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JAPANESE CEMENT FIRM EXPANDS PH OPERATION – LOPEZ

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez announced that various infrastructure commitments with Taiheiyo Cement Group are underway to support the growing demand in the country’s housing, commercial, and infrastructure development sectors, especially with the massive “Build, Build, Build” program.  The agreement was part of the Letter of Intent (LOI) that DTI and […]

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PRE-SCHOOL SHOW ‘TISH TASH’ SOON ON PH TV – LOPEZ

Animated pre-school show “Tish Tash” will soon be enjoyed by kids around the world after leading kids entertainment specialist CAKE has inked a distribution deal with its producers—Korea’s Studio Gale, Singapore’s August Media Holdings, U.K.’s Karrot Entertainment, and Philippines’ Synergy Entertainment Media.  “Tish Tash has huge potential — a fresh take on what it’s like […]

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PH ECONOMY ON PATH TO RECOVERY – LOPEZ

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the decline in the country’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) from 50.1 in September to 48.5 in October is a “marginal drop.”  “The slight decline in the Philippine manufacturing PMI merely reflects a pause in our economy’s recovery momentum. It just shows that we are still […]

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DISKWENTO CARAVAN TO BE IN ROLLY-HIT AREAS – LOPEZ

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the agency will bring the Diskwento Caravan in areas affected by Super Typhoon Rolly. During a cabinet meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte recently, Lopez said DTI eyes to hold Diskwento Caravan in two to three local government units (LGUs) for consumers in areas affected by […]

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DTI ISSUES NEW RULES ON CEMENT LABEL – LOPEZ

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS), will be issuing a Memorandum Circular (MC) on the Supplemental Guidelines for the Implementation of Department Administrative Order (DAO) 17-06 Series of 2017 or “The New Rules and Regulations Concerning the Mandatory Certification of Portland Cement and Blended Hydraulic Cement with […]

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PH COCONUT PRODUCTS NOW SOLD IN RUSSIA – LOPEZ

Philippine-branded organic coconut products including coconut milk, coconut cream, balsamic sauce, aminos sauces, coconut syrup, coconut oil, and coconut jam are now available in top online retail stores in Russia such as Ozon and Wildberries.   Ten new coconut products of Quezon’s Best, a Philippine manufacturer of organic and Halal- and Kosher-certified coconut products, are […]

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DTI REIMPOSES PLYWOOD CERTIFICATION – LOPEZ

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez reported that DTI shall reimpose the mandatory certification of locally manufactured or imported plywood. This is to assure customers that all plywood products would go through rigorous quality checking.  “Unfair competition from imported substandard plywood threatens not only public safety but also the local manufacturing industry, […]

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POWER BACK IN 2 PROVINCES HIT BY ‘PEPITO’ — NEA

Power distribution services in the respective areas of the electric cooperatives (ECs) in Zambales and Pampanga that were affected by the onslaught of Typhoon “Pepito” are now back to normal, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) said. Based on the monitoring report of the NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as of Thursday, October […]

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MSMES CAN GET DTI LOAN FOR 13TH MONTH PAY – LOPEZ

Same terms will be applied for small-scale business owners that would like to borrow from the COVID-19 Assistance to Restart Enterprises (CARES) fund for the 13th month pay of their employees, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said. This is after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III bared that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) committed some […]

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DTI, IPOPHL INK MOBILIZ DEAL TO AID MSMES – LOPEZ

Aiming to reach out to more creators and innovators and provide them with an easier way to secure their intellectual property (IP) assets, the IP Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) recently launched its own mobile application dubbed “IPOPHL Mobiliz.”  Available on Google Play and the App Store, IPOPHL Mobiliz facilitates all IPOPHL services, from filing […]