Western Visayas Trade and Industry News

DTI VI Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon and ISAT-U President Dr. Raul F. Muyong ink the Memorandum of Agreement and Usufruct Agreement between the DTI VI and the ISAT U during the turnover of the Iloilo Center for Design, Prototyping and Modeling (FabLab) Equipment at the ISAT-U Research Hub on December 21, 2018. (standing, from left) DTI VI Asst. Regional Director Ermelinda P. Pollentes, ISAT-U DTI FABLAB Officer-in-Charge Engr. Ramon Alguidano Jr., DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena Jr., ISAT U Planning and Development and Auxiliary Services Director Dr. Russ Allen B. Napud, ISAT U VP for Administration and Finance Dr. Gabriel M. Salistre Jr., and Research Services Division Director Dr. Richard C. de Leon. With its strategic location and accessibility to entrepreneurs and the proactive approach of the management to house the facility, prompted the DTI VI to put up the first Fabrication Laboratory in Region VI at the Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISA...

SSF COOPERATORS AND COACHES . The participants and coaches during the two-day Coaching and Mentoring for SSF Cooperators together with the DTI staff. (seated from left) Mentors Rex Dagdag, Clarke Nebrao, Lester Mark Yee, DTI VI Asst. Regional Director Ermelinda P. Pollentes, DTI VI Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon, Atty. Sharon Millan, Merianne Bebit, Melodie Buendia and Mario Tajanlangit. With the successful conduct of the first ever coaching and mentoring for shared service facility (SSF) cooperators in November, the DTI VI organized another similar session to 40 SSF cooperators at Days Hotel Iloilo on December 19 to 20.

BAGWIS AWARD . DTI VI Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon (seated, second from left) and DTI VI Consumer Protection Division Chief Felisa Judith Degala (seated, center), together with DTI the staff, join the Bagwis Awardees during the awarding ceremonies at The Venue, The Avenue, Smallville Commercial Complex, Mandurriao, Iloilo City on December 19. DTI VI Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon encouraged the consuming public to buy goods and patronize business establishments accredited with Bagwis Award to ensure they get their money’s worth.

The public are advised to check the marks when buying electrical lights to ensure that these have passed the Philippine standards. Locally-manufactured products must bear the necessary PS mark, while imported products have the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) mark.

The DTI Regional Office and DTI Iloilo Provincial Office key officials, lead by Regional Director Rebecca M. Rascon, ARD Ermelinda P. Pollentes and DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena, Jr., and employees plant mangroves at the Katunggan Mangrove Protected Area in Leganes, Iloilo on November 30, 2018. Every year, all DTI regional and provincial offices in the country allot a day to conduct a tree planting activity as part of its committed organizational culture of helping greening the environment.