DTI TURNS-OVER “OTOP KO, ORGULLO KO” SIGNAGES TO MSMEs

News Release

SORSOGON PROVINCE (July 27) – Eight Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) here who have established One Town, One Product (OTOP) Pasalubong Shops/Stores receives the OTOP Signage from the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI) on Thursday, July 22, during the culminating activity of the MSME Development Week celebration.

“As an emblem of OTOP development, we have provided the signage that says “OTOP KO, ORGULLO KO” to our MSMEs who are the true implementers of the OTOP program,” says DTI Provincial Director Leah A. Pagao.

Also tagged as ‘Mga Bida ng OTOP’, the eight MSMEs who received the signages were OTOP Pasalubong Shop c/o Ermino’s Handicraft, Tia Berning’s Pili Candies and Edgieline’s Pasalubong Store, all situated in Rizal St. , Sorsogon City; Tony Co Handicraft in Manook St., Gubat, Sorsogon; Barcelona Multi-purpose Cooperative, Inc. (BMPCI) in Poblacion Norte, Barcelona, Sorsogon; Jasternes Handicraft in Brgy. Abas, Pilar, Sorsogon; Eva G. Odono’s Pilinut Products in Brgy. San Rafael, Bulusan, Sorsogon and Vicky’s Pili and Food Products in Brgy. San Julian, Irosin, Sorsogon.

“Since the signage’s primary objective is to promote and drumbeat our province’s OTOP products, this should be displayed/hanged in a conspicuous place of the company’s establishment/store or in their respective showrooms or in their production area,” Pagao said.

She also said that with the four years of OTOP implementation in the province and with the Local Government Units (LGUs) taking the lead in developing various OTOP industries across the province, the program has already stirred and stimulated Sorsogon’s OTOP MSMEs.

“The convergence efforts of LGAs, NGAs and other non-government organizations and the MSMEs themselves have substantially improved our MSMEs competitiveness. This inspires the DTI to continuously provide developmental activities such as product development, training, marketing, access to financing and business consultancy to the Sorsoganons who would like to venture in the enterprising industry,” she elaborated.

With the assistance that the DTI is extending to the MSMEs, Pagao expresses high hopes that more and more Sorsoganons will be encouraged to enter into business enterprise in order to contribute in the economic development in the countryside. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)

DTI-PSMEDC Sorsogon's Business Forum

Ms. Marnela B. Hernandez, CTIDS, DTI-Sorsogon awards to Ms. Eva G. Odono, owner of Eva’s Pilinut Product the OTOP (One Town, One Product) Signage. Aside from Odono, seven other OTOP MSMEs who has already established OTOP Pasalubong Shops/Stores across Sorsogon province received the signage. The awarding ceremony which is part of the MSMED Week culminating activity was held during the Sorsogon Business Conference on July 22, 2010 in Sorsogon City.

DTI-PSMEDC Sorsogon's Business Forum

•The OTOP signage awarded to eight OTOP MSMEs in Sorsogon aims at promoting and drumbeating the province’s OTOP products. As an emblem of OTOP development, the DTI provides signages that says “OTOP KO, ORGULLO KO” to their SMEs, the true implementers of the program ----- ang tunay na mga BIDA ng OTOP!

PMSMEDC Sorsogon's Business Forum

•Mrs. Milagros Z. Duana, tagged as the icon of business in Sorsogon and served for so long as co-chair of the Provincial Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council (PSMEDC), delivers her welcome remarks during the Sorsogon Business Conference as a culminating activity of the MSMED Week on Thursday, July 22, 2010 at the Aniceta Hall, Rizal Street, Sorsogon City.

PMSMEDC Sorsogon's Business Forum

•Ms. Leah A. Pagao, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Provincial Director, presented during the Sorsogon Business Conference on July 22, 2010, the SMEDC major accomplishments for the 1st semester of 2010 and the Priority Investment Areas in Sorsogon in preparation for the Bicol Investment Conference (BICon) to be held on October 8, 2010 in SM Megamall, Manila during the Orgullo Kan Bikol (OKB) Trade Fair.