Category: DTI

Notwithstanding the limited movement of people to travel and experience the products of the region during the five-day Panublion Heritage Fair 2020, the participants were able to surpass its sales target of 9 million pesos. Gratitude for the Locals Department of Trade and Industry (“DTI”) VI Asst. Regional Director Ermelina P. Pollentes expressed gratitude to […]

DTI Iloilo OIC-Provincial Director Felisa Judith Degala led the soft-launching of the Shared Service Facility (SSF) for the Upgrading of Loomweaving Center in Brgy. Baraclayan, Miag-ao, Iloilo on July 22. Degala was accompanied by Miag-ao Municipal Mayor Macario Napulan, represented by Anthony Selorio, Baraclayan Punong Barangay Marlou Niones, village officials and the loomweavers, among others. […]

The DTI VI will launch its entrepreneurship mentoring online to continue to provide assistance to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) amid the economic difficulties brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kapatid Mentor Micro-Enterprises (KMME) Online Program will kick off on July 15. For Batch 1, there will be 42 mentees to join the […]

The DTI Antique Provincial Office coordinated with the Office of the Municipal Treasurer (MTO) and the Municipal Economic Enterprise Development Office (MEEDO) in the Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique for the conduct of weighing scale inspection in a store inside the San Jose Tradetown. This spot-checking of weighing scales was in response to […]

The DTI Region VI invites local government units and members of the Regional Competitiveness Committee (RCC) in Western Visayas for a Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) Webinar Series – “Understanding the CMCI Indicators: Ensuring Correctness and Completion of Data Requirements from LGUs.” CMCI Consultant Dr. Alvin Ang will be the speaker throughout the four-session […]

The Municipality of Concepcion, Iloilo and DTI Iloilo Provincial Office Negosyo Center – Concepcion bring the ‘market’ to its island communities to ensure the provision of commodities and food supply reach its constituents, through the Mercado on Boat (MoB). The initiative likewise introduces an efficient local economy with the public-private partnership approach. (photos by NC […]

The DTI Aklan Provincial Office conducted a Diskwento Caravan in partnership with the Local Government Unit of Kalibo during the town’s “Gugma it Kalibo,” an adaptation of Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita Program of the Department of Agriculture. The caravan was held at the Veteran’s Avenue in Kalibo, Aklan on May 7. The program gave consumers […]

Creativity and entrepreneurship always walk together. In Antique province, locals rose up in the spirit of bayanihan along with many civic groups to curb the spread of the Covid -19. The province has consistently produced examples of community industry initiatives, providing contributions from local skills. The Callan Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) Livelihood Association, a homegrown association in […]

The DTI VI continues to monitor business establishments in the region to ensure compliance to the automatic price ceiling of basic necessities. Monitoring teams deployed in the cities and municipalities check the prevailing prices of the basic goods. Aside from monitoring the compliance of the price ceiling, the teams also distribute and post anti-hoarding and […]

The Guimaras State University (GSU) has stepped in to address the deficiency of face masks in the market for the use of medical frontliners and volunteers in the island province of Guimaras. Utilizing the potential of its shared service facility (SSF), the GSU aims to produce 25,000 face masks for donation to the five municipalities […]