The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the country’s largest business organization held its 41st Business Conference on October 26-27 at the Marriot Hotel in Pasay City. The Philippine Business Conference (PBC) is an annual gathering and dialogue of policy…
Filipinos love to eat and throw a party – for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, fiestas, and just about any occasion we can think of. This happy-go-lucky attitude is already part of our culture. It seems that a special occasion is never…
After PAL exited receivership in 2007 and after a brief management takeover by the San Miguel Group from 2012-2014 PAL has fully recovered and re-established itself as one of Asia’s premier carriers. PAL will be spending from $500million to $700…
A carinderia is a type of eatery or restaurant which you can start with a low capital, especially if you have an available spot on your own lot and the necessary kitchen gears to start cooking and serving food for…
Branded items and imported goods are quite popular in the Philippines, with many people preferring to buy these because of perceived better quality of these items as well as for bragging rights. After all, although plenty of replica goods are…
In the past, people scoff at blogging as merely a form of entertainment or a means for people to share their thoughts with the world but, today, this has become a good business that gives bloggers a lot of money…
More Filipinos prefer buying basic commodities from the neighborhood sari-sari store than the grocery store at the mall because of a number of reasons, including the ready availability of various goods you can buy at just a few pieces and…
Tropical typhoon Lando, with international code name Koppu, which made a landfall in the Philippines on Sunday has caused a massive impact on the country’s economy. According to the Department of Agriculture, the damage has reached 5.9 billion. About 277,060…
Many of us have this mistaken belief that we need a lot of money to start a business with the potential to grow big. Though that might be applicable to a lot of businesses, of course, there are those that…
We recall that in September, President Aquino objected against the proposal to reduce income tax rates. The bill already in Congress calculates for P30-billion revenue losses in government collections and Aquino has not been convinced that reducing taxes would bring…