After a stellar performance in 2015, the Department of Trade and Industry Lanao del Norte provincial office will focus on implementing two more Negosyo Centers (NC) in District 2, (Kapatagan and Lala) and the implementation of an additional 17 more Shared Service Facilities (SSFs) across the province.
DTI-LDN staff in Negosyo Center Tubod District Office, Lanao del Norte
In a media briefing for 2015 Accomplishments of Region 10 held December 11, 2015 at a hotel in Cagayan de Oro, DTI Lanao del Norte Business Development Division Chief, Nancy G. Echavez, (reporting for Provincial Dir. Ruel Paclipan who was not available) also shared the major accomplishments of the province done through the assistance and intervention of DTI Lanao del Norte Provincial Office.
“Foremost among these were the twenty seven (27) Shared Service Facilities projects that were implemented with a total project cost of P 12.848M which generated over 435 new jobs,” Ms. Echavez said. “Domestic sales contributed P 18.036 million and assistance was given to over 61 MSMEs (Micro-Small-Medium Enterprises).
Housewives in Barangay Malingao like Myrna Unabia (left) now earns bigger income by weaving coco coir geomats through MCOCO, a DTI SSF beneficiary.
An outstanding performer among the SSF projects implemented was the Malingao Community Service Multipurpose Cooperative (MCOCO) which had a total project cost of P3, 858,000.00 of which P 1,900,000.00 was contributed by SSF facility and P 1,958,000.00 as cooperator’s equity. The coop’s coconut coir geonets are hand woven by 1,938 members from Tubod, Lanao del Norte benefitting 750 households in 8 barangays.
Still under the Business Development Division, Ms. Echavez said five (5) Bottoms-Up Budgeting (BUB) projects were implemented with a total project cost of P 5,070,000.00 for the Abaca, Bamboo, Coffee, Processed Food & Support to Tourism clusters, assisting over 993 beneficiaries.
Coco Coir production in Tubod, Lanao del Norte by MCOCO, a DTI SSF beneficiary.
For the Consumer Welfare Division, DTI Lanao del Norte focused on Education and Advocacy, and price and supply stabilization in the barangays to empower consumers in coordination with barangay officials, youth, women and consumer sectors.
Ribbon cutting of Pala-o Negosyo Center
Barangay Price Watch was piloted in Iligan in barangays Hinaplanon, Mahayahay, and Buru-un which organized their respective price and supply monitoring teams, and established consumer welfare desks which were assisted with the donation of computers and office furniture by the provincial office.
DTI-Negosyo Center in Pala-o (photo by Robert Palomares)
“Results of the price monitoring were used as baseline data for the price databases that were established for the 3 barangays,” Ms. Echavez reported. “The databases will be needed by the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (BDRRMC) in times of calamity especially since these 3 barangays are the most disaster-prone in Iligan City.”
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