Cebu tourism stakeholders prepare for Holy Week, summer visitors

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) has started coordination with law enforcement agencies to secure local destinations that are expected to be visited by tourists during the Holy Week celebration and during the duration…

Globe Telecom joins Plan International in enhancing cyber safety skills of the youth and their parents

PR 03/23/2019

Globe Telecom has joined Plan International in enhancing the cyber safety skills of children, the youth, and their parents in order for them to become informed, responsive, and responsible digital citizens who act in ways that protect…

SMEs urged: Use technology to expand market reach

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—E-commerce is a way to go for Cebu-based small and medium companies (SMEs) who want to expand their market reach. Dick Chiang, chief operating officer of Dragonpay, said SMEs have to tap various technologies, whether…

Cebu to become a major player in RP fintech community

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Seven companies engaged in e-commerce and social media platforms gathered here for the first Digibeez Summit to encourage small and medium companies to tap technology use in their businesses. With the theme “Digibeez: Growing…

Shimura to ask OPAV to conduct security summit in Cebu’s northern towns

Rosalie Abatayo 02/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu fourth district Board Member Sun Shimura will ask the Office of the Presidential Assistant to the Visayas (OPAV) to conduct a security summit in the northern part of Cebu, similar to what…

DOT-7 to help give tourism workers in Oslob the needed training to spot potential threat

Rosalie Abatayo 02/04/2019

OSLOB, Cebu — The Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) committed to tourism operators in this southern town of Cebu to provide their employees with the training needed to spot potential threat. Ted Madamba, an officer of the…

US and China in trade tariffs truce after tense G20 summit

AFP 12/02/2018

The United States and China on Saturday announced a ceasefire in their tariffs war, hours after US President Donald Trump upended another international forum by snubbing G20 action on trade disputes and climate change. Over a dinner…

Questions over APEC after costly summit failure

AFP 11/19/2018

With Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin absent and leaders unable even to agree on a joint statement, some critics are questioning whether the annual APEC summit is still worth the effort. “Expectations are low and probably won’t…

Solons hit ‘sleeping’ Digong at Asean Summit; want his medical report

Inquirer.net 11/15/2018

An opposition lawmaker believed Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte skipped events in the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Singapore to merely evade criticisms from other claimants of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid…

Southeast Asian summit puts focus on trade tensions, trends

AP 11/13/2018

Singapore — The potential damage to global trade brought on by President Donald Trump’s tariffs battle with Beijing is looming as leaders of Southeast Asian nations, China, the US and other regional economies meet in Singapore this…

Stop fossil fuel extraction, activists cry at San Francisco climate summit

Inquirer.net 09/14/2018

SAN FRANCISCO, California — As Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence threaten to barrel through the Philippines and the US, respectively, climate activists are demanding government leaders and businesses at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) to commit…

Coop youth summit focuses on agri-enterprises, organic farming

USJ-R Journalism Intern 08/20/2018

Participants of the Asia-Pacific Cooperative Youth Summit that was held from August 18 to 20 were introduced to the integrated organic farming activities of the Lamac Mulit-purpose Cooperative that is based in Pinamungajan town. General Manager Ma.…

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