Thirty-one people’s organizations with 320 members from Impasugong and Malaybalay City in Bukidnon received rice trading starter kits worth more than P300,000 from the Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa (PPG) Program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).  

DTI-PPG is a livelihood seeding and entrepreneurship development program that aims to aid micro-enterprises affected by fire incidents or other calamities and health disasters like pandemics to restart their businesses 

DTI Northern Mindanao Regional Director Linda Boniao, as quoted by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), encouraged the beneficiaries to challenge themselves in believing that they can succeed.  

“Since running a business takes a lot of time and great ideas, you need to take action because those famous successful entrepreneurs also took time in finding ways through different obstacles,” Boniao said. “No one succeeds immediately. They were once a beginner too.” 

Meanwhile, DTI Assistant Secretary Reveree Niño Contreras said that the turnover of PPG rice trading starter kits was one of the government’s ways to ensure that nobody will be left behind.  

“All of you who are here today…all the way from the farthest Sitios of Impasugong and Malaybalay…will be assisted by the government by coaching you how to start a small business to anyhow increase your families’ income,” Contreras said, as also quoted by PIA. 

The turnover ceremony held on 26 November 2020 was also attended by DTI Bukidnon staff led by Provincial Director Eriberto Taban-ud Jr and other local government units.♦

Date of Release: 4 December 2020