Go Cebu Grand Expo and Exhibit: New tools, tech solutions for business
Cebu’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) learned about new tools and technologies as well as proven strategies to grow and make their businesses globally…
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Vendors move into better facilities at Carbon Market Interim Building; City Government leads transfer to new structure
Vendors and market goers will enjoy better facilities at the Interim Market, where there is stable and dependable power and water supply, 24/7 CCTV and…
Stable internet helps customers thrive during most trying times
From the COVID-19 pandemic to the recent onslaught of Typhoon Odette, 41-year-old Michael Enriquez from Cebu City — who manages their family-owned Lola Luz Countryside…
Duros Group head cites significant achievements in 2021, bright prospects for 2022 in yearly review
Despite the far-reaching impact of a pandemic and a typhoon that devastated Cebu and other parts of the country by year end, the Duros Group…
DTI gives Philippine Quality Award recognition to Wellmade Motors
By working with the government and tapping programs meant to help businesses, Dr. Philip N. Tan was able to build Wellmade Motors and Development Corporation…
Sugbo Negosyo project a big help to small businesses: Dayanan
The heart for micro-entrepreneurship is why the Cebu Provincial Government’s call for the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) to help small and micro-entrepreneurs…
3 Filipino startups selected for QBO Innovation Hub’s inaugural accelerator program in partnership with Microsoft
Support program is designed to scale and accelerate the growth of promising enterprise-focused Philippine startups QBO Innovation Hub and Microsoft announce the three startups selected…
Philippine businesses plot road to recovery amid pandemic
The Resilience, Innovate, Sustain, Empower (RISE) Forward 2021 Entrepreneurs’ Summit tackled how Philippine businesses can navigate the pandemic and the resulting market crises and start…
Smart partners with Lamac cooperative, enables Cebu farmers
PLDT’s wireless unit Smart teams up with one of the country’s largest cooperatives, the Lamac Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LMPC). The partnership, which makes Smart the newest…
PayMaya leads MSMEs’ digital and cashless shift under New Normal
More Filipino business owners and casual sellers have readily embraced digital payments as a key component of doing business under the New Normal, propelled by…
OCEAN18 conference in Cebu to focus on how to protect, expand homegrown innovation
A conference that started after the World Economic Forum was held in the Philippines in 2014 will focus this year on homegrown innovation and “how…
Tholons chair: Cebu must embrace, see opportunities in digital disruptions
Cebu needs to improve in the areas of digital credentials and skills to move up to the top 10 in the Super Cities of the…
4 teams from Cebu in finals of Smart’s innovation competition
Four student teams from Cebu are in the running for the country’s biggest technology competition, the SWEEP (Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program) Innovation and Excellence…
Cebu Landmasters CEO Joe Soberano is Ernst and Young’s Philippines Industry Entrepreneur of the Year
Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) chief executive officer Jose Soberano III was awarded “Industry Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst and Young last October 18 at…
Among Cebu CEOs, technology solutions have yet to make an impact: survey
Despite innovations in the field of finance, e-commerce, consumer services, transport and logistics, only a third of Cebu entrepreneurs believe that technology should be a…
Filipino Homes opens new office in Mandaue City
Real estate portal Filipino Homes tied up with Skyscraper Realty to put up its eighth in Cebu and 22nd office nationwide at JCentre Mall in…
Smart Padala expands network, offers business opportunities
As it extends the reach of money remittances to far-flung areas, Smart Padala seeks to provide entrepreneurship opportunities to small store owners. Lawrence Ferrer, vice…
Teachers attend Smart-run technopreneurship training program in Cebu
Tagbilaran City in Bohol is gateway to such top tourism attractions as the Chocolate Hills and the white sand beaches of Panglao, but it is…
DTI brings integrated services to small businesses in Negosyo, Konsyumer caravan
Micro to medium enterprises and would-be entrepreneurs get an overview of the different services of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) during the three-day…
Kimstore brings trendiest gadgets to tech-savvy Filipinos
After nine years and more than 673,000 Facebook likes, Kimstore has become an online powerhouse. Its founder, Kim Lato, describes Kimstore as one of the true pioneers of e-commerce in the country. She emphasized that her company’s growth can be attributed to its mission: To make advanced mobile electronics technologies accessible to Filipinos by providing pro-consumer products and services.