CEMCDO Digest City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office CEMCDO Digest, Volume No. 1 Issue #2 Success stories: MSME’s Success from rags to riches Page 12 SUCCESS: Tiding barangay Truly MSME’s economies on the MSME way sari-sari stores Page 6 The Yaman ng entrepreneur’s Gensan products Page 10 Gensan’s Act Kalilangan of opening doors 2016 to global Page 18 What’s new: CEMCDO reports and upcoming events CEMCDO worth watching NEWS Page 24 CEMCDO Digest, Volume No. 1 Issue #2 2 About CEMCDO Digest CEMCDO DIGEST Ronnel C. Rivera City Mayor CEMCDO Digest is the official publication of the City Economic General Santos City Management and Cooperative Development Office (CEMCDO) published quarterly. On its second issue, the digest Riza Marie T. Paches, CE, EnP will feature the MSME’s of the city, success stories of different Acting Department Head entrepreneurs. Joaquin Tiongco, MBA Acting Assistant Department Head CEMCDO Digest also aims to give its readers substantial information regarding the programs and activities of the EDITORIAL STAFF department and the city all year round. This is to enhance Editor-in-Chief the participation in the activities and to promote the city of Antoniette Gay T. General Santos to be an investment hub and tourist destination Llido-Velasquez in the country. Associate Editors Roy John V. Malaluan Charles U. Pesodas ABOUT THE COVER Layout Artist The second issue of Rem Floyd M. Herceda the Cemcdo Digest Segmundo B. Capada features the Micro, Concept and Design Small, and Medium Antoniette Gay T. Enterprise (MSMEs) in Llido-Velasquez the city. Rem Floyd Herceda Segmundo B. Capada The cover of this issue Photographer features the various Gregorio Dominick S. Velos products of the MSMEs that are faring well in the market. Contributors With the arrows at Wilfredo M. Guerra the background Joselito Torrecampo representing their Investments Division driving force to reach the top, this goes to Alma D. Zerrudo Adelyn C. Yucamco show that the MSMEs Special Project and Cooperative do have the capacity Division to reach the top of the stairs, the success of their business. Ma. Cora C. Tito Tourism Promotion Division frontpage photo: Shirley T. Cunanan Administrative Unit City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office CEMCDO DIGEST I ISSUE #2 I 2 Publisher MessageCEMCDO Digest,from Volume the No. 1 IssuePresident #2 3 GSC SMEDCI Greetings to all Generals, The General Santos City Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council, Inc. (GSC SMEDCI) carries great hopes in the evolution of transitional economy and the drive to promote Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) throughout the years. Sustained and healthy growth of our organization is necessary in adherence to our vision. Our purpose is to create and sustain successful businesses around the region. We are committed to understand the needs and expectations of mSMEs but at the same time our organization recognizes that our success depends on collaboration with companies, talented individuals and resources. The robust working relationship of GSCSMEDCI with the Local Government Unit of General Santos through City Economy Management and Cooperative Development Office (CEMCDO) and other National Government Agencies spearheaded by the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI) has made a remarkable impact in the innovation and development of mSME. As a partner, we express our appreciation to your continuous support. We are committed to the advocacy of CEMCDO and it is our honour to be a part of its advancement. Together let us continue to accelerate national business expansion, strengthen and enhance development capabilities and witness the further growth of the economy of General Santos City. God bless us all! FELICIDAD T. INTO President General Santos City Producers Association CEMCDO DIGEST I ISSUE #2 I 3 CEMCDO Digest, Volume No. 1 Issue #2 4 Message from the CEMCDO Department Head Our second issue of CEMCDO Digest is an affirmation of our continued transparent service to our stakeholders. It is a commitment to tell a story of our department’s accomplishments, our mandate and other deliverable necessary for economic development. This issue is anchored on the importance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). As for 2015, MSME has accounted for almost 99.46% of the registered enterprises. This gives an impression that a huge portion of our economic activities can be owed to MSMEs. As such, various programs are designed to support them, especially on trade and product development. The confluence of public and private stakeholder played a great role in developing a conducive business environment. The private enterprises who are the key players are consulted to level the sensitivity of the market. For small enterprises, tourism is becoming their lifeblood. Succinctly, the increasing number of tourist arrivals which incur daily spending helps the new enterprises recoup their investment capital. It is on this approach that we invite more tourists to come in, aside from letting them experience the Gensan culture