Business & Industry
Abreeza — Davao’s own Greenbelt
Thursday, September 25th, 2008PRESS RELEASE
The much-awaited Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) and Anflocor project took a significant stride with a groundbreaking ceremony held on site last 23 September 2008 for their joint venture dubbed as Abreeza.
The ceremony was attended by ALI & Anflocor executives and guests, who witnessed Anflocor Chairman of the Board Antonio O. Floirendo Sr., Ayala [...]
Online trading
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008The Internet has opened up a whole range of business possibilities for everyone who cares to find out. Anybody anywhere in the world, within reasonable parameters, can set up an online business, open up a merchant account and start selling products and/or services.
In Davao, there is a growing number of businessmen who are getting on [...]
Davao City: most competitive in RP
Monday, July 7th, 2008Another metric by which Davao City can proudly affirm her status as a major player in Philippine industry is the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Program (PCCRP) of the Policy Center of the Asian Institute of Management. Results of the PCCRP’s biennial study (2007), presented in Makati last 4 July 2008, declare that Davao ranks [...]
Local government modernization
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008With all the Internet-based services and new technologies available to the global audience, it’s rather frustrating that we still don’t have a full-service mapping system for Davao City. All we have available are tourist maps that aren’t even to scale, and road maps that aren’t really road maps at all.
The city government actually has a [...]
Caffe Vivere up for grabs
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Sad news — Caffe Vivere is closing shop sometime soon. Owner Mawie Bawar texted me yesterday and asked if I knew anyone possibly interested in taking over a restaurant business. Unfortunately, Mawie will be relocating back to Manila already, is why.
So, I thought it might be good to blog about it, to help her find [...]
Damosa Gateway
Friday, February 1st, 2008Davao City’s newest entertainment center, Damosa Gateway, has come into its own after only about a year in existence. It is being managed by one of the city’s most established property developers, Damosa Land, which also put up Davao’s first information technology business center beside the Gateway.
What used to be a dusty, lonely part of [...]
Davao’s online giftshop
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007The air’s starting to get nippy already in Davao. Today I noticed it was much cooler than it was last week. So, the Christmas season has really set in finally. Time to think about Christmasy stuff again!
Speaking of which, it’s all about gifts this time of year. Receiving is a lot better, yes, but most [...]
The Rotary Clubs of Davao
Sunday, June 10th, 2007Last week I was the guest of honor and speaker of the Rotary Club of Davao — the ‘mother club’ of all Rotary Clubs here. Although it was my second time to be invited by this Club (the first was back in 2004), it still felt rather intimidating, what with the presence of Davao’s captains [...]
Damosa: Davao’s new commercial center
Saturday, April 28th, 2007The Damosa area used to be a dusty, neglected-looking part of Davao, until recently. This part of Lanang was almost exclusively for warehouses and industrial-type buildings. When the Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku (Mindanao International College) along Mamay Road was established in 2002, its first batch of students found the area dreary and rather isolated. But things [...]
Japanese Chamber in Davao
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007It was a landmark event on 31 March 2007 when a new organization that can promote more business and industry between Japan and the island of Mindanao was inaugurated at the Davao Convention & Trade Center. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Mindanao, Inc. (JCCM) held a prestigious debut and was formally introduced to Davao’s [...]