POST-'ODETTE' REBOOT. Some MSMEs listen to the information shared by DTI-Cebu personnel during the completion of the distribution of "negosyo kits". DTI-Cebu director Rose Mae Quinanola said on Wednesday (March 23, 2022) the PHP2 million worth of assistance will help reboot the businesses of the MSMEs in Cebu province that were affected by the Typhoon Odette. (Photo courtesy of DTI-Cebu) CEBU CITY - A total of PHP2 million worth of assistance in the form of "negosyo kits" will help reboot the businesses of the 2,500 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Cebu province that were affected by the Typhoon Odette, an official said on Wednesday. Rose Mae Quinanola, Department of Trade and Industry-Cebu director, said the livelihood program is a post-disaster response mechanism to address the need for continued economic activities in the typhoon-affected areas. The DTI in Cebu completed on Wednesday the distribution of the livelihood kits to the MSMEs whose
POWER WOMEN. The 'Womenpreneur' Trade Fair 2022 runs from March 18-31, 2022 at the Ayala Center Cebu. The trade fair showcases local products made by women business owners in Cebu. (Photo courtesy of DTI-Cebu) CEBU CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Cebu has showcased 24 women-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the 'Womenpreneur' (women entrepreneur) Trade Fair 2022 here. The trade fair showcases a variety of products manufactured and distributed by these women entrepreneurs. Among them is Zee Pono of GRND UP Consumer Goods Trading, which sells homemade frozen products such as chorizo and longganisa. Pono, whose business was affected during the pandemic, is also a recipient of the DTI-Go Negosyo's Inspiring Filipina Entrepreneurs for 2022 award. "This is an initiative to support our MSMEs in the province towards their recovery from the pandemic and after the onslaught of typhoon Odette," DTI-Cebu provincial director Rose M
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
NEGOSYO CENTERS. DTI-Cebu provincial director Rose Mae Quinanola (second from right) leads other officials in launching the 33rd Negosyo Center in Argao, Cebu on Friday (Nov. 26, 2021). The opening of Negosyo Center in Argao signals a positive growth as the municipality moves forward and rehabilitates MSMEs. (Photo courtesy of DTI-Cebu) CEBU CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has launched the 33rd Negosyo Center in Cebu in the southern town of Argao to help more micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) amid the lingering pandemic. After launching three Negosyo Centers (NCs) in the Province of Cebu last year, DTI-Cebu is set to launch five more NCs this year. NC-Argao is the second NC launched this year, enabling MSMEs to avail DTI's business development programs and services amid the pandemic. This is the 33rd NC in the province aimed to promote ease of doing business and facilitate access to services for MSMEs through business registration assistance, business ad