To encourage more business activities and generate employment, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) shall charge a business name registration fee of One Hundred Fifty Pesos (Php150.00), an amount fifty percent (50%) lower than the original fee of Php 300.00.
This is in accordance to Department Administrative Order No. 09-01 and shall apply to single proprietorships only. Other charges under Section 5, Art III of DAO No.6, s.1999 shall remain.
According to DTI, such reduction of registration fee shall be implemented until June 2009. After which, the registration fees to be charged shall automatically go back to Php 300.00.
For more information, interested parties may call the National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (NERBAC) at telephone numbers 255-6971, 412-1944 or 255-3926.
Entrepreneurs may also visit NERBAC at the ground floor of the LDM building, Lapu-lapu and Legaspi Sts., Cebu City.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
DTI 7 POSTS VACANT TEMPORARY JOB POSITIONS
The Department of Trade and Industry Central Visayas Regional Office (DTI 7) is announcing that the agency will be hiring around 36 workers for temporary job positions in the regional and provincial offices.
Interested applicants to the positions of Financial Analysts, Trade and Industry Development Specialists and Analysts must be at least college degree holders relevant to the position, DTI 7 Human Resource Management Officer Rebecca Basilla said.
Basilla added that for the hiring of Price Monitors, Clerks and Coordinators of the Comprehensive Livelihood Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP) preference will be given to the unemployed, affected, displaced workers and out of school youths.
Basilla is advising interested job applicants to submit a letter of intent with bio-data to DTI 7 regional director Asteria C. Caberte, 3rd floor, WDC Building, corner Osmena Boulevard and P. Burgos Street, Cebu City.
For inquiries, please call DTI 7 HRMO Rebecca Basilla at telephone numbers 412-1989 or 412-1868 local 402
Interested applicants to the positions of Financial Analysts, Trade and Industry Development Specialists and Analysts must be at least college degree holders relevant to the position, DTI 7 Human Resource Management Officer Rebecca Basilla said.
Basilla added that for the hiring of Price Monitors, Clerks and Coordinators of the Comprehensive Livelihood Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP) preference will be given to the unemployed, affected, displaced workers and out of school youths.
Basilla is advising interested job applicants to submit a letter of intent with bio-data to DTI 7 regional director Asteria C. Caberte, 3rd floor, WDC Building, corner Osmena Boulevard and P. Burgos Street, Cebu City.
For inquiries, please call DTI 7 HRMO Rebecca Basilla at telephone numbers 412-1989 or 412-1868 local 402
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Free seminar on Business Permits and Licensing at NERBAC Cebu every Wednesday
Entrepreneurs who have equipped themselves with sufficient knowledge on the intricacies of business will have a better chance at success, especially in difficult times, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) says.
Amid the growing number of overseas Filipino workers and domestic workers who lost jobs due to the global economic crisis, the government is urging businessmen and future entrepreneurs to take advantage of their free business seminars and skills trainings.
Every Wednesday, 1:00 - 5:00 in the afternoon, interested individuals can avail of a free seminar for information on Business Permits and Licensing System at the National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (NERBAC) located at the ground floor of the LDM building, Lapu-lapu and Legaspi Sts., Cebu City.
During the seminar, participants can interact with speakers from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Social Security System (SSS), Philhealth, Pag-ibig and the Cebu City Government.
Pre-registration is required for interested parties to attend the NERBAC seminar, an activity which has been ongoing since June 2007.
Another free seminar is on enterprise development which is conducted together with a skill training every Tuesday, except 4th week of the month from March to June this year in all DTI provincial offices in Central Visayas.
“NERBAC is a pioneering project that offers a myriad of government services for start-up and expanding businesses that include business licensing and registration, knowledge and information management, and proactive investment marketing, reducing red tape and improving effectiveness and efficiency in government services,” DTI stated.
New applicants can now even file for their business name registration with DTI simultaneously with their application for a business permit as apart from four National Government Agencies there is also a representative from the Cebu City government available at the NERBAC.
An additional task of the NERBAC is the promotion of investment in Central Visayas. For that purpose the NERBAC provides all necessary information to future investors.
The NERBAC was launched in Cebu in November 2006. It is supported by the Private Sector Promotion Program (SMEDSEP), a development cooperation project between the Republic of the Philippines and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The SMEDSEP program aims to improve the Business and Investment Climate for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines, especially in the Visayas.
SMEDSEP contributes to the efforts of the Philippine Government to improve the framework conditions for private sector development in the country.
SMEDSEP is implemented in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry the pilot (DTI) at national, regional and provincial levels and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Amid the growing number of overseas Filipino workers and domestic workers who lost jobs due to the global economic crisis, the government is urging businessmen and future entrepreneurs to take advantage of their free business seminars and skills trainings.
