Western Visayas Trade and Industry News

The DTI Guimaras Provincial Office and the Municipality of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras conducted a joint weighing scales inspection in the town’s barangays (villages) on June 25 and 27 and on July 3 to 5, 2018.

Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez (left) leads the oath-taking of newly-appointed regional directors and assistant regional directors of the DTI. DTI VI Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon and DTI VI Asst. Regional Director Ermelinda P. Pollentes took their oath as full-fledged officials of DTI VI. (photo credits: PD Lea T. Gonzales, DTI Negros Occidental) DTI VI Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon took her oath as a full-fledged regional director before DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez during the DTI Regional Operations Group Assembly at Fontana Hotel and Villas in Clark, Pampanga on July 11, 2018.

The DTI Guimaras recently conducted an information drive with members of Consumer Rights Advocacy of the Youth and Netizens (CRAYONS) Club of Simeon J. Jabasa National High School.

DTI VI OIC Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon and DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena, Jr. ( center ) with PJ Arañador ( fifth from right ) and his team of product designers during the Design Direction Session for Region VI on July 2, 2018. The DTI VI will conduct a product development program to 160 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Western Visayas, under the One Town, One Product Next Generation (OTOP NextGen) project.

Senator Loren Legarda, extreme right, checks on the local products from the kiosk of Panay Bukidnon. The group is known for their distinct traditional and beautiful embroidery, known as ‘panubok.’ Looking on is DTI VI OIC Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon (extreme left). Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) from Region VI that showcased arts and crafts products with indigenous designs earned a total sales of Php1,289,297.00 in this year’s Sikat Pinoy National Arts and Crafts Fair at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City on June 14 to 17.

DTI Capiz Provincial Director Ermelinda P. Pollentes (4 th from right) with the mentors, the mentees, and DTI staff gives a thumbs up sign during the launching of the KMME Batch 2 in Capiz on April 25, 2018. The entrepreneurial revolution brought about by the Kapatid Mentor Me (KMME) Program of DTI with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship has taken its roots in all corners of the country – from Abra to Basilan.