POWER SOURCE. With no power supply after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, localities in southern Negros Occidental resorted to generator sets (gensets) as source of electricity. The Department of Trade and Industry is closely monitoring prices of necessities and prime commodities, including gensets, to ensure the price freeze is enforced.(Photo courtesy of Sipalay City LGU) BACOLOD CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has warned business establishments in Negros Occidental against violating the price freeze as they could be held liable for taking advantage of consumers in the wake of Typhoon Odette. Engiemar Tupas, senior trade and industry development specialist of DTI-Negros Occidental, said on Wednesday all stores in the province should observe a price freeze since a state of calamity has already been declared in Negros Occidental. "We are conducting a monitoring of prices of basic necessities and prime commodities, including generator sets (gensets)," he adde
SPECIAL TRADE FAIR. A six-month event dubbed the "OTOP Provincial Trade Fair" was launched by the Department of Trade and Industry-Negros Occidental at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City on Thursday (Oct. 14, 2021) to help "otopreneurs" recover from the economic slump brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Showcasing their products are an initial 31 Negrense producers, who have been assisted by the DTI. (Photo courtesy of Gabb Advincula) BACOLOD CITY - One-Town, One-Product (OTOP) producers in Negros Occidental are showcasing their produce in a six-month trade fair organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in a bid to recover from the economic slump resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Dubbed the "OTOP Provincial Trade Fair", the event opened on Thursday at the ground floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central with an initial 31 "otopreneurs" from various cities and municipalities in the province, who h