Cebu business heads expect GDP growth in 4th quarter of 2016

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/24/2017

BUSINESS leaders in Cebu anticipated a good performance from the Philippine economy in the last quarter of 2016, ahead of the release of fourth-quarter domestic economic data this week. Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president…

Business urged: Support drug ops

Dominic D. Yasay, Nestle L. Semilla 01/23/2017

THE Mandaue City government is eyeing to draft guidelines for business establishments like hotels and motels requiring them to fully cooperate with the police’s drug bust operations. This comes after the discovery of drug dens being operated…

Chinese New Year: Bright domestic prospects balance external economic uncertainties

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/19/2017

Cebuano-Chinese traders see bright prospects in the Chinese New Year, particularly in the tourism sector, but external factors continue to threaten business prosperity in Cebu and the rest of the country. For Dickson Lim, vice president of…

On Trump and the drunken party mob

Stephen D. Capillas 01/19/2017

On learning last November that American businessman Donald John Trump will become the 45th US president, I had a flashback about reading a Doonesbery comic strip panel published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer sometime in 1988. That…

California-based university partners with USC, RAFI for programs supporting micro entrepreneurs

Morexette Erram 01/07/2017

Santa Clara University of California has collaborated with the School of Business and Economics of the University of San Carlos (USC) and the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) to design and implement programs that will helping sustain and…

Economic outlook

Editorial 01/05/2017

The three-part series on Cebu’s business outlook for this year, with a glimpse into the next few years, looks good at least on paper since, as everyone knows by now, anything can happen between what is set…

Trade missions, business summits planned for 2017

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/03/2017

CEBU business leaders are lining up activities to help them maximize in getting a share of the opportunities in 2017 as they look back at a productive 2016. With President Duterte winning, the last few months of…

Traffic and the countryside

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/29/2016

(CONCLUSION) Biz leader: Set up eco-zone, townships in other Cebu areas to help ease Metro Cebu traffic Spread development to the countryside. Glenn Soco, Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president, gave this suggestion as one…

No instant solution for traffic woes

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/17/2016

Strict enforcement of traffic laws may reduce congestion by 10 percent, say traders Six months into the Duterte administration, Cebu’s traffic problem had not been solved as promised, said business leaders here. “What improvement have you seen?…

The Chinese are coming!

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/01/2016

Sino billionaire meets Cebu City execs days after Sino firm explores prospects at Capitol Will Chinese investors soon pour money for developments in Cebu? Chinese philanthropist and billionaire Huang Rulun yesterday visited the province and met with…

Tom to replace business permit with updated tax clearance

Inna Mejia 11/13/2016

INSTEAD of issuing business permits to business establishments, Cebu City government plans to only issue an updated tax clearance to increase the city government’s tax collection efficiency. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he believed that the…

Digong pronouncements cause deep concern to foreign investors

Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/22/2016

Foreign businessmen have expressed concern over President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement that he would “break up” economic and military ties with the United States of America and has led them either to postpone expansion plans here or leave…

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