The business development service/training provider-partners of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development for Sustainable Employment Program-German Technical Cooperation in Negros Occidental are drafting plans for the marketing and promotion of respective training programs for the local tourism sector.

The BDS providers - La Consolacion College-Bacolod, VMA Global College and YES Services Inc. - are offering tourism-focused training programs for the upgrading of tourism-related skills of the resorts and restaurants personnel in the province.

Representatives from each BDS provider and partner-agencies Department of Trade and Industry and the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority are attending a three-day Marketing Strategy Planning Workshop until tomorrow at the Sugarland Hotel with GFA-engaged German consultant Britta Klemmer as facilitator.

Cebu Pacific may
fly anew to Singapore

SINGAPORE - Cebu Pacific Air of the Philippines is in exploratory talks with Singapore airport authorities to use its budget terminal, paving the way for the carrier to fly to the city-state again, an aviation official said yesterday.

The carrier is one of many that are considering using the purpose-built terminal for low-cost airlines, a spokeswoman from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said.

"CAAS has spoken to a number of airlines including Cebu Pacific Airways who may have an interest to operate from the budget terminal," the spokeswoman said, adding no official confirmation had been received as yet.

Seminar on detecting
fake currency slated

The Bankers' Club of Negros Occidental Inc. will sponsor a seminar on "Peso and Dollar Counterfeit Detection" on June 17, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., a press release from BCNOI, said.

The venue has yet to be finalized.

Maja Gratia Malic, manager I of the Currency Analysis and Redemption Division of the Cash Department of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Manila, will be the resource speaker.

Participants will be taught how to detect fake or counterfeit peso and dollar notes and other currencies, the press release said.

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