Zero quota hurts local garment firms

The zero-quota system on garments is “effortlessly” killing the local garment industry, according to an official of the Cebu Garment Industry Association.
In the seven months following the abolition of the quota system, players in the garment industry in Cebu have become “helpless” and unable to compete with cheap garments imported from China and Thailand, said [...]

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Downtown traders losing to ‘aliens’

The continuous influx of foreigners that do business “illegally” in downtown Cebu City is hurting local businessmen that have legitimate businesses.
That’s what Joni Chan, president of the Manalili, Lincoln and Progreso Business Association, said in an interview yesterday.
“These foreigners, mostly Chinese, Taiwanese and Indians, come to Cebu as tourists but they stay and put [...]

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BOI registers new hotel, 2 new businesses

The Board of Investments (BOI) registered three new firms that availed themselves of business incentives for the third quarter of this year.
The three projects, which are all located in Cebu, have a total cost of P756.122 million and will employ 524 workers.
One of the companies that registered is American-owned Champion Sidecars and Trikes Inc. that [...]

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Payments of big taxpayers up 22%

COLLECTIONS by the Large Taxpayers District Office (LTDO)-Cebu during the first eight months of this year is 22.79 percent higher than last year.
It collected a total of P4.845 billion from January to August this year, an P899.407 million increase compared to the P3.946 billion it collected during the same period last year.
“There are 191 large [...]

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Anti-software piracy drive gets public support

THE Business Software Alliance (BSA)-Philippines reported a positive response from the public with its campaign on anti-software piracy.
“During the 30-day countdown of the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team from Aug. 17 to Sept. 15, calls to the BSA anti-piracy hotline increased from an average of 40 calls a month to over 200 calls received during [...]

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Local cable TV industry complains vs. ‘pirates’

The local cable industry is not only plagued by illegal subscribers but also by cable operators who acquire and “illegally” broadcast cable TV programs.
William Sia, general manager of Unicable TV Inc., said this is unfair to legitimate cable operators who pay high fixed rates of programming.
He explained that there are small cable operators outside [...]

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Architects launch team to hunt fakes

The United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) Cebu Chapter expressed commitment to monitor and stop the “abuse” of their profession.
The former president of UAP Cebu Chapter, Jose Mari Cañizares, said a task force was formed recently to implement Republic Act (RA) 9266 or the Architecture Act of 2004, which provides that only licensed architects can [...]

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Internet cafe operators to get licensed software

The Internet Café Association of Cebu (Icac) vowed to be fully compliant on the use of licensed software in two years.
Icac president Felix Cogal Jr. said the association already ordered some 1,300 licensed software with a total worth of about P6.3 million from Microsoft dealers in Cebu.
After conducting a series of meetings with its members, [...]

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Port vendors recycle used paper from MEZ firms

Port vendors make money out of computer paper discarded by firms at the Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ).
Mariter Gadir, chairperson of the Alyansa sa mga Kabus sa Pantalan (Alkap), said the group makes souvenir items like baskets, coin banks, tissue paper holder and many others from computer paper wastes.
“This is not just about making money. [...]

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Stakeholders discuss tourism issues, plans

“Tourism is everybody’s business.”
This was stressed by Mila Espina of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Tourism Core Group (CCCI-TCG), in a presentation during the first of a series of forum on the culture of tourism held yesterday at the Eduardo Aboitiz Studies Center.
“The culture of tourism involves vendors, hoteliers, drivers, taxi operators, among other [...]

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