and adventure. To this end, we invite you to flip each page and appreciate the role each segment in the society made as well as the impact they created – from the government side to your end. Enjoy reading. RIZA MARIE T. PACHES, CE, EnP Acting Department Head City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office CEMCDO DIGEST I ISSUE #2 I 4 Table of Contents Truly MSME’s: Kalilangan 2016: Tiding Barangay 77th Foundation Economies on Sari-sari Anniversary of Gensan Store. P6 P18 Building the MSME Capability: Tourism Statistics: Training on Tuna What’s trending Processing P8 P20 Yaman ng Gensan: Going Green: Entrepreneur’s The CEMCDO Way Products P22 P10 Kelvin Parreno: CEMCDO: Asim Kilig to The 1st quarter Success activity report P12 P24 Competitiveness Lea Cunanan-Delfin: Ranking: Dagdag sarap sa The Gensan rank ulam at kita P26 P14 Caridad Felisilda: Talk on Paper: My creation, my story, One way of saying it my success P27 P16 CEMCDO DIGEST I ISSUE #2 I 5 TRULY MSMEs TIDING BARANGAY ECONOMIES ON SARI- SARI STORES [email protected] presence problematic times. Doing spouse at home to tend certainly has business the entire week a sari-sari store, earn an endeared them and probably the whole income and likewise still to warrant a year-round and sans the take care of the family; Itscloser look at the difference usual opening time-shift, that helping the family contributed to the lives these stores have earnings economically helps the of the families in the that could afford families barangay moving that spills barangays, of which indeed meet both ends. Consider: over to its economy all-in- affecting the economies for that matter. Not a few of these sari-sari stores have This is why, it is renowned that these become “just a stop-gap stores are also thriving and have its share measure” (pantawid lang in vernacular), but make no of loyal patrons or “suki,” mistake about it as they are enabling families to hurdle one spouse is working while all in terms of taxes and financial difficulties, found the other stays at home to livelihood. it offering a ready stream attend to the family. And of cash thus gets hold of whiling away the time, it Sari-sari stores have been the way to navigate the would be prudent for the sprouting in the barangays (prevalently in non-urbanize CEMCDO DIGEST I ISSUE #2 I 6 villages)) as it is the easiest they have inclined to go one to form and manage underground gauged from and requires a small its ever-present existence amount of capital. if look at various It has proven its perspectives. Not dynamism drawing discounting of course from the strength that at CEMCDO— that shows these City Economic stores are the Management hub where interactions and Cooperative and commerce Development Office—809 sari- sari stores, as are mostly done beneficiaries, in barangays. were granted loans Their role is well from the financing acknowledged as program amounting a channel of trade to Php3.9 million from playing it up to the 1996 to 2013. Financing hilt or maximum. Which granted notwithstanding, brings to the contention that the office had provided the development of sari-sari these for up to and including stores is paramount to the sari-sari stores would that time other means, invariably help the constitu- such as entrepreneurship, ents of the barangays avail marketing, information of much needed goods management, skills training, as they’re there just in the and improving products neighborhood selling basic and services. Combining commodities saving for the said number of stores time and indeed easily then, there exists a reservoir reach; and likewise sell- wanting so much attention ing in single packets or implying their conspicuous “tingi,” which are hardly presence is something to found in supermarkets reckon with. and malls. This is why, it is renowned that these The challenge of elevating stores are also thriving and the domain of sari-sari stores have its share of loyal pa- goes beyond merely a trons or “suki,” as the case provider of neighborhood maybe. goods, it borders on tapping the potential as micro- Meanwhile in Gensan, the entrepreneurs and pursuing wellbeing of the barangays official record in the year it as a livelihood option to all viewed from the stimulus 2015 showed 443 sari-sari intents and purposes. And derived thereat. stores registered, but there so, sari-sari stores for anyone! Helping to further develop could be more as probably photo source: www.40cg.com www.travellingthephilippines.com CEMCDO Digest, Volume No. 1 Issue #2 8 BUILDING THE MSME CAPABILITY TUNA Processing and How to Start a Business he local government conduct of livelihood trainings The entrepreneurial of General Santos City, and seminars. Identified seminars and skills training Tin its continual effort participants coming from to be conducted for this in providing total quality men and women of different year 2016 are: moral values service has been extending barangays of the city are formation; food safety (a technical assistance to willing to learn additional skills basic training on haccp) and entrepreneurs through the to improve their business.