Every Wednesday, 1:00 - 5:00 in the afternoon, interested individuals can avail of a free seminar for information on Business Permits and Licensing System at the National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (NERBAC) located at the ground floor of the LDM building, Lapu-lapu and Legaspi Sts., Cebu City.
During the seminar, participants can interact with speakers from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Social Security System (SSS), Philhealth, Pag-ibig and the Cebu City Government.
Pre-registration is required for interested parties to attend the NERBAC seminar, an activity which has been ongoing since June 2007.
Another free seminar is on enterprise development which is conducted together with a skill training every Tuesday, except 4th week of the month from March to June this year in all DTI provincial offices in Central Visayas.
“NERBAC is a pioneering project that offers a myriad of government services for start-up and expanding businesses that include business licensing and registration, knowledge and information management, and proactive investment marketing, reducing red tape and improving effectiveness and efficiency in government services,” DTI stated.
New applicants can now even file for their business name registration with DTI simultaneously with their application for a business permit as apart from four National Government Agencies there is also a representative from the Cebu City government available at the NERBAC.
An additional task of the NERBAC is the promotion of investment in Central Visayas. For that purpose the NERBAC provides all necessary information to future investors.
The NERBAC was launched in Cebu in November 2006. It is supported by the Private Sector Promotion Program (SMEDSEP), a development cooperation project between the Republic of the Philippines and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The SMEDSEP program aims to improve the Business and Investment Climate for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines, especially in the Visayas.
SMEDSEP contributes to the efforts of the Philippine Government to improve the framework conditions for private sector development in the country.
SMEDSEP is implemented in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry the pilot (DTI) at national, regional and provincial levels and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
DTI, DOST conduct enterprise seminar and training on fruit wine making on March 31
This coming Tuesday, 9:00 a.m., the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will hold a seminar on enterprise development at the DTI-Cebu conference room, 3rd floor, LDM Building, corner Legaspi St. & M.J. Cuenco Avenue, Cebu City.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will conduct a skills training on fruit wine making min the same venue.
"These business seminars and trainings are for free and open to all who are interested in learning a new skill that they can turn into a livelihood," DTI said.
In a press statement released by the DTI, the seminars and trainings on business are conducted in all DTI provincial offices every Tuesday, except 4th week of the month from March to June this year.
Everyday, except Tuesdays from March to June this year, the DTI provincial and regional offices will conduct Business Counseling for walk-in clients.
Recently in Cebu, the enterprise development seminar was conducted by Lydia Canalagi, Manager of Lexmark Employees’ Cooperative and Elias Tecson of DTI-Cebu. The training-workshop on candle making was conducted by Moises Miranda of the Argao Business Club (see attached photos).
Displaced workers interested to avail of business consultation or related seminars and trainings may contact the following DTI representatives: Elias Tecson or Mila De Los Reyes for Cebu at tel no. 253-2631 or 412-1863; Marisol Balistoy for Bohol at tel no. 411-3302 or 501-8260; Bing Sumanoy or Araceli Maypa for Negros Oriental at tel. no. 225-7211 or 422-1764; Marlene Patria for Siquijor at tel. no. 344-2238 or 480-9065; Roselyn Suelto for Central Visayas at tel no. 412-1868 or 412-1989.
The seminars and skills trainings are in accordance with President Gloria Arroyo’s mandate under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP).
The DTI said the CLEEP program is a “necessary intervention” after several companies in the country streamlined their work force to cope with the global financial crisis.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
DTI Conducts Free Business Seminars and Skills Trainings, March –June 2009
Displaced workers and would be entrepreneurs can take advantage of free business seminars and skills trainings scheduled by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Every Tuesday, except 4th week of the month from March to June this year, all DTI Provincial Offices in
Everyday, except Tuesdays from March to June this year, the DTI provincial and regional offices will conduct Business Counseling / RISC for walk-in clients.
On March 13, the DTI through the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) and the Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC) will be in
Topics for the activity will include Franchising, Dealership, Distributorship, Competitive Costing and Pricing, Desserts Galore, Beadworks and Flower Arrangements.
On March 17, the DTI team will be in Negros Oriental to discuss on Franchising, Dealership, Distributorship, Competitive Costing and Pricing, Beadworks and Flower Arrangements.
On March 18, the DTI team will be in Siquijor for trainings on Financial Management and SPIN to be held at the
Those interested in the DTI trainings and seminars in
For those in Negros Oriental, they may contact Bing Sumanoy at telephone numbers (035) 225-4781 / 422-1764 / 225-7211. In Siquijor, interested parties may contact Marlene Patria or Nympha Virtucio at telephone numbers (035) 480-9065 / 344-2238.
