Friends with China

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/05/2017

Cebu reaps benefits  IN the last four years, Rio Calle has been working as a business development officer for an offset and digital printing company — an industry which uses imported paper and other materials from China.…

BPO players propose gov’t benefits for firms setting up in the countryside

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/14/2017

While most companies have aired apprehension over the government’s proposal to cut tax perks for business process outsourcing (BPO) firms in the country, local industry players have chosen to dwell on what could be a positive development…

Shouldering the burden

Editorial 01/18/2017

After much deliberation, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the P1,000 increase for Social Security System (SSS) pensioners last Tuesday, but it came with a corresponding 1.5-percent contribution hike from the active members who may or may not reap…

Deadly compromise

Editorial 10/21/2016

The deaths of three workers due to accidents in the northern Cebu town of Liloan and at a mall in Cebu City are just the latest in a long list of work-related deaths in Cebu that, while…

China veterans protest pension delays

10/17/2016

BEIJING — For Yu Shuiping and other Chinese veterans, the country they served has yet to show its gratitude. Fed up with paltry pensions and benefits, they’re taking to the streets, hoping to shame the government into…

Council revisits aid for solo parents

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/11/2016

There are around 5 thousand “solo parents” in Cebu City living below the poverty level, according to city hall estimates; and if a 2014 local ordinance is to be implemented, they should be getting their yearly financial…

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