MCT Expansion in full swing as port attains 300,000 TEUs milestone in 2025

TAGOLOAN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL – The expansion of the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) located in this town inside the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate couldn’t have come at a better time. During the estate’s 50th Anniversary in 2024, PHIVIDEC IA Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Atty. Joseph Donato J. Bernedo disclosed the facility already exceeded its original design …

PHIVIDEC IA: Moving Forward with a Purpose

Bigger, Bolder, Beyond Business TAGOLOAN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL – The PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority opened its Open Hour Year 3 on March 25 with bold optimism despite the current disruption of the global economy arising from the conflict in the Middle East. “This year, we embrace a bold and exciting theme—Bigger, Bolder, Beyond Business,” said PHIVIDEC IA …

Harvard Alumni pick Cagayan de Oro for 1st Travel Series

HCPG Travel Series : BEYOND THE GREENS CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The well-kept secret that is Cagayan de Oro City is a secret no longer. The officially recognized alumni association in the Philippines of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently completed their first ever travel event to this city to have an up-close-and-personal look …

Cagayan de Oro continues meteoric rise as PH’s 4th Metropolitan Area

When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts… CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- There’s just no stopping the economic juggernaut that is this capital city of Northern Mindanao. As the leading growth driver in powering the region’s economy past the trillion peso mark in 2024 with 28.3 percent of the P1.04 trillion total, …

Pueblo de Oro’s solar initiative redefines New Urbanism

UPTOWN CAGAYAN DE ORO-Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation (PDO) is accelerating the rollout of solar energy installations as part of its broader Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs. These initiatives underscore the company’s commitment to sustainability, excellence and responsible development within a modern social context. “The principle is called New Urbanism, where residents are given …

AIC envisions Laguindingan as a platform for regional progress : A Launchpad for Business, Tourism, and Community Development with Collaborative Ecosystems

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- The private partner of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) now undertaking the expansion of the  Laguindingan International Airport (LIA) recently shared their vision for the facility’s role in the emerging Metropolitan Cagayan de Misamis area. Cosette V. Canilao, President & CEO of Aboitiz InfraCapital Inc.(AIC), revealed what the company envisions for the …

TESDA, PDO eye expanded partnership to boost emerging metro

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines – The burgeoning Northern Mindanao region may soon get a timely boost as it metamorphoses into the Philippines fourth metropolitan area. Barely five months after signing an agreement to join forces in building up a globally competitive workforce in the Metro Cagayan de Misamis growth area, the Technical Education and Skills …

With Metropolization, SM Investments Exec lauds CDO economy as ascendant gateway to Mindanao

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- The Chief Executive of a top Philippine company in the Forbes Global 2000 and the country’s largest in terms of market capitalization, recently lauded Cagayan de Oro’s economy and location as it  grows into the fourth metropolitan center based on its projected population growth and functional role as a major gateway …

For its Golden Anniversary, PHIVIDEC IA Open House celebrates people who made a dream a reality

“You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it requires people to make that dream a reality.” – Walt Disney Atty. Joseph Donato J. Bernedo, PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority (PHIVIDEC-IA) Administrator & CEO used this quote to emphasize what the focus of the estate’s open house on March 26-28, …

CEBU LANDMASTERS, INC. – A Great Place to Work

Cebu Landmasters Achieves Prestigious Great Place to Work® Certification, with 95% of its employees saying “I am proud to tell others I work here” Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI), a publicly listed company and the leading real estate developer in the Visayas and Mindanao (VisMin), has achieved the distinguished Great Place to Work® (GPTW) certification in …