Proposed ‘buy local’ ordinance pushed at Cebu City Council

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has proposed an ordinance that calls for the mandatory promotion and procurement of locally-produced goods and services to help micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in…

SEF Program: Green financing for small, medium businesses

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/22/2018

SMALL and medium businesses were encouraged to avail of loan facilities to help them operate in a more green and sustainable manner. Officials of the Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) said their Sustainable Energy Finance…

4 nabbed in Bulacao drug bust

John Aroa 07/03/2018

More than P300,000 worth of illegal drugs were confiscated from four drug peddlers during a drug bust in Barangay Bulacao, Talisay City on Tuesday morning, July 3.   Suspects were identified as Milben Abangan, 34; Hienson Orbiso,…

BIR to focus on top 500 medium taxpayers to boost tax take

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/25/2017

The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Cebu City (BIR 13) is now identifying the top 500 “medium” taxpayers under its jurisdiction in a bid to boost its tax collection. Lawyer Aynie Mandajoyan-Dizon, BIR 13 regional director, said…

How a factory worker became a bag-making entrepreneur

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/22/2016

SHE went into the making of pillowcases to earn extra income for the treatment and medication of her ill son and ended up in making bags, which she has grown into a promising home-based business venture. Abegail…

CLOSING THE INNOVATION GAP: Go into e-commerce, entrepreneurs urged

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/21/2016

Entrepreneurs in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector are encouraged to go into electronic commerce or e-commerce so that they can compete with other Asian countries in terms of innovation. Ma. Elena Arbon, Department of…

Business heads back DTI bid for free mall space for MSMEs

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/04/2016

Business leaders in Cebu welcomed the move of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to expose micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to the mainstream market. According to an Inquirer report, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez has…

‘Trilogy’: Medium Matters

Gerard Pareja 05/24/2016

DO INTENTIONS matter in art? While most of us frown on propaganda, there have been many masterpieces that started as such. For instance, W.H. Auden, member of the communist party of England, wrote pieces to champion his…

‘Ship of Fools’

Juli Ann M. Sibi 05/24/2016

Recreating Philippine Society ON BOARD a vessel with no direction, powered by frivolous men and women, closed to opinions astray from their own. In their joint art exhibit, 20-year-old University of Philippines Cebu Fine Arts students Janine…

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