Visayas

Cebu Pacific innovation keeps customers happy

20 Jul 2012

The airline industry, especially the low-cost carrier segment, changes constantly and rapidly. Customers are very smart when it comes to getting their money's worth. The challenge facing Jem L.

Big deal

23 Sep 2009

Abaca resort in Cebu, the Philippines, has two packages to mark the third anniversary of its award-winning restaurant. Pay for two nights and get the third night at half price or pay for three...

Abaca Resort, Cebu

22 Mar 2009

What is it? A new boutique resort in a little corner of Cebu's Mactan Island.

1 billion peso price tag for summits 'money well spent'

16 Jan 2007

The series of Asian summits which wound up yesterday cost the Philippine government about 1 billion pesos (HK$160 million) and it was money well spent, a senior official said.

Thousands of police drafted in for summits in Cebu

8 Jan 2007

Security has been beefed up for this week's summits of Asian leaders, with officials saying yesterday that a terror attack could not be ruled out although there was no specific threat.

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Winds of confusion swirl at cancelled Asean talks

An incoming tropical storm may have been cited as the only reason for the unprecedented cancellation of the annual regional leaders' summit, but it was terrorism, not typhoons, that was on...

Booming Cebu aims to be an economic powerhouse

Somewhere in the Pacific is an island called Cebu. It sells itself as a hub for transnational trade, transportat, information technology, call centres and tourism.

What it discreetly...

Marija Minic

Straightening the map that she has just unfurled on to the table, Marija Minic gestures towards the last stand of rainforest in Negros Island in central Philippines. Trouble is, I can't see it....

Cebu cites strong workforce in bid to attract investors

The Philippine island of Cebu offers Hong Kong companies a cheap, fully serviced manufacturing base as an alternative to the mainland, according to the Cebu Investment Promotions Centre (CIPC).

NOL and Philippines firm in deal

NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) has entered into a technical support agreement with Lorenzo Shipping Corp (LSC) of the Philippines.

LSC is one of the Philippines' major containerised...

Owners look to low-cost Philippines

RISING labour costs in established Asian repair centres such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, are prompting an increasing number of owners and managers to look at low-cost...