(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte commended a known supermarket chain for assisting small businesses during times of uncertainties as he stressed the importance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) as the backbone of Philippine economy. The President attended the opening of the Puregold Sari-Sari store Negosyo Convention Center on Wednesday, May 18, and commended the supermarket chain and its owners, Lucio Co and wife Susan, for their advocacy to help in the creation […]
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Globe myBusiness prepares SMEs: ‘Para Sa Bagong Bukas’
By Caesar Vallejos, OPEN FOR BUSINESS Aptly themed “Para Sa Bagong Bukas”, Globe’s Saludo SME, prepares the Small and Medium Enterprises to embrace the new normal. A double entendre, the theme could mean ‘a new tomorrow’ and ‘open anew.’ Saludo SME was launched in 2019 and in this year’s edition, Globe myBusiness salutes “SMEs who have remained open or planning to get back on their feet” amidst the global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic which prompted […]
EBC and Globe myBusiness sign agreement to promote small and medium enterprises
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation and Globe Telecommunications signed an agreement on Saturday, January 26, 2019, on the promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises to help spur the growth of these SMEs which are vital in the country’s economy. The promotion is through EBC’s online business program, “Open For Business” hosted and produced by Caesar Vallejos of Posting Life Communications. Signing for EBC are its president Rowena Dela Fuente-Deimoy, Chief Operating Officer James Manzanero, Online Media […]
Qatar announces plan to expand small and medium enterprises
By Vidamar Agrimano EBC Qatar, Eagle News Service DOHA, Qatar (Eagle News) — Qatar’s Ministry of Energy and Industry recently announced the country’s major economic zone expansion in a meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha. According to H.E. Dr. Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry, the expansion is to be accomplished in the first quarter of 2019. During the meeting, the ministry also announced the addition of an […]
Pang-apat na Negosyo Center ng DTI sa Bataan, pinasinayaan
BAGAC, Bataan (Eagle News) – Pinasinayaan ang pang-apat na Negosyo Center ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sa Bagac Municipal Hall sa Bataan. Pinangunahan ito ni ni Ms. Nelin Cabahug ng DTI Bataan kasama ang DTI Region 3, DTI Baler, DTI ZAmbales at DTI Pampanga, 2nd District Representative Joet Garcia, Mayor Gab del Rosario, Board Member Gaudencio Ferrer at mga negosyante sa naturang bayan. Layunin ng DTI Negosyo Center na mapalawak pa ang business opportunities sa […]
APEC economies urged to provide more diversified financial instruments for small, medium businesses
The 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have been urged to provide diversified financial instruments that would suit the changing needs of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the region. Chair of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), Doris Magsaysay-Ho, on Tuesday said broadening the range of financing instruments available to MSMEs is key to achieving financial inclusion and will help these enterprises expand their businesses. Ho, who is also the […]
APEC aims to bolster SMEs’ participation in regional and global markets
MANILA, PIA-The First Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials’ Meeting and Related Meetings, held from January 26 to February 07 at the Clark and Subic Bay Freeport Zones, supported efforts to bolster Small and Medium Enterprises’ (SMEs) participation in regional and global markets under the APEC 2015 theme to build inclusive growth in the Asia-Pacific region. This supports “Fostering SME’s participation in regional and global markets,” one of the priorities under this year’s overarching theme […]
ASEAN eyes post-2015 vision for SMEs
(Eagle News Service) — The ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for the development of small and medium enterprises or SMEs was tackled in a public-private partner dialogue held recently in Cambodia. Cambodian Secretary of State Heng Sokkung, of the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft of the Royal Government of Cambodia welcomed the holding of the dialogue in Siem Rea, Cambodia that focused on the ASEAN action plan, also known as the Post-2015 SME Vision. The Cambodian […]
Are Filipino business enterprises ready for the ASEAN integration?
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service) — Are Filipino business enterprises ready for the ASEAN integration? This was what a recent forum on the ASEAN integration, entitled the “Business of ASEAN”, tackled as it invited guests and speakers from the business sector as well as from the academe and government sector, to talk about the issue. The forum which was about preparing SMEs or small and medium-sized enterprises for regional cooperation was convened by the Asia […]
ASEAN tackles how to better inform SMEs about integration
“The need to better inform SMEs or small and medium-sized enterprises about the developments of the ASEAN Economic Community has been raised repeatedly by high-level ASEAN bodies including the ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting. The question on how this can be achieved is now slowly being answered. One of these attempts to answer this question was addessed when representatives from the ASEAN SME Agencies Working Group (SMEWG), the ASEAN Secretariat, and private sector bodies at the […]





