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Emergency price
monitoring and
Diskwento
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Nature’s fury came with unbridled force, knocking-out power lines, crushing dwellings, cutting-off communication and transport links. The destructive power of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Bo-hol reached as far as Cebu, damaging historical buildings, resi-dences and disrupting businesses.
And before anyone could fully get their bearings, category 5 super cyclone Yolanda blasted its way through areas already reeling from aftershocks of a major tremor.
But one massive earthquake and one monster typhoon less than a month apart weren’t enough to sink the Filipino community’s can-do spirit. Matching this firm resolve to overcome adversity and despite also being victims themselves, the DTI staff conducted emergen-cy price and supply monitoring of basic and prime commodities as well as Diskwento Caravans to ensure adequate supply and stabilize prices of basic goods in the calamity areas.
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To assist residents of areas affected by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake which recently struck Bohol, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) held four Diskwento Caravans in the municipali-ties of Loon, Antequera, Maribojoc and Tubigon last October 25, 27, 29 and 31.
The success of the activity was made possible with the help and support of DTI’s LGU partners and the private sector. DTI staff from Siquijor, Negros Orien-tal, Bohol and Central Visayas Region-al Office also contributed to the good outcome of the Diskwento Caravans. Participating retailers and distributors from Tagbilaran City during the four-day activity included Alturas Group of Companies, A.H. Shoppers’ Mart and Gardenia Bakeries Philippines. Products such as laundry and bath soaps, detergents, medicines, bread, canned goods, biscuits, eggs, sham-poo, coffee, chicken and much more were sold to the public at distributors’ prices.
Last Oct. 31, DTI Secretary Gregory L. Domingo visited the caravan in Tubigon with Bohol Governor Edgar M. Chatto.
In his short message during the activi-ty, Sec. Domingo commended the DTI staff for a job well done and threw his congratulations to the entire DTI-7 team led by Regional Director Asteria Caberte and Provincial Director Maria Elena Arbon. Total sales generated during the four Diskwento Caravans reached to P1,213,251.15. The Diskwento Caravan is a flagship project of DTI where basic necessities
and prime commodities are sold at
discounted prices.
The project upholds the right of con-sumers to have access to basic goods, especially those belonging in marginal-ized communities. (end)
DTI organizes
Diskwento Caravans
for calamity areas
in Bohol
DISKWENTO CARAVANS IN BOHOL
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DTI staff led by regional director Asteria
Caberte and provincial director Maria Elena
Arbon conducted a market assessment of
calamity areas in Bohol after a massive earth-
quake rocked Central Visayas.
DTI 7 staff led by RD Asteria Caberte and
PD Maria Elena Arbon talked with business
owners affected by the earthquake.
Dir. Asteria Caberte conferred with leaders of LGUs in Bohol to deter-
mine DTI assistance needed in the calamity areas
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Immediately after the 7.2 magnitude tremblor
in Central Visayas, DTI scheduled a series of
emergency price monitoring activities in Bohol
and Cebu.
Price monitoring teams in Bohol were aug-
mented by the presence of staff from DTI Ne-
gros Oriental, DTI Siquijor and DTI 7 Regional
Office.
DTI 7 staff packing
relief goods for the
DTI family mem-
bers in Eastern
Visayas affected
by category 5
typhoon Yolanda
which slammed its
way into the Visa-
yas on Nov. 7,
2013
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The DTI’s price and supply monitoring teams have visited and
checked 236 wet markets, supermarkets, and retail stores in the
provinces and cities of Bohol and Cebu, which were under state of
calamity after an earthquake struck on Oct. 15.
DTI-Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation Group (CWBRG)
Officer-in-Charge Atty. Victorio Mario A. Dimagiba asserts,
“Through the DTI’s Central Visayas regional office and provincial
offices, several teams simultaneously monitored retail stores and
establishments of basic necessities to ensure that there is ade-
quate supply of said products and are available for sale to affected
consumers”.
