IBM to prioritize Cebu, Davao
NOTING that 50 percent of information technology (IT) opportunities reside outside capital cities of each country, IBM announced that it is placing a high priority on secondary cities for their geographical expansion.
The company’s market expansion will be focused on secondary cities,...
Business urged: Use social media to tap power of peer endorsements
WHEN it comes to today’s consumer, a hard sell approach won’t cut it, an economics professor said in a forum held recently in Cebu.
Jay Bernardo, a professor at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), said studies have proven that consumers trust their peers more than marketers...
Cebu ‘needs to develop talent’
AS Cebu aims to sustain its ranking in the top 10 of Tholons’ list of emerged cities for outsourcing, its promoters are working to meet the demand for talent from companies seeking to outsource operations in Cebu.
Cebu Investment Promotions Center (CIPC) managing director Joel Mari Yu...
Camella to start building malls
AFTER years of establishing itself as a developer of housing units in the country, Vistaland, developers of Camella Homes, is setting its sights on building community malls.
In a visit to Cebu Friday, Vistaland founder Manuel Villar said they are ready to build their own brand of Camella...
Dealing with volatility
THOUGH the Philippines has promising economic indicators despite the situation elsewhere in the world, officers of a local bank believe volatile markets can still affect sectors that have to deal with foreign entities.
‘Promote Cebu as 2nd home’
BESIDES promoting Cebu as an IT-BPO center, the Cebu Investment Promotions Center also hopes to position Cebu as a second home destination.
Though many have been apprehensive about a possible bubble in condominium development due to the sudden rise in numbers in Cebu, CIPC managing...
‘This is age of smarter consumers’
WHEN it comes to purchasing products, most consumers trust the feedback of their family and friends rather than trust the claims of their local retailer.
A 2010 IBM Institute for Business Values study done on consumers from developed and emerging markets showed that only 18 percent of...
Chevron opens 3 more Cebu stations
AS THEY brought to 33 the number of gasoline stations in Cebu, officials of Chevron Philippines Inc., makers of the Caltex brand of fuels and lubricants, announced that the bulk of their expansion in the Asia Pacific region for the next five years will be in the country.
Chevron...
Investor interest in CV ‘high’
OVER P6.2 billion worth of investments poured in for Central Visayas in the first half of the year, according to the Board of Investments.
The report said the interest of investors to pour capital into the region remains high, if the booming construction, real estate, information...
Gov’t asked to support start-ups
WITH many information technology professionals opting to leave the country and kickstart their careers elsewhere, an IT entrepreneur believes many like him do not have to be overseas to create something.
Seaoil opens in Cebu its 200th gas station
THEY once aspired to be “the Jollibee of the oil industry.” Today, Seaoil Philippines Inc. president and chief executive officer Glenn Yu believes they have achieved it.
Yu was in Cebu last week to open their 200th Seaoil station in Plaridel, Mandaue City and said they have come a long...
‘Pursue return visits’
IF THERE is anything that hosting events has done for Sarawak Province in Malaysia, it is that most participants guarantee a return to the destination.
Gracie Geiki, associate dean and faculty of hospitality management of UCSI University in Malaysia, said Sarawak, like Cebu, is not a main...
‘Security not just hiring guards’
ALTHOUGH security services may seem expensive for small businesses, an organization believes there are ways to invest in security without breaking the bank.
Members of the Philippine Society for Industrial Security (PSIS), who recently met for a conference, said they are saddened to note...
IP protection ‘important for creators’
IF a creator does not take care to protect his intellectual property, a university officer warned that someone else will and could cash in on it.
Dr. Rey Garcia, the technology licensing officer of the University of the Philippines system, cited the case of a Filipino scientist who...
Olango Island offers tour package
SEEING a demand from the European market, tour operators are hoping to sell a day tour package in Olango Island, some 5.5 kilometers off the coast of Mactan.
The Olango Bird Sanctuary and Village Tour hopes to entice tourists who are looking for interactive attractions.
DOST tells inventors to make use of government assistance programs
TO encourage cash-strapped inventors to continue developing their creations, the Department of Science and Technology hopes they will take advantage of their assistance programs.
George Colorado, division head of the DOST’s Technology Application and Promotion Institute (Tapi), said they...
DOST to teach patents to students
WITH just three to five percent of local invention patent applications each year, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) plans to introduce students to the patent system.
George Colorado, division head of the Technology Application and Promotion Institute under the DOST, said the...
NICE inventors go green
A FIFTEEN-year-old student decided he has had it with the black smoke emitted by vehicles and created a device that will reduce carbon emissions.
Meanwhile, a woman who has long been with the Department of Science and Technology DOST) has found a way to reuse discarded compact discs....
OFWs adopt best practices of host country when they return home, research shows
A STUDY commissioned by a money transfer service firm has found that Filipino workers abroad end up adopting a host country’s best practices when they return home.
CFIF expands student internship program
AS stakeholders in the furniture industry are busy preparing themselves for the Cebu Next furniture show next year, organizers are also expanding the student internship program.
Curfews urged to arrest crime
WORRIED about minors being used in criminal activities while some fall prey to criminals, Provincial Board (PB) Member Sun Shimura wants all local governments in the province and the police to enforce curfews.
Going rate for ambushes:P15T
TWO groups who are in the business of killing persons for a fee are currently the focus of tracker teams created by the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7.
Rama names Buenafe new CCPO chief
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday chose Senior Supt.
Police prepare to charge man who shot ex-mayor
POLICE are set to file a case against a man identified as the one who shot former Compostela mayor Joselito Valencia Reynes Monday night.
Ex-councilman dies in ambush
THE campaign manager of Compostela mayor-elect Joel Quiño was killed in an ambush Monday night in the northern town’s Barangay Estaca.
