Half-Filipino and world music sensation Bruno Mars made it to the TIME magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2011. Born Peter Gene Hernandez to a Filipino mother and Puerto Rican father, 25-year old Bruno Mars ranked no. 64 in the TIME Magazine’s list, as he joins an illustrious list of artists and activists, [...]

Last Good Friday, there were a total of 27 penitents who were nailed to the cross in Pampanga and Bulacan, 22 were crucified in Barangays San Juan, Sta. Lucia and San Pedro Cutud in City of San Fernando, Pampanga, and five in Barangay Kapitangan in Paombong, Bulacan, which include two women.
The nailing began at 9 [...]

Possibly fearing that theirs could go the way of Jan-Jan’s case and escalate into another media frenzy, McDonald’s Philippines immediately pulled out its add which was tagged by some as the “BF-GF commercial” after the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called for them to stop airing the ad.

To beef up their line-up, the Philippine football team will be holding try-outs on April 9 to 10 at the Gellert Park in Daly City, near San Francisco. Team captain Aly Borromeo and defender Anton Del Rosario will conduct the tryouts, they are looking to recruit talents in the 15-24 age bracket. Borromeo and Del [...]

While it is still processing the payment of deposit insurance to its depositors, the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) also started in its inventory of the assets of the closed Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank.
Officials of the closed bank, however, insists that it is not insolvent. It even went into having full-page advertisement in [...]

Christmas is indeed around the corner, and the mad holiday rush is on. Make sure you have enough cash just in case you spot a great sale or something you think is a perfect gift for “someone who has it all.” Unfortunately, many banks are closed during the holidays, and you really do not want [...]

The holiday season almost, always brings out the shopaholics in us, and that’s just because we love to buy gifts for our love ones. Unfortunately, this thoughtfulness often depletes our finances. Good thing there are payday loans available for us to stretch our budget so we can buy the presents we think our love ones [...]

Let’s face it, an entrepreneur, no matter how energetic or dynamic he claims to be, gets tired. He gets full of all the works and business dealings, and he may want to “get away from it all” that is why relaxing and enjoying in the villas in tenerife sounds very inviting to an overworked entrepreneur [...]

The most common and helpful tips that can be used if you are starting a shop, tips are listed bellow.
Location- location is one of the most important if you are starting a business because it can decide whether your business can get a customer especially in a crowded place. And if you are not in [...]

How many years ago since our former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada was kicked out on the palace because one of the issue that he was involved was in jueteng. Does the government really needs this fight against this illegal gambling? Or many in the government are making money for themselves out of it.
Now that the [...]

The government now is in a short of budget in infrastructure so they are looking for some help from the private sector specially from the banks. The Department
of finance also said that they will have a conversation with the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP).
They want to improve more and more infrastructure [...]

We are on the second half of the year. Are you ready with your business promotional products? Before you know it, Christmas is already here. So better make sure that you have already ordered your giveaways for the holidays, if you have not ordered them yet. With your promotional products, you can get to reach [...]

One of the options of senior citizens when it comes to financing or getting additional cash, whether for personal use or to invest in business is the reverse mortgage where they offer their equity in their house as collateral. And during the term of the loan, they have no cash outlay, meaning they do not [...]

The IP E-Game Ventures, Inc., the online gaming unit of listed information technology firm IPVG Corp., is getting ready to go public after fulfilling the requirement of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to be listed by way of introduction last February of this year.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (SEC) has approved and issued the listing rules for real estate investment trusts (REIT), thus giving way for a new investment instruments.  According to the SEC, the rules should spur interest from the investing public. REIT will use pooled capital of investors to buy and manage income-generating property and mortgage loans.

One way to expand your market reach at the cheapest cost possible is by getting your business online. Yes, you can reach more potential clients through the Internet, for that you need a reliable website hosting company to be sure that you can accommodate all visits and not fall flat on your face by getting [...]

Many believe that the best way to get out of the rat race is to be an entrepreneur. And they are right. However, usually the problem of mos aspiring entrepreneur is where to get capital. Personal Loans are usually that way that most entrepreneurs start, that is after exhausting their savings, and they still need [...]

Website Security Testing and the Importance of a Daily Website Security Audit
Living in a bad neighborhood, it’s important to know where you can safely get a nice meal and a drink, as well as the back alley places you should avoid because gunshot wounds tend to be unhealthy. Websites are the same way. You don’t [...]

A new ruling on the issuance of gift certificates (GCs) might be issued by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) soon. If the DTI will have its way, it wants GCs to have no expiration dates. It is expected to come out with the decision on the matter next month.
The issuers of gift certificates [...]

Right after the elections, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will start this week their audit of 24 of the biggest conglomerates in the Philippines for their 2009 finances. According to BIR Commissioner Joel L. Tan-Torres said BIR “expects to collect a large amount of tax deficiency” from these group of companies. He said they [...]