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‘KOREANS STILL PREFER CEBU’
The kidnapping of a Korean national by fellow Koreans in Cebu City last month won’t affect tourist arrivals in Cebu province, an association of Korean nationals said yesterday. In fact, Cebu Korean Association Inc. Vice President Charlie Shin said, they were expecting closer economic and diplomatic ties between South Korea and Cebu with the establishment […]
Floor wage hiked to P305 daily for Metro Cebu
September 1, 2011
Workers in Central Visayas will receive an additional P20 in the minimum daily wage before the end of September. With a vote of 4-2 , the Regional Tripatite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB-7) approved the P20 hike in the daily floor wage for workers in the provinces of Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental […]
P20 wage increase for Central Visayas
August 31, 2011
by Candeze R. Mongaya, Reporter Cebu Daily News/ Breaking News WORKERS in Central Visayas will receive an additional P20 increase in their daily minimum wage by the end of this month. The amount approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB-7) in its closed door meeting early today increases the […]
Two Island Express vessels cleared to sail
August 24, 2011
AMONG THE FLEET. Super Island Express II is still docked in Pier 3 while waiting for the management to comply with the requirements set by Marina. The bureau of inspectors found some deficiencies in the vessel. (CDN PHOTO/ JUNJIE MENDOZA) by Candeze R. Mongaya, Reporter Cebu Daily News/ Breaking News Two vessels of the Island […]
Traders push benefits in lieu of wage hike
August 24, 2011
INSTEAD of a wage increase, Bohol businessmen pushed for benefits like medicines and tax incentives to workers. The Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) made the proposal during a public hearing on the wage hike petition held by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Montebello Hotel, Cebu City. While the Bohol […]
Benefits better than wage hike: Bohol traders
August 23, 2011
by Candeze Mongaya, Reporter Cebu Daily News/ Breaking News Instead of a wage increase, Bohol businessmen pushed for benefits like medicines and tax incentives to workers. The Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) made the proposal during a public hearing on the wage hike petition held by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity […]
Dad slams ‘advantage’ for Ciudad developer
August 11, 2011
Undue advantage may have been extended to Fifth Avenue Development Corp. with the issuance of an opinion by the Cebu City legal office, which favored the implementation of their P1.2-billion Cuidad project along Governor Cuenco Avenue. “This is like giving undue advantage to a private individual,” said Councilor Edgar Labella, chairman of the Cebu City […]
‘Lacion women weave sarok
August 11, 2011
Each of these hats take two to three hours to make. The sarok, a hat made of bamboo strips and banana leaves have come to be associated with Consolacion town in northeastern Cebu. Three women demonstrated sarok weaving in the town’s booth at the ongoing One Cebu Expo in the Cebu International Convention Center in […]
200 pigs roasted in Talisay City fire
August 10, 2011
by Jhunnex Napallacan Correspondent Around 200 pigs were roasted in a fire early morning yesterday in Talisay City, 12 kilometers south of Cebu City. The fire gutted a warehouse owned by businessman Maximo Lisondra Jr. in barangay Biasong . The warehouse had been partly converted into a piggery, said SF01 Cesar dela Serna, chief investigator […]
September 5, 2011
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