Equally important, the Department also verified from the retailers
that they are selling these basic goods according to the list of pre-
vailing prices that was published in local newspapers in October
2013, which protects the affected consumers from businesses that
take advantage of these unfortunate situations, OIC Dimagiba
points out.
Since the onslaught of the 7.2 Richter scale earthquake in Bohol,
the DTI regional office of Central Visayas and its provinces were
directed to closely monitor the price and supply of establishments
distributing basic goods in affected areas.
Bohol and Cebu have been declared under state of calamity
through provincial board resolutions. A provincial board or a local
government unit declares its area under state of calamity when
necessary. Section 6 of the Republic Act 7581 or the Price Act
specifies that when an area was proclaimed or declared a disaster
area or under a state of calamity, prices of basic necessities in an
area shall automatically be frozen at their prevailing prices or
placed under automatic price control.
DTI-Region VII (Central Visayas) Regional Director Asteria C.
Caberte explains, “The DTI teams in Central Visayas have intensi-
fied their efforts in inspecting affected areas and in checking the
wet markets, supermarkets and other retailers that sell products
that are commonly used by the public at this time”.
The DTI-Cebu teams monitored the establishments in the five (5)
cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapulapu, Danao and Talisay; and in the
seven (7) municipalities of Consolacion, Compostela, Liloan, Car-
men, Catmon, Naga, and Minglanilla. Similarly, the DTI-Bohol
checked the retailers in Tagbilaran City and its 28 municipalities of
Clarin, Cortes, Catigbian, Alburquerque, Ubay, San Miguel, Tali-
bon, Sevilla, Batuan, Bilar; Carmen, Corella, Balilihan, Sikatuna,
Dagohoy, Getafe, Trinidad, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, San Isidro,
Calape, Buenavista, Inabanga, Tubigon, Baclayon, Sagbayan, and,
Antequera.
Regional Director Caberte specifies, “We checked the prices and
supplies of basic goods in 236 outlets. From this exercise, we
found 30 retailers – six (6) retail establishments and 24
retail stores – that were selling more than the dictated
prices of basic necessities should have and as such, we
have issued them their notices of violation that summon
each one of them to explain why they were selling much
more than the set prevailing prices”.
These 30 establishments have undergone due process
and DTI CWBRG provided the necessary assistance to
DTI-Central Visayas by sending mediation/ adjudication
officers to handle the cases. In this case, the DTI-Central
Visayas was able to focus in monitoring the market and
in enforcing the set prevailing prices for basic necessi-
ties.
In Section 5 of the Price Act, profiteering is one of the
illegal acts of price manipulation. It provides that an ad-
ministrative fine of up to One Million Pesos
(P1,000,000.00) and/ or a maximum of 10-year imprison-
ment shall be imposed for violation of Price Control or
the price freeze.
Dir. Caberte emphasized that the DTI’s regional and
provincial offices are working hand in hand with the local
government units and other offices through the Local
Price Coordinating Councils or LPCCs.
The Price Act lists the basic necessities assigned to DTI
– canned fish and other marine products, processed
milk, coffee, laundry soap, detergent, candles, bread,
and, salt; assigned to the Department of Agriculture (DA)
– rice, corn, cooking oil, fresh eggs, fresh pork/ beef and
poultry meat, fresh milk, fresh vegetables, root crops,
sugar, fresh/ dried and other marine products; assigned
to Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) – firewood and charcoal; and, the Department of
Health (DOH) – drugs classified as essential by DOH.
The DTI, as chairperson of the National Price Coordinat-
ing Council (NPCC), coordinates with its members from
government and private sectors, to cooperate with one
another during natural disasters and emergencies.
The DTI published the list of prevailing prices under price
freeze in the provinces of Bohol and Cebu last 18 Octo-
ber 2013 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Star,
and The Freeman (Bohol and Cebu); last 19 October
2013 in Sun Star Cebu and Cebu Daily News; and 20
October 2013 in The Bohol Chronicle.
