March 2024 - THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY PROVINCIAL OFFICE CONDUCTED THE BRIEFING ON THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING MSMES AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS LAST MARCH 15, 2024. THE OUTSTANDING MSMES AWARDS ARE GRANTED TO MSMES WHOSE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS HAVE ENABLED THEM TO MEET CHALLENGING STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND SHOW CONSISTENTLY THEIR COMMITMENT TO GROWTH, COMPETITIVENESS, INNOVATION, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE COUNTRY, WHILE THE PRESIDENTIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ARE GIVEN TO MSME DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, LGUS, BANKS, LENDING INSTITUTIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES.
THE VIRTUAL MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY BCCI VP FOR ADVOCACY, DR. JEHAN ECHAVEZ, AND MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, MS. JONIE MANGALONZO, TO REPRESENT THE BCCI.

March 2024 - THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN, HEADED BY MS. PERPETUA R. SANTOS, CONDUCTED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE 011- 2023, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT INCENTIVE ORDINANCE OF 1999, AS AMENDED BY PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 17-2015”. THE PROPOSED PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PROVINCE WERE DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, BOARD MEMBER ARTHUR A. LEGASPI, AND COMMITTEE CHAIR ON WAYS AND MEANS, BOARD MEMBER CEZAR L. MENDOZA, AT THE BULWAGANG SENADOR BENIGNO AQUINO JR., PROVINCIAL CAPITOL COMPOUND, CITY OF MALOLOS, BULACAN. REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION WAS ALSO PRESENT, THE BCCI PRESIDENT, MS. CORINA TENGCO-BAUTISTA, TREASURER, ENGR. MARIA CECILIA G. ESTINOPO AND COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MS. CRISTINA T. FUENTES, ATTENDED THE HEARING TO REPRESENT THE BCCI.

March 2024 - THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) BULACAN PROVINCIAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (PTESDC) CONDUCTED ITS FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING LAST MARCH 22, 2024, AT THE TESDA BULACAN PROVINCIAL OFFICE MULTIPURPOSE HALL, TABANG, GUIGUINTO, BULACAN. ONE OF THE AGENDA WAS THE PRESENTATION OF PARTNER COMPANIES FOR THE ENDORSEMENT OF COMPETENCY STANDARD: PHARMACEUTICAL MACHINE OPERATION AND BOOKKEEPING NC IV. BCCI PRESIDENT CORINA TENGCO-BAUTISTA ATTENDED THE MEETING TO REPRESENT THE BCCI. BCCI SEAT AS A MEMBER OF THE BULACAN PTESD COUNCIL.

March 2024 - THE MOST OUTSTANDING BULACAN BUSINESSMEN 2024 (MOBB) TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP (TWG) HAD A MEETING LAST MARCH 20, 2024, AT THE BCCI OFFICE. THE TWG CONCEPTUALIZED THE EVENT’S THEME, AND THEY CAME UP WITH “MOBB 2024: SUCCESS BEYOND LIMITS." THE MEETING DISCUSSED THE DETAILS ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY BCCI CHAIRMAN, MS. OFELIA MANGULABNAN, PRESIDENT, MS. CORINA TENGCO-BAUTISTA, CORPORATE SECRETARY, MR. PILIPINO RAMOS, TREASURER, ENGR. MARIA CECILIA ESTINOPO, VP-CHAMBER SERVICES AND LOCAL PROGRAMS, MS. LILIBETH ALCARAZ, VP-MEMBERSHIP, MS. CARMENCITA UYCHOCO, CHAIRPERSON OF COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MS. CRISTINA FUENTES, CHAIRPERSON OF COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, MR. CARLITO GERONIMO, AND THE SECRETARIAT.

March 2024 - THE BCCI WAS AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW COUNCIL ON THE PRESERVATION OF ART AND CULTURE. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 20 (2023), BASED ON PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 76-2019, BETTER KNOWN AS THE "BULACAN CULTURAL HERITAGE CODE," IS THE ONE THAT CREATED THE KPSK OF THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN TO BETTER PROTECT ITS HERITAGE AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAND OF CONSERVATION, DESPITE THE CHANGES WE ARE FACING. BCCI CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, MR. CARLITO M. GERONIMO, REPRESENTED THE BCCI.
