Canada needs skilled workers, says immigration consultant

Aileen Garcia-Yap 05/01/2015

A Cebuano lawyer has opened an immigration consultancy office to help skilled workers migrate to Canada. Reiner P. Apolinario said Canada offers jobs in health care, engineering and education. “There is a need for more healthcare workers…

STRIKE ALERT, P-NOY

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Chito O. Aragon, Melissa Q. Cabahug, Norman V. Mendoza 05/01/2015

Aquino’s visit to Cebu on Labor Day coincides with Kepco-SPC power plant labor dispute   When President President Benigno Aquino III visits Cebu today he may be flying into the  first labor strike in Cebu in over…

No compromise reached after 7 hours

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/01/2015

If Kepco plant shuts down, additional power for Cebu can be tapped from Luzon NO agreement was reached yesterday between labor and management representatives of power producer Kepco-SPC even after a conciliation meeting that lasted seven hours.…

Quest reports higher income

Aileen Garcia-Yap 04/30/2015

Developer Filinvest Land, Inc. reported a 3.2-percent increase in revenues from Quest Hotel and Conference Center Cebu in the first quarter of this year. Karen Mendoza, Quest executive assistant manager, said they earned P72,000 for an average…

DOLE ASKED TO STEP IN

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/29/2015

Power plant workers  in Naga may  strike on Labor Day, May 1 Kepco-SPC  asks Labor Secretary to intervene to avoid outages Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz was formally asked  to intervene in the labor dispute in Naga  City…

P25 B MORE FOR CEBU

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Marites Villamor Ilano 04/25/2015

3  mixed-use   Ayala projects to rise  in Cebu, Mandaue, Mactan Superblock in   Cebu IT Park to have mall, hotel, BPO towers Ayala-owned companies will continue to shape  Cebu’s  landscape as they build more master-planned townships  and malls…

Retailers urged to target new consumer class

Aileen Garcia-Yap 04/24/2015

LOCAL retailers are encouraged to offer more premium items as a new strategy to get a bigger slice of the rising affluent consumer market — the new consumer class — in Cebu. Stuart Jamieson, managing director of…

Retailers group pushes mall space ordinance

Aileen Garcia-Yap 04/23/2015

To ensure that local retailers will have equal footing with foreign brands coming in, the Philippine Retailers Association Cebu Chapter will ask the Cebu City government to come up with an ordinance that will encourage mall operators…

Tourism adventure event in CBM ‘15

Aileen Garcia-Yap 04/22/2015

This year’s Cebu Business Month (CBM) will highlight a three-days-and-two-nights tourism adventure activity that aims to push further the promotion of countryside tourism in Cebu. Dubbed as Tourism Amazing Adventure Challenge (TAAC), the activity will push the…

IT provider opens second site in Cebu

Aileen Garcia-Yap 04/22/2015

Information technology (IT) services provider Tech Mahindra yesterday opened a second facility here as it aims to ramp up its Cebu workforce to 1,000 by the end of this year. Sujit Baksi, Tech Mahindra chief executive for…

ICD fellow encourages corporate whistleblowers

Aileen Garcia-Yap 04/21/2015

Local companies should set up a whistleblowing system to encourage employees to expose corruption and promote corporate governance, an Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) fellow said yesterday. Frank D. Numann, an independent anti-bribery consultant and Shell’s former…

Demand for sales jobs up

Aileen Garcia-Yap 04/17/2015

Cebu’s retail,  real estate growth attracts  fresh graduates Cebu’s rapidly growing retail and real estate industries on the back of a vibrant business process outsourcing (BPO) sector are fueling demand for sales personnel in the supervisory and…

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