Virac LGU’s Summer Barakalan generates over P500-K in sales

In the limited period of two weeks, Virac-based micro and small enterprise exhibitors at the 11th Summer Barakalan Tourism and Trade Fair generated a total of ₱529,389.00 in cumulative sales,…

8 local entreps begin online KMME-MME mentoring course

For ty-eight (48) entrepreneurs from the Bicol region, including eight from Catanduanes, have begun their online business mentoring course as the first batch of the 2024 Kapatid Mentor Micro-Entrepreneurship (KMME)-Money…

OTOP Nook now open at ARDCI Hotel

Local producers now have an additional, upscale outlet for their unique Catandunganon products with last week’s formal opening of the One Town, One Product (OTOP) Nook at the ARDCI Hotel.…

Virac’s finest MSMEs to take center stage at Summer Trade and Tourism Fair next month

Virac’s Plaza Rizal will transform into a vibrant showcase of local craftsmanship and entrepreneurship as micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the capital town present their finest products at…

Dugui Too housewife used P3,000 savings to start handicraft business

Dugui Too, Virac housewife Arlene Panti Cabrera, who recently won as Best DOLE-Assisted Livelihood Project Implementer (Individual Category), started her coconut handicraft business using P3,000 savings from her previous job…

10 young entrepreneurs finish KMME-MME course

Ten business owners in their 20s were among the 50 Bicolanos who graduated last week from the 2022 Kapatid Mentor ME-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) Online Batch 2 (Youth Sector) mentoring…

29 MSMEs here participating in OKB Trade and Travel Fair

Residents of Metro Manila and nearby cities provinces, especially natives of Catanduanes, have a chance to sample and buy products from the island as 29 local enterprises participate in the…

Young entrepreneurs in KMME-MME program

All except one of the 10 entrepreneurs comprising Batch 2 of the KMME-MME online business mentoring program this year are in their early twenties, with the Department of Trade and…

DTI directors found liable for offenses by Ombudsman

Two former and current directors of the Department of Trade and Industry in Bicol have been found liable for separate offenses in a recent decision of the Ombudsman. In the…

Seven small business owners finish KMME mentoring course

Seven entrepreneurs from Catanduanes were among the 47 who comprised the first batch of graduates of the Kapatid Mentor ME-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) Online Program for 2022 in the Bicol…