DTI to open first Negosyo Center in Pangasinan

• Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1941435137973/dti-to-open-first-negosyo-center-in-pangasinan
• Friday, June 26, 2015

By April M. Montes (MCA/AMM/PIA-1, Pangasinan)

DAGUPAN CITY, June 26 (PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will open the first Negosyo Center in the province to provide services to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in western Pangasinan.

DTI Provincial Director Peter Mangabat said that the center will be established at the City Hall of Alaminos to cater and facilitate the needs of the business sector in the first district of Pangasinan.

“The launching program is set on June 30 at 8:30 a.m. at the Alaminos City Library,” he said.

During the first quarter of the year, the DTI made a proposal to put up Negosyo Centers in the cities of Alaminos, Dagupan and Urdaneta.

Mangabat said that the local government of Alaminos has accepted their proposal for the establishment of a Negosyo Center in the area which is also a first in the Ilocos Region.

Accordingly, Negosyo Centers are established in all provinces, cities and municipalities to promote ease of doing business in accordance to Republic Act 10644 also known as the “Go Negosyo Act,” signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III in July last year.

Every Negosyo Center established will facilitate and expedite the business application process of MSMEs in coordination with the local governments and other concerned agencies and will provide assistance to MSMEs in the availment of technology transfer, production and management training programs and marketing assistance of the DTI and other government agencies.

The Negosyo Centers will likewise be responsible for the issuance of the certificate of authority for the barangay micro business enterprises to avail of benefits including reduction or exemption from local taxes, fees and charges, provided by Republic Act 9178 or the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises Act of 2002.

The DTI, in partnership with the Alaminos city government and members of the Pangasinan Micro-Small-Medium Enterprises and Development (PMSMED) Council, will assign personnel to supervise the operations of the Negosyo Center.