More Filipinos eyeing New Zealand for work, stay

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/18/2015

MORE Filipinos are looking to work and live in New Zealand after that country’s government relaxed its migration requirements, an immigration consultancy firm said last week. Prisca Nina Mabatid, Pinoycare Visa Center chief executive officer, said the…

City Hall official worried about status of drainage master plan

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/14/2015

A City Hall official said he was worried that  three big developers may have lost interest in making a drainage master plan for the 300-hectare South Road Properties (SRP). Cebu City Engr. Jose Marie Poblete said no…

Europe-made My Bus to operate Nov. 16

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/09/2015

THE Cebuano riding public will get to experience  energy-efficient, Europe-made buses that wil be fielded  on Nov. 16. The route, which includes cities of Talisay, Mandaue and Cebu, and reaches the Mactan Cebu International Airport,  is the…

El Niño’s effects can cause food price hikes next year

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/07/2015

The strong El Niño occurring in the country today and the declining agricultural and fisheries production could cause an increase in the prices of food in the region early next year. Melissa Guantero, National Economic and Development…

Hotel opens in Oslob

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/04/2015

AN 18-room hotel has opened in Oslob town in southern Cebu to serve the growing number of tourists who visit the town for its famous whalesharks and waterfalls. Malou Abines, operations manager, said Hotel Sebastian has a…

APEC meetings target resilient energy infra

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/02/2015

HOW to increase the energy sector’s resilience to the impact of climate change will be the focus, among others, of the second round of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Cebu. More than 400 delegates to the…

2nd Tour de Cebu rally to kick off on Saturday

Aileen Garcia-Yap 09/29/2015

Some of the country’s top classic sports cars will take part in the second edition of the Tour de Cebu starting this Saturday (Oct. 3). The three-day event, spearheaded by Cebu’s premier car club, Performance and Classic…

SMEs urged to use ICT in businesses

Aileen Garcia-Yap 09/24/2015

SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to use information and communications technology (ICT) in their businesses as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is starting to roll out its nationwide free Wi-Fi pilot project. DOST…

Japanese hotel chain ties up with J Centre Mall, targets 2016 opening

Aileen Garcia-Yap 09/23/2015

THE Toyoko Inn, a top business hotel chain in Japan, will be opening a hotel in Mandaue City next year. Everjust Realty Development Corp. (ERDC) president Justin Uy, in an interview, said that they have already started…

Romanian nabbed in ATM fraud

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon 09/23/2015

Customer reward cards used to access hacked European bank accounts Police arrested and charged a Romanian national for tyring to withdraw cash  from  an automated teller machine (ATM) in Cebu City  using different customer reward cards with…

Company sets aside P1.2B for Mactan resort’s expansion

Aileen Garcia-Yap 09/18/2015

The Uy-led Philippine BXT Corp. has allocated P1.2 billion for the expansion of JPark Island Resort and Waterpark Cebu in Mactan. The company is also setting aside P1 billion for each facility envisioned to rise in Bohol,…

Traffic agency seizes contractor’s equipment

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Nestle L. Semilla 09/18/2015

The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) confiscated the heavy equipment of a contractor  undertaking road work at a portion of the South Road Properties (SRP) for failing to comply with requirements. CCTO operations chief Jonathan Tumulak said…

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