For more information on the Diskwento Caravans and
update on price and supply of basic and prime commodi-
ties in Bohol and Cebu, interested parties may contact
the following telephone numbers: DTI-BTRCP 751.3233;
DTI-Region VII (032) 255.0036/ 255.0037; DTI-Bohol
(038) 501.8260; DTI Cebu (032) 255-3926 and (032) 255
-6971. (end)
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DTI Cebu PD Nelia Navarro and DC
Ziade Bation in an emergency
meeting with price monitoring
teams.
DTI Cebu provincial office tempo-
rarily holds office at the National
Economic Research and Business
Assistance Center or NERBAC
office after a major tremor seriously
damaged their office.
Emergency price monitoring
teams in Bohol were composed
of DTI staff from Bohol, Negros
Oriental, Siquijor and Central
Visayas Regional Office.
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A list of basic
necessities un-
der price freeze
was published in
Cebu and Bohol
newspapers on
October 18, 19
and 20 to inform
consumers.
Cebu and Bohol
was declared
under a State of
Calamity by their
respective pro-
vincial LGUs a
day after a major
tremor rocked
Central Visayas
on October 15,
2013.
Under Republic
Act No. 7581 or
the Price Act,
prices of basic
necessities in an
area shall auto-
matically be fro-
zen at their pre-
vailing prices or
placed under
automatic price
control when this
area is pro-
claimed or de-
clared a disaster
area or under a
state of calamity.
Unless sooner
lifted, price con-
trol of basic ne-
cessities shall
remain effective
for the duration
of the condition
that brought it
about, but not for
more than sixty
(60) days.
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News Bites
She warned businessmen of the
penalty for profiteering in price
freeze areas. “In Section 5 of the
Price Act, profiteering is one of the
illegal acts of price manipulation. It
provides that an administrative fine
of up to One Million Pesos
(P1,000,000.00) and/ or a maximum
of 10-year imprisonment shall be
imposed for violation of Price Con-
trol or the price freeze. “
The Price Act lists the basic neces-
sities assigned to DTI – canned fish
and other marine products, pro-
cessed milk, coffee, laundry soap,
detergent, candles, bread, and, salt;
assigned to the Department of Agri-
culture (DA) – rice, corn, cooking
oil, fresh eggs, fresh pork/ beef and
poultry meat, fresh milk, fresh vege-
tables, root crops, sugar, fresh/
dried and other marine products;
assigned to Department of Environ-
ment and Natural Resources
(DENR) – firewood and charcoal;
and, the Department of Health
(DOH) – drugs classified as essen-
tial by DOH.
The DTI, as chairperson of the Na-
tional Price Coordinating Council
(NPCC), coordinates with members
from government and private sec-
A price freeze on basic and prime
goods remained in effect iin the
last quarter of 2013 n the provinc-
es of Bohol and Cebu which were
placed under a State of Calamity
due to damages brought by the
recent earthquake and typhoon,
the Department of Trade and In-
dustry said in a press statement.
DTI Central Visayas (DTI 7) Re-
gional Director Asteria Caberte
explained that “the declaration of
a state of calamity by a local gov-
ernment unit (LGU) in a particular
area renders an automatic price
freeze on basic goods and con-
siders prevailing prices at the time
of the declaration as the actual
price of these products.”
“As contained in Section 6 of RA
7581 otherwise known as the
Price Act, a price freeze is auto-
matically implemented as a pre-
ventive measure in order to thwart
overpricing of goods such as pro-
cessed milk, canned goods, cof-
fee, laundry soap, detergent, can-
dles, bread during times of calam-
ities,” Caberte added.
Caberte said that “a price control
is in effect for the duration of 60
days or until the state of calamity
is lifted from both provinces.”
tors, to cooperate with one another
during natural disasters and emer-
gencies.
Meanwhile, the DTI 7 provincial of-
fices are presently monitoring prices
and supply of construction and elec-
trical materials, including Christmas
lights.
In the aftermath of the recent calam-
ities, the DTI intensified its price and
supply monitoring on basic and
prime commodities, as well as con-
struction and electrical supplies, in
the region as part of its continuing
interventions against the adverse
impact of the calamity. (end)
Vierna Ligan and PD Maria Elena Arbon
of DTI Bohol check prices of basic com-
modities.
