Cebu Chamber’s Meeting a Success

It was a remarkable night for the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and  Industry (CCCI) board of trustees, officers and members as they  welcomed their new members for the chamber last June 13 at the Marco  Polo Plaza Cebu. 29 new companies have expressed their allegiance to  membership in the chamber.

Other than that, the event also held its turnover ceremony of the  chamber’s presidential post from outgoing president Prudencio Gesto to  incumbent Lito Maderazo. Maderazo, in his acceptance speech, mentioned  that Cebu Chamber exists beyond business goals entrepreneurs like him–poised but has an advocacy for the community. In his remarks, he said “giving service for the business community has been  an integral part of my vocation as an entrepreneur and as a member of  CCCI.”

Early this year, CCCI conducted the 27th CACCI Conference which thrusts Cebu into the international limelight of commerce and trade, and has been remarked to be one of the best CACCI conferences.  Moreover, to deliver and sustain the image of Cebu as one of the  business hubs in the Asia Pacific, CCCI is also initiating the  projects training for Food Safety Teams for the food processing  industry to ensure global food safety quality, and the expansion of  direct development interventions to the tourism, ICT & BPO, and  manufacturing industries through the formulation of Technical  Vocational Education and Training (TVET) learning modules for the  coming senior high school education in the Philippines.

CCCI has more programs and activities in store for next year. Maderazo  said that their recent accomplishments are made possible throughunity  and partnership they have forged with their collaborators in the both  private and public sectors throughout the years.

During the said general membership meeting and turnover ceremonies,  people from the private, government and media sectors were present.  Honored guests Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama and Cabinet Secretary Jose  Rene Almendras also graced the event. Ramaled the induction of the  chamber’s 2013 officers and trustees, while Almendras was the keynote  speaker.

The new members of CCCI are Arco Shell & Crafts, Cebu AutoCentrale  Corporation, Cebu Fortune Foods, Inc., Ceres Summit Corporation,  Chilen Chicharon, Contempo Property Holdings, Inc., Ecolinea Export,  Inc., Enterprise Bank, Inc., First Acy Shipping Corporation, GI  Philippines,Inc., Global Link MP Events & Ship Management Corporation,  Golden Summit Immigration Consultancy, HP Philippines, Investor  Relation Global, Mactan Wire Harness Corporation, Minerva & Company,  CPAs, Pinoy Care Visa Center, Inc., Pro-Digies, Inc., Ralfe Gourmet,  Inc., Repro-Optima Center for Reproduction Health, Inc., Savers Depot,  Senor Jose Panaderia, Inc., Spa Botanica Trading Co., Talleco.com,  Inc., Techcellular Business Solutions, The Uniform Center, Vismin GV  Hotel, Inc. and World Vision Development Foundation, Inc.