MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have partnered to urge and empower consumers, as well as the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to use digital technology or the Internet.
DTI Misamis Occidental Provincial Director Jane Marie Tabucan acknowledged the convenience of online shopping. “Thanks to digital transformation, consumers can now shop online from the comfort of their homes and have their purchases delivered right to their doors,” she said.
Tabucan said consumers should have a conscious mindset and make more informed and sustainable choices when purchasing goods and services via online platforms and she also urged businesses to adopt sustainable choices when purchasing goods and services via online platforms.
“Digitalization has an enormous potential to support progress towards sustainability. We call on multi-stakeholder collaboration to make online shopping more sustainable knowing fully that “humans have unlimited needs, but the planet has limited capacity to satisfy them,” she said.
DICT Misamis Occidental Provincial Officer Engr. Eugene Raposala III said they have many programs such as free Wi-Fi, MSME’s support like cyber security training, data privacy. “All of us are doing online transactions and sometimes we give our information online, others are training on how to transform your business from an ordinary business to digital business,’’ he said.
“The best thing to do is protect your identity, protect your rights, don’t post your ID in your Facebook and social media account and the best way is to think before you click. All of the details and transactions that you will be doing are all at your fingertips,” he added. (Shaine Mae Nagtalon)
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