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Northern Mindanao SMEs learn export 101 Volume III, No. 124
Editor : Cheng Ordoñez
Wednesday
story on Page B1 12 October 22,See 2014
By Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat
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AG AYA N d e Oro City - Small and Me dium Enterprises (SMEs) in Northern Mindanao learn that before exporting, products should be ready and buyers abroad should be scrutinized.
The Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) during their two day Philippine Export Competitiveness Seminar in the city revealed that a lot of complaints raised to them are result of either importer’s claiming of defective products from exporters or exporters complaining of non-payment of balance shipped to importers. Sonia L. Rodriguez, division chief in Export Assistance and Business Matching Division said that it is important that before shipping goods outside the country, there must be a written contract or agreement signed by the two parties regarding terms of transaction. She said this is important so that if there will be complaints or breach of contract, an exporter or importer will have a hard document as evidence. Further, she explained that part of the process is investigation of your wouldSee northmin, page B3
MOA SIGNING - From left: Mr. Marlon Arrabaca of PhilHeath, DSWD-10 regional director Atty. Araceli Solamillo,
Ms. Cynthia Rosales of the Presidential Commission on Urban Poor and Dr. Rosalina Huerbana of River Life Saver Foundation during the the signing of memorandum of agreement, binding the DSWD, civil society groups and non-government agencies, apart from line agencies and LGUs, to the use of Listahanan or the national household targeting system for poverty reduction, yeterday, October 21, 2014, at the activity center of Ayala Centrio Mall, Cagayan de Oro City. (Cheng Ordonez)
DSWD-10 holds advocacy summit By Cheng Ordonez Business Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 10 (DSWD-10) has organized a summit dubbed as “Listahanan Advocacy Summit” cum Kaya Ko Ang Pagbabago Educational and Dance Contest” with the
theme, “Overcoming Extreme Poverty,” Tuesday, at the Ayala Centrio Mall, here. DSWD-10 regional director Atty. Araceli Solamillo said the event is in line with the observance of the National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty, which is slated every third month of October.
Atty. Solamillo said this year also marks the fifth year of the Listahanan Data to which they are now looking back on how far they have gone as far as utilizing this data. Listahanan or the national household targeting system for poverty reduction is the Department of Social
Welfare and Development’s information management system that aims to identify poor families who will be beneficiaries of social protection programs and services. As the lead agency for social protection, the DSWD is mandated to develop, See summit, page B3
Isla Verde residents face dislocation over reclamation project By Davao Today
Davao City – Isla Verde residents may be dislocated as a reclamation project in the area is being negotiated by the city government with some investors including a Malaysian firm. Davao City Duterte said Sunday that Malaysian investors and a developer named Reghis Romero are interested in reclaiming the area along Isla Verde
up to the mouth of Davao River area. Duterte said he talked to Romero recently. “In principle, I agreed to their plan to reclaim the area in Isla Verde. The problem is I have also committed to the Malaysians that I will help them,” he said. “Now, I will talk with these two regarding their plan for land reclamation from Isla Verde up to the See project, page B3
obop - Aside from the country’s sweetest lanzones, featured sectors included agriculture, processed food highlighting the One Barangay-One Product (OBOP), arts and crafts, fashion accessories, food, furniture, gifts and home styles, organic and natural products in the island and tourism services during the Agri-Industrial Trade and Tourism Fair (Ugmad ) 2014 in time of Camiguin’s 35th Lanzones Festival on October 19- 26, 2014. (Zita Maestrado-Abellare, DTI-Camiguin/ PIA-Camiguin i-Net)
DBM releases P2.1B for DAR’s ‘Tulay’ project The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P2.1 billion to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to pay for bridging materials and services to be used in the Tulay ng Pangulo para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo (TPKP) project. Sourced from the 2014 budget of the Department of Public Works Highways (DPWH), the amount will pay Matiere SAS, a French company that supplied the DPWH with the materiel to be used for the construction, installation, and establishment of the girder-type universal bridges (unibridges). The TPKP unibridges will connect agrarian reform communities and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)-covered areas and road networks to main markets nationwide under DAR’s Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD) support services delivery component. Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad said, “This release will jump-start the construction of these unibridges, so that we can link our farmers to commercial areas where they can sell their produce. The goal is to allow our farmers to become more active participants in the local economy, and ultimately, to expand the reach and development of the country’s agriculture industry.” The DAR will be the executing agency for the TPKP project while the DPWH will be building the pre-fabricated modular steel bridges as supplied by the Matiere SASEiffel Consortium. Of the 418 bridges to be constructed, DAR has already endorsed 287, of which 15 have been completed and one is undergoing construction. “ The Program Beneficiaries Development is an important component of DAR’s mandate to help achieve agrarian reform. At the same time, the infrastructure developed by the TPKP will help our agrarian reform beneficiaries as they make themselves more competitive in the agribusiness sector,” Abad said. The DAR and the DPWH also agreed to replace the damaged Desamparados and Tultugan bridges beside the Bohol circumferential road. However, this is subject to the assessment that the replacement bridges will help develop agrarian reform communities and CARPcovered areas within the region. (DBM)
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