By Mexico City, Vichael Angelo D. Roaring Commercial Counsellor Philippine Trade and Investment Center Published in Business Mirror 04 July 2017   Working on a nutty comeback WILL Mexico, which currently has a minuscule coconut production, catch up fast enough to compete with world leaders like the Philippines and...

Published in Business Mirror 04 July 2017 PASAY CITY—Following the 2017 Doing Business (DB) Report indicating the Philippines moved up four spots from 103rd last year to 99th out of 190 economies, the country’s trade chief expressed hope for the Philippines to reach top 20 by 2020 in the...

By Vichael Angelo D. Roaring / Commercial Counsellor Philippine Trade and Investment Center, Mexico City   Part One   Global context The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said the global demand for coconut and its derivates is growing at more than 10 percent per year, outpacing production supply which...

By Renee Cuisia and Katrina Mina / Special to the BusinessMirror   The enterprise world is full of creative business ideas, but only a few actually work. With this in mind, Gurango Software Corp. (GSC) founder Joey Gurango shared his secrets of success that led him to grow this...

By Gliceria N. Cademia / Trade and Industry Development Specialist, DTI-EMB   Ten Philippine companies successfully exhibited their products at a recent international exposition in Vietnam, with businessmatching activities generating negotiated sales amounting to US$350,000 (P17.6 million) and potential sales of $3 million (P150.9 million).                                                         The 10 companies...