Businessmen promote Visayas as best retirement destination

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/17/2015

VABC also focuses on manufacturing, agribiz and tourism Around 200 businessmen from the Visayas gathered in Dumaguete City starting yesterday to discuss investment potentials and business opportunities in the retirement sector. Opportunities in the manufacturing, agribusiness, and…

Grand Land formalizes partnership with Dusit

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/16/2015

Construction of Grand Tower Cebu to start in 3rd quarter Gaisano-owned Grand Land, Inc. will hold later today the ceremonial signing of a management contract with Dusit International for a four-star hotel in the Cebu North Reclamation…

CEB posts passenger growth, eyes US flights

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/16/2015

BUDGET airline Cebu Pacific Air (CEB), which flew its 100 millionth passenger early this year, reported higher passenger volume in the first quarter. The airline carried a total of 4.3 million passengers from January to March, 13…

H&M to open in Cebu

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/08/2015

Swedish brand has 5 stores in Metro Manila Global retail brand H&M will expand to Cebu this year. The store location and opening date will be announced soon, said H&M Hennes & Mauritz, Inc. Philippines public relations…

Developer sets aside P2B

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/08/2015

Developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. has allotted P2 billion for the first phase of a four-tower complex that will be built on the site of a former recreational and sports facility in midtown Cebu City. Baseline Restaurant and…

More jobs, BPO clients ahead for Cyberzone

Marites Villamor Ilano, Nestle L. Semilla 07/04/2015

USING  sledge hammers, Cebu Gov.  Hilario Davide III, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and  a Filinvest  official yesterday smashed concrete blocks in a  portion of a wall along Geonzon Street to free access to  the   entrance of…

SWU readies ‘aggressive’ response to freeze order vs. medical college

Marites Villamor Ilano, Vanessa Claire Lucero 07/02/2015

Students say CHED refusal to issue SO numbers ‘a form of prejudice’ Phinma-led Southwestern University last Wednesday broke its silence to assure anxious medical students and graduates that a more aggressive response to a freeze order against…

P14.4 B SAFE IN LAPU BANK

Marites Villamor Ilano, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/23/2015

Will Mactan airport board make sure funds stay in Cebu? The P14.4-billion premium paid last year by the winning bidder of the Mactan Airport upgrading project is still intact in a government bank in Lapu-Lapu City. Airport…

MVP keen on 3rd bridge, eyeing 2 Cebu hospitals

Marites Villamor Ilano 06/11/2015

Bridge project faces Swiss challenge Corporate tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) is keen on undertaking the proposed third bridge between mainland Cebu and Mactan Island. He is also hoping to acquire two private hospitals in Metro Cebu,…

PLDT to offer Internet TV, other converged products

Marites Villamor Ilano 06/10/2015

2015 capex likely to go beyond allotted P39B Manila — Telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., Inc. (PLDT) will launch iflix this month and offer more converged products that include mobile, fixed line, data and content.…

Veco de-loading program eases impact of shortage

Marites Villamor Ilano, Norman V. Mendoza 06/02/2015

Hour-long rotation brownouts continued in parts of Metro Cebu yesterday as demand still outstripped supply in the Visayas grid, especially during peak hours. As of 2 p.m., distribution utility Visayan Electric Co., Inc. (Veco) said four feeders…

Mega Cebu road map needs Metro Authority to steer it

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Marites Villamor Ilano 05/23/2015

Wide north-to-south highways. Large dams to provide abundant water supply. A flood control system for rivers. These and other high-impact infrastructure projects were proposed for Cebu since the late ’70s and would have been realized by now.…

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