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OUTSTANDING WOMEN 2019: AMONG THE BEST

by BizNewsAsia in Special Report Comments Off on OUTSTANDING WOMEN 2019: AMONG THE BEST

This year’s winners of the coveted The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) award are one of the best batches ever and among the most diversified. The fields represented are most relevant and cutting [...]

SMART CITIES

October 14, 2019 Comments Off

By Architect FELINO PALAFOX, JR. Is the Philippines ready for smart cities? Basically, smart cities harness information and communications technology and integrate it with development planning to deliver more efficient and high-quality urban services that […]

PH COCONUT INDUSTRY A ‘SLEEPING GIANT’

October 8, 2019 Comments Off

By SEC. WILLIAM DAR – Department of Agriculture Can we call the coconut industry a sleeping giant? Its potential to help fight poverty cannot be discounted. It is the third most dominant crop, after rice […]

GOOD CONDUCT = JAILBREAK

October 4, 2019 Comments Off

You cannot say the Philippines is not a kind and caring society. Hardened criminals –murderers, serial rapists, drug lords and of course, plunderers—are given a second lease on life, literally and figuratively. Under President Gloria […]

THE GREATEST PROJECT IN PH

September 28, 2019 Comments Off

By Antonio S. Lopez It is the largest and greatest enterprise ever in the Philippines to be undertaken by any single company or group of companies in the nation’s history. San Miguel Corp., the country’s […]

MAJOR TAX CHANGES DUE

September 25, 2019 Comments Off

Of all Philippine presidents, Rodrigo Duterte is the most tax-reform oriented. That’s good. Why? Because tax avoidance (which is legal but is subject to so much graft) and tax evasion (which is illegal and is […]

MANNY VILLAR CASHES IN ON BOOMING P500-B HOME IMPROVEMENT MARKET, READIES P20-B ALLHOME IPO

September 13, 2019 Comments Off

Tycoon-politician Manuel B. Villar Jr. is preparing to list another company in the stock exchange—a home depot-format chain that is carving a huge chunk of the booming P500-billion a year home improvement and home appliance […]

THE VILLARS

September 13, 2019 Comments Off

Manuel B. Villar Jr. may have lost the 2010 presidential election dismally after spending by one estimate, P5 billion. After that disappointment, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives (1998-2000) and former President of […]

PH COMMERCIAL BANKING ASSETS UP P1.5T OR 10% TO A RECORD P16.83T IN FIRST HALF 2019

September 6, 2019 Comments Off

The P1.186-trillion (gain in deposits and bank borrowings) in the first half exceeded the banking system’s increase in total loan portfolio of P931 billion—meaning the banks didn’t release all of the additional money they got […]

THE ECONOMY REMAINS BUOYANT BUT OUTLOOK NO LONGER BULLISH

September 5, 2019 Comments Off

By Antonio S. Lopez In recent weeks, four issues have gripped the business community: the real property outlook; the impact of the expected ban on programmed online gaming operations or POGO or online gaming; the […]

REINFORCEMENTS: HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO HELP YOU

May 31, 2019 Comments Off

How do you ask? Learn the skill that gets people to help you. Asking is instinctive from infancy. The babies cry when they need something. As they grow, children become notoriously pesky askers. They don’t […]

HOW TO BE AN #INFLUENCER

December 28, 2018 0

An influencer is someone who has clout. He is usually famous or reputable. In the past decade, providers like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat have made it easier and faster to share photos and […]

EASTERN SAMAR LIBRARY THRIVES AFTER HAIYAN

November 28, 2018 0

In 2007, Regional Trial Court Judge Rowena Tan established a library in her hometown of Llorente in Eastern Samar. Llorente is a third class municipality with a yearly income of $700,000 to below $1m and […]

FIFTY THINGS THAT AREN’T MY FAULT—ESSAYS FROM THE GROWN-UP YEARS

September 23, 2019 Comments Off

I’ve read memoirs written by comedy writers and comedians that were all disappointingly unfunny. This one is funny. Creator of the comic strip “Cathy”, which ran for 34 years, Cathy’s wit and wisdom sheds light […]

PULUTAN! FILIPINO BAR BITES, APPETIZERS AND STREET EATS

August 22, 2019 Comments Off

Marvin is a professional writer, author, and certified Cicerone (which means he’s now a beer expert). He founded LA’s first Filipino food truck “The Manila Machine” and wrote “The Adobo Road Cookbook” on classic Filipino […]

NEVER GROW UP

May 16, 2019 Comments Off

By Jackie Chan This is a sequel to Jackie’s autobiography “I Am Jackie Chan” (1999) after he made “Who Am I?” and the US hit “Rush Hour” which grossed $244 million. I enjoyed the first […]

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