What's Up in Oriental Negros

DTI/Tammy Sevilla

Metro Post, April 2-8, 2006 issue

Two local manufacturers from Negros Oriental reaped the top three awards during the recently- concluded National Trade Fair 2006 at the SM Mega Trade Hall in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila.

The Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage (NOAH), OWNED BY Engr. and Mrs. Dodong Yee, garnered the Top Seller Award and the Top Selling Prototype Award while Orient Gifts, owned by Stella Lezama, garnered the Top Seller Award for the Fashion Accessories Sector.

Organized by the Department of Trade and Industry, the NTF is a market promotion for countryside entrepreneurs that have potential to serve both the domestic and international markets.

The other entrepreneurs from Negros Oriental which attended the NTF were the Brown Hands Industries, Babing’s Native Products and La Libertad Weaver’s Association.

The highlight of trade fair participation was the generation of cash sales and booked orders from exporters, export traders, institutional buyers and importers who visited the show. For this year Oriental Negrenses got the show’s top three awards, based on volume of cash sales and booked orders.

NOAH got two highest awards-the top seller award and top selling prototype award, and a consistent winner for four consecutive years. Orient Gifts won the top seller award in the fashion accessories sector. As a result, Region 7 won as the top selling region (on the national level), getting the highest amount of booked sales.