New digital payment solution targets millennials, unbanked

Marites Villamor Ilano 10/09/2015

Consumers with no bank account nor credit card will be able to shop, pay bills or send money via a smartphone with the use of a digital payment solution developed by Smart eMoney, Inc. and Rocket Internet.…

Dengue alert up in 16 schools

Marites Villamor Ilano 10/07/2015

A  dengue alert website developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has flagged 16 public schools in Cebu province as possible dengue sites. In these schools,   ovicidal-larvicidal (OL) traps were installed to control the mosquito…

P13 WAGE HIKE

Jhunnex Napallacan, Marites Villamor Ilano 09/11/2015

But only minimum wage earners in Metro Cebu will get adjustment The Central Visayas wage board yesterday granted a P13 adjustment in the daily minimum wage of workers in Metro Cebu. Minimum-wage earners in other parts of…

Telco’s future lies in data, Internet-based networks

Marites Villamor Ilano 09/03/2015

Report: Mobile devices are entertainment tools in digital lifestyle More people are shifting from the traditional voice to wireless, Internet-based telecommunications services as the world enters a digital lifestyle era, a new report by Canada-based global telecom…

More digital content, services needed for telcos to survive

Marites Villamor Ilano 09/02/2015

To thrive in this digital age, telecommunications carriers will have to go beyond building data-capable networks and provide more digital content and services. Citing analyst Chetan Sharma, top telecommunications executive Napoleon L. Nazareno said the value in…

Cebu gets ready for APEC

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Marites Villamor Ilano 08/21/2015

APEC preps face test: hotel venues,  traffic, tours, security     Preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Cebu  switched to high gear yesterday with the arrival of initial batches of delegates. Cebuano commuters and…

Relax hotel rate hikes

Marites Villamor Ilano, Vanessa Lucero, Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/11/2015

Cebu gov’t, chamber leaders appeal for restraint in APEC season Cebu city and province top officials yesterday added their voices to an appeal for hotels to “temper” a rate increase for accommodations timed for APEC meetings in…

120 Family Mart stores planned in Cebu

Marites Villamor Ilano 08/03/2015

A total of 120 Family Mart convenience stores will be opened in Cebu over the next 10 years. Allen Arvin A. Tan, president and managing director of Family Table, Inc., said this was their commitment as territorial…

Cebu deemed ready for luxury cars

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/27/2015

Mercedes-Benz ‘flying doctor’ in Cebu on July 27-31 BULLISH about Cebu’s economy, Global Star Motors Corp. has opened full-service dealerships for iconic luxury brands Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram in Cebu. Global Star was recently appointed…

Six more Go Negosyo hubs in Central Visayas by Sept.

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/24/2015

DTI to open centers in Cebu, Bogo, Siquijor and other growth areas The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will open 6 more Go Negosyo centers in Central Visayas by September. The total number of Go Negosyo…

Software developer to boost capability

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/24/2015

Software development company N-Pax Cebu Corp. will soon be able to boost its capability to serve clients in Southeast Asia and Japan. N-Pax president Wilson P. Ng said his eldest son Earl Christianson will train with Nomura…

Cebuano graduates top of HK business school

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/22/2015

Eldest son of prominent entrepreneurs wants to start own business EARL Christianson C. Ng, a 21-year-old student from Cebu, became the first Filipino to graduate at the top of his class in Hong Kong. Ng was named…

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