The Manila Times

Go Negosyo Project ARK, CCCI, business orgs help Cebu fight Covid

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PRESIDENTI­AL adviser for Entreprene­urship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion 3rd announces in an exclusive meeting between the private sector and the government that the business community, through its initiative Go Negosyo Project ARK, and the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), will step up in extending help and support to the Province of Cebu in mitigating the surge of Covid-19 cases.

Present in the virtual meeting were chief implemento­r of National Policy on Covid-19 Carlito Galvez Jr., Secretary of Environmen­t and Natural Resources Roy Cimatu, CCCI President Felix Tagium and Go Negosyo mentor and CCCI past president Virgilio “Nonoy” Espeleta along with different conglomera­tes and business chambers in Cebu.

Project ARK, which has the support of conglomera­tes, companies, business organizati­ons, and associatio­ns across the country, will tap CCCI, Mandaue Cebu Chamber of

Commerce and Industry (MCCCI), and other business chambers in Cebu to assist in fighting the disease.

Part of the immediate action items of the dialogue is to strategica­lly put up dialysis centers inside various malls that will separate renal patients from the possible exposure that they might get if they will still continue their treatment in various government and private hospitals where there are COVID patients and medical personnel who are possibly exposed too.

House speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, ARK Project Lead Josephine Romero, Wilcon Depot Founder & Chairman Emeritus William Belo, Aboitiz Equity Ventures President and CEO Sabin Aboitiz, LT Group President, and COO Michael Tan, PCCI Chairman Emeritus George Barcelon, Fil-Indian Chambers of Commerce Chairman Rex Daryanani, members of CCCI, among others were also present during the virtual presser to express support for the initiative.

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