Osmeña not anti-business – Joel Mari Yu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/23/2017

JOEL Mari Yu, Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s consultant on business and economic development, decried accusations hurled by Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino that the mayor is “anti-business” and “anti-poor.” Coming to Osmeña’s defense, Yu cited that…

Make Cebu as one ecozone

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/23/2017

Peza chief cites possibility of reviving 10-year proposal amid Cebu’s strong economic performance Is it time to revive plans to turn the Cebu province into one big ecozone? Brig. Gen. Charito Plaza, director general of the Philippine…

Quisumbing seeks to eliminate issuance of tricycle permits

Dominic D. Yasay 02/21/2017

MANDAUE City Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisumbing is considering to eliminate issuance of business permits to tricycle operators in the city to reduce their financial burden. This after tricycle groups in the city aired their complaints to the…

Philippine-based advisory firm W+ B opens Cebu office

02/21/2017

PHILIPPINE-based business advisory firm opens its Cebu office to serve its surging Visayas and Mindanao clients. W+B (Wong + Bernstein) Advisory Group is relentless in its passion to provide professional entrepreneurial consultancy to its clientele. This is…

Exporters urged: Get ready for the rebound

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/20/2017

Philexport Cebu official shows guarded optimism on sector’s growth, gives advice As the country’s export sector faces challenging times, local businessmen are encouraged to prepare themselves when the rebound will happen in the industry. Federico Escalona, Philippine…

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…

Newly formed business group to give Minglanilla a boost

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/19/2017

A MUNICIPALITY in southern Cebu made history as it inaugurated its own business chamber on Saturday, signaling a strengthened partnership between the private sector and local government. The newly-formed Minglanilla-Cebu Business Chamber (MCBC) was poised not only…

Cebu’s business chiefs: We are for responsible mining

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/19/2017

Local traders support DENR’s Lopez’s actions against mining firms Amid criticism thrown at Environment Secretary Gina Lopez for ordering the closure of several mining firms in the country and recently scrapping 75 mining deals as well as…

Mandaue tricycle drivers’ call: No more business permits

Dominic D. Yasay 02/18/2017

MEMBERS of a group of tricycle drivers in Mandaue City are calling on the city government to eliminate the business permit requirement on top of the renewal of their tricycle franchises. Glenn Antigua, Traffic Enforcement Agency of…

Envoy: Danish firms exploring Cebu market

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/16/2017

Investors from Denmark see lower cost of doing business, direct flights as Cebu’s come-ons Danish companies are expected to set up shop in Cebu soon as Denmark seeks to establish partnerships with growth areas outside Metro Manila.…

SUSTAINING HOUSING SECTOR’S GROWTH

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/12/2017

Gov’t urged to address bureaucracy, corruption Property developers, who see a sustained momentum in the country’s construction business, are asking the government to address the issues in the housing industry such as bureaucracy and corruption, so that…

BIR to ease tax registration process, attract underground economy in CV

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/09/2017

A different approach in tax administration was seen by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in Central Visayas (BIR-13) as the “trick” to attain its collection goals this year. Newly appointed BIR-13 chief Alfredo Misajon voiced his optimism…

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