Western Visayas Trade and Industry News

Malay Mayor Ciceron Cawaling, DTI VI OIC Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon, DTI Aklan OIC Provincial Director Ma. Carmen I. Iturralde and other key officials from the municipality and province of Aklan during launching of the Malay Negosyo Center on May 22, 2017. The Negosyo Center in Malay, Aklan now accepts business name registration applications.

Bagtason Loom Weavers Association Bugasong, Antique, Philippines https://r6heritageshoppe.com/store/merchant/name/bagtason/ Visit  www.r6heritageshoppe.com  for a wide range of local products varying from apparels, bags, barongs, processed foods, gifts, decors and housewares, among others for the consumers to choose from.

The main page of the DTI VI MSMEs website, www.r6heritageshoppe.com Consumers need not to travel the whole region anymore just to buy local products from the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental. A website for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Western Visayas has been provided by the DTI VI for these entrepreneurs to promote their products globally.

DTI VI OIC Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon and DPWH VI Regional Director Wenceslao M. Leaño  Jr. lead the consultation/ orientation meeting of stakeholders and local government units on the DTI-DPWH Convergence Program: Roads Leveraging Linkages of Industry and Trade (ROLL IT) which was participated by more than 100 participants all over Region VI. Also, Board of Investments representatives Michael G. Boctot and Richard Galura presented the Revised Guidelines and Updates for the 2019 ROLL-IT Program. Together with DPWH District Engineers, stakeholders and local government units gathered for a consultation workshop and identified the access roads that needs rehabilitation or concreting leading to production areas of priority industry clusters in the region such as coffee, cacao, bamboo, coco coir, processed fruits and nuts, and wearables and homestyle.

The SSF for High-Speed Sewing in Brgy. Enclaro in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. Some 49 additional shared service facilities (SSF) will be established this year to enhance the needs of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the region, with the Province of Antique getting the lion’s share of the project with 33 SSFs.

The British Chamber of Commerce Philippines (BCCP) visits DTI Region VI on February 6, 2018. (from left) BCCP Research and Project Officer JM Allen Reyes, DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena Jr., DTI VI OIC-Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon, BCCP Executive Chairman Christopher L. Nelson, BCCP Research and Project Officer Clara Delos Santos, and Iloilo City LEIPO Head Ritchell Gavan. The BCCP is organizing a Trade Mission on March 8 to 9, 2018 in Iloilo City.

(from left) DTI VI STIDS Henry Tampani, TIDS Procilito Sadaya assist DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena Jr. during a webinar on Business Opportunities in Visayas and Intellectual Property Rights in the Philippines on Friday, February 2, 2018. Director Cadena presented the potential investment opportunities in Region VI with the British Chamber of Commerce. The British Chamber of Commerce Philippines is sponsoring a trade mission here next month, aimed at attracting more investment from British entrepreneurs to the Visayas.

DTI VI enforcers conduct covert operations on service and repair shops operating without DTI accreditation in Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. These alleged illegal shops were located in areas away from the prying eyes of the public.