Prudential Life is different from Prudentialife. This is what George Mercado, president of the Family-owned Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Co., wants to stress, because after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoked the license of ailing pre-need company Prudentialife Plan Inc. of the Alba family, it created confusion on the policy holders of Prudential Life [...]

Starting Monday, May 4, 2009, the Philippines will play host to around 20 countries who will participate in the Voluntary Demonstration of Response on Disaster Relief. This mammoth exercise, according to the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) will be involving Mega Manila and Pampanga and it aims to test the abilities of the member nations [...]

Five local animation companies were able to catch the interest of other countries during their recent participation in the Hong Kong Film and Television Market Fair (Hong Kong Filmart), because of this, they received offers from prospective partners in China, Singapore, France and other countries.
These five local companies are Glow Animation, Cutting Edge Productions, Top [...]

The number of SM mall chain around the country has just reached 34 last Friday when shopping mall giant SM Prime Holdings, Inc. opened its SM City Naga, its first mall in the Bicol region, which is also the first of their scheduled malls to be opened this year.
With a gross floor area of 64,780 [...]

Union Bank of the Philippines is also planning to sell debt notes in its effort to generate up to P5 billion which it needs to be used as supplementary capital to support the growth of its resources. This was disclosed to by Union Bank president Victor Valdepeñas as he informs the Philippine Stock Exchange that [...]

Martin Ozaeta, 42, a Batangueño from Lumil, San Jose learned all about the intricacies of poultry and egg business from his in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Rolando Virtusio who first ventured into the business. Now that he is managing his own business, Martin makes sure that he attends to his farm’s needs personally.
Through the years, Martin [...]

Tapa is a common breakfast for Filipino families. It is meat cut in thin slices and cured with salt and spices to preserve it. But Mariano Natural, 53 and his wife Mercy, 55 did something magical for the common tapa. Aside from curing it with salt and spices, the Natural couple sun-dried them, and here’s [...]

The 8.38-hectare North Bonifacio lots will be up for development once the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) finalizes the acceptance of the Megaworld Corp. for the joint development of the property. BCDA vice president Aileen Zosa said Megaworld submitted the unsolicited proposal last year.
It then went to detail negotiations with the agency until the [...]

It could be a big dream, but definitely not an impossible one, as the Philippine coffee industry is aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in the aromatic bean production by the year 2015. And when this is achieved, it will save the country by up to P3.5 billion from annual imports of the beans.
This is in following [...]

There are many choices when it comes to web hosting services. Just type web hosting in your search box and you’ll be shown a list of many companies providing web hosting services, each one claiming to be the better web hosting service provider. But how can you really find the best web hosting service provider?
Non-techie [...]

Being students at the top of the class ranking really has its perks. This is what twenty-eight college students found out, as these academic achievers in different degrees like accounting, management, and economics from different universities around the Philippines were chosen to participate in the week-long Business Orientation Program (BOP) of the American Chamber of [...]

Is really practical in invest in real estate in these times of global economic turmoil? And most specifically, is it wise to invest in US real estate? From what I gathered, there are some states wherein real estates are really going down because of recession. That makes it really a good opportunity to grab all [...]

An event with free vaccination for pets and pet owners was held at the Quezon Memorial Circle to celebrate the Rabies Awareness Month. The event was lead by Quezon City Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista, with Representative Matias Defensor as the guest speaker.
Rabies is a deadly virus that could kill both humans and animals. It enters [...]

Major oil company Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. is still not eager on engaging on initial public offering (IPO) this year. Edgar Chua, Shell country chairman stated their company still has no concrete plan concerning the IPO as the climate for capital raising exercise is not yet conducive as of this time. Chua, who has been [...]

The Manila Water Co. Inc. has acquired the right to provide water and sewerage services on Boracay Island by June of this year. This they will do this as a joint venture with the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA). The two parties – Manila Water and PTA signed a landmark joint-venture agreement to operate, manage, rehabilitate, [...]

Permanent Plans (Permaplans), another pre-need company badly affected by the global economic recession, is closing down its business permanently. But before they can even announce their plan to the public, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has also revoked its dealership license.
The cancellation of the dealer’s license of Permaplans came after the revocation of the [...]

The creator of Java programming language, Sun Microsystems, will soon be merged with business software giant Oracle, the latter announced recently it will be acquiring Sun for $7.4 billion after IBM did not pursue its bid to acquire the struggling tech company.
The Oracle described the Java language as “the most important software Oracle has ever [...]

Prudentialife Plans Inc. is no longer allowed to sell new preneed plans effective April 16, 2009, that is because the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked its dealer’s license for its failure to meet the requirements of a multiyear funding scheme.
The terms and conditions contained in the Multiyear Capital and Trust Fund Buildup allows [...]

The countries leading fast food chain has big plans for its overseas operation. The Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) is set on hitting the 3,000 mark, as far as the count of its overseas stores is concern, within the next 10 years, which is 75 percent of their targeted 4,000 stores by year 2020.
Jollibee vice president [...]

It’s summer, and there are lots of families to the beach and other resorts – Boracay, Palawan, Pangasinan and other local resorts. What better way to capture those memories of having fun under the sun, than with new SLR Digital Cameras. Nothing can preserve memories better than cameras that captures all those beautiful and happy [...]