Furniture designers, craft makers in Asean to conduct workshop in Cebu

Aileen Garcia-Yap 09/07/2015

FURNITURE designers and craft makers will converge here in November for a workshop under the Craft Connect Project supported by the German International Cooperation (GIZ). Nelia V. F. Navarro, Creative Cebu Council (CCC) director and Department of…

Hotel cartel?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/10/2015

Were it not for the fact that she is a practitioner of diplomacy, I think Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Laura del Rosario would have dressed down operators of local high-end hotels for jacking up their…

Eco-friendly products pushed for Asean mart

Vanessa Claire Lucero 08/07/2015

For Philippine products to compete in an integrated regional market, they will have to be environment-friendly, cost-efficient, resilient and readily available. Jon Richmond Ang, marketing director of Worldbex Services International (WSI, said Philippine products would have to…

Landmark laws

08/03/2015

While the country was caught up in the events leading to President Benigno Aquino III’s final State of the Nation Address (SONA), not everyone noticed him signing two landmark laws that may, among other things, prepare the…

‘Hotline’ for sea dispute tackled

08/03/2015

ASEAN-CHINA TALKS Asean and China are discussing setting up a “hotline” in case of an emergency regarding the territorial dispute over the South China Sea, a Philippine official said yesterday. The proposed hotline was discussed during a…

Some thoughts on the Aquino presidency

Jobers R. Bersales 07/30/2015

In just a year from today, the six-year term of President Beningo “P-Noy” Aquino III shall have ended. The most palpable signal was his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday before both houses of…

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…

Davide to ask telecom firms, NTC to speed up Internet

Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/21/2015

PH has slowest Internet in Asean, 171st globally Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said he will ask the telecommunication companies and the government regulator to find ways to improve Internet download speed in the country. “Mohangyo ta…

PH needs more trade deals with world’s biggest markets

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/19/2015

DTI official cites country’s ‘game plan’ for Asean Economic Community The Philippines needs to negotiate for fair trade agreements (FTA) with the United States and European Union to compete with other Asean countries like Vietnam and Indonesia,…

Creation of DICT seen to boost digital economy

Aileen Garcia-Yap 06/04/2015

THE creation of a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will strengthen the government’s push for a digital economy. Mon Ibrahim, executive director of the ICT Office under the Department of Science and Technology, said his…

Firm expands to Cebu

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/04/2015

Nimble Storage is expanding its storage support technology and services to Cebu, partly to  support clients in Manila. Peter O’Connor, vice president of Nimble Storage for the Asia Pacific and Japan region, said bringing their services to…

SMEs urged to submit tech upgrading proposals

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/02/2015

DOST allots P20M for small businesses in Cebu The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has called on small and medium enterprises to avail of a government program to adopt technological innovations to improve their products and…

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