Stakeholders from abaca-producing provinces, traders and government agencies have recommended several priority measures to address issues hounding the abaca industry including the low buying price and low quality of abaca…
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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…
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…
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…
Businesses outside Virac not complying with wage order:
Minimum wage earners here to get P55 daily wage increase this year
Minimum wage earners in the Bicol region will get a P55 wage increase this year, with the first tranche of P35 to be implemented upon the effectivity of the wage…