By Claro A. Lanipa
PAGADIAN CITY – In keeping with
Republic Act 10644, otherwise known as “Go Negosyo Act”, the Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI)-Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Office has led on Monday
the launching and blessing of the Negosyo Center at the DTI provincial office
compound, Capitol Site this city.
DTI-9 Regional Director Sitti Amina Jain
lauded Provincial Director Maria Socorro Malate-Atay and her staff for establising
the said center, making Zamboanga del Sur the first province in Zamboanga Peninsula to cmply with
RA 10644.
The establishment of “Negosyo Center” in
all provinces is one of the salient features of the Go Negosyo Act.
Jain said this Negosyo Center would serve as
the nerve center for our assistance for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs) in the province.
“In here, aside from business name
registration, all technical assistance in the form of entrepreneurship
development, product development, marketting,
coaching, product design, exhibit, consultancies, handholding, mentoring the
entrepreneurs will happen in this Negosyo Center,” Jain explained, as she urged
all MSME’s in the province to make use of the center.
Four more Negosyo Centers will be established
in the region this year, one in Zamboanga Sibugay on May 29; in Zamboanga del
Norte by next month and in the cities of Zamboanga and Isabela by July, Jain
said.