Santa Cruz,
Laguna — The Laguna
Provincial Office of the
Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI-Laguna), represented by
their Officer-in-Charge
Christian Ted Tungohan
and Business Development Division OIC Chief
Abigail Ezra Del Mundo,
participated in the 2nd
Quarterly Joint Meeting
of Municipal and City
Local Laguna Economic Development and
Investment Promotions
Offices (LEDIPOs) and
Business Permit and Licensing Offices (BPLOs)
of Laguna held at the
Conference Room, Governor’s Office, Provincial
Capitol Compound, Santa
Cruz, Laguna, on May 16,
2023.
In the said joint
meeting, Tungohan discussed the upcoming marketing events of DTI-Laguna tied up with the
Provincial Government of
Laguna and Megaworld
Lifestyle Malls to be in held
in three premier malls of
Megaworld Lifestyle Malls,
namely, Eastwood City in
Quezon City, McKinley Hill
in Taguig City, and Newport Mall in Pasay City
this coming May 26 to 31,
2023, June 22 to 25, 2023,
and July 12 to 15, 2023,
respectively. This staged,
relevant event is under
the umbrella project called
“Tara, Pasyal Na” which is
an initiative of Megaworld Lifestyle Malls and the
Department of Tourism to
help support our country’s
economic development
and to help our micro,
small, and medium enterprises build brand awareness, generate new leads,
boost market reach, and
meet with partners.
Tungohan then
urged the support of BPLO
and LEDIPO designates in
Laguna by way of helping DTI-Laguna and the
Provincial Government of
Laguna in identifying best
of the best products in
their town to be exhibited
and showcased in the said
marketing events. More
so, Tungohan took the
opportunity to express his
appreciation to everyone
for the timely submission
of data in Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index online portal
and he hopes that more
Laguna local government
units will be included in
the awardees this year.
He also mentioned that
DTI-Laguna, thru the
Negosyo Centers in different cities and municipalities, will provide assistance in the conduct of
information dissemination
to micro, small and medium enterprises in their
respective areas on the
importance of applying/
registering their intellectual properties.
D T I – L a g u n a
wishes that they can work
hand in hand with the local
government units in boosting economic development and promoting/facilitating viable investments
in the province (DTI-Laguna).
