Seminar on meat and fish processing

Looking for new skills that you can turn into a business? Here’s an interesting seminar on meat and fish processing.
A one-day seminar on meat and fish processing will be conducted by the Golden Treasure Skills Development Program. It will be held at the PTTC, Department of Trade and Industry Bldg. (DTI) Roxas Blvd., cor. Sen [...]

March 8, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Philippine business news  No Comments

Bibingkinitan! is growing

Bibingkinitan! The dealer of those delicious mini-bibingka, is embarking on an agressive expansion binge. Now a fast-rising Filipino food chain, Bibingkinitan! is expanding and is targeting about 100 new outlets by the end of this year.
President and CEO of FoodAsia Corp., Richard V. Sans, said that half of the new stores would be owned by [...]

February 1, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products, finance, franchise, investments, marketing  No Comments

Kodak re-opens Philippine office

In the advent of digital photography, traditional film and print business suffered a setback. That’s why in May 2007, Kodak Philippines decided to close office and maintained only distributors in the country. Now, after two years of being represented only by its distributors in the country, Kodak makes a grand comeback as it re-opened its [...]

November 5, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines  One Comment

Republic Act 9505 or the PERA Act of 2008

A new law that hopes to encourage Filipinos to invest more of their savings in high yield products has been signed recently. The PERA Law or Personal Equity and Retirement Account will be implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) next year.
BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr., one of the signatories of the implementing [...]

October 22, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Government, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, finance, investments, money  No Comments

Globe puts up first mobile microfinance bank

Globe Telecommunications, Inc., together with sister company Ayala Corp., is all set to put up the Philippine’s first mobile microfinance banking unit. That is because the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas approved the Globe and Ayala’s entry into the banking industry.
The new bank, will be called “BPI Globe Banko, A Savings Bank” will be using Pilipinas [...]

October 12, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Employment, Loans, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, finance, investments, money  No Comments

Transcom to open BPO center in Iloilo City

Employment opportunities in Iloilo City open up as Transcom sets up a facility there. Touted to be Europe’s largest business process outsourcing (BPO) firm, Transcom will be opening a call center in Iloilo this year. The company is planning to hire 1,000 to 2,000 employees for the said facility.
According to City Mayor Jerry Treñas, the [...]

September 20, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Career, Employment, Philippine business news, Philippines  11 Comments

7-Eleven posted increased net income for first quarter of 2009

Effective cost management, plus a large base of store network is what Philippine Seven Corp. says it attributes its positive performance for the first three months of the month year.
For the period January to March, the local operator of the 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores posted an increased net income which rose to P13.27 million, [...]

July 13, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Philippines  7 Comments