‘WE ARE READY’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/29/2017

Banking on Cebu’s experience in hosting big international events in the past, organizers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit meetings to be held in Cebu and Bohol next month are confident the two provinces…

World-class tokens, ‘Best of Visayas’ products readied for delegates

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/29/2017

TWO world-class Cebuano-made works of art will take the spotlight as delegates of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit meetings in Cebu and Bohol next month will receive the items as special tokens. Taking center stage…

Cell sites’ shutdown mulled

Nestle L. Semilla 03/24/2017

SECURITY MEASURES FOR upcoming asean meet After the success of Sinulog 2017, the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is considering another cell site shutdown as part of the security measures for an international summit to…

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/03/2017

Gov’t office’s thrust: Tap social media “SOCIAL media is not a propaganda machine. It is the voice of the people.” Carlos Munda of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) gave this description amid the office’s thrust to…

Mactan-Cebu Airport eyes new connections to Europe, Australia and other ASEAN countries

PR 03/02/2017

WITH the construction of a new passenger terminal proceeding as scheduled, the management of Mactan-Cebu International Airport, GMR- Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMACAC), is looking to open new routes connecting Cebu to Australia, Europe and more ASEAN…

Equip students for Asean integration — tourism experts

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/20/2017

WITH a more dynamic regional economy because of the Asean integration, a group of tourism stakeholders in the country are seeing the need to equip the next generation of tourism and hospitality students in the Philippines with…

Aloguinsan’s Bojo River association wins Asean Tourism Award for best community group

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/12/2017

A Capitol official hoped Aloguinsan’s latest recognition would encourage other local governments in Cebu to adopt the town’s approach on managing its tourism destination. Joselito “Boboi” Costas, Cebu provincial tourism officer, said having Aloguinsan cited by the…

Gothong partners with Japan firm, eyes Asean market

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/09/2017

The Gothong Southern Group of Companies is primed to capitalize on the Asean integration after its recent partnership with a Japanese logistics firm. Alessandro Lampayan, Gothong’s logistics unit’s chief operations officer, said their joint venture with Suzue…

BULLISH IN 2017

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/31/2016

CEBU’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK (FIRST OF THREE PARTS) Amid a backdrop of turbulence in the country’s political arena as well as an international backlash on the Duterte administration’s brutal war against drugs, the business community is unaffected and…

Duterte seen to hasten Asean trade integration

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/26/2016

Business leaders in Cebu are optimistic about the future of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte, who will assume chairmanship of the regional bloc in 2017. Ted Locson Jr., Cebu Chamber…

Senate OKs on second reading resolution to ratify AIIB Treaty

11/30/2016

The Senate has adopted on second reading a resolution seeking its concurrence in the ratification of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). No senator objected when Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto…

Chan is new CV tourism chief

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/29/2016

The Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) finally has a new regional director. Catalino Chan, who was the Tourism director of Northern Mindanao (Region 10), was sworn in as the new DOT-7 director by Tourism Secretary…

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