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Cebu annual economic briefing, investment forum set this month

By Ehda Dagooc | February 21, 2014 - 12:00am

The Cebu Business Club (CBC) will be hosting its 4th Cebu Annual Economic Briefing and Investment Forum this coming February 28 at the City Sports Club Cebu.

Freeman Cebu Business

Bizmen on State of Calamity, ‘PNoy should have declared earlier’

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | November 13, 2013 - 12:00am

If local business stakeholders were to be asked, President Benigno Aquino III should have declared a state of national calamity in the country earlier and not three days after super typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines...

Freeman Cebu Business

Amid Yolanda's wrath: Bizmen put workers' safety first over profit

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | November 9, 2013 - 12:00am

Most establishments closed and suspended their operations as preemptive measures against the super typhoon Yolanda yesterday, with Cebu businesses expressing more concern for their employees over probable profit...

Freeman Cebu Business

New tax rules seen detrimental to small-scale entrepreneurs

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | October 3, 2013 - 12:00am

As the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) toughens up on establishments operating as tiangges or privilege stores, local business leaders believed that these marginalized enterprises need to be given consideration...

Freeman Cebu Business

Incentives over wage hike preferred

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | September 29, 2013 - 12:00am

Business groups would rather go for productivity bonuses as incentive rather than increasing wages.

Cebu News

Fix DPWH first then Mega Cebu can move faster

By Bobit S. Avila | September 4, 2013 - 12:00am

I attended the Mega Cebu Rotary Lunch at the jampacked J Centre Convention Center with the theme "Engage Rotary Change Lives", which I belatedly learned that was a joint Rotary affair and the subject matter was Mega...

Freeman Opinion

SMEs continue to shun listing in nation’s bourse

By Ehda Dagooc | August 22, 2013 - 12:00am

Due to relatively low interest rates, the country's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) continue to be intimidated in entering the initial public offering (IPO), despite the aggressive promotion of the Philippine...

Freeman Cebu Business

Ukulele makers, souvenir shops told to stop using lead-based paint

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | July 31, 2013 - 12:00am

Along with environment conservation advocate groups, the local business community urged manufacturers and retailers of ukuleles and souvenir shops in the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu to stop using leaded paint on...

Freeman Cebu Business

Cebu Business Club slates mid-year economic briefing

By Ehda Dagooc | July 18, 2013 - 12:00am

The Cebu Business Club (CBC) will hold a mid-year economic briefing in Cebu to update the business community and Cebuanos on what lies ahead of the climbing economy and how to prepare and take advantage of the positive...

Freeman Cebu Business

Traders: August extension on new receipts not enough

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | June 15, 2013 - 12:00am

Although the local business community welcomed the extension of the deadline for using new receipts until the end of August, industry leaders lamented on the capacity of the accredited printers to meet the volume...

Freeman Cebu Business