President Marcos has appointed Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Ma. Cristina Aldeguer-Roque as the department's acting secretary following the resignation of Alfredo Pascual, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. Trade Acting Secretary Ma. Cristina Aldeguer-Roque...
Recognizing the potential of e-commerce to produce job-ready Grade 12 graduates, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Thursday, Aug. 1, that it is considering including an e-commerce track in the revised Senior High School (SHS) curriculum. Senior High School graduates (DepEd file...
Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, August 1 dismissed speculations she would be replacing outgoing Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual who will step down from his post effective Friday. Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB Photo) Following Pascual’s resignation, Poe’s name cropped up as his possible...
The resignation of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual is poised to pave the way for a Cabinet reshuffle, with two secretaries currently under consideration for the vacant position. Malacañang announced on Wednesday, July 31, the resignation of Pascual as head...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has deployed a monitoring team to verify compliance with the price freeze in supermarkets and grocery stores in Metro Manila, which are declared under state of calamity. Trade Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said that the DTI has implemented a 60-day price...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has implemented a price freeze on essential commodities in Metro Manila after the state of calamity was declared due to Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon. Trade Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said on Wednesday, July 24, that the immediate...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is making significant strides to support micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under its thrust of ANGAT Negosyo. These initiatives have a special focus on empowering MSMEs in terms of digitalization efforts, targeting their competitiveness and...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will temporarily suspend the online selling of vape products. In its Department Administrative Order No. 24-03, the DTI said that it will temporarily suspend the online sale, distribution, and advertising of vapor products, and their devices and systems...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is monitoring rice prices in Western Visayas region following a 15 percent tariff reduction early this month. A RICE stall at La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Grace Benedicto, chief of the DTI-6 Consumer Protection...
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – Three groups were awarded the 2024 Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Development Partners for pushing micro, small, and medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Western Visayas region. REPRESENTATIVES of the Capiz State University Intellectual Property Management Office,...
Limited access to funding and lack of focus on areas outside Metro Manila hindered the number of young entrepreneurs in the country, a report by the International Trade Center revealed. According to the study “Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Philippines: Network Analysis and Mapping of...
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Iloilo Chapter was recently awarded the 2024 Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Development Partners, a flagship initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for micro, small, and medium enterprises...
