Shipping firms reduce fare rates

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/29/2015

After reducing their passenger rates, members of the Visayan Association of Ferry Boat and Coastwise Service Operators (VAFCSO) are hopeful that passengers will appreciate their move. In an interview yesterday, VAFCSO president Alex Cohon said that the…

Spa offers pooled investment scheme

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/28/2015

Seeing a still huge prospect for wellness businesses in the country, homegrown company Body & Sole Franchise Corp. will be introducing a pooled investment scheme which will offer opportunities for startup investors to run their own spa.…

Cebu Pacific jet forced to return to MCIA

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/28/2015

An Airbus A320 aircraft of Cebu Pacific with 155 passengers and bound for Cagayan de Oro City turned back to the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) 20 minutes after it took off due to technical problems yesterday.…

Human Nature opens Mandaue branch

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/27/2015

Human Nature, a personal care brand, will be adding six branches in the country and a branch in Indonesia this year. Gandang Kalikasan, Inc.’s creative director Camille Meloto was in Cebu last Saturday for the reopening of…

Cebuano exporters ‘need to be more competitive’ in Asean

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/23/2015

The newly-elected president of the Philippine Exporters Confederation-Cebu chapter (PhilExport Cebu) said he will focus more on projects that will enhance the capability of their members in the next two years. With the Asean integration reaching a…

Developer working on eco-tour project in Balamban town

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/23/2015

A Singapore-based developer is working on a four-hectare lot within the 37-hectare retirement home project called Amonsagana in Balamban town, northwestern Cebu. Anita Blanco, Syntech Properties, Inc. senior sales consultant, said they are now working on a…

Canada expands, eases hiring of Filipino workers

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/22/2015

With an expanded list of preferred skills for immigrant visas in Canada including vocational training, a Cebu-based consultancy firm said it is “almost impossible” for Filipinos wanting to go to Canada not to get a visa. In…

Cebu shipping firms mixed on fare rate adjustment call

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/22/2015

Shipping companies in Cebu agreed to “review and rationalize” their fare rates in response to a call by the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to reduce fares due to the decline in global oil prices. Pinky Sy, vice…

Telco to open Generation 3 store in Cebu

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/19/2015

Following the success of the first two “Generation 3” stores in the country in Luzon and Mindanao, Globe Telecom will bring in the new retail concept store to Cebu this year. They will open six more Gen3…

Sinulog visitors fill hotels, restaurants

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/19/2015

Sinulog has always been a crowd drawer for Cebu fueling a lot of economic activities that benefits certain sectors like tourism and retail. As early as Monday last week or less than a week before yesterday’s Sinulog…

Sinulog drums, smiles greet balikbayans

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/15/2015

‘I HEAR THE BEAT’ “It’s always that beat that reminds me of home.” Gaudencia Estrada, 73, was all smiles and snapping photos with her daughter at the Mactan Cebu International Airport, where she arrived yesterday morning to…

Weekend of fireworks shows

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/15/2015

Look up at the night sky this weekend and enjoy Sinulog fireworks. Six groups from all over the country will once again compete on Saturday for the Pyrofest competition in front of SM City Cebu Northwing. On…

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