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A list of basic
necessities un-
der price freeze
was published in
Cebu and Siqui-
jor newspapers
on November 20
and 24 to inform
consumers in
these areas.
Cebu, Bohol,
Negros Oriental
and Siquijor was
declared under
National State of
Calamity by the
President of the
Philippines after
a category 5
typhoon hit the
Visayas on No-
vember 7, 2013.
Under Republic
Act No. 7581 or
the Price Act,
prices of basic
necessities in an
area shall auto-
matically be fro-
zen at their pre-
vailing prices or
placed under
automatic price
control when this
area is pro-
claimed or de-
clared a disaster
area or under a
state of calamity.
Unless sooner
lifted, price con-
trol of basic ne-
cessities shall
remain effective
for the duration
of the condition
that brought it
about, but not for
more than sixty
(60) days.
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On November 24, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) served notice to 24 retailers for violating the price freeze imposed in Central Visayas,
which include the calamity stricken area of Bantayan Island.
DTI Cebu Provincial Director Nelia Navarro said the department found these retailers violating the price freeze during their monitoring of 51 estab-
lishments, which covered 40 retailers and 11 hardware stores, in the towns of Bantayan on November 21 and 22 this year.
Navarro related that “these violators have already undergone due process and they have committed to follow the price freeze.”
In a statement released to media, Navarro clarified that the price freeze covers only basic goods and does not include construction materials.
DTI Central Visayas regional director Asteria Caberte added that the DTI continues to monitor the prices and supply of basic necessities in the re-
gion to ensure that the price freeze is being followed and that region has adequate supply of basic goods.
Caberte underscored that, under the Price Act, the basic necessities assigned to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) include canned fish
and other marine products, processed milk, coffee, laundry soap, detergents, candles, bread, salt.
For other basic necessities, Caberte highlighted the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) jurisdiction on rice, corn, cooking oil, fresh eggs, fresh pork/
beef and poultry meat, fresh milk, fresh vegetables, root crops, sugar, fresh/ dried and other marine products; while the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) is responsible for firewood and charcoal; and, the Department of Health (DOH) – drugs classified as essential by
DOH. (end)
DTI Central Visayas led the
Diskwento Caravans in
Ormoc, Maasin, Baybay
and Tacloban, Leyte after
typhoon Yolanda struck the
Visayas.
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IN a move to stabilize food supply
and bring basic necessities at dis-
counted prices to consumers in
Leyte and Samar, particularly in
areas affected by super cyclone
Yolanda, the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI) held a
Diskwento Caravan on Nov. 14
(Ormoc), 18 (Maasin), 19 (Baybay &
Calbayog), 20 (Catbalogan) and 22
(Tacloban) 2013.
DTI Central Visayas regional office
closely coordinated with the DTI East-
ern Visayas Office, the Local Govern-
ment Unit (LGU) and the Armed Forc-
es of the Philippines (AFP) in holding
the Diskwento Caravans.
Products featured in the caravans
include bottled water, canned goods,
coffee, milk, noodles, rice, biscuits,
bread, among others.
DTI Central Visayas Office brought
retailers and manufacturers in Cebu
and Bohol such as San Miguel Corpo-
ration, Gardenia, Alturas Group of
Companies, NutriAsia, Dranix Distrib-
utors Inc., Nestle and Century Can-
ning to the calamity stricken areas in
Leyte and Samar.
DTI-Central Visayas Regional Director
Asteria Caberte underscored that the
DTI conducts Diskwento Caravans in
calamity areas to ensure that local
consumers will have enough access
to essential goods and that prices of
basic commodities are stabilized in
the midst of the crisis consumers
are facing.
The Diskwento Caravan is a project
of the DTI which upholds the right of
consumers to have access to prime
and basic goods.
For more information on the
Diskwento Caravans in Leyte and
Samar, interested parties may con-
tact the following telephone num-
bers: DTI-Region 7 (032) 255.0036
or 255.0037.
