Palace: Gov’t may tap private media companies to air educational content

Krissy Aguilar 05/28/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Private media companies, including ABS-CBN, may be tapped to broadcast educational content by the Department of Education (DepEd), Malacañang said Thursday. Should ABS-CBN secure a legislative franchise, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said he is…

SEC resets deadline for reports of corporations affected by COVID to June 30, 2020

By Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Amid the adverse impact of the COVID-19 on the operations of corporations, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given companies affected by the crisis extended time to submit their annual and quarterly…

CBM 2020 Touches Base with Leading Companies in Manila

PR 02/19/2020

Manila, Philippines — In order to stimulate interest and support from leading companies in the country, officials from the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (CCCI) went on a 4-day roadshow in Manila. Representatives from companies…

New law gives perpetual life to companies

02/22/2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a refreshed Corporation Code that seeks to ease doing business, better protect corporations and shareholders and promote good corporate governance. The Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines amended the nearly…

Cebu City gov’t starts clearing streets of wire mess

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/06/2018

  The Cebu City government’s program to get rid of dangling and “spaghetti” wires started today. First to be cleared were the wires along J. Panis Street in Barangay Apas. The move is in response to Mayor…

Groups question labor-only contracting practices

Futch A. Inso 07/19/2018

  Cebu labor groups held a protest against labor-only contracting practices in some companies on Thursday morning (July 19). Jaime Paglinawan, coordinator of Alyansa sa mga Mamumuo sa Sugbo -Kilusang Mayo Uno (AMA-KMU), more than a thousand…

Renewable energy: Cebu companies go green

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/20/2018

Aside from bigger companies that aim to put up huge solar power plants to supply clean energy direct to the grid, there are also those that have entered the small-scale segment market of solar power. In Cebu,…

Companies may invest more in machines than in people

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/02/2018

ECONOMIST TAKE ON CONTRACTUALIZATION BAN President Rodrigo Duterte’s new executive order (EO) against illegal contractualization may dampen anti-poverty efforts by putting pressure on companies to regularize all its employees, an economics expert said. According to Dr. Raul…

Balancing Act

Rob Gonzales 04/29/2018

IT’s ALL about staying power. Mention Ricky Davao, and one can’t help but wonder how in his career spanning almost three decades he has uniquely transformed himself from engineer, to actor, to TV director. It’s not about…

Companies which violate labor laws will be subjected to Oplan Tokhang

Intern 04/23/2018

AFTER drug peddlers and users, it is now the turn of companies and business establishments who violate labor laws to be subjected to Oplan Tokhang, the dreaded state-sponsored anti-drugs campaign which resulted in thousands of deaths. But…

500 new TVNS franchises open for Cebu

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 01/27/2018

  THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) had announced on Friday that they will accept applications for new Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) starting February 5, with more than 32, 000 TNVS slots available. However,…

Companies need flexible HR practices to attract, retain millennial workers

Irene R. Sino Cruz 09/11/2017

WITH the stiff competition for workers, companies need to rethink their human resource (HR) practices to be able to attract and retain millennials in their workforce. “Today’s more mobile and technologically savvy workforce recognizes that the blurring…

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