We are not extorted, say banana growers
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 July) – None of the 27 members of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) had experienced extortion...
Coco farmers tied to traditional products
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 July) – Most coconut farmers are stuck to producing charcoal and copra and have not ventured into other food and non-food...
Price of durian seen to increase next month
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 July) – The price of durian might increase next month during the Kadayawan Festival as around 1,600 hectares planted to the...
Investment leads in Mindanao almost P900B as of June
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 July) – Investment leads in Mindanao surged in June to surpass the figures for the first four months of 2016, according...
Raise labor standards in tuna industry
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 October) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12 has stepped up its interventions to facilitate the...
Pinoys urged to invest in stock market
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 October) -- Filipinos are encouraged to invest in the stock market to take advantage of the booming Philippine economy that is...
Gearing up for AEC: Ecofusion opens in Davao Friday
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 October) -- A one-stop facility called "Ecofusion" will open at the Abreeza of the Ayala Malls on Tuesday, a move that...
Davao Chamber revives Investment Conference
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 29 Aug) – The Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCII) will revive the Davao Investment Conference (iCon) after...
Biz group says Bukidnon needs updated tax codes to draw investments
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/01 May) – Bukidnon needs to reform its tax codes if it wants to attract more investors to the province, a business...
Chamber to promote Davao ICON in Dubai trade fair
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 February)--In a bid to bring in more foreign investors here, the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) will...
Davao’s pioneering gift shop plans a facelift
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 January) -- The Alcantara Group, one of the largest and most diversified Filipino-owned conglomerates in the country, is planning to improve...
Investments in DavNor grow by almost P20M in 2014
DAVAO CITY(MindaNews/25 January) – Investments in Davao del Norte in 2014 reached P8.494 billion last year or P19.652 million more than the 2013 figure,...
Dutch web browser game being developed in Davao
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 20 Nov) – A Dutch firm has tapped a Davao-based BPO company for the development of an upcoming...
DTI-12 to hold trade fair for new products
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 November) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 12 will stage next week a grand trade fair...
2 more firms interested to develop Davao City’s Isla Verde
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 August)--An official from the Davao City Investment and Promotions Center (DCIPC) said yesterday that two more companies have expressed interest to...
Made in Mindanao: Kablon Farm’s all-natural processed fruit products
TUPI, South Cotabato (MindaNews / 14 Aug) – A truly natural healthy food products that are world-class in quality.
Resting at the foot of the...
MSMEs prefer to borrow from co-ops rather than banks
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 August) – Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) prefer to borrow from cooperatives rather than banks because small business...
Fiesta Launch
The coming August 28 fiesta of Cagayan de Oro City is sporting a new logo drawn by artist Simonette Faborada Sagaral. Arlene Moreno, wife of Mayor...
ARMM eyes special economic zone in Tawi-Tawi
COTABATO CITY(MindaNews/05 July)—The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) regional government is eyeing the establishment of a special economic zone in Tawi-Tawi province to...
Malaysian airline cuts KK-Palawan service
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 July)— After barely a month of flying five times a week the Kota Kinabalu-Palawan route, MASwings Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary...
Tawi-Tawi, Malaysian traders forge ties
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi (Mindanews/21 June)—Filipino and Malaysian businessmen have forged joint ventures in tourism and employment during the two-day 1st Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao...
Metrobank to open 10 more branches in Mindanao
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/8 April) -- The Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank) will open 10 more branches in Mindanao this year, two of them...
‘Selling mission’ nets P3M for R-12
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 March) -- Trade and tourism players in Region 12 have generated around P3.1 million worth of product and accommodation sales...
CebPac plans daily flight between Iloilo, GenSan
ILOILO CITY (MindaNews/22 March) – Leading domestic airline Cebu Pacific is planning to open three more flights this year between this city and General...
Zamboanga Peninsula fisheries production up in 2013
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/13 March)-Fisheries production in the Zamboanga Peninsula or Region 9 has improved last year compared to 2012, an official of the National...
Duterte urges farmers to plant cacao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 Feb) -- Farmers should take advantage of the shortage in cacao supply in the country and the world by planting the...