For inquiries regarding DTI regional activities, interested parties can contact Roselyn Suelto telephone number 412-1989 loc.102
Friday, February 13, 2009
DTI Conducts Entrepreneurships Seminars for Company Workers
The Department of Trade and Industry will conduct entrepreneurship and business planning seminars for employees of Taiyo Yuden on February 13 and 25 and displaced workers of Janice Minor on February 27 in Cebu.
DTI’s entrepreneurship and business related seminars are in accord with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s mandate under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP) to save or create millions of new jobs to weather the effects of the current global economic crisis.
With the rising number of workers affected by the present global situation, the DTI is taking the necessary interventions as fast as it can by offering entrepreneurship seminars to employees and displaced workers of companies.
For companies interested to avail of entrepreneurship and business related seminars for its workers, they may contact the following DTI representatives: Elias Tecson for
Last month, the DTI worked in tandem with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to conduct an entrepreneurship seminar for displaced Overseas Filipino Workers.
Of the 173 OFWs who participated in the seminar, 7 are currently doing business, 33 will soon open business and 10 are presently planning their business venture.
During the recent “Tabo Sa Mamumuo”, the DTI fielded queries from prospective entrepreneurs.
Monday, December 15, 2008
DTI, IP Philippines open Intellectual Property Satellite Office in Cebu
The Intellectual Property Satellite Office (IPSO) - Cebu recently opened at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Central Visayas Office to cater to entrepreneurs and IP generators in the Visayas who want to protect their intellectual creations for business benefits.
In cooperation with DTI, the IPSO Project is part of IP Philippines' strategic move to promote intellectual property such as patent or invention, utility model, industrial design, trademark and copyright as a strategic tool for business success.
At present, the IPSO in Cebu only accepts applications for trademarks and patents including utility models and industrial designs, IP Philippines' IPSO Area Manager for Visayas Cecilio M. Fernandez said.
Fernandez explained that his Office's initial assessment of the response of businessmen in the Visayas towards the Project indicates a positive feedback as reflected in the increasing trend of IP filings in the region, and that all IP documents will still be processed at the IP Philippines Head Office in Manila.
Processing time for trademarks is within 4 to 6 months if all requirements are met; while that of patents is within an average of about 4 ½ years which is good enough based on IPOs' international standards, and that of utility models and industrial designs is within an average of about 9 months, Fernandez added.
Fernandez underscored that the primary goals of the IPSO Project are to bring IP Philippines' services to the countryside and to build an IP inspired culture of innovation and creativity that will bring about countryside and national development.
With Cebu and Davao IP Satellite Offices launched, IP Philippines will likewise launch its satellite offices in Luzon where the bulk of applicants are also based.
To encourage entrepreneurs' adherence to IP creation, IP Philippines has provided seminar workshops, promotional information campaign, partnership and networking collaboration and commercialization assistance.
Recently, IP Philippines conducted a seminar on strategic management and use of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Cebu City.
Experts from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided the necessary expertise and experience.
During a break in the seminar, the Cebu Gifts, Toys and Housewares; Cebu Fashion Accessories, Manufacturers and Exporters; Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Cebu Furniture Industry Foundation and Association of Negros Producers signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IP Philippines in support of intellectual property rights and the IPSO project.
In cooperation with DTI, the IPSO Project is part of IP Philippines' strategic move to promote intellectual property such as patent or invention, utility model, industrial design, trademark and copyright as a strategic tool for business success.
At present, the IPSO in Cebu only accepts applications for trademarks and patents including utility models and industrial designs, IP Philippines' IPSO Area Manager for Visayas Cecilio M. Fernandez said.
Fernandez explained that his Office's initial assessment of the response of businessmen in the Visayas towards the Project indicates a positive feedback as reflected in the increasing trend of IP filings in the region, and that all IP documents will still be processed at the IP Philippines Head Office in Manila.
Processing time for trademarks is within 4 to 6 months if all requirements are met; while that of patents is within an average of about 4 ½ years which is good enough based on IPOs' international standards, and that of utility models and industrial designs is within an average of about 9 months, Fernandez added.
Fernandez underscored that the primary goals of the IPSO Project are to bring IP Philippines' services to the countryside and to build an IP inspired culture of innovation and creativity that will bring about countryside and national development.
With Cebu and Davao IP Satellite Offices launched, IP Philippines will likewise launch its satellite offices in Luzon where the bulk of applicants are also based.
To encourage entrepreneurs' adherence to IP creation, IP Philippines has provided seminar workshops, promotional information campaign, partnership and networking collaboration and commercialization assistance.
Recently, IP Philippines conducted a seminar on strategic management and use of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Cebu City.
Experts from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided the necessary expertise and experience.
During a break in the seminar, the Cebu Gifts, Toys and Housewares; Cebu Fashion Accessories, Manufacturers and Exporters; Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Cebu Furniture Industry Foundation and Association of Negros Producers signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IP Philippines in support of intellectual property rights and the IPSO project.
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