Cebu Business
Mobile broadband pitched
MAKATI -- Despite the presence of 56 million HSPA (high speed packet access) connections in the Asia Pacific, the Philippines still lags behind its neighboring countries in terms of mobile broadband t
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Lantern-maker from Pampanga brings goods, high hopes to Cebuano buyers
IT DOESN’T really feel like Christmas to most Filipinos until we see colored lanterns hanging in the windows of houses or from posts along city streets.
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Marriott launches seafood ‘market’
TO POSITION the hotel’s restaurant as the source of one of the best seafood spreads in town, the Cebu Marriott Hotel launched its Seafood Market Buffet last Wednesday.
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Roche hosts oncology forum in Cebu
THE Roche Group, the world’s leading provider of cancer treatments, brought to Cebu this week the annual Roche Asia Oncology Forum (RAOF), gathering hundreds of doctors to discuss new means of treat
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Chamber asks Palace for help on P8 fuel price discrepancy
THE Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) asked President Arroyo for some relief from rising oil prices, saying Cebuano consumers were made to absorb “losses” arising from a price freeze or
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Production cost problems raised
CEBU-based exporters can gain huge savings in production cost if the concern on the delivery of raw materials from suppliers to factories is addressed.
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More jobs posted online in Oct. 09
A CEBU-BASED online job site reported a 40 percent increase in the number of jobs posted in October compared to the same month last year.
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Implementing rules of Pera Law approved
THE Philippine Stocks Exchange (PSE) sees the implementation of the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (Pera) Act now that its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) have been approved by regula
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Rafi microfinance upgrades services
AMID stiff competition among microfinance institutions in the country, the microfinance program of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.
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‘Celebration business’ suffering from crisis
RECENT typhoons not only caused destruction of infrastructure and properties but also caused worries for the “celebration business” now that people and companies are considering scaling down on pa
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