#MINDANAO John Tria Recovery must continue. Seeing and reflecting on the much higher GDP forecasts for 2021, there is definitely a lot of hope for recovery. Some good signs are the Purchasing Manufacturers Index rising to 50.1 last month from 47.3 in August. This means the job generating...
#MINDANAO John Tria By now many of you may have been reading my columns where i have been writing about the innovation imperative for businesses to recover and achieve resilience as they face the new normal. Already the wider acceptance of online technology, including meetings, payments, and...
#MINDANAO John Tria To say that we are in uncharted territory in this age of disruption is cliche enough. Events and numbers move quickly. So do forecasts and statistics. As we celebrate National Statistics month we take a look at this and how the need for statistics at the regional...
#MINDANAO John Tria Last week in this same column I wrote about the expanding coffee and cacao production through coffee and chocolate powder plants to provide alternatives for farms which cannot meet the quality requirements of specialty producers. Another crop is coconut. The Davao, Zamboanga...
#MINDANAO John Tria Of the many things that have risen in the last six months one of the more inspiring is the “homepreneneur,” home-based entrepreneurs who utilize unique skills and local resources to build a livelihood from the safety of the home. They are often into food-based businesses...
John Tria #MINDANAO As we trek on the road of safe recovery, many have taken an interest in Mindanao's economy. True enough, Mindanao is blessed with the resources and mild weather variations good for food production, and unhampered business and manufacturing operations. Much of...
John Tria #MINDANAO As the “ber” months kick in, many businesses are now preparing their recovery and resilience plans focusing on scenarios for 2021, where forecasts indicate a stronger recovery for the economy. With eased restrictions especially on the flow of goods since June and with lower...
#MINDANAO John Tria The buy local movement has gained much traction in many areas over the last few weeks thanks to social media empowering consumers to share their local buy preferences and encouraging others to do the same. Buying local helps many local businesses recover. In Mindanao, the fruit...
#MINDANAO John Tria It is becoming clear that strong local economies are a buffer against disruptions. The lower infection rates in many regions, and the opening up of these local economies are where seeds of economic recovery are growing. Nurturing local economies will enable the country’s...
#MINDANAO John Tria Yes. The need to go online has become more acute because disruptions will be with us for a very long time. Beyond this need, however, being online gives the opportunity to access new markets and suppliers. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently announced 68,000 new...
#MINDANAO Which is why we will all do our part in boosting the recovery, safely. Buy local. Do online events using delivered food to patronize local restaurants. There will be other means but all revolve around stimulating demand, and income in the local economy- which includes us. ...
#MINDANAO OK. The title above may sound trite. This is because many of you now reading this are doing so on your advanced handheld device connected to an internet that is ubiquitous to the twenty-something living across the hall that was born into it in the 90’s. True, the digital economy has...
