CPA to push through with its port project despite JV deal

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/30/2016

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) will pursue its proposed international container port project in Consolacion town even after the municipal government signed an agreement with a private developer to build a similar facility in the area. CPA…

Proposed int’l port project seen to get Neda Board nod

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/26/2016

THE proposed Cebu International Port project will likely be approved by the National Economic Development Authority (Neda) Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-Cabcom). General Manager Edmund Tan of the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) said he was optimistic that…

P9.13B port project will be Cebu’s big one this year

Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/17/2016

If President Rodrigo Duterte would approve it by the end of the year, work on a big-time infrastructure project in Cebu would start on the later part of next year. Efren Carreon, regional director of the National…

Power imports help Cebu Customs exceed July revenue target

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/01/2016

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) office in Cebu collected P1.71 billion in revenues last month, exceeding its P1.68-billion target and registering a P26.7-million surplus for July this year. Lawyer Rico Rey Francis Holganza, OIC customs district collector,…

BRT project phases for bidding within third quarter of the year

Carmel Loise Matus, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/31/2016

WHILE plans for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Cebu City are already underway, an Arizona-based educator said he thinks the transport scheme isn’t viable here. Dr. Douglas Webster, a professor of East Asian Urbanization in…

Construction, export sectors to help CV’s economic rebound

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/28/2016

Neda-7 chief: Region 7’s growth rate drop from 7.8 percent in 2014 to 4.8 percent in 2015 temporary The promised increase in infrastructure spending under the present administration, and the agriculture and manufacturing sectors are among the…

CV’s economic growth slows down to 4.8 percent in 2015

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/28/2016

The Central Visayas economy grew at a slower rate at 4.8 percent last year compared to 7.8 percent the previous year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday. PSA Central Visayas Director Ronaldo Taghap said it’s…

Stakeholders to present proposed Consolacion port

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/19/2016

THE local government of Consolacion, together with Cebu Port Authority, the National Economic and Development Authority, and the Department of Public Works and Highways, is now preparing to present the proposed international port to the Investment Coordination…

Tourism chief seeks bigger MICE market share for PH

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/17/2016

DOT Secretary Teo outlines department’s short-term, long-term thrusts The tourism department is looking forward for the Philippines especially Cebu and the Visayas to have a bigger slice of the international events in the meetings, incentives, conferences exhibitions…

Aquino government to turn over ‘strong, stable’ economy

Marites Villamor Ilano 05/19/2016

The Aquino government is set to turn over a “strong and stable” economy to the next administration, with the gross domestic product (GDP) expanding by 6.9 percent in the first quarter of this year. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary…

Government starts work on next SDGs, dev’t plan

05/17/2016

The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) has started conducting multi-stakeholder workshops to prepare for the next series of consultations on the national Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the next Philippine Development Plan (PDP). Together with the…

Neda chief says 2016 growth projections still ‘respectable’

Marites Villamor Ilano, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/01/2016

The International Monetary Fund’s growth projections for the Philippines this year, although lower than the original targets and the government’s own projections, remain at a respectable level amid the global headwinds, Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Emmanuel F. Esguerra…

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