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Sunday, April 02, 2023
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WALK THE TALK. Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) Chairman Jose Daluz (far left) has told Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) President Felix Taguiam (near right) to submit a counter proposal on how to solve Metro Cebu’s water woes instead of just criticizing MCWD’s planned water hike. (SunStar file)
Cebu
Daluz airs challenge to business group
June 08, 2021
REWARD. Business players are looking for ways to make those who are vaccinated feel appreciated by giving them discounts when they dine in to entice people to get vaccinated. They say the Covid-19 vaccination rollout is an important factor in the country’s full economic recovery. (SunStar file)
Cebu
Businesses offer perks to vaccinated customers
June 02, 2021
CACAO FARM: From left, hotelier Benny Que, Department of Agriculture 7 Director Salvador Diputado and entreprenuer Rey Calooy lead the ceremonial watering of cacao seedlings which will be planted in a two-hectare property in Valladolid, Carcar City that will serve as a cacao techno-demo farm. / DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 7
Cebu
Traders to convert 2-hectare land in Carcar into Cacao demo farm
May 26, 2021
PROJECT BALIK BUHAY. Vaccination sites at the Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital in Cebu City, Chong Hua Hospital in Mandaue City and Allegiant Regional Care Hospital in Lapu-Lapu City serve the private sector under Project Balik Buhay. / PBB Facebook
Cebu
Incentivizing Covid shots an option, biz leader say
May 24, 2021
CELEBRATING MASS TOGETHER. In this file photo, Msgr. Cris Garcia, right, is shown celebrating mass together with Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, left, and Msgr. Roberto Alesna. (SunStar file)
Cebu
Msgr. Cris Garcia, 69
May 10, 2021
LEARNING SHOULDN’T STOP. Amid the stressful business environment, rattan weaver Rufino Felicano says there are still opportunities waiting to be tapped. One of them is the Kapatid Mentor Me Online which aims to produce confident entrepreneurs with the right mindset and basic management skills under the new normal conditions. (DTI 7)
Cebu
Rattan weaver joins online business mentorship program
April 07, 2021
HOPE. Photo shows Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccines being loaded onto a Philippine Airlines Airbus A321CEO bound for Cebu. The vaccines arrived in Cebu, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. / PHILIPPINE AIRLINES
Cebu
Businesses in Cebu working to secure vaccines for employees
March 04, 2021
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Cebu
Biz leaders favor amended holidays
March 02, 2021
ADJUSTMENTS. Gasoline will be more expensive by P1.20 per liter while diesel will cost P0.95 per liter more on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (SunStar file)
Cebu
Rising fuel pump prices seen to stifle economy
February 22, 2021
NEW SCHEME. All banks will be required by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to adopt the Acquirer-Based ATM Fee Charging scheme by April 7, 2021. At present, all banks are uniform in using the issuer-based system that asks for a P15 fee. (SunStar file)
Cebu
Bank ATMs to implement varying interbank fees
February 09, 2021
NEW HOPE. To retain his employees, IT entrepreneur Neil Clyde Kho has opened The Green Table and created a network of farmers and habal-habal drivers who bring fresh and local produce to households. / NEIL CLYDE KHO
Cebu
IT professional takes leap in opening new business
January 21, 2021
WINNERS. Clockwise from top right, Casey Jon Chua, specification engineer; Jeremiah Valero Jr., web and artificial intelligence enthusiast and an alumnus of the University of San Carlos (USC); Ivy Jumao-as, business and marketing educator and researcher at USC; and Reinier Veral, a research and development engineer; win big during the Southeast Asia’s Amazon Web Service’s Online Hackdays 2020. / TEAM SYMBLOT
Cebu
PH team wins big in Southeast Asia’s AWS Hackdays Online 2020
January 20, 2021
GOING THE EXTRA MILE. Hit by pandemic or not, business owner Raquel Puno vows to continue selling images of Sto. Niño. She says she always goes the extra mile to keep her customers by delivering their orders personally. / RAQUEL PUNO
Cebu
Sto. Niño image vendors conduct business online
January 11, 2021
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Cebu
DOT issues stern warning, P10K fine on Plantation
January 06, 2021
NO PROFIT. According to Robert Go, spokesman of the Philippine Retailers Association-Cebu Chapter, no one talked about profit for 2020 as retailers suffer too much losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. He said losses could range from 10 percent up to 80 percent. Even businesses of deep-pocketed retail players weren’t spared. (KATLENE O. CACHO)
Cebu
Retailers: 2020 a catastrophic year
December 29, 2020
AT A STANDSTILL. This photo taken on March 28, 2020 shows empty streets in Cebu City at the start of a strict lockdown. Another lockdown would be disastrous, business leaders warn. (SunStar file)
Cebu
Businessmen warn: New lockdown 'disastrous'
December 29, 2020
STANDSTILL. Wearing of masks and face shields has become a normal sight since the novel coronavirus entered the Philippines in the first quarter of this year. The pandemic has brought a lot of things to a standstill, giving business owners the time to ponder on the most important things in life. / AP
Cebu
Cebu’s economic year of pain pushed pivot to digital
December 27, 2020
PANDEMIC-PROOF. United Parcel Service Philippines says enterprises need to also take the long view to prepare for the post-coronavirus world. (SunStar File)
Cebu
Sustainable supply chain needed to rebuild businesses
December 13, 2020
TAX RELIEF. Companies in Mandaue City are getting a relief after the local government granted the business community’s request to waive the penalties and surcharges on the payment of business and real property taxes in the city through the year’s end amid the Covid-19 crisis. (SunStar file)
Cebu
Waiving of tax penalties gives relief to Mandaue businesses
November 18, 2020
NEW BRANDS. Happysleep, top, offers a variety of sleep products—from cozy pajama sets, night gowns, pillow cases, sleeping masks to essential oils, room linen and spray, and natural aroma blends all crafted by local tailors and producers with the hope of giving customers a “happy sleep.” Lofty Bud, bottom, on the other hand, sells dried flowers whose purpose is to promote beauty, sustainability and resilience amid adversity. (Contributed)
Cebu
Start-up entrepreneurs brave opening business amid pandemic
November 02, 2020