{"id":260223,"date":"2020-07-02T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260223"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:50:47","slug":"buy-local-save-jobs-dti-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/02\/buy-local-save-jobs-dti-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy local, save jobs: DTI chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_177630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177630\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-177630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez during a press briefing at the International Media Center (IMC) in New Delhi, India on January 25, 2018. YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez has urged Filipinos to continue supporting local products to save local jobs.<\/p>\n<p>During the Laging Handa public briefing Thursday, Lopez said buying locally made products will help stimulate demand for Filipino micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly with this support from our fellow Filipinos, we will reopen our economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said even though some businesses have resumed their operation, consumer demand remains weak amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to remind the consumers to patronize local products.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zocor online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urologicalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zocor.html\">https:\/\/www.urologicalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zocor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> In this way, our local companies, which create local employment, will survive. If we buy imported, what we are helping are those companies and jobs abroad,\u201d the DTI chief added.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lopez said DTI is not looking into restricting the entry of imported products in the country just to stimulate demand for local products.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clomiphene online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urologicalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clomiphene.html\">https:\/\/www.urologicalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clomiphene.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe follow the free market and in the end, we will create the environment of competition.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urologicalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/valtrex.html\">https:\/\/www.urologicalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> If we ban the import, we might spoil the local manufacturing and that\u2019s what we are avoiding. Free market but what we are asking on the demand side from our consumers, is to prioritize the local produce,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The DTI launched the Buy Local, Go Lokal campaign to promote patronizing Filipino products and services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us shop local, eat local, and travel local particularly in areas where the quarantine level allowed local travel. Our objective here is to really bring back confidence, to stimulate demand for products and services provided by our MSMEs,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez has urged Filipinos to continue supporting local products to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":177630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260223","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281233,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260223\/revisions\/281233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}