Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III reiterated his call for the re-examination of the government's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) containment policies "to reflect current developments". Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo...
THE RIGHT MOVE RIKKI MATHAY One of my side hustles pre-COVID was organizing and hosting musical events and gigs. Of course, when the pandemic struck, the events industry was the first not only to be badly hit, but completely shut down resulting to would-be revenues going down the drain. But if...
EIC on the Move Palawan episode “EIC on the Move” travels to El Nido, Palawan, one of the best beach destinations in the Philippines, for its newest episode, premiering this Sunday (Jan. 16) at 7:30 pm on Metro Channel and Metro.Style YouTube channel. Metro Society editor-in-chief and “EIC on...
THE RIGHT MOVE Rikki Mathay New Year's day brings about resolutions- promises made at the beginning of each new year hoping it will make one a better person. But what is not quite common in the Philippines is having bucket lists- which is as  Webster describes, a number of experiences or...
THE RIGHT MOVE What a year it has been with so much loss and grief from circumstances beyond our control such as the pandemic. As we start to say goodbye to a tumultuous 2021, we can't help but prepare ourselves to say goodbye to the sorrows that pained us one way or the other with each New Year...
THE RIGHT MOVE RIKKI MATHAY The Philippines can very well be known as the Christmas capital of Asia with Filipino families putting up their Christmas trees and other holiday decorations as early as September. I personally put up my Christmas decors after my favorite "holiday" which is Halloween and...
THE RIGHT MOVE Rikki Mathay The Philippines has been proudly wearing the crown of being the most gender equal country in Asia. I may have started as a feminist in my high school days in St. Theresa’s College QC that I sat as a director for the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women...
THE RIGHT MOVE Rikki Mathay As nations eagerly aspire for the full re-opening of their borders and economies, a new variant of the corona virus puts all these laid out plans in jeopardy. By now, you may have heard that the Omicron variant poses much milder symptoms than its predecessors which may...
THE RIGHT MOVE RIKKI MATHAY Everyone loves the feeling of being loved. This gives us the window to choose who we want to spend the rest of our lives with. These may be with friends, potential partners, family members, and even people we meet on the internet. Online dating has been the modern way of...
THE RIGHT MOVE Rikki Mathay Having received several e-mail from our E-Commerce business ideas post-pandemic column, allow me to share a few grassroots business ideas which I saw during my daily distribution of grocery bags or ayudas in the different barangays in District 6, Quezon City. In a...
A coalition of 170 organizations and 77,000 individuals is calling on President Duterte to withhold his approval for the construction of the Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) until the project details are known and a "normal due diligence is conducted" on it. In a letter to Duterte dated Thursday,...
THE RIGHT MOVE Rikki Mathay The economic strains of the pandemic have certainly taken its toll and SMEs have endured it the worst. As a past national director for the Junior Chamber International Philippines, and a business owner myself, I completely empathize with the struggles entrepreneurs...
