COLLECTING plastic trash helps unit a community in Mandaue City and provides steady employment and income. Thirty-eight year old Elena Gumandoy said the “plastic to pillow” livelihood project in Brgy. Canduman, Mandaue City helped augment her family’s income. Aside from the sale of their ukay-ukay (used clothing) business, pillows made from shredded plastics give her family extra income to send her three kids to school. Her husband, Benny, who is skilled in sewing, trains women at the Kobe housing to learn the skill. Prior to creating... more »
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Friday, September 27, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
BDO Remit Operations for August 26, 2013
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Schedule of BDO Remit Operations for August 26, 2013, declared as legal holiday in the Philippines to commemorate National Heroes Day.
Friday, August 2, 2013
DTI, AISL sign MOA to curb undelivered balikbayan boxes
Philippine Information Agency
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Aug.1 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) forged an agreement with the Association of International Shipping Lines, Inc., (AISL) as an added measure to eliminate the incidence of abandoned and/ or undelivered balikbayan boxes due to failure to remit funds by unscrupulous foreign consolidators to their Philippine agents/ freight forwarders.
In the signing ceremony of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between DTI and AISL held recently at the DTI head office in Makati, the DTI, represented by Undersecretary Zenaida C. Maglaya, and AISL, represented by its president, Mr. Edgar C. Milia, commited to collaborate and exchange information to ensure that the balikbayan boxes sent by overseas Filipinos to their families and relatives in the Philippines will be delivered to rightful consignees.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
DTI-Abra warns OFWs, dependents in sending balikbayan boxes
By: Maria Teresa B. Benas
BANGUED, Abra,July 10(PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Abra headed by Provincial Director Arell F. Bañez, issued a consumer alert to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents to be extra cautious in handling or sending their balikbayan boxes.
The consumer alert was issued after a series of complaints against some freight forwarders that have failed to deliver to the rightful consignees of balikbayan boxes from overseas.
BANGUED, Abra,July 10(PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Abra headed by Provincial Director Arell F. Bañez, issued a consumer alert to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents to be extra cautious in handling or sending their balikbayan boxes.
The consumer alert was issued after a series of complaints against some freight forwarders that have failed to deliver to the rightful consignees of balikbayan boxes from overseas.