EASE of doing business, consumer protection, industry development, exports and investments and promotion of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) were the areas that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) focused on during the first 100 days of the Duterte administration, the DTI said on Monday. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte the agency’s accomplishment report for the first 100 days of the new administration during a presidential town hall meeting last October 7. The DTI report outlined the agency’s accomplishments from July to September 2016 anchored on its Trabaho at Negosyo agenda and the President’s 10-point socio-economic agenda. The department also said that in three months’ time, DTI resolved 94 percent or 948 out of 1,013 consumer complaints. The Project Kapatid Mentor Me Program launched weekly coaching of business owners to MSMEs and identified 101 SSFs for adoption.

Source: Manila Times October 11, 2016 16:41 UTC