Davao biz chamber to discuss power policy with other chambers
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 February) -- The Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., will initiate talks with other cities who are affected with...
SouthCot’s revenues from mining drop in 2013
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 February) -- South Cotabato’s mining and quarry revenues have dropped by around P3 million last year but officials expect the...
DA to promote Sarangani’ bangus products in ME
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 February) -- The Department of Agricultural (DA) will make a big push for the expansion of market opportunities in the...
PDIC takes over rural bank in GenSan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 Dec.) -- The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) has placed one of the oldest rural banks here under receivership, stunning...
Robinson’s biggest mall in Mindanao opens in Butuan City
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/26 Nov.) – Robinson Land Corporation (RLC) opened here their biggest and largest mall in Mindanao, on Monday morning.
With a total land...
AFTA gab slated in Bukidnon
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 November)– As part of local preparations for the full implementation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Free Trade Area...
Filinvest starts construction of 405-MW coal plant in MisOr
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews/23 November)—Construction of the P30-billion coal plant of the Gotianun family’s Filinvest Development Corp. (FDC) began last Wednesday with the groundbreaking...
Biz group wants more time to study Malaybalay’s proposed CLUP
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 November)—The Bukidnon Kaamulan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (BKCCII) wants more time to study the city’s proposed Comprehensive Land Use...
PH investors keep PNG tuna industry vibrant
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 September)— Philippine companies are flexing their muscles in Papua New Guinea (PNG), operating the largest purse seine fishing fleet and...
PNG seeks renewal of agreement with PH tuna firm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 September) -- The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is pushing for the renewal of an investment agreement it had...
64% rise in PH tuna exports seen next year
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 September) -- The country’s canned tuna exports to the European Union (EU) are seen to increase by about 64 percent...
Region 12’s banana industry gets a boost
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/02 September)—The Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked P12 million this year to further strengthen the banana industry in Region 12, officials...
Standardization needed to sustain export of Bukidnon’s ‘hinabol’
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 August)– Weavers of “hinabol” or abaca cloth in Bukidnon need to shape up and adhere to a common product standard for...
By 2020, Mindanao’s power mix would be 56 % coal, 24% hydro
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 August) -- The government is expecting stable power supply in Mindanao in 2015, coming mostly from coal power plants although efforts...
PNoy on renewable energy: “more expensive… can’t provide baseload”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 August) -- Blaming the Arroyo administration for Mindanao’s energy problem, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III in his State of the Nation...
Is Mindanao ready for the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015?
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 August) -- Take away Mindanao from the Philippine equation and the country’s agricultural production will drastically plummet.
Last year, Mindanao earned at...
Who’s afraid of the ASEAN Economic Community?
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 August) - Mindanao’s business sector is saying it is advantageous to Mindanao, citing the 600 million population of the Association of...
PNOY tackles peace, power woes at Mindanao biz summit
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 August)—Even before President Benigno Aquino III delivered his 15-minute speech for the 22nd Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) Thursday, he already knew...
Mindanao business conference tackles ASEAN business integration
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindNews/04 August) -- Is Mindanao ready for the ASEAN business integration in 2015?
Ricardo Juliano, MinBizCon 2013 conference chair told MindaNews the...
Powerhouse cast for the 22nd MinBizCon in Davao City
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 July)– At least a dozen Cabinet secretaries and business tycoons will be the key speakers during the 22nd Mindanao Business Conference...
Davao region’s economy posts growth
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 July)--From 3.7 percent in 2011, the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of the Davao region increased to 7.4 percent in 2012,...
2nd Startup Weekend slated in Davao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 July) – People with business ideas to share may enlist for the second holding of Startup Weekend Davao, which is scheduled...
Bid to export meat products from Region 12 revived
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/27 June)– The departments of Agriculture (DA) and the Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 12 are reviving efforts to land the...
Philex spending P8B for Silangan project in Surigao for 2013
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews/16 June)— Philex Mining Corp. is spending P5 to 8 billion this year for the exploration and development works at its Silangan...