PALO, Leyte -- Made in the Philippines Products Week is part of our government’s long-running campaign to promote economic nationalism and help foster public confidence in Philippine-made products.  

Department of Trade and Industry Region 8 (DTI-8) adapts the celebration and translates the Made in PH Week into the Gawang Otso: Products of Eastern Visayas Trade Fair, that will showcase locally made products by its assisted micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs).  

In the fair will be 34 exhibitors, four of which are ELCAC beneficiaries, from the provinces of Region 8 under the Wearables and Homestyle, and Food Sectors. This celebration is geared towards showcasing the very best of genuine Philippine-made products and services highlighting the ingenuity and talent of our local manufacturers and entrepreneurs in various industries.

Gawang Otso will be open on August 19-22, during mall hours, and is in partnership with Robinsons North Tacloban, an active partner in upholding development of MSMEs in the region thru marketing.  

The partnership paved way for free use of exhibit place which made it efficient for the Department and its assisted entrepreneurs who have expressed their desire to conduct a trade fair because it greatly helped them generate income and establish new business linkages from new buyers met in the fair.  

DTI-8 looks forward that this partnership will result into an exceeding sales generation of the MSMEs from its target P1M total sales. (DTI-8)