DavNor Negosyo Center opened

TAGUM CITY, August 6 (PIA) - - The Negosyo Center of Davao del Norte located at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Building, Capitol Center, Mankilam, Tagum City was opened yesterday afternoon.

DTI Region XI Director Maria Belenda Ambi and Aram Fernandez from the office of Sen. Bam Aquino led the launching of the Davao del Norte Negosyo Center.

Dir. Ambi emphasized that the Negosyo Center will provide business registration assistance especially for start-up Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), business advisory services through counselling and business information and advocacy through trainings and orientations.

“We may not provide the business registration right away like those needing approval from other agencies like the local government unit and Bureau of Internal Revenue; but information can be provided,” Ambi said.

She also stressed that the center is a collaboration among government agency based on its legal foundation, the Go Negosyo Act or Republic Act 10644.

“This is not just run by the DTI only but even the local government units. We also have the Small Business Corporation for financing, Department of Science and Technology, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Department of Labor and Employment among others,” she added.

Dir. Ambi revealed that the center was the fourth in the region, following Davao City, Davao Oriental and Davao del Sur; and 74th in the whole country.

“This Negosyo Center will not be the last in Davao del Norte. We will still put up in its local government units starting with the cities, hopefully for this year,” Ambi said.

She added that for the whole country, 1,800 Negosyo Centers are targeted to be in place by 2018 in all municipalities and city as mandated in RA 10644.

Ambi encouraged the audience of the activity to campaign for users of the Negosyo Center.

“To all those who are here, kindly advise the MSMEs to maximize the use of the facility for all the information they would like and the services they would require; so that this will not become useless,” she said. (PIA11, Michael Uy)