{"id":109890,"date":"2017-08-04T05:53:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T09:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=109890"},"modified":"2017-08-04T05:53:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T09:53:31","slug":"dti-to-provide-skills-livelihood-trainings-for-marawi-idps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/04\/dti-to-provide-skills-livelihood-trainings-for-marawi-idps\/","title":{"rendered":"DTI to provide skills, livelihood trainings for Marawi IDPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109894\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mango.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109894\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mango-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol even expressed optimism to the revitalization of the country\u2019s declining mango production through technology application, financing, and marketing. (PNA PHOTO)\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mango-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mango.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol even expressed optimism to the revitalization of the country\u2019s declining mango production through technology application, financing, and marketing. (PNA PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Aug 4\u2014 \u00a0The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) stands ready to provide skills and livelihood trainings for internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the armed conflict in Marawi City.<\/p>\n<p>In a video message during the Bangon Marawi Forum Friday, DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said business groups would have job openings for IDPs from Marawi.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez said DTI would provide skills training for IDPs in order to meet the skills requirement of the available positions in the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the agency will give livelihood trainings for those who are engaged in entrepreneurial activities as well as livelihood starter kits and microfunding.<\/p>\n<p>The DTI chief said despite of ongoing clash in Marawi City, the department is crafting measures to help Maranaw traders to go back to their business immediately.<\/p>\n<p>He added that there were equipment donations like sewing machines and kits for the IDPs.<\/p>\n<p>One way to help them back to entrepreneurship is by providing them space in malls.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez said DTI is partnering with mall operators in the country to provide entrepreneurs from Marawi some 300 square meters space in their establishments.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked the mall operators to waive the six months advance payment, rather, let traders pay their rental on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n<p>He said that DTI had Negosyo Centers established in areas near Marawi City wherein Maranaw traders could continue their livelihood trainings and further mentoring.<\/p>\n<p>The DTI also has microfunding program, Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso or P3, to provide financial assistance to those who want to start a business.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, aside from IDPs, DTI is also providing livelihood opportunities for the families of government troops who were killed in action during the clash with the Maute terror group in Marawi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug 4\u2014 \u00a0The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) stands ready to provide skills and livelihood trainings for internally &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[20447,20471,20470],"class_list":["post-109890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-bangon-marawi","tag-secretary-ramon-lopez","tag-the-department-of-trade-and-industry-dti","mauthors-kris-m-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}