Cebu Happenings

  𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮 𝐁𝐢𝐳 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry concluded the Digital Transformation & Innovation Forum with a call for maximizing the impact of digitization not only to improve ease of doing business but most importantly ensure prompt delivery of services to people and the nation. In a speech delivered during the forum on June 20, Director-General Secretary Ernesto Perez of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) emphasized President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s marching orders under the Bagong Pilipinas brand of governance for government offices to integrate digital technologies across the bureaucracy to enhance the ease of doing business, streamline processes, expedite responses, and promptly deliver public services. Attended with over 200 entrepreneurs, business leaders, executives, academe, line agencies, sectoral associations and

𝐂𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮: 𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰     Over 200 business leaders, entrepreneurs, representatives from line agencies, partners from the consular corps and the media attended the 2-day summit coined as 2024 Padayon Cebu: Inspire, Promote and Grow MSMEs at the City Sports Club, Cebu City.   The summit featured inspiring stories from renowned business leaders, Bernie Liu, Group CEO and Chairman of LH Paragon Incorporated on his journey of how his business navigate growth as a startup into becoming an industry giant during the morning session which was followed with a fire-side chat highlighting stories of scaling from MSMEs to titans: Profood International Corporation with CFO and VP, Jonathan Uy;  Fast Group’s President, William Chiongbian III; Café Laguna’s Founder and Chair