THE export industry in Cebu has caught itself in a growing business uncertainty, as global trade remains lackluster and the cost of doing business rises. Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport)-Cebu executive director Fred Escalona asserted that if the downward trend continues, “it will be catastrophic” for the export sector not only of Central Visayas but of the countr...
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DEVELOPING the fourth district into an economic zone and improving health services are among the priorities of former congressman Benhur Salimbangon as consultant of the Provincial Government. This early, he is already wooing locators at the Mactan Economic Zone that will be affected by the construction of the second airport runway in the next 24 years. Benhur was tapped by Gov. Gwendolyn Ga...
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ILOILO Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. assured the public Friday, September 27, that the province is ready for the transport strike set on Monday, September 30. Defensor called for an emergency meeting with different stakeholders and department heads Friday afternoon to find out who will be directly affected by the transport strike. During the meeting with 18 stakeholders, including the Capitol...
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THE Iloilo City Government won three top spots in the Regional Search for the 2019 Kaunlarang Pantao or the Rafael M. Salas Population Development Award. The awards are Most Outstanding City Population Office (CPO); Most Outstanding City Population Officer, Mary Ann A. Ramos; and Most Outstanding Barangay Population Volunteer, Luzviminda Francisco, besting contenders in Western Visayas. They...
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BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- The owner of the controversial Westcove Resort is looking for other possible legal remedies to seek justice on what he claimed as an arson case. Crisostomo Aquino, owner of Westcove, said the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor recently dismissed the arson case he filed against Rowen Aguirre, former Malay executive assistant at the Provincial Prosecutor's Office las...
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A Singapore-based arbitration court has ordered the Bloomberry group to pay $296 million to Las Vegas-based Global Gaming Philippines LLC (GGAM)/ The amount was for arbitral award in the case filed by GGAM which claimed that it had been unjustly booted out of the management of Solaire Resorts & Casino in 2013. Bloomberry, however, said it believed the final remedies award was “fund...
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