Press Release
March 9, 2019

Transcript Go Negosyo's Youth Entrepreneurship Summit
FORUM PROPER

ON ANGKAS AND FUNDING FOR BUSINESS IDEAS

Q: As a student, if ever we are able to come up with ideas, what is the best venue for us to present our ideas and get funding and support?

Angkas CEO Angeline Tham: The other thing that I would like to say is, thank you, Sen. Grace Poe, for your support for Angkas.

Sen. Grace Poe: Oh, I haven't committed.

Tham: Thank you so much for your support for Angkas and working tirelessly to work for the regulation of motorcycle taxis. So that takes care of the micro-entrepreneurs which I think is also something that we should really think about here.

Poe: Maidadagdag ko lang, ang review kasi ng prangkisa ng Angkas ay nasa komite ko pa. Kailangan ko ang signatures ng mga kasama ko sa komite. Pero, we recognize the demand and we know that it's a need at the moment. In fact, I was the one that really pushed for the accreditation of Uber and Grab by the LTFRB. We just want to make sure that our passengers will be safe. That is a primary concern and you've already submitted that.

With regard to how to get funding, mayroon po akong bill na inihain, ang 'Youth Entrepreneurship Act,' dito po sa batas na ito, lahat ng mga nasa K-12 program, magkakaroon ng isang kurso kung saan i-eeksplika sa kanila ang importansya ng financial literacy: kung paano mag-ipon ng pera; paano gumasta ng tama; at kasama rin doon ang kaunting introduksyon sa entrepreneurship. Ang maganda dito, kapag ikaw ay may magandang ideya, at ito'y ipi-presenta mo sa iyong paaralan, kapag nakita na mayroon itong merito, ang CHED, DepEd at ang DOST ay bibigyan ang estudyanteng iyon ng kaunting pondo para umpisahan ang kanyang negosyo. 'Yan ay hopefully, kapag kami ay nabigyan ng pagkakataon muli, ay makapasa para naman mismong ang mga eskwelahan masasabing 'ito pala may magandang ideya itong estudyanteng ito, i-submit mo ang proposal mo.' So it's at the school level that we are able to look for talent and also ideas. Thank you.

ON ANGKAS IN PROVINCES

Q: Is there a possibility that Angkas will operate in Zamboanga City?

Poe: Actually alam mo, magugulat kayo, kung sa Metro Manila nauuso 'yang Angkas, 'pag pumunta kayo sa probinsya, mas grabe pa ang demand sa mga motorsiklo, sa mga riders na gano'n. That's why we were thinking, we might as well standardize it so that we can monitor it. But ibang klase ang lobby ng Angkas, mukhang organic naman, tingnan natin.

Tham: On behalf of all our drivers and customers, maraming salamat po.

ON BINHI NG PAG-ASA

Q: My name is Ben Maverick Marco, a farmer youth representative coming from Mindanao. Proud po ako na isa po ako sa scholar po ni Senator Poe under the Binhi ng Pag-asa program, ma'am, thank you. We are actually coming from the 4-H Club of the Philippines, this is actually an organization for the sons and daughters of farmers and those youth who have inclinations po in farming. As one of the recipients po ng Binhi ng Pag-asa, we had several programs po gaya ng advocating entrepreneurship plus agriculture, so it's a sort of integration. So right now po ma'am gusto po sana naming malaman po sana what are your next steps on promoting agribusiness po. Thank you.

Poe: Thank you for your question, thank you also for letting me know that you are one of the beneficiaries of Binhi ng Pag-asa. Alam niyo ba na 'yung average age ng mga magsasaka natin is about 58 years old, kasi nang mag-umpisa tayo, 56 lang two years ago. Kaya ginawa natin ang Binhi ng Pag-asa para 'yung mga batang interesado sa farming, mabigyan ng orientation at kaunting panimula. Puwedeng bigyan sila ng baboy, o kaya mga seedlings, mga bagay na gano'n; so that was promoted also by the Department of Agriculture. At this point, we're still trying to get that in. Hindi natin alam kung maisasama muli sa budget, pero isa 'yan sa itutulak ko. Because of the new rice tariffication law, about P10 billion will be given annually to farmers. We can probably include there, a similar program to continue 'yung mga trade fair for agricultural products. Ang kailangan natin ay food terminals in every area at trade fairs para malaman at ma-consolidate ang ating mga agricultural resource. But if you are still interested in something like this, then it encourages me to push for more of these, because I just want to see that it works. Thank you.

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