‘Kadiwa ng Pangulo’ opens in Ecija capitol
CABANATUAN CITY — The Nueva Ecija Department of Trade and Industry and the Provincial Agriculturist Office, in coordination with other government agencies, launched yesterday the “Kadiwa ng Pangulo” program at the old provincial capitol compound in this city.
The launching of the KNP program in the province coincided with the activity held in San Fernando City, Pampanga where President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. witnessed the signing of a memorandum of agreement of the DTI, the Department of Agriculture, and other concerned agencies in its simultaneous launching in all local government units nationwide.
Dr. Richard V. Simangan, DTI provincial director, said more than 62 micro, small, and medium enterprises (20 invited by the DTI-NE and more than 42 by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist) participated in the KNP program, where several stalls were put up at the back of the old provincial capitol building.
Among the basic commodities being sold included rice from the National Food Authority pegged at P25 per kilo.
Also being sold were eggs, vegetables, meat, processed food, clothes, bags or bayongs, mushroom chip, chili garlic, and non-food items such as slipper, bedsheets and pillow covers.
Simangan urged Novo Ecijanos to patronize Filipino-made local products, most especially those being sold in Kadiwa ng Pangulo outlets.
He said the participating MSMEs were assisted by the DTI-NE, OPA, Department of Social Welfare and Development and other local government units concerned.
