Close to 6,000 jobs available in Cebu
By Aileen Garcia-YapCebu’s job market continues to be vibrant with close to 6,000 new job openings for Cebuanos.
Cebu’s job market continues to be vibrant with close to 6,000 new job openings for Cebuanos.
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 Tourism (DOT) is supporting Davao’s program to attract more clients in the Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Event (MICE) market.
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.
The Commission on Election (Comelec) money ban will hurt businesses. Buddy Villasis, executive director of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), gave this statement in reaction to the Comelec’s implementing the ban. Villasis said that the ban would disrupt businesses and commercial transactions including the releasing of salaries of employees. Villasis was referring [...]
As the overall performance of the Philippines inches up higher, more businesses are considering the Philippines as the first-option for their software development outsourcing initiatives–and not just for call centers, reported the chief executive of a Philippines-based software development firm. “Call centers are still our top money makers but we’re not encouraging them,” explained Exist [...]
FAIR trade groups in Cebu province are urging local government units to adopt the Social Enterprise Bill.
CEBU’S robust economy and improvement of the country’s investment grade status has made more local entrepreneurs to try and position themselves as early as now for the expected boom two to three years from now.
The country’s big banks can withstand shocks, such as a rise in loan defaults, should global economic problems spill over to the Philippines, as the level of their capital continues to exceed domestic regulatory requirements and international standards.
Seventeen companies in Central Visayas have been granted a one year reprieve from implementing the latest minimum wage increase by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB 7).
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.
China and 15 other Asia-Pacific nations will kick off the first round of free trade talks next month to create one of the world’s largest trading blocs, officials said yesterday.
