LIVELIHOOD AID. A representative from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental hands over a livelihood package to a beneficiary of the Comprehensive Social Benefits Program of the government in this undated photo. The CBSP is a program that aims to provide assistance to families of military troops and police personnel who are either killed or wounded in the line of duty. (Photo courtesy of DTI-Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY - The government's Comprehensive Social Benefits Program (CSBP) has benefited the families of 42 military and police personnel in Negros Oriental who were either killed or wounded in action. Krystle Jade Bato, information officer of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental, told the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday that the agency handed out livelihood kits to the beneficiaries in 2019, 2020, and 2022. The CBSP beneficiaries for 2019 who each received PHP6,000 worth of Negosyo kits include four soldiers/paramilitary
HELPING MSMES. Photo shows some of the 421 MSMEs that received livelihood kits from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). DTI-Cebu has continued to extend assistance to typhoon-hit MSMEs here through its Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa Program. (Photo courtesy of DTI-Cebu) CEBU CITY - A total of 421 Cebuano micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) have received livelihood kits from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). DTI-Cebu provincial director Rose Mae Quinanola on Monday announced that through the agency's Negosyo Center here, it continues the Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa Program (PPG) to help typhoon-hit MSMEs in the province. The beneficiaries of the DTI's business recovery programs come from the towns of Minglanilla (35 beneficiaries), Sibonga (55 beneficiaries), Malabuyoc (90 beneficiaries), Moalboal (86 beneficiaries), Consolacion (55 beneficiaries), Alcantara (50 beneficiaries), and Ronda (50 beneficiaries). These entrepreneur recipien