After a three-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Talim Island Bamboo Project (TIBP) started to attain its goals of improving livelihood and developing an eco-tourism site with a stakeholder meeting and on-site inspection on October 23, 2023, at Brgy. Gulod, Talim Island, Binangonan, Rizal. The activity was led by Mr. Edgardo Manda, President continue reading : DTI-Rizal joins Talim Island Bamboo Project kick-off
CALAUAG, QUEZON — The Department of Trade and Industry-Quezon Provincial Office, through its Negosyo Center Calauag, conducted a joint consultative meeting with the San Quintin Multi-Sectoral Organization in Calauag, Quezon. The meeting aimed to promote the use of eco-friendly bamboo straws in local businesses such as restaurants, resorts, hotels, and lodges, while the Department of continue reading : DTI Quezon, through its Negosyo Center Calauag, conducts Joint Consultative Meeting with San Quintin Multi-Sectoral Organization
ILOILO CITY – The bamboo industry remains a priority industry cluster for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 6 as the Western Visayas Bamboo Industry Development Council (WVBIDC) revisited and reviewed the accomplishments relative to the bamboo strategic roadmap during the Regional Bamboo Industry Assessment and Strategic Planning held on Oct. 4-5, 2022 continue reading : Western Visayas Bamboo Industry Development Council maps out strategies to boost bamboo industry in Region 6
On 16 March 2022, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Shared Service Facilities (SSF) Quezon conducted SSF business matching, bamboo survey and bamboo project presentation with Yakap at Halik Multi-Purpose Cooperative II and New Gumaca Woodcraft Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Padre Burgos, Quezon facilitated by Senior Trade and Industry Specialist/ SSF Provincial Coordinator Ma. Graciela C. continue reading : DTI SSF Quezon conducts business matching, bamboo survey and bamboo business presentation
As part of this year’s plans and program for the development of the bamboo industry in the province, the Quezon Provincial Bamboo Technical Working Group conducted a benchmarking activity for CS First Green Agri-Industrial Development Inc. on 18 February 2022. The main objective of the activity is to link the company to Quezon bamboo farmers continue reading : DTI Quezon facilitates the Bamboo Benchmarking Activity
The Kasama Chocolate, a Canada-based chocolate company, announced on their official Facebook page their newest limited release featuring rare, single-estate cacao beans grown in the northern Philippine province of Isabela in the Cagayan Valley. After several months in the making, the Kasama Chocolate, in a form of a bar, was launched and featured in the continue reading : Isabela cacao reaches Canada and the US
To ensure the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Quezon’s commitment in building globally competitive and innovative industry clusters, Senior Trade and Industry Development Specialist (STIDS), Ma. Graciela C. Ledesma, Bamboo Industry Focal Person and Business Counselor Rolynda N. Quimora, Account Officer for Construction Industry facilitated the Bamboo Possibilities: Various Applications in Housing Design and continue reading : DTI Quezon through NC Lucena City conducts bamboo and construction industries webinar
Tapat Kalikasan Federation Inc., a farmer’s organization with a mission to protect the environment surrounding Mt. Banahaw in Tayabas City and various farmer’s organization of Sariaya, Quezon led by Florencio C. Flores of Samahan sa Industriya ng Cacao at Pangkabuhayan, Sariaya Chapter requested for a training on Bamboo Propagation including plantation establishment and bamboo livelihood continue reading : DTI Quezon conducts training on bamboo propagation, plantation establishment, and maintenance and livelihood opportunities
The Cagayan Valley Bamboo Industry Development Council (CVBIDC) signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to formally launch the creation of the CVBIDC during the 1st Tuguegarao City Arbor Day Celebration on 25 June 2021. CVBIDC, chaired by the Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 (DTI-R2) and co-chaired by the Department of Environment and Natural continue reading : CVBIDC signs MOA towards championing bamboo for life and livelihood
Ladies and gentlemen, magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat. Thank you to the Philippine Bamboo – Society of Advocates, Inc. (PBSAI) for giving us the opportunity to address your Bamboo Conference as we celebrate Earth Day 2021. During this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were given the opportunity on how we could recalibrate how continue reading : Message of Secretary Ramon M. Lopez, Earth Day 2021 Bamboo Conference