DTI: Bohol expo seen to surpass P15M goal in 2017

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/06/2017

THE Department of Trade and Industry in Central Visayas (DTI-7) expects a bigger regional trade expo this year, even aiming to exceed its revenue target of P15 million for 2017. Asteria Caberte, DTI-7 regional director, said they…

Vis-Min exhibitors to join Sandugo Trade Expo in Bohol

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/06/2017

  An estimated 120 exhibitors from the Visayas and Mindanao are expected to join the Sandugo Trade Expo in Bohol from July 19 to 23. Regional Director Asteria Caberte of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-7)…

Planning key to success of mass transport system

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/05/2017

FOR Cebu Business Club president Gordon Alan Joseph, it is not a matter of whether one mass transport system for Cebu City is better than another, but rather a question of how it is planned. Joseph made…

Metro Cebu traffic woes in the year of Duterte

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/04/2017

HEALTHCARE executive Clyde Teves has to be out of his house in Carcar City in southern Cebu before sundown. He has to catch the 4:30 p.m. bus, which arrives in Cebu City’s south bus terminal along Natalio…

Export, IT execs: There’s still time to act, amend Train Bill

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/04/2017

PROPOSED TAX REFORM PROGRAM Can business leaders in the export and the information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industries prevent the Train (Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion) bill passed by the House of Representatives from removing their…

Banking exec: New gov to take BSP to new heights

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/04/2017

“WE can expect the new governor to take the BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) to new heights especially in this day and age of digitalization.” Eugene Rigodon, Cebu Bankers Club (CBC) outgoing president, said this as Nestor…

Services, tourism will still be CV’s economic drivers if …

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/03/2017

BIZ LEADERS’s region’s H2 OUTLOOK The services and tourism sectors are expected to drive the economy of Central Visayas in the second half of 2017, helping the region to even surpass its economic growth in the previous…

CEOs: Enhance PPPs, develop infrastructure

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/02/2017

Cebu-based chief executive officers (CEO) believe that acceleration of infrastructure development as well as the enhancement of private-public partnerships (PPP) are essential to ensure that Cebu keeps standing as a commercial and industrial powerhouse. These were among…

The making of a restaurant chain

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/02/2017

  Going into a restaurant business is no easy feat, especially when one has no background in the venture. But the Noel family-owned Casa Verde has proven that success has less to do with experience than it…

Israel eyes tie-ups with PH, Cebu businesses

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/02/2017

  AS the Philippines continues to move up the economic ladder, the nation of Israel has offered to complement the country’s economy by helping develop different sectors deemed critical to development. Dr. Effie Ben Matityau, ambassador of…

Building a Tañon Strait economy

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/30/2017

BOOMING TOLEDO CITY EYES HOUSING INVESTORS We are going to build a Tañon Strait economy.” Mayor John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña said this in a phone interview, as he described the local government’s thrust to make Toledo City,…

CEBU: A YEAR OF ROBUST GROWTH

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/29/2017

Duterte Year one Amid an uneasy year in politics, a controversial war on drugs and the Abu Sayyaf terror group attempting to gain foothold in Central Visayas through Bohol, the region’s economy — Cebu in particular —…

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