Price freeze still in effect
Meanwhile, Dir. Caberte disclosed
that a price freeze on basic and
prime goods remains in effect in the
provinces of Bohol and Cebu which
were placed under a State of Ca-
lamity due to damages brought by a
7.2 magnitude earthquake and cate-
gory 5 typhoon.
Dir. Caberte explained that “the
declaration of a state of calamity in
a particular area renders an auto-
matic price freeze on basic goods
and considers prevailing prices at
the time of the declaration as the
actual price of these products.”
“As contained in Section 6 of RA
7581 otherwise known as the Price
Act, a price freeze is automatically
implemented as a preventive
measure in order to thwart over-
pricing of goods such as pro-
cessed milk, canned goods, cof-
fee, laundry soap, detergent, can-
dles, bread during times of calami-
ties,” Caberte added.
Caberte said that “a price control is
in effect for the duration of 60 days
or until the state of calamity is lift-
ed.”
She again warned businessmen of
the penalty for profiteering in price
freeze areas. “In Section 5 of the
Price Act, profiteering is one of the
illegal acts of price manipulation. It
provides that an administrative fine
of up to One Million Pesos
(P1,000,000.00) and/ or a maxi-
mum of 10-year imprisonment
shall be imposed for violation of
Price Control or the price
freeze. “ (end)
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The DTI Central Visayas Office
brought the Diskwento Caravan to
calamity stricken Ormoc, Maasin,
Tacloban and Baybay, Leyte to
stabilize supply and make available
to consumers basic goods at
discounted prices.
DISKWENTO CARAVANS IN LEYTE
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The Department of Trade and Industry Central Visa-
yas Office (DTI7) sincerely thanks the following
manufacturers and distributors for joining the
Diskwento Caravans organized in October, Novem-
ber and December 2013 for consumers in calamity
areas in Bohol, Cebu, Leyte and Samar:
Gardenia Bakeries Philippines, Nestlé Philippines,
Century Canning Corp. Unilever Philippines, Pure-
foods / San Miguel Corp. Inc., Dranix Distributors
Inc., Alturas Group of Companies, A.H. Shoppers’
Mart, Virginia Food Inc., Artifact Innovation in Mo-
tion Inc., Ever Consumer Sales Inc., Ever Link,
Unitop General Merchandise Inc., Ever Dynamic
Distribution Network Inc., Liwayway Marketing,
Vismin Advent Traders Center and Federal North
Hardware Inc.
DTI also extends its gratitude to the following media
outlets for their coverage / news reports on
Diskwento Caravans in Bohol, Leyte, Samar and on
the emergency price and supply monitoring activi-
ties of the department:
GMA 7 DYSS
ABS-CBN DZMM
DYAB TV / Radio News 5
PTV DYMR
Radyo Singko 92.3 News FM Rappler
DYRF Bombo Radyo
Philippine Star Manila Bulletin
Business World Phil. Daily Inquirer
Cebu Daily News The Freeman
Sun Star Visayan Daily Star
Bohol Chronicle ZamboTimes
Philippine Information Agency Business Mirror
Diskwento Caravan' ng DTI sa Tacloban, dinagsa
ng Yolanda survivors—video by GMA7 News
DISKWENTO CARAVAN' INI-
LUNSAD PARA SA NASALANTA SA
BOHOL - audio by Radio News 5 DTI holds 'diskwento caravan' in
Tacloban— video by PTV
Diskwento Caravan sa Tacloban City, dinagsa ng
'Yolanda' victims — dzmm.abs-cbn news
Aftermath, a video on the impact of the Bohol earth-quake and typhoon Haiyan. This video was presented during the DTI Year-end Briefing and the ROG MAN-
COM Meeting in 2013.
http://youtu.be/BqAoWmbqvR0
http://n5e.interaksyon.com/top/14FC5B8810B348A/1001/audio-
diskwento-caravan-inilunsad-para-sa-nasalanta-sa-bohol
http://youtu.be/bIA_U_yGrsU
http://dzmm.abs-cbnnews.com/news/Region/
Diskwento_Caravan_sa_Tacloban_City,_dinagsa_ng_'Yolanda'_victims.html
http://youtu.be/m4nJJKzP_0I
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A seminar-workshop on Disaster Prepared-
ness and Management and Business Continu-
ity Planning was conducted by the Depart-
ment of Trade and Industry Negros Oriental
Provincial Office (DTI-NOPO) on December
16 and 17 this year at the IPSDC Annex Buid-
ing, Bais City, Negros Oriental.
