Manila, March 11 -- An additional eight Negosyo Centers are set to open in the Cordillera this year to help more business owners and would-be entrepreneurs.

The new centers will bring the total number to 70 across the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

The eight new Negosyo hubs will be set up in the municipalities of Luba and Pilar in the province of Abra; Pasil and Tanudan in Kalinga; Calanasan and Kabugao in Apayao; Hungduan in Ifugao; and Sadanga in Mountain Province.

Lawyer Raymond Panhon, regional director of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), said during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas held in a hotel here that "These centers are made possible with the help of the local government units that also appoint or design...