TERROR THREATS IN THE SOUTH?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/03/2016

US Embassy alerts Americans of kidnap threats in southern Cebu Cebu officials were caught by surprise by the advisory of the United States Embassy in Manila to its citizens to avoid going to southern Cebu to avoid…

P25.4B investments poured in Cebu from January to June 2016

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/02/2016

Investments in Cebu for the first half of this year has reached P25.4 billion, already close to exceeding the total for the whole of 2015, despite a marked reduction in mass housing projects. The Bureau of Investments…

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…

DTI to roll out improved MSME dev’t plan in Jan.

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/09/2016

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is expected reach out to more budding entrepreneurs as it is rolling out the micro, small, and medium-scale enterprise (MSME) development plan 2017-2022 by January next year. Trade Assistant Secretary…

Biz heads back calls to blacklist erring service providers

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/19/2016

CEBU’S business leaders welcomed the government’s request for the private sector to blacklist service providers that would not comply with the government’s drive to stop the abusive practices of labor contractualization and the end of contract (endo)…

Telcos’ ‘power women’ share success secrets

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/12/2016

How women can survive, grow in male-dominated industries Walk past the road blocks and don’t let it stop you.” Gina Nomellini, chief finance officer of GTT, gave this advice to women who would want to grow in…

Cebu-based tech startups, students join LaunchPad mentoring program

Dominic D. Yasay 09/08/2016

NINETEEN teams composed of tech startups and business students in Cebu gathered at the Azia Suites and Residences in Cebu City for the LaunchPad Mentoring Program yesterday. The whole-day event is aimed at helping applicants create innovative…

Couching tiger

Francis T.J. Ochoa 08/19/2016

More and more people are no longer smoking because they are more aware of its hazardous consequences on one’s health. Today, however, many are not aware of a new health threat that could be as dangerous as…

Energy supply plan sought

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/27/2016

THE country’s energy sector should be able to keep up with the power requirements of industries and households alike as the economy grows further, stakeholders at an energy summit were told Wednesday. Sheryl delos Santos, Global Business…

Change is coming in the mining industry

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/06/2016

Change is coming” is the slogan that propelled Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte to the presidency, and who would ever thought the change also involves the way mainstream media covers or, based on Digong’s “boycott in reverse” of giant…

PH economy will sustain growth under Duterte, says economist

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/02/2016

A change in administration will have little to no effect on the growth of the Philippine economy due to huge revenue contributions from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and the information communications technology-business process management (ICT-BPM) sector, an…

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