In cooperation with LGU Bais City, the activity
was meant to raise awareness on the benefits
of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and
development processes and the need for
disaster preparedness.
Specific topics discussed during the seminar-
workshop included BCP Framework, Lifeline
Businesses and the threatening Risks, Surviv-
al Strategies, Disaster Preparedness and
Management Operations Manual, State of
Calamity and Price Control, RA 10623-
Amendment of Price Act and Price Trending,
among others.
This year-end workshop was participated by
local entrepreneurs, the department heads of
LGU Bais City, members of the Local Disaster
Risk Reduction Management Council
(LDRRMC) and the consumer welfare officers
from 17 LGUs in Negros Oriental.
According to DTI-NOPO Division Chief Ange-
line Gonzales, disaster preparedness and
business continuity planning is important be-
cause these limit potential disruptions to com-
mercial activities and mitigate obstacles that
may otherwise hamper supply of basic and
prime commodities.
Highlighting the pressing need for the seminar
workshop, Gonzales explained that natural
disasters have become the emerging
threats undermining trade and investment
in recent years, particularly upon regional
supply chains where SMEs and entrepre-
neurs are particularly vulnerable due to
lack of disaster preemptive knowledge
and mechanisms.
Gonzales revealed that the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) came-up
with a booklet that intends to help small
and medium-sized enterprises introduce
business continuity management as their
way of affirming SME’s need for Disasters
Pre-emptive Knowledge and Mecha-
nisms. (end)
DTII issues notices to 58 violators of price freeze in Central Visayas
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) issued notices of violation to 58 retailers, who allegedly violated its price freeze order in Central Visayas.
DTI 7 regional director Asteria
Caberte said the violations were noted
during the monitoring of the depart-
ment’s provincial offices.
Caberte said the retailers violated Re-
public Act 7581 or the Price Act.
The DTI imposed a price freeze in
areas affected by super typhoon Yolan-
da and Bohol earthquake. Information
about the price freeze was published in
local and national newspapers.
Those who violate the price freeze will
be criminally charged with price ma-
nipulation, which is punishable by im-
prisonment of five to 15 years and a
fine of P5,000 to P2 million.
For violating price ceilings, a trad-
er may face imprisonment of one to 10
years or a fine of P5,000 to P1 million.
Violators will also face administrative
sanctions, which include a fine of
P1,000 to P1 million, temporary clo-
sure, reprimand, and suspension or
revocation of business permit as pro-
vided under Executive Order 913.
NEWS BITES
The following is a link to the
SME BCP Guidebook:
http://publications.apec.org/
publication-detail.php?
pub_id=1449
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The forum was participated
by students from five (5)
Colleges in Bohol.
A Bohol Youth Consumer
Summit was conducted on
October 5, 2013 at Dao
Diamond Hotel, Dao District,
Tagbilaran City, Bohol.
The activity was made
possible by the joint efforts
of the Consumer Watch-
Bohol, Inc. (CWBI), the
Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI), Food and
Drug Administration (FDA),
Provincial Government of
Bohol, and Tagbilaran City
LGU.
Y o u t h c o n s u m e r f o r u m
Students from different schools in Bohol
actively participated in the first Youth
Consumer Forum in the province.
News Bites
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI),
together with its partner agencies and institu-
tions, launched on October 9 the Small and
Medium Enterprise Roving Academy to en-
hance the competitiveness of Micro Small,
and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Negros
Oriental.
The SME Roving Academy (SRA) held at the
Bethel Guest House is a management train-
ing program for would-be entrepreneurs,
SME owners, and managers of micro and
small to medium-sized businesses.
