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Women-owned and women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (WMSMEs) can now avail of loans of up to P20 million through the Women’s Enterprise Fund launched by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The said fund will help empower WMSMEs by improving their access to capital. The DTI, through its financing arm Small Business Corporation […]
Senator Loren Legarda recognized the hardworking and skilled community-based, women-led MSMEs and set the tone for the Legarda MSME Excellence Awards 2025, held at the University of the Philippines Visayas Extension Campus in Pandan, to honor the resilience, determination, innovation, and perseverance of women. The awards recognized women-led enterprises and sustainable livelihoods that have flourished […]
Senator Cynthia Villar called on the public to support our entrepreneurs and appreciate their products, passion, and innovations. “Your purchase and patronage of their products are investments in the sustainable future of our local businesses, communities, and economy,” Villar said during the 23rd World Bazaar Festival organized by Worldbex Services International in Pasay City recently. […]
The Quezon City Government has launched a StartUp QC Business Plan Competition for students to cultivate their entrepreneurial spirit. “Through the Startup QC Business Plan Competition, our aim is to foster an innovative culture among our youth, enable them to broaden their perspectives, and open up opportunities for them to reach their full potential. I am confident […]
One new business in each of the country’s 82 provinces. This is the ambitious objective of a new private-sector led initiative to be spearheaded by AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who announced the new program in a speech on Friday at the 36th Commencement Exercises of Sorsogon State University (SORSU). The self-made businessman whose […]
Forty young farmers and agripreneurs from the National Capital Region (NCR) will each receive P50,000 as start-up capital to implement their proposed agribusiness ventures through the Young Farmers Challenge Fund of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS) recognized the NCR provincial level winners of the Young Farmers Challenge, who […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez highlighted the important role of women entrepreneurs especially as the country pushes for post-coronavirus economic recovery. In celebration of International Women’s Day, the DTI paid tribute to women-led micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) during the virtual graduation ceremony for the 3A program which stands for […]
Resilient, strategic thinkers and persevering, women entrepreneurs are paving the way in the country’s economic recovery following a slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Grace Poe said. Despite the fracturing impact of the pandemic, Poe said there is clear optimism and rapid responsiveness among women entrepreneurs to turn the challenges into opportunities not only […]
The “Enhanced Nutribun” is literally “in the oven” of 76 technology adoptors registered by the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST–FNRI) as a result of the agency’s aggressive information drive and technology transfer training, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles reported early this week. Nutribun is a bread product used in elementary […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar is urging the youth and budding agriculture entrepreneurs (agripreneurs) to actively take part in agriculture and fisheries by availing of several financial and technical assistance being offered by the Duterte administration through the Department of Agriculture (DA). One of these is the “Kapital Access for Young Agripreneurs” or the KAYA loan […]