FREE SEMINAR ON "PANGASIUS"

The Department of Trade and Industry Region V is inviting all interested entrepreneurs and investors to attend a one-day "INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY SEMINAR ON PANGASIUS" on March 22, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Concourse Convention Center, Legazpi City. Registration is FREE.

The activity aims to provide local entrepreneurs and investors a new business opportunity in the freshwater fish industry given the increasing demand for this white meat fish called Pangasius (dowry fish) both in the domestic and foreign markets.

A number of industry experts and private companies are invited to share their experiences and expertise on the culture and market of Pangasius.

For your seat reservation (we can accommodate only up to 60 pax) and further inquiries, kindly call us at telephone numbers 052 435-0337, 480-6834, telefax 920-6830 on or before March 16, 2011.

SUNWEST GROUP OF COMPANIES STAFF ATTEND NEW BUSINESS CREATION COURSE

Fifteen staff from two affiliate companies of the Sunwest Group namely: Tektone Global Technologies and Sunwest Resources and Aggregates participate in the five-day New Business Creation Course workshop that started last February 21, 2011. The workshop is being facilitated by trainers from the Department of Trade and Industry-Albay Provincial Office upon the invitation and request of Tektone Global. The workshop was primarily intended for the trainees of Tektone to encourage them to engage in business after finishing their short-term courses, however, it was decided that the faculty and other staff of the two companies will attend instead and cascade the learning and skills they acquire to their trainees later on. After the five-day workshop, the participants are expected to prepare a Simple Business Plan for presentation to a panel of evaluators.

Albay OTOP Declaration

Albay OTOP DECLARATION

We, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Support Agencies and Institutions and Partner Organizations of the One Town One Product (OTOP) Program, hereby adhere and commit to the following DECLARATIONS:

1. We shall be responsible stewards and users of our natural resources by optimizing the value and utilization of indigenous raw materials. We shall endeavor to minimize wastes and avoid degradation of the environment;

2. We shall employ internal mechanisms within our factories and offices to counter the effects of climate change to our employees, properties and our businesses;

3. We shall ensure that employee-employer relationships are well defined and clearly understood by parties concerned to maintain and sustain labor productivity and industrial competitiveness of the province;

4. We shall adopt the latest locally and commercially developed appropriate technologies to enhance business productivity thus providing opportunities for our local scientists and inventors to continuously search, discover and develop new technologies enhancing our local research & development efforts;

5. We shall endeavor to continually identify and find new market opportunities to amplify the reach of our local products both in the domestic and international market guided by the generally accepted fair trade practices and business ethics;

6. We shall comply with all the business regulatory requirements and pay the appropriate local business taxes as our contribution to nation building

7. We shall pass and approve enabling local ordinances and laws to further provide conducive business environment to our entrepreneurs and investors;

8. We shall ensure that our Corporate Social Responsibilities are effectively and religiously carried out especially to communities affected by our operations;

9. We shall continue to provide business development services to contribute to the competitiveness and profitability of OTOP Enterprises, and

10. We shall make OTOP as a vehicle for employment generation and poverty alleviation.