LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - - The Department of
Science and Technology urged Baguio and Benguet consumers to utilize the E –
Commerce Web Application “oneSTorePH” wherein Philippine products made by
micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from various parts of the country
are being offered on line.
Dr. Pita Picpican,
DOST – Cordillera coordinator for techno transfer and commercialization, in a
consumer welfare forum here said oneSTore was conceptualize by DOST to promote
products and increase market competitiveness of DOST – assisted MSME .
It has expanded to
include the other government agency-assisted MSME products.
Each DOST regional
office will establish a database of MSME products that will be promoted and
marketed in the oneSTore.
It will establish
oneSTore hub, a physical store where the products will be consolidated,
packaged and shipped per online order, Picpican said.
The hub will also be
in charge of monitoring all transactions, sales and feedback and do monthly
reports to be forwarded to the DOST regional office . It also carries out
payment processes and delivery within the time span, she added.
She disclosed that the
physical structure of the one STore hub for CAR is already under construction
in La Trinidad.
Cordillera products
are now being accommodated by DOST region 2 oneSTore hub.
There are already 55
products from the Cordillera MSMEs- three from Abra, four from Apayao, 11
from Baguio, 12 from Benguet, six from Ifugao, 15 from Kalinga and four from
Mountain Province.
As oneSTore
promotes easy shopping as promoted by its tagline “Bringing quality products at
your doorstep”, Picpican reiterates DOST’s call for the people to visit its
site at www.oneSTore.ph.
The DOST- led consumer
welfare forum was conducted in partnership with DTI – CAR, the National
Consumer Affairs Council and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
For the forum DTI
consumer protection division chief Samuel Gallardo lectured on Consumer Act of
the Philippines and rights and obligation of consumers while engineer Rodel
Inga-an of DOST-CAR oriented participants on their regional metrology
laboratory. -- JDP/CCD
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