A P20/day additional take home pay for Metro Manila workers was announced by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This was immediately met with disapproval by labor union Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) who is demanding no less than a P125/day salary hike. The amount of increase was widely expected in view of earlier pronouncements by some respected […]

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The upcoming Mother’s Day reminds me of a shopping adventure that I went through a few years ago. A friend, who has just migrated to the US, sent an email asking me to send a bouquet of flowers to her Mom and Mother in law as a way of conveying his appreciation for both of […]

If you’ll look at your monthly expenses, it is without a doubt that you will find shopping as a major contributor to it. Since we all want to be able to optimize the enjoyment of our hard earned money, let’s talk about home economics as often as possible.
Here’s our shopping advice for today:

Seriously devote time to […]

Mother’s Day is a time when people remember their moms for having given birth and raised them at the cost of great sacrifices. Majority of them had to give up career and business opportunities, advanced schooling and more comfortable lives to be able to nurture us to what we are now. This coming Mother’s Day, […]

I started drinking coffee when I was in high school but it was more of a breakfast ritual that continued until college. Upon joining the corporate world however, my daily consumption rose to noticeable levels that my boss had an item for it in the grocery list—JD’s coffee! Being largely uninitiated then, I took coffee with […]

If you are reading this article, you probably have an email address and have received any or all of the following types of email:

Someone identifying himself as the heirs of a certain former president or government official in Africa and asking for your help to move a large amount of cash into the country. […]

My boxing article reminds me of the last time I watched A Pacquiao bout. Having just decided to be a stingy fan, I browsed the cable channels for the schedule of the delayed telecast. Unsuccessful, I dialed the customer service number of my cable service provider. After the a few rings, an automated voice recording […]

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Otto has come a long way from its first free-standing shoe store with five employees. Since 1979, Otto has been manufacturing high quality footwear famed for being comfortable and trendy. Driven by passion for innovation and Filipino pride, the people behind Otto continuously strive […]

Everybody, not only those who consider shopping as a hobby or sport loves to acquire quality products at bargain prices. Of course, money doesn’t come easily for most people and sales promos are good opportunities to maximize one’s enjoyment of his income. Besides, the thought of having benefited from a good deal is something that everybody appreciates.  For those looking for the latest promo […]

This is today’s news roundup. Updates will continuously be posted during the day.

A few days after publicly declaring that the government can have Meralco if it wants to, the head of the Lopez group admits to soliciting proxies in a bid to stop GSIS from taking control of the power company. Within the last […]

Why do the babies starve when there’s enough food to feed the world? – Tracy Chapman

China and the Philippines Agricultural Comparison
China hosts roughly ¼ of the world’s population. It is said that a few decades ago, the Chinese were clearing entire forests and converting it to farmlands but the harvests were always not enough. At […]

Are you still thinking how and where to celebrate Mothers Day? We all know that restaurants, malls and even hotel F & B outlets are filled to the brim during the occasion and there’s not much opportunity to bond with our Mothers because there are just so many people around. Sadly too, the celebration of […]

Despite the stream of bad news hitting the country, all seems to be well in the tourism industry. Hotel occupancy has been relatively steady for the past few years and this year seems to be no different.
In Metro Manila, the average occupancy for 2007 (77.03%) was higher than 2006 (72.78%) and by all indications, this […]