Osmeña: I don’t run after investors, I run after people who try to swindle the city

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/27/2017

Investors are welcome in Cebu City, but Cebu City Mayor Tommy Osmeña reminds them that he has to be firm and fair and will not hesitate to implement the law. “I don’t run after investors. I run after…

GROWTH PAINS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/22/2017

Officials say conflicts surrounding Cebu City’s new economic zone, the South Road Properties, can spur development in other growth areas outside Cebu City While recent developments at the South Road Properties (SRP) could spell possible repercussions for…

JITTERS

Edison Delos Angeles, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/21/2017

Some businessmen are apprehensive over FLI’s cancellation of its SRP contract with  Cebu City; some projects now on hold Bad business and bad for business. This was how some businesses perceive the cancellation by Filinvest Land, Inc.…

Locators mum on city gov’t’s move to dump garbage at SRP

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/17/2016

LOCATORS at the South Road Properties (SRP) refused to comment on plans of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to temporarily dump garbage at a vacant lot between the properties of two big property developments at the SRP.…

Foreign direct investments surge to $2.2 billion in April

07/11/2016

MANILA — Net inflows of job-generating foreign direct investments (FDI) jumped to the highest-ever monthly figure of $2.2 billion in April as the Philippines’ economic star shone in the region and attracted greater investor interest, the Bangko…

Potential Japanese investors agree to visit, explore Cebu

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/12/2015

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said he has convinced five potential investors from Japan to visit and explore business opportunities in Cebu. Two are government units, Saitama prefecture and Yokohama City, while three are private companies. Davide…

BO-PK councilors ask: Where’s SRP money?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/12/2015

Big developers silent on when they will pay P6.7 billion   Councilors allied with the Bando Osmeña–Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) yesterday asked the question foremost in everyone’s mind: Where’s the down payment for the SRP lots? “Why do…

Cebu is a woman, a ‘siloy’ and summer

Boboi Costas 05/21/2015

Cebu is a “young vibrant woman”. That’s the image that popped up in a Branding  for Cebu creative session where local tourism stakeholders were asked what best personifies Cebu. The session facilitated by Jacqueline Alexis Thng of…

Top investors, Cebu business champions honored

Aileen Garcia-Yap 06/23/2014

Six companies, three organizations and a European Chamber of Commerce official were awarded for helping boost Cebu’s economy during the Tourism and Investments Night of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry held at the Radisson Hotel…

Japanese firm unveils SRP retirees haven plan

Doris C. Bongcac 02/07/2014

A Japanese investor laid out his company’s plans to build a retirement facility at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City, considered as a first in the country. Kazuhito Matsuda, president of I Land Way Phils.…

Vice mayor: Unite behind SRP project

Doris C. Bongcac 02/06/2014

Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella yesterday got  down from the presiding officer’s platform to deliver a privilege speech  appealing to City Councilors  to unite behind the proposed  establishment of a Japanese retirement facility in the South…

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