The opening of the P2.9 billion Ayala Center Cebu expansion project by the fourth quarter of the year will help fuel the thrust of making Cebu a top shopping destination in the country and complement the tourism industry.
Cebu and Bohol are among the four pilot areas of a $7.1 million technical assistance grant on improving tourism competitiveness from the government of Canada.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will organize local food processors listed under its One Town, One Product (Otop) program to create an industry roadmap as part of preparations for the targeted Asean Economic Community by 2015.
Holding two jobs and selling retail goods on the side are among steps minimum wage earners in Cebu are taking to augment their meager income.
Cebu-based online job site iTrabaho.com will be partnering with the Lapu-Lapu City government for an online platform project that will help bridge the gap between job seekers and employers.
LOCAL businessmen welcomed the recent record performance in the Philippine Stock Market breaching the 7,000 mark last Monday. They however said that this was just an indication of how people were confident with the economy and should become a tool to encourage investors to set up concrete investments in the country and create more jobs. [...]
With a record high performance last year registering a 13 percent growth in revenues at P1.6 billion, Cebu Holdings, Inc. is set to invest P3.4 billion in new and existing projects this year.
ORGANIZE A trade mission to China to promote Cebu. This was the call of Yu Ping, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) vice chairman, during his speech yesterday at the First Philippines-China Trade and Investment Forum.
The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has partnered with the Cebu provincial and city governments in hosting a business forum to be attended by 34 high-profile Chinese businessmen today at the Radisson Blu Hotel. CCCI president Lito Maderazo said yesterday the Business Forum and Business Matching session between local businessmen and Chinese businessmen [...]
SHOP OWNERS in Cebu are encouraged to invest in surveillance equipment to secure their establishments and be proactive in monitoring and preventing crimes.
IN RESPONSE to the government’s call for more investments in tourism at the countryside, an exporter is setting up an immersion-type tour package targeted to be offered within the year.
FURNITURE and furnishings exporters in Cebu are turning to the local market as their usual markets abroad are facing economic difficulties. The very busy construction activities seen in the country only show that there is a demand for furniture and furnishing products, which local manufacturers are capable of producing, said Angela Figueroa-Paulin, Cebu Furniture Industries [...]
Is “Type O” a brand name or a political symbol? As far as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office is concerned, there is no registered product or business bearing the “Type O” trademark on their list. Not so, said one of the lawyers of Rep. Tomas Osmeña of Cebu City’s south district, [...]
