STUDENT MENTEES. Twelve Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Western Visayas sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Trade and Industry in a virtual ceremony for the implementation of the five-module Youth Entrepreneurship Program: In-School Entrepreneurs Academy (YEP:iSEA) on July 1, 2022. The program aims to gradually change the mindset of students to engage in business rather than look for employment after finishing school.(Photo courtesy of DTI VI) ILOILO CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry in Western Visayas will be giving coaching and mentoring program on entrepreneurship to gradually change the mindset of students to engage in business and become job providers rather than look for employment after finishing school. Forty-three college mentees from 12 participating higher education institutions (HEIs) in the region are joining the five-module Youth Entrepreneurship Program: In-School Entrepreneurs Academy (YEP:iSEA) of the DTI patterned after its &quo
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Mentor Me On Wheels, Go Negosyo’s popular one-on-one mentoring program for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs returns on April 9 at the Ayala Malls Manila Bay in Parañaque City.
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DIPLOMAT. Following his extensive tasks in business, Cebuano entrepreneur Virgilio “Nonoy” Espeleta assumes another role. He is now part of Cebu’s diplomatic corps, having been recently installed as the Honorary Consul General of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in the Visayas. / FAMCOR
+ May 19, 2021 THE Bangladeshi and Philippine governments have named Cebuano entrepreneur Virgilio “Nonoy” Espeleta as an Honorary Consul General of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in the Visayas.
During his installation on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, Espeleta, who served as president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry and business mentor of the Kapatid Mentor Me Program of Go Negosyo, pledged to strengthen the economic and cultural relations between Bangladesh and Cebu.
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+ December 18, 2020 TO PUT local entrepreneurs in Cebu on center stage to promote their products for the holidays, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Cebu has conducted 12 Gifts of Christmas: A Series of Stories this Yuletide Season, featuring 12 graduates of the Kapatid Mentor ME (KMME) Program.
Aiming to present an in-depth look at the graduates’ locally made products, DTI Cebu said, the program also opened market access for the entrepreneurs.
“This aims to capacitate our micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in providing them access to the market while inspiring potential entrepreneurs to be like these featured mentee-graduates or greater,” Marivic Aguilar, DTI Cebu SME Development Division chief, said.