Cebu business group leaders urge members to adopt, implement new safety and health standards

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Business group leaders in Cebu have called on their members to brace for the reopening of businesses by adopting and implementing new safety and health standards in their workplaces amid the prevailing threat…

Cebu biz groups: PBB is our passport to new normal

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Business groups in Cebu are calling for ’understanding, compassion, and solidarity’ amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis while renewing their support of the Project Balik Buhay (PBB). This was the message of…

Cebu Chamber postpones Cebu Business Month 2020 celebration

By Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/12/2020

CEBU CITY—The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) will reschedule the Cebu Business Month (CBM) celebration, the annual major event held in the whole month of June since 1994. “With inputs from the CBM 2020 Team,…

Cebu Chamber calls for measures for gov’t, other sectors to meet 

Irene R. Sino Cruz 02/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) calls on business sector and government to implement ways to address adverse effects of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019). In a position paper, CCCI cited the…

CCCI welcomes two-year business permit validity

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry lauded the move of the Cebu City Council in passing an ordinance that extends business permit validity to two years. Virgilio “Nonoy” Espeleta…

CCCI names CBM 2020 chairperson

Irene Sino-Cruz 08/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) named a 35-year-old owner of a business process outsourcing firm as chairperson of Cebu Business Month 2020. CCCI president Virgilio Espeleta noted that for the…

Cebu biz leaders welcome Duterte’s hard stance vs. corruption, bureaucratic red tape

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/23/2019

CEBU CITY—Business leaders welcome support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s tough policies against corruption and bureaucratic red tape, which the latter expressed during his State of the Nation Address (SONA). Virgilio Espeleta, president of the Cebu Chamber of…

Team Hunat Energy Bar: Last-minute racers win Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo 2019

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In the end, it was the team who joined at the eleventh hour that was declared as champion of Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo 2019. Team Hunat Energy Bar by The Chocolate Chamber —…

Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo 2019: Race to the finish line (Day 3)

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/24/2019

TABUELAN, Cebu—The third and last day of Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo 2019 brought in a balance of challenges including making a bibingka (rice cake) and rappeling down a bridge to get the next clue. The race ended…

Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo 2019: More physically demanding tasks in Day 2

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/23/2019

SAN REMIGIO, Cebu — Race participants faced more physically demanding tasks on the second day of Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo 2019, a big difference from the mind, trivia and puzzle challenges that dominated Day 1. On Saturday…

Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo: A trip up northern Cebu (DAY 1)

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/21/2019

DAANBANTAYAN, Cebu — Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo, a three-day tourism race organized by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) along with its partners, took close to 150 individuals in the northern part of Cebu for…

Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo kicks off in Consolacion; participants learn culture, heritage of northern Cebu towns

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 06/21/2019

CONSOLACION, Cebu —Twenty teams composed of 80 individuals representing various companies and organizations join the Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo 2019, a three-day race that takes participants to 19 destinations in northern Cebu. Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo is…

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