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GLOBAL PINOY

Interaction and innovation are the two words serving as the bedrock of globalization.

The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI)’s Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) is currently leading the country’s Philippine talents for home, fashion, and lifestyle sectors towards the international stage. With this leap towards a wider arena for design, CITEM has given executive director Pauline Suaco-Juan the reins to lead these talents through events like Manila FAME which is CITEM’s signature event for promoting the export sectors. So far, this event has presented 70 unique editions that established Manila FAME as the Philippines’ premier design and lifestyle event.

However, in the era of a global pandemic that came hand in hand with the 21st-century online culture, the ability to adapt would come first before the landslide of success. For Suaco-Juan, this means promoting these Philippine designs through Fame+, a portal to the online world. “I’ve always thought that embracing the new is always

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