasugod na sa call center ug business proicess outcourcing dinhi sa Bohol. Gikan karon, hangtud sa sunod tuig, gilaraw na sa BICTC nga maka-agni og mga mamumuhunan sa BPO aron kapugngan na ang mga bag-ong mitapos sa pagtungha sa pagpanggawas sa Bohol aron adto manimpad sa laing lugar. Mokabat sa 5,000 ka mga seats ang gihimong target sa BICTC...DTI IntensifiesMonitoring and Enforcement on Construction Materials
Bohol, Tagbilaran City.The Department of Trade and Industryheightensits monitoring and enforcement activities on the implementation of the Philippine National Standards (PNS) forconstruction materials such as Ply wood, Steel bars and Galvanized Iron (G. I.) sheets. DTIs enforcement arm, the Fair Trade and Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) in partnership with DTI-VII,conducted monitoring and enforcement activities herelast March 11, 2015. Two enforcement teams composed of technical experts fromFTEB and DTI-7 offices were fielded to do the actual enforcement ofsix randomly selected Business Establishments (BEs). The activity is part of DTIs move to tighten its inspection activities for construction materials and clean up the market of uncertified and unmarked Plywoods, Steel bars and G. I. sheets. Director Aster Caberte of DTI Region 7 said that the agency is closely monitoring standards compliance for consumer products and construction materials, especially during this time that Bohol LGUs are currently undergoing reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts after the October 2013 earthquake.Cabertealso cited provisions of Republic Act 7394 or the Consumer Act of the Philippines, which mandates DTI to conduct monitoring and enforcement activities on the proper marking and labelling of consumer products. “We have notified our field offices in the provinces to increase the frequency of their market visits to check on more products, including electrical supplies,”Caberte concluded. Among the basic markings that consumers can check on Plywood and G. I. sheets prior to their purchase are the company name, trade name and address of the manufacturer; thickness in millimeter (mm); width in mm and the date of manufacture (month and year). G.I. sheet markings must contain the phrase“For Roofing Use” on its face. The joint enforcement...National News
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