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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



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



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



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)



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.



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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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.



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.



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.



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)



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



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


http://n5e.interaksyon.com/top/14FC5B8810B348A/1001/audio-diskwento-caravan-inilunsad-para-sa-nasalanta-sa-bohol


http://dzmm.abs-cbnnews.com/news/Region/Diskwento_Caravan_sa_Tacloban_City,_dinagsa_ng_'Yolanda'_victims.html






















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

http://publications.apec.org/publication-detail.php?pub_id=1449





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



.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.



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.

Kalampusan sa OTOP Store http://youtu.be/k5a9q66xo7g

OTOP Store Cebu is located at Bridges Town Square, Plaridel

Street, Barangay Alang-alang, Mandaue City.

WELCOME TO OTOP STORE CEBU

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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



DTI Central Visayas led the

Diskwento Caravan in

Tacloban City after a category

5 typhoon hit the Visayas.

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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

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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


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


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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