2024 Buy Caraga by Caraga (BCBC) Balangay Festival Edition officially opens

Butuan, Philippines — On 18 May 2024, the 2024 Buy Caraga by Caraga (BCBC) Balangay Festival Edition, a biannual local trade exhibition featuring exclusively Caraga-made products, has officially opened. The one-week selling event showcased approximately 200 diverse products from 77 Food and Drug Administration-registered enterprises, including startups under the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) continue reading : 2024 Buy Caraga by Caraga (BCBC) Balangay Festival Edition officially opens

DTI’s RAPID Growth Project reaches milestone following turnover of Caraga’s first farm-to-market infrastructure

Butuan, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Rural Agro-enterprise Partnership for Inclusive Development (RAPID) and Growth Project, achieved a significant milestone with the turnover of Caraga ’s first farm-to-market infrastructure (FMI) in Sta. Josefa, Agusan del Sur, following a successful supervision and implementation support mission by the International Fund for continue reading : DTI’s RAPID Growth Project reaches milestone following turnover of Caraga’s first farm-to-market infrastructure

DTI’s mentorship program advances business skills of Agusan del Sur entrepreneurs

AGUSAN DEL SUR, PHILIPPINES — On April 24, the fourth week of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Kapatid Mentor Me (KMME) program, 23 mentees from Agusan del Sur gained knowledge in essential business skills, focused on supply and value chain management as well as accounting and finance. The KMME program, which fosters the continue reading : DTI’s mentorship program advances business skills of Agusan del Sur entrepreneurs

Dinagat Islands Provincial MSMED Council Meeting Takes Place: Ways Forward in 2024

The Provincial Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development (MSMED) Council of Dinagat Islands held its 2024 1st Semester meeting on May 7th at the DTI Conference Room in the San Jose Negosyo Center, marking significant progress in local entrepreneurial development. During the session, the council carefully screened and selected nominees for the prestigious 2024 Presidential continue reading : Dinagat Islands Provincial MSMED Council Meeting Takes Place: Ways Forward in 2024

Tubod in Surigao del Norte named most competitive municipality

BUTUAN CITY — Tubod, a municipality in Surigao del Norte, has been recognized as the most competitive among 315 5th–6th class municipalities during the Philippine Creative Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Congress held on September 28, underscoring its unwavering dedication to excellence and advancement across diverse sectors. This distinction was awarded as part of the annual continue reading : Tubod in Surigao del Norte named most competitive municipality

DTI Agusan del Norte provincial office kicks off consumer welfare month with coastal cleanup

BUTUAN CITY – With a strong commitment to sustainability, the Department of Trade and Industry-Agusan del Norte (DTI-ADN) Provincial Office launched the 2023 Consumer Welfare Month (CWM) celebration through a coastal cleanup initiative along the shores of Manapa, Buenavista, on October 3. The cleanup effort commenced at 5:30 a.m. as some 100 volunteers from diverse continue reading : DTI Agusan del Norte provincial office kicks off consumer welfare month with coastal cleanup

Caraga rice retailers on cash assistance: “This is a huge help to us” 

AGUSAN DEL SUR — Hundred percent of verified micro rice retailers received cash assistance as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continue to conduct subsidy payouts to micro rice retailers across Caraga region.  On 14 September 2023, a total of 38 eligible beneficiaries from Butuan City, Surigao City, Tandag City, and San Francisco in Agusan del continue reading : Caraga rice retailers on cash assistance: “This is a huge help to us” 

DTI Agusan del Norte opens third business pitching tilt for youth

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Agusan del Norte organized the third installment of TuoNegosyo, a three-month-long bootcamp for existing and aspiring youth entrepreneurs working to create sustainable businesses that challenge the norms. With the Youth Entrepreneurship Program and the Provincial Government of Agusan del Norte through Agusan UP, DTI aims to empower youthpreneurs with continue reading : DTI Agusan del Norte opens third business pitching tilt for youth

DTI Caraga distributes livelihood kits to small stores affected by ‘Odette’ in Siargao

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga, through its provincial office in Surigao del Norte, distributed livelihood kits on 23 March 2022 to eligible micro-entrepreneurs (MEs) affected by Super Typhoon Odette in Siargao Islands. Odette made landfall in the province, particularly Siargao Island on 16 December 2021 that displaced around 48,204 families or 157,052 individuals. continue reading : DTI Caraga distributes livelihood kits to small stores affected by ‘Odette’ in Siargao

DTI Caraga to showcase products of local women entrepreneurs in a month-long trade fair

Butuan City – Celebrating the success of women entrepreneurs in the region, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga will conduct the Buy Caraga By Caraga: Women OTOPrenuer Trade Fair on 1 – 31 March 2022. In time with the Women’s Month, the trade fair targets to showcase products of women-led micro, small and continue reading : DTI Caraga to showcase products of local women entrepreneurs in a month-long trade fair