Tuesday, January 02, 2007 '2007 is progressive year for Dumaguete City' By Maricar O. Aranas
DUMAGUETE City Mayor Agustin Perdices is looking forward of a more progressive business friendly environment in 2007.
He said TeleTech Building will be formally inaugurated on February and also anytime next year is the Robinsons Mall, which is located right beside TeleTech in Barangay Calindagan.
Perdices said franchise owner Engineer Nilo Tam during the groundbreaking of the proposed site for McDonald's branch in Dumaguete told him that its tentative schedule of operation will be on March in time for the graduation.
The mayor said he is delighted with the coming in of investors in Dumaguete since this will bring in more jobs for the Dumagueteños and Oriental Negrenses.
Most of all, it will add more to the local tax collection of the city coffers, he said.
Perdices is hoping that by the coming in of investors port facilities in the city will also improved.
The mayor expressed his frustrations on the delayed construction of the passenger terminal.
He said a passenger terminal is an added facility for tourism development so that investors will come in to Dumaguete.
Earlier, Philippines Port Authority (PPA) manager Noami Calderon vowed to fast tract the implementation of the project as soon as the design plan will be approved in the PPA national office.
Perdices is hoping that the project will be implemented before the elections in May.
