IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this on Palm Sunday which is actually the official start of Holy Week. This year, it also happens to fall two days after my first church wedding anniversary. And although admittedly (and embarrassingly) it actually slipped my mind until greetings from loved ones came...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Holy week is upon us, and so is election fever. Thirty days to go, and campaign period in full blast, people are most definitely hyped! With the excitement comes some frenzy, and unfortunately, toxicity as well. Exchanges – both pleasant and unpleasant – are...
State-owned Philippine Guarantee Corp. (PHILGUARANTEE) posted record financing assistance to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) during the prolonged pandemic. Based on a report to the Department of Finance released on Monday, April 4, PHILGUARANTEE said its credit guarantee facilities to...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS And just like that, it’s April. In a blink of an eye, the first quarter of the year has just passed us by. With the semblance of the old normal returning, days are definitely going by much quicker, and we are once again loading them up like we used to. Gone are the days of...
Owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are optimistic about the future of the domestic economy as well as business growth prospects, as they plan to expand this year despite the prolonged pandemic, a recent study revealed. Based on the Sun Life Business Growth and Resilience Index...
BAGUIO CITY – If he can have his way, Sorsogon Governor and now Senatorial candidate Chiz Escudero wants the local government to have a say in the mining industry to ensure the environment would not be damaged. Escudero, an independent senatorial candidate who was in this famous mountain hideaway...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this on the third week of women’s month, and on the 14th year since the passing of a woman who significantly shaped my life. I now realize more than ever how apt it is that a woman who had shaped so much of who I am today celebrates her birthday in heaven on the...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I n continuing on with Women’s Month, I too am writing another piece themed around women. This time, closer to home – women, and how I view them, and their roles in the Philippines. To be quite honest, because I was raised in a very matriarchal family, I did not realize...
The Commission on Audit (COA) reported on Wednesday, March 2 that around P4.99-billion allocated for loan distribution micro, small, and medium enterprises as part of Bayanihan 2 act was left stagnant. The Commission on Audit (COA) logo (Taken from coa.gov.ph/ MANILA BULLETIN) Through the COVID-19...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Ash Wednesday this past week marked the start of the Lenten season for Catholics. For actively practicing ones, here begins the meatless Fridays, and an act of sacrifice to practice for 40 days. More often than not, we tend to define sacrifice as the act of giving up something...
As 90 percent of employment comes from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said he will push for a P100-billion stimulus fund for the country's millions of small entrepreneurs. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS As love month came to an end, it did so with a bang – literally, and sadly, with Russia invading Ukraine this week. Though the tension has been building up in the past months, we have been hopeful that violence would not be resorted to. Even if this unfortunate situation is...