This initiative is meant to provide continuous
learning program for entrepreneurs to help
them better set up and step up their opera-
tions and improve their competitiveness,
thereby facilitating easier access to domestic
and international markets.
The Academy serves as mobile learning in-
stitute for SMEs by integrating business de-
velopment and advisory services at the local
and national levels. Business modules in the
early stages of an enterprise’s journey in
starting, growing and exporting is tailor-fitted
to the requirements of local entrepreneurs.
The SRA has seven learning stages namely:
startup and capability building stage, market
awareness stage, market readiness stage,
export readiness stage, export market entry
stage, export sustainability stage and export
expansion stage.
The program focuses its intervention in the
four major outcome areas based on the
MSME Development Plan for 2011-2016
which include business environment, increas-
ing productivity and efficiency, increasing
access of MSMEs to markets both local and
international, and increase their access to
finance. (ends)
SME Roving Academy in
Dumaguete City
SME Roving Caravan in Dumaguete City
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.The ASEAN Economic Integra-
tion Forum in Central Visayas was
held in Cebu City on November
6,2013.
The Bohol Youth Consumer Forum was conducted on
Oct. 5 in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.
The SME Roving Academy
was launched in
Dumaguete City on Oct. 9,
2013.
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Asian Journal Publications features OTOP Store Cebu
On Oct. 7, Asian Journal Publications con-
ducted an interview with the Cebu GTH
president Pete Delantar, OTOP Store Man-
agement Committee rep Charmaine Ong
and DTI 7 rep Jojisilia Villamor regarding
the OTOP Store Cebu.
Asian Journal Publications, Inc. publishes
the Los Angeles Asian Journal and the
New York/ New Jersey Asian Journal
which are published once a week and dis-
tributed to Los Angeles, Riverside, San
Bernardino, Orange Counties, Northern
California, Las Vegas and New York and
New Jersey respectively.
Asian Journal Publications, Inc. (http://
www.asianjournal.com/) also publishes the Balikbayan Magazine.
The One Town One Product (OTOP) Store is a depot for top-quality products in the Philippines.
Formerly known as Tindahang Pinoy, the OTOP store was originally conceptualized as a mechanism to
help exporters and traders tap the influx of tourists so they can find products in an accessible venue.
In Cebu, the project is made possible with the partnership between the Cebu Gifts Toys and Housewares,
Foundation Inc. (Cebu-GTH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Around 70 percent of products at the OTOP Store Cebu are sourced from Central Visayas while 30 per-
cent of it comes from different parts of the country.
OTOP Store was nationally launched on April 20, 2012 at the Bridges Town Square in Mandaue City, Ce-
bu.
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Turista and Urban Living Magazines feature OTOP Store Cebu
On Oct 13, Urban Living and Turista maga-zines staff took photos of the OTOP store in Cebu and interviewed Cebu GTH president Pete Delantar, OTOP Store-Tindahang Pinoy Management Committee chairperson Char-maine Ong and DTI rep Jojisilia Villamor. URBAN LIVING is a lifestyle guide for Visayas and Mindanao, lets you in on what’s going on in the thriving cities of the Philippine South. TURISTA offers quick and authoritative refer-ences to the best finds, services, locales and tourist destinations in the Philippines.
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OTOP Store Cebu is located at Bridges Town Square, Plaridel
Street, Barangay Alang-alang, Mandaue City.
WELCOME TO OTOP STORE CEBU
http://youtu.be/N5vj8Osfrqk
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FACT SHEET
Stakeholders in Region 7 gathered together for a
forum on the ASEAN Economic Integration held on
the 6 November 2013 at the Sarrosa International
Hotel , Cebu City.
The forum focused on implementation gaps in invest-
ment liberalization and facilitation, the establishment
of the “National Single Window” to ease customs pro-
cesses, trade facilitation, transport and logistics.
Senior researchers from the Philippine Institute for
Development Studies (PIDS) gave an overview of the
ASEAN Economic Community and discussed specific
topics such as infrastructure and logistics, trade liber-
alization and facilitation, standards and conformance
issues and challenges and the agriculture and fisher-
ies sectors.
