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 »

A CHINA-based international network promoting the potentials of bamboo and rattan has set eyes on Iloilo’s flourishing bamboo industry and vowed to help boost its market.

Dr. I. V. Ramanuja Rao, program director for livelihood and economic development of Beijing-based International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) Monday graced the opening ceremony of Iloilo Kawayan Market Week at Robinson’s Place here. Read more »

Iloilo Gov. Niel D. Tupas, Sr. said that the inauguration of the New Iloilo Airport Development Project (NIADP) could spur Iloilo’s economic growth and that it could already compete with Cebu City in the next five years. Read more »

GIANT real estate developer Megaworld Corp. is crafting plans to transform the 54-hectare old airport site in Mandurriao, Iloilo City into a tourists’ haven. Read more »

PROPERTY developer Megaworld Corp. needs more than 30 megawatts of electricity to sustain its investments on the old Iloilo airport lot.

Megaworld executive director and senior vice-president Kingson Sian said they need 35MW of power to energize the Iloilo Business Park that the firm is planning to put up on the old airport property. Read more »

GIANT real estate developer Megaworld Corp. yesterday vowed to put Iloilo in the world map of rising business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.

Megaworld top executives led by executive director and senior vice-president Kingson Sian arrived in Iloilo City yesterday for the turnover of 54-hectare old airport property in Mandurriao district at Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center here. Read more »