RP furniture continues to stand out in design

Product design and development remain as the strengths of the Philippine furniture industry, according to Private Enterprise Accelerated Resource Linkages (Pearl) 2’s State of the Sector Report on Philippine Furniture 2005.
“The sector has creative and innovative designers who can manipulate various materials into furniture designs. But it needs to undertake more market development work to [...]

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‘Lift state of emergency,’ Canadian official urges

Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Sutherland expressed hope that the government will be in the position to lift the state of emergency as soon as possible.
“I think it’s very important that the government had said that they are upholding the Constitution and due process of law. It’s important for us to maintain respect for [...]

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Cebu hotels can cope with Asean summit: DFA exec

FOREIGN Affairs Under-secretary Francisco Benedicto is confident that Cebu can accommodate the heads of state, dignitaries and other participants of the Asean Summit in December this year.
However, transportation facilities for the 18 heads of states expected to be here for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit is not yet determined, he said.
In an [...]

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Developer builds housing project on 7-ha. property

The developer of Paseo San Ramon launched this week its second residential project with overseas Filipino workers as target market.
Casa Rosita Homes sits on a 7.5-hectare lot within the 30-hectare Arcenas Estate in Banawa, Cebu City. It is located next to Paseo San Ramon, the Arcenas Estate’s flagship residential development project.
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Cebu to lure 2M tourists with new hotels in Mactan

With the development of two more hotel complexes on Mactan Island and the ongoing airport expansion, Cebu, by itself, can “easily” get two million tourists a year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) chief said in an interview yesterday.
Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano cited the re-opening of the Coral Reef resort and the opening [...]

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Local food cart business owners see growth

The potential of the food cart business in Cebu is beyond estimating, local businessmen said yesterday in a press conference.
Bunny Pages, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Thirsty Juices and Shakes, said the market in Cebu is even “elastic.”
“When we started with Thirsty, there was no market for juices and shakes in Cebu. But [...]

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Japan’s IT plans for 2010 offers many opportunities for Filipinos

JAPAN’S promotion of a “ubiquitous” information society will provide more market potentials for Filipino software engineers, a Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro) official said yesterday.
Shinichiro Kato of the Jetro Expert Service Abroad for Improving Business Environments said Cebu local software engineers should focus on providing embedded software programs to capture the current and [...]

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Cebu must shun image of being a leisure place

Cebu has to change the notion of companies in Japan that the province is merely a place for leisure.
As more information technology (IT) services companies in Japan are expected to seek contracts with overseas organizations in the next three years, Philippine National IT Standards Foundation Inc. president Ma. Corazon Akol said Cebu has to let [...]

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Filipinos can ‘exploit’ Japan’s aging IT labor

Information technology (IT) engineers and software companies in the Philippines can take advantage of Japan’s aging population and cater to the Japanese market through offshore development business.
Japan External Trade Organization expert and chief executive officer of Chinasoft-Tokyo Co. Atsuo Miyazaki said Japan’s aging society and shortage of engineers are among the factors that limit the [...]

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Ceres hopes for compliance

A Bacolod-based bus operator hopes for the strict implementation of the 72-centavo-per-kilometer rate for buses that go to Daan-bantayan, Cebu.
Clemente Villarin, Cebu branch manager of Ceres Liner, told Sun.Star Cebu that the local government of Daanbantayan, located in the northern part of Cebu ordered for a “uniform” bus rate.
Prior to the increase that took effect [...]

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