There is an approximate 10,000 workers who stand to lose their jobs should the city council won’t be able find any solution to the problem caused by its act of passing an ordinance which required some industries, like the Pandacan oil depot and multinational giants like Unilever to relocate from their present location in Pandacan [...]

The Philippines has been known to be the text capital of the world. Soon, it could also become the e-mail capital of the world. That is because three new mobile phones have been launched by Nokia Philippines as part of efforts to transform the country into the leading mobile phone e-mail capital of the world.

Despite the global economic downturn which has cut international tourists arrivals by 8 percent in the first two months of the year, Cebu Pacific is looking to hire 250 more female flight attendants as it continues its plan of expansion.

For the first quarter of this year, oil company Phoenix Petroleum Philippines posted a net income of P523 million. This figure was said to have been boosted by its acquisition o the Batangas Union Industrial Park in Calaca, Batangas.
Phoenix Petroleum said its first quarter revenue rose by 28.5 percent to P1.02 billion from year-ago level [...]

Aside from politics, the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, Manny Pacquiao, may soon be involved in the tourism industry too,  as one of his company is planning to develop a  400-hectare property in General Santos City and transform it into a special economic zone.
His company, the Manny Pacquiao Heights Development Corp. (MPHDC) is planning to invest [...]

The whole country is once again on the uproar because of the statement of the famous American actor Alec Baldwin. Baldwin, who is 51 years old, said he is planning to buy a Filipina mail-order bride, implying that our Filipinas are commodity which can be bought.
Baldwin joined the ranks of internationally recognized celebrities who have [...]

Getting an International Organization for Standardization (IS) is most businesses’ aim. It is an evidence that people in their organization are competent and that they are employing a system that is compliant with international standards.
This recognition has been given recently to the Department of Science and Technology Regional Office No. 10 (DOST-10), after it has [...]

Entrepreneurs, as always, wants to change the world in many ways or another. Some are motivated by money. Yet some are motivated by the legacy of innovation. It is always said that all the money in the world can’t buy any person happiness, and it’s true. Happiness is always motivated by success and most of [...]

Cebu Pacific will be opening a new route that could help boost the tourism industry of Northern Mindanao. The airline company will be having its Davao-Cagayan de Oro route.
Catalino Chan, tourism director for Northern Mindanao said the new route is a good connection for international flights to Davao City, which is now fast becoming Mindanao’s [...]

Another Filipino will be given an international recognition, and this time it is in the field of poetry. Filipino poet Gémino Abad will be awarded by Italy with their most coveted literary prize, the Prize Premio Feronia – Citta di Fiano 2009 under the foreign author category. The award will be conferred to him on [...]

Starting a business isn’t really easy. But a real entrepreneur will find ways. You can get a personal loan from your friends or relatives, that’s the first first option. Or you can look for companies that grant personal loans for starting entrepreneurs.
Accommodative Financial Solutions is one company who grants unsecured personal loans. It’s a great [...]

A new building located at the Mandaue Reclamation Area has just been finished and is now ready for locators to transfer anytime to the building. Develop by Cebu-based developer, Robinland Inc., the new nine-story building adheres to the concept of green architecture.
The new building is called Robinland Information Technology/Business Process Outsourcing (IT/BPO) Center and it [...]

The Monetary Board of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the $75 million loan by the Globe Telecom. The Ayala-owned company said the loan would be used to pave the way for the company’s network expansion program.
BSP said Globe would acquire three separate loans from Citibank and two European development financial institutions. According to [...]

Bacolod City, famous for its chicken inasal, will be having its first ever Inasal Festival which kicked off last Friday. In line with the festival, the city will be going for Guinness Book record on Tuesday by cooking thousands of chicken pieces in the longest barbecue grill in the city’s reclamation area.
City Councilor Alex Paglumotan [...]

A new bill has been filed in the House of Representatives that aims to help solve the rampant cases of tardiness happening in government offices. With the Philippine Standard Time (PST) still being ignored in some offices, House Bill 5902 will require all government offices to synchronize their official watches and clocks to it.

The country already has developed a lot of industrial zone and export zone, but we still don’t have any agricultural zone. In line with this, the Department of Agriculture has asked the Philippine Export Zone Authority to help create a special economic zone for large-scale, foreign-funded agricultural investments.
Marriz Agbon, president of the Philippine Agricultural [...]

The megastar wife of Senator Franciso “Kiko” Pangilinan, Sharon Cuneta, has just made official the senator’s political plan for 2010 when she declared that Pangilinan would run for vice president in the 2010 election and that she is also prepared to assume the role of “Second Lady” should he be lucky enough to win.
“Yes, I [...]

A new city ordinance was approved by the Manila City council which allows the “Big 3” oil companies operating in the Pandacan oil depot to stay in the place, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling ordering with finality their facility’s relocation. The new ordinance creates zones for medium and heavy industries in the city, this [...]

A new revenue memorandum order was issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) requiring all revenue agencies to maintain a Taxpayers’ Service Area (TSA) within their premises. BIR Commissioner Sixto Esquivias IV said that the service counters would be one-stop centers and would serve as reception areas for taxpayers who are transacting with the [...]

The National Statistics Office will start to conduct the 2008 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI). This is a nationwide undertaking which aims to provide data on the structure and level of economic activity in the country.
With the help of the survey, up-to-date economic information will enable planners, both from the government and [...]