Megatrends for women

Madrileña de la Cerna 10/22/2016

When I was doing my dissertation on “Towards Developing Feminist Leadership in Philippine Setting” way back in the mid-1990s, one of the sources that helped me in working on my review of literature was a book on…

SM-Ayala group gets OK to develop SRP lot

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2016

THE SM-Ayala consortium may soon start developing the 26-hectare lot in the South Road Properties (SRP) which they bought from the Cebu City government. This after the Cebu City Council passed a resolution expressing its consent to…

Business pins hope on Duterte’s 10-point econ agenda to raise PH’s WEF ranking

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/28/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s 10-point socioeconomic agenda will help the Philippines rebound from its performance in the latest Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF), business leaders in Cebu said. Melanie Ng, Cebu Chamber…

Warning sign on China debt reaches record level – report

09/20/2016

Beijing – A key gauge of China’s debt has reached its highest level on record, setting off alarm bells of imminent risk to the banking system, a Swiss banking watchdog reported. China’s credit-to-GDP gap reached 30.1 percent…

BSP official cites factors that make country’s economy strong

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/29/2016

(Conclusion) WITH the Philippines recognized by the international financial organizations like the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as Asia’s rising tiger, a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official cites the factors that made…

Addressing the infrastructure gap

08/21/2015

An Associated Press (AP) story on how Asia’s infrastructure gap threatens to slow down its growth  gains currency in light of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings  in Metro Cebu. Cebu has been caught up in preparations…

Central Visayas still growing faster than rest of Philippines

Vanessa Claire Lucero 07/31/2015

APEC meetings, IT-BPM sector seen to further drive growth this year The Central Visayas  economy continued to outpace the Philippines last year as it expanded 8.8 percent, government statisticians reported. The Philippine economy slowed down last year,…

The bounty of Tañon Strait

Marian Z. Codilla 05/26/2015

Cebu Daily News photo editor Tonee Despojo spent five days traveling to parts of Cebu and Negros islands to capture scenes of life in coastal villages and the marine bounty of the Tañon Strait.   As the…

Shared prosperity in 2015 and beyond

Jobers R. Bersales 12/31/2014

Sixteen steps, 10 agencies, 34 days and 17 percent of a Filipino’s average annual income. That is how much it costs to set up a business, big or small, in the Philippines. In Malaysia, it only takes…

Ruby spurs inflation pressure

12/07/2014

  The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is keeping a finger on the trigger amid the expected landfall this weekend of Typhoon “Ruby”, fearing a buildup of price pressures as a result of damage similar to that…

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