Nov 202014
 

URBAN transportation networks in the Philippines will benefit from millions of dollars in investment, following the announcement that Cebu City will be home to a new bus rapid transit (BRT) system. The network is expected to alleviate metro congestion and offer opportunities for private contractors and service providers. It is one of several urban mass transit projects under way, following President Benigno S. C. Aquino III’s earlier announcement of plans for new BRT and underground rail systems in Manila.

Jul 282013
 
The best misfortune of this entrepreneur’s life

Janet Altamarino, chief executive of Ultimate Visa Corporation, is committed to providing Filipinos with a legitimate visa processing service and is the only agency that caters to all visas to other countries. MANILA, Philippines – When life gives you lemons, you can become just as bitter, or you can make lemonade, as the saying goes. Janet Altamarino, chief executive of Ultimate Visa Corporation, did exactly the latter — she made a lot of lemonade, only on a grander scale. Ultimate Visa is the leading visa and immigration consultancy in the Philippines that she and her partner, Atty. Jonnah John B. Ungab, started in Cebu City five years ago. Today, they have already established a second headquarters in Makati City, and have recently been dubbed the Most Trusted Immigration Services Company by the National Consumers’ Choice Awards Council. Altamarino wanted to explore greener pastures abroad as a young graduate. After entrusting her savings to a visa-processing firm, the company disappeared. It happened two more times before she learned her lesson. “You turn the misfortune into an opportunity when you experience difficulties instead of crying over it,” she says. After hearing similar tales, she went on a quest to help other visa applicants in their processing — never again would they be conned. “Most applicants forego the background check on agencies. They sell their business, their assets, others pawn their family home and farmland, and then nothing happens with their applications,” explains Altamarino. “It’s heartbreaking.” “I wanted the opportunity to put up Read More …

Jan 212013
 

Manila and the Cebu City again carved their name as among the top preferred outsourcing destinations in the world The post Manila, Cebu rise in global ranking as preferred BPO sites appeared first on Good News Pilipinas. You might also like: Luzon, Cebu, Mindanao in Conde Nast’s Top 10 Asian Islands List Philippines improves ranking in ‘corruption perception’ index Cebu Pacific one of the most ‘socially devoted’ airlines worldwide