On Saturday, October 3, 2009, there would be a whole day seminar on mushroom production to be given by Teddy Laurie, an expert in producing spawns as well as growing the crop. He will conduct the seminar right at the AANI Urban Farm at Kingsville Court, Antipolo City where he has put a facility to [...]

Halaan shells as material in making toothpaste? Yes it’s possible, and the technology was developed by the researchers of the Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC), Concepcion campus, and this technology of using the ground shell of halaan (arc shell or Anadara) as material in the manufacture of toothpaste is now commerciable.

Do you want to embark on a new business? How about making different kind of soaps? Just like food, soaps and detergents are an indispensible part of your grocery list. Why not learn to how make them so you won’t have to pay for them, and have business on the side?

A lot of people consider being an event planner, but, what is it really and what does it take to be one? Rob Hard, an author at About.com shares some insights on what is an event planner.
Conventions and meetings bring people together for a common purpose and it is the planners’ job [...]

In order to be able to put up a business in the Philippines, necessary certifications and licenses must be obtained. Business corporations and partnerships within the country must be registered under the Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC. This also includes those foreign corporations with license to engage in business or to put up branch [...]

Retail Trade is defined as “any act, occupation or calling of habitually selling direct to general public merchandise, commodities or goods for consumption subject to certain exceptions.” On March 26, 2000, Republic Act No. 8762 entitled Retail Trade Liberalization Act took effect which allowed foreign investors to engage in the retail trade in the Philippines [...]

Owners of home based businesses often wonder on the ways to make their businesses into a brand and stand out in the middle of a crowded marketplace. The founder and CEO of Lillian Vernon Corp. which is a giant gift and houseware products catalog company, Lillian Vernon, began her company as a homebased business. Believing [...]

Glutathione is substance present in almost all living organisms. It has many known health benefits including its ability to regulate the action of “lesser antioxidant.” It is also known to give a fairer and whiter skin. That is why, health, beauty and wellness industry use glutathione as agent to achieve this long aspiration of both [...]

A sole proprietorship business or a business with a single owner should be registered under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Here are the guidelines in applying for a certificate of registration to the Department of Trade and Industry.
• Application can only be done by a Filipino citizen of legal age ( 18 years or [...]

A business can be owned by a single person called single proprietorship. This type of business is registered to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) which will issue the certificate of registration (COR). On the other hand, if a business is own not only by a single person rather by two or more person, [...]

Before applying for a License to Operate in BFAD, a registration to the Client Management should be made to acquire your account number which will enable you to access the web portal of BFAD. The web portal serves as a way of transacting to BFAD. Once the registration has been made, application for the initial [...]

Not only meats and vegetables are preserved. Even eggs are also preserved. One way of doing it is by salting it (Itlog na Pula or Itlog na maalat) . Unlike those packed meals with sauces that are messy to prepare, salted eggs are different. Once salted, eggs are ready to be served and eaten with [...]

Goats’ meat is essential to almost all the special occasions in the Philippines, like baptisms, weddings, and fiestas. Aside from this, goats are very popular to every Filipinos because of low initial capital needed in raising them, its fast multiplication and they can fit to the small hold farm conditions. Compared to other meats, goat [...]

Milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the national fish of the Philippines. It is locally known as “bangus.” Actually, Philippines ranks number one in producing milkfish. Indonesia and Taiwan follow in rank numbers two and three.
In Dagupan, Bangus culture is popular because it can stand diversities of temperature, salinity and quality of water. It can adjust well [...]

The use of internet is very beneficial to everybody. All we need is a computer and internet connection. But because not every has their own computer and internet connection, that’s why ample of internet cafe business are found almost everywhere. Cyber café, Net café, Web café, or PC café are some of the names used [...]

In time of economic crisis like the recession that is happening worldwide, the industry of lending flourish. To deal with the crisis, people branches to sidelines, put up small business like sari- sari stores or work abroad. Some simply tighten their belt in order to fit into their budget. If there’s no more way, people [...]

Some of the breads, pastries and other bakery products that we see in the malls and especially in restaurants and caterers are not actually coming from big companies. Some of them actually come from home baking business. Numbers of people are engaged in this type of business. Usually their products are ordered by clients who [...]

During the ancient time, candle was the traditional source of household light. We can also find them in altars and church rites. Earlier candles are tube in shape and are made from oils and animal fats with a cloth as a wick. Later on, they found other materials known as bees’ wax which can also [...]

These days, numbers of people are patronizing Lotto. Almost every night, you can find long lines of people waiting for their turn to have a bet on their lucky numbers for the Lotto draw. People are trying to find their luck and be instant millionaire. Others find it an opportunity to start up a business [...]

“Ubod” can only be gathered from the upper most part of the coconut trunk, that is usually the part right under the leaves of the coconut tree. It is commonly divided into three different parts with different quality level, the softest, the finest and the most desirable part coming about 2/3rd from the top of [...]