Leyte SMEs learn to do business on the web

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
December 28, 2005

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte  – To push Leyte Small and Medium Enterprises to take the appropriate e-commerce strategies that will make them more competitive in the borderless global business, the Leyte Provincial Office of the Department of Trade in the Region will conduct a three- days training on doing business on the web.

DTI Leyte Director Desiderio P. Belas, Jr. reveaked that the training tagged as E-Commerce Made Easy to SMEs will be conducted on January 10-12, 2006 at the Sagkahan National High School Computer Laboratory in Tacloban City in cooperation with the Philippine Trade Training Center, the Provincial Government of Leyte and Bayantel.

At the end of the training, the participants will be able to develop their own company website that will be useful in marketing their products and services, Director Belas assured.

He added that success stories abound about people who are now selling their products and services through the web. Many SMEs are already becoming more profitable by grasping the opportunities offered by electronic commerce.

It is now the right time to offer the opportunities of electronic commerce to the Leyte SMEs in using appropriate technologies and applications, Director Belas continued.

DTI Leyte have sent our invitations to SMEs which have the felt need for e-commerce and those which have export potentials. Director Belas said that he is encouraging the owner or manager of the SMEs to personally attend the training so that they will be able to understand and appreciate more what e-commerce is all about and how e-commerce could become an effective tool in advancing business.

No registration fee is required, Director Belas revealed, but slots are limited on a first come first served basis. Thus, the invited SME owners must submit their confirmation slips on or before January 4, 2006.

For further inquiries, Director Belas suggests that Ms. Araceli Larraga be contacted at telefax number 053-325-6448 or go to the DTI Leyte Office at Sagkahan, Tacloban City.