DAVAO CITY – More Chinese investors are expected to invest here following XiamenAir’s launch on Tuesday of its Davao City-Quanzhou twice weekly direct flights “to serve as an air bridge to better enhance bilateral trade relations” between Davao and Jinjiang.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 14 Nov.) – The Consulate General of Indonesia in Davao City will hold a three-day expo that will introduce some of its country’s quality export products. Endah R. Yuliarti Farry, consul for information and sociocultural affairs, told
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 31 Oct) – The executive order signed on Monday by President Rodrigo Duterte reviving barter trade between Mindanao and Sabah in Malaysia will have to wait until January next year, when Malaysia opens its side for the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 October) – A federation of 27 cooperatives in the Philippines has urged young Mindanawons to participate in the first-ever “Coop Kicks,” a pitching competition for new business startup ideas in a bid to support budding
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 22 Oct) – At least six call center firms have expressed interest to locate in Malaybalay City, the capital of Bukidnon, a development that is seen to make the city another hub for business process outsourcing (BPO)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 11 September) – Davao Region registered a total of P381.5 billion in approved foreign investments for the first half of 2018, 44% higher compared to P265 billion reported in the same period last year, data from the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 August) – The development of the P52-billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) is still on track only two years short before the 2020 target completion date of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to bring the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 August) – A property developer has signified interest in developing an economic zone in Davao City to attract more investors, a top executive of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII) said in an
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 August) – A foundation will stage a six-day expo here to give micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from different regions of Mindanao the much needed exposure in the local market. Rosevic Del Rosario-Cembrano, Mindanao Trade Expo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — Civil society organizations and consumer groups in Japan will start a monitoring system on bananas exported from the Philippines, following the launch of “Ethical Banana” campaign last July 28 in Tokyo to promote
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 July) – Investors should consider other urban areas in Davao Region as possible investment areas to spread out development and prevent congestion amid the influx of businesses entering Davao City, a business leader from Tagum City said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 July) – Companies in the Business Process Management (BPM) industry generated a total revenue of P461.4 billion in 2015, according to the final results of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) 2015 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 29 June) — Uncertainty is bad for business and the business sector in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), expectant of a better deal in the future Bangsamoro — the new autonomous political entity that
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 June) – Filipino and Indonesian exhibitors are joining the three-day 2nd Indonesia Food and Beverage Expo that opened on Friday at the Abreeza Mall to strengthen direct trade between Indonesia and Mindanao. Organized by the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 June) — Due to lack of load factor, Malaysia’s budget airline AirAsia will stop its Davao City-Kuala Lumpur direct flights on August 20, eight months after its launch on December 21, 2017. “It is regretful
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 June) – Filipino business executives and their South Korean counterparts signed at least 20 agreements worth P4.8 billion during the three-day official visit of President Rodrigo Duterte in Seoul, South Korea. In his arrival speech
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 5 June) – The Philippines has asked South Korea to lower tariffs on the country’s agricultural exports such as banana and pineapple from the current 25-30 percent to 5 percent, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said. In
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 May) – President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act on Monday, May 28. An amendment of the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, the new law
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 May) — Security issues remain a concern for Australian businessmen and more work is needed to encourage them to take a look at other places in Mindanao that are relatively safe, Australian Ambassador Amanda Gorely
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 March) — The five-province Northern Mindanao accounted for 22 percent of the total quantity of all traded commodities in the last quarter last year, the highest among all regions in the country, a preliminary report
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 March) – Taiwanese investors are setting their eyes on Mindanao as the next possible area for their aggressive expansions, Mindanao Business Council (MBC) executive director Rolando Torres said. Torres told “Wednesdays at Habi at Kape”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Feb) – The peace and order situation in Compostela Valley has made businesses wary of investing in the province, an official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 11 said Monday. In an interview,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 February) – Business executives in Davao City and their counterparts from Hawaii held exploratory talks for possible joint ventures, following the signing of a sisterhood pact between the city and Country of Kaua’i on Monday,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 31 January) — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Davao Region is targeti ng to collect P20.35 billion in taxes by end of 2018. BIR regional director Nuzar Balatero told reporters on Tuesday that the proposed 2018
