The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – MIMAROPA, in partnership with Havas Ortega (an award-winning communications agency in the Philippines), organized a virtual information session on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for consumers and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on Friday, March 15, 2024. The activity is part of...

As a follow-up to the 2023 gap analysis for tuna industry, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Occidental Mindoro facilitated the Consultative Session with Export Marketing Bureau on 28 February 2024 at the Governor’s Office, Provincial Capital, Mamburao.  Six (6) tuna traders participated namely, NM Seafoods Trading, Ricky...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) MIMAROPA Regional Office has issued a bulletin announcing price freeze on essential commodities in the municipalities of Bulalacao and Mansalay due to severe and prolonged drought. Based on two separate Sangguniang resolutions, the municipalities of Bulalacao and Mansalay in Oriental Mindoro, have...

In the heart of Cawit in Boac, Marinduque, a remarkable enterprise was born in 1965.  Romeo Mangaring Lumawig, a renowned lepidopterist saw the untapped potential of butterfly handcrafting and set out to create a unique industry. His dedication to building the most significant butterfly collection in the Philippines pioneered...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – MIMAROPA region, in partnership with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, installed a 5-kilowatt off-grid solar power system in the Bogtong Fish Processing Facility of the Bogtong Fish Processors Association (BFPA) in Busuanga, Palawan. Additionally, BFPA also received 6 shipper boxes with thermal...