THE issue of adequate energy supply is one of the bottlenecks to Iloilo’s growth.
This is the contention of Larry Memmott, counselor for economic affairs of US Embassy who arrived in Iloilo City Tuesday afternoon. Continue Reading »
United States Counselor for Economic Affairs Larry Memmott said Iloilo and its neighboring island-province of Guimaras has the potential to emerge as attractive alternative popular tourist destination in the region other than Boracay island. Continue Reading »
The province of Iloilo aims this year to surpass Nueva Ecija as the number one rice producer in the country.
Iloilo Provincial Agriculture Office (IPAO) head Ildefonso Toledo said that the province is working hard to regain its lost glory as the top rice producer of the country. Continue Reading »
AT LEAST four new call centers are expected to open in Iloilo City starting this January, announced Mayor Jerry Treñas.
This, even as the Year 2007 saw the coming of private investments in the metropolis. Continue Reading »
The P8-billion newly-opened Iloilo Airport at Sta. Barbara-Cabatuan towns is a sprouting economic corridors, Consultants for Comprehensive Environmental Planning, Inc. (Concep) said in its study.
Concep has conducted the Metro Iloilo Guimaras Economic Development Council’s (MIGEDC) Integrated Urban and Regional Infrastructure Plan Project, a package assistance funded by Australian Agency for International Development’s (AusAid) Local Governance Development Program (LGDP). Read more »
Bad weather prevented me from attending the first Iloilo Investment Forum at Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center last weekend. But I immediately noticed the electric buoyancy among local officials, particularly Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and Gov. Niel Tupas. Read more »
This country’s southern city is hosting several potential economic growth areas for investment and development as the city braces to become the next investment capital of the Visayas. Read more »
LOILO is poised to become the newest investment haven not just in the Philippines but in Asia.
This is the aim of Iloilo Investment Forum on Nov. 27 at Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center in Iloilo City.
Themed “Unlocking Opportunities, Reshaping the Future” the business summit is spearheaded by the Iloilo Economic Development Foundation, Inc. (ILEDF), Iloilo City and provincial governments and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here. Read more »
BACOLOD — Commissioner Monchito Ibrahim of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology has warned information technology (IT) stakeholders here that they could be left behind by Iloilo City if it will not embark on the same initiative being undertaken by its neighboring city soon. Read more »
The Iloilo Economic Development Foundation, Inc. is the lead organizer of the forthcoming Iloilo Investment Forum 2007 on November 27, 2007 at Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center. Read more »