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 Jan) — Labor secretary Silvestre Bello III has revoked agreements signed with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to reacquire its functions to inspect establishments operating within the economic zones in the country on their
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 January) — The newly elected president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII) is optimistic that the city will sustain its growth in 2018 and that it will be a favorable
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Dec) — Marawi City would have been the pilot area for a three billion peso telecommunications project in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) but investors opted to make the ARMM government compound in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 December) — Business leaders in Mindanao have laid down a five-point advocacy agenda for government to consider to help hasten the recovery of business activities and uplift the status of displaced Meranaws in war-torn Marawi
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 November) – Approved private investments in the country reached P408.7 billion from January to October this year, or 38. 1-percent higher compared to P296 billion for the same period last year. In a press briefing Monday
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Nov) — Some 9,466 cases equivalent to 4.73 million packs of cigarette seized from the beleaguered Mighty Corporation for using fax tax stamps were destroyed here Sunday. The destruction of the cigarettes worth P142.44 million was done at
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 November) – More Japanese investors are exploring business opportunities in this city dubbed a century ago as “Little Tokyo,” Lemuel Ortonio, head of the Davao City Investments Promotion Office (DCIPC) said. “More are still
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 November) – The city is looking forward to the entry of more Japanese investors after a roadshow in Japan last month that promoted the place as another investment and tourism destination, Davao City Investment and Promotions Center (DCIPIC) Lemuel Ortonio said
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 October) — The executive director of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) hopes President Rodrigo Duterte will be able to encourage the Japanese government to relax if not lift the imposition of hefty taxes on
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 29 October) — In a corner at the local crafts store, 38-year old Marj Libanda, father of two, strings beads into a headdress to meet a local order. He has been at this for a couple
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 August) — The Aviana Development Corporation, a joint venture partnership between real estate giant Ayala Land and homegrown The Alcantara Group of Companies, will invest P20 billion for the development of Azuela Cove, a 25-hectare
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 August) – A group of Japanese businessmen came to Davao City Wednesday to explore investment opportunities in the city’s thriving agriculture sector. Davao City Investment Promotions Center (DCIPC) chief Lemuel Ortonio said in an interview that the investors came
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 August) – The massive expansion of subdivisions in the southern part of Davao City threatens the local poultry industry and should push the city council to designate an area in Calinan and Tugbok Districts as “food corridor” to ensure
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 06 August) — The head of the Regional Board of Investment (RBOI) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is on a week-long trade mission in Australia to urge business executives there to invest in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 July) — Malaysia’s budget airline AirAsia plans to make Davao City as a hub for international flights in Mindanao, as it announced Friday the launch of its first-ever direct flight four times a week from Kuala
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 July) – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will join Philippine investment promotion officials in a series of business missions this year to convey to prospective investors the “current context in the investment opportunities in Mindanao” amid the ongoing
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 July) — Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCI) trustee Arturo Milan has asked airline companies to make the Davao International Airport, also known as the F. Bangoy International Aiport, the hub for
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 July)– Top executives from Asia and Europe will participate in the two-day Investment Conference (iCon) on July 21 to 22, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center Davao. Arturo Milan, chair of the Davao iCon 2017
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 June) – The city’s economic performance will experience a slowdown for the rest of the year owing to the state of martial law in Mindanao, Lemuel Ortonio, chief of the Davao City Investment Promotion Office (DCIPC), said Friday. But
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 May) — Chinese investors are being eyed for a proposed ecozone in Bislig, Surigao del Sur. Rep. Johnny Pimentel of the 2nd district of Surigao dl Sur, principal author of House Bill 2672 filed in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) — M/V Super Shuttle RORO 12, the vessel servicing the Davao-GenSan-Bitung route left for the Indonesian port Sunday, loaded with only one percent of its 500-TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) total cargo capacity. The route