The forum is part of preparations made in Central
Visayas to address the challenges posed by the
ASEAN Economic Community.
A few years ago, all the ASEAN leaders resolved that
an ASEAN Community shall be established in 2015.
This means that, with the establishment of the
ASEAN Economic Community or AEC two years from
now, there will be free movement of goods, services,
investment, skilled labor, and freer flow of capital.
In terms of benefits, the AEC means an integrated
total consumer base of over 600 million potential cus-
tomers.
Reduction in the cost of moving people and goods
across borders will bring a real opening up of the re-
gional market particularly in terms of hospitality and
the MICE Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Ex-
hibitions) sector, where more people in Asia will be
encouraged to discover a wider variety of business
and leisure destinations at a lower cost.
This will result in huge growth in tourism, hospitality
and international business sectors in member coun-
tries --- certainly a huge benefit for the Philippines,
particularly Central Visayas which has tourism as a
major economic sector.
Public and private sectors discussed the
impact of the ASEAN integration in
2015
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DTI Central Visayas led the
Diskwento Caravan in
Tacloban City after a category
5 typhoon hit the Visayas.
A Dsikwento Caravan
in Maasin led by DTI
Central Visayas on
November 19
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EDITORIAL
BOARD
Executive Editor Asteria C. Caberte
DTI 7 Regional Director
Managing Editor Rose Mae Quinanola
Writer /Editor Jojisilia Villamor
Lay-out Artists Jerome Elarcosa &
Bernard Cabasisi
Contributors Jacqueline Calumpang
Angeline Gonzales
Vierna Teresa Ligan
Blair Panong
Miguel Abuyador
Camille Castillo
REGIONAL OFFICE
Regional Director ASTERIA C. CABERTE
3rd Flr, WDC Bldg.,Osmena Boulevard, cor. P.Burgos, Cebu City
Tel. # (63)(032) 255-0036 / 255-0037
Fax # (63)(032) 253-7465
email: [email protected] / [email protected]
http://www.facebook.com/dtiregion7
http://dti7updates.tumblr.com/
REGIONAL OFFICE DIVISIONS
Business Development Division
Victoria Diaz, Chief
Tel. Nos. 2550036 / 412-1989 / 412-1868 loc. 601
e-mail: [email protected]
Consumer Welfare and Business Regulatory Division
Rose Mae Quinanola, OIC
Tel. Nos. 2550036 / 412-1989 / 412-1868 loc 301
Industry Development and Investment Promotion Division
Minerva Yap, Chief
Tel. nos. 412-1944 / 4121945 / 255-6971 / 255-3926
e-mail: [email protected]
BOHOL PROVINCIAL OFFICE
Provincial Director MA. ELENA C. ARBON
2F FCB Bldg., CPG Ave., Tagbilaran City
Tel. # (63) 038-501-8260
Fax # (63) 038-412-3533
email: [email protected]
CEBU PROVINCIAL OFFICE
Provincial Director: NELIA V.F. NAVARRO
3F LDM Bldg., M.J. Cuenco Avenue, Cor.Legaspi Street, Cebu City
Tel. # (63)(032) 412-1863 / 253-2631
Fax # (63)(032) 412-1856 / 254-0840
email: [email protected] / [email protected]
NEGROS ORIENTAL PROVINCIAL OFFICE
Provincial Director JAVIER FORTUNATO, JR
2F Uymatiao Bldg., San Jose Street. Dumaguete City
Tel. # (63)(035) 422-2764
Fax # (63)(035) 225-7211
email: [email protected]
SIQUIJOR PROVINCIAL OFFICE
Provincial Director NIMFA M. VIRTUCIO
Chan She Bldg., Legaspi Street, Poblacion, Siquijor, Siquijor
Tel. # (63)035-480-9065
Fax # (63) 035-344-2238
email: [email protected]
NATIONAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTER (NERBAC)
Center Manager NELIA V.F. NAVARRO
Lapu-lapu St., cor. Osmena Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel # (032) 255-6971 / 255-3926
(032) 412-1944 / 412-1945
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
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