IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Last week, I wrote about the start of an era simply because we are so used to celebrating the end, we often overlook that every ending has a beginning. In the same manner, we must not forget the fact that for a period of time to be memorable, we must live it – to the...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS We oftentimes hear the words, and celebrate “the end of an era,” yet we somehow never give much attention to the start of one. I am a firm believer that every ending is the start of a new beginning. Whether that is a happy, sad, unexpected or planned beginning or ending,...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Regardless of religion, faith (or having one, rather) is a trait that unites a lot of people. In the same way that the presence of faith gives us strength and the promise of pulling through, its absence, or even the compromise thereof, can also exacerbate situations in which...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS It is no surprise that Mother’s Day which we celebrated last Sunday falls in the month of May. After all, if you are Catholic, May is the month the church has set aside to honor Mama Mary. Although no words would suffice or do justice in truly giving her the honor that she...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS For some reason, this Mother’s Day hits differently from the rest. Having my own now, the definition of the word, and the role has most certainly transformed right before my very eyes, and continues to evolve everyday. Three months later, and suffice to...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS There has been an unexplained and abrupt silence in this space since January, and I heavily apologize for that. My last piece was a welcome to the new year and ended with the desire to share my goals and set my intentions for the new year (as I always do) but alas, that never...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, April 2, addressed the challenges among many small businesses including limited technical and financial capacity and lack of knowledge about the FDA requirements. Photo from Pixabay To empower local entrepreneurs, FDA Director General Samuel Zacate...
TORONTO – Players in the nuclear industry in Canada are ready to export their technologies as well as technical capabilities to the Philippines once the country decides firmly on the resurgence of its nuclear power ambitions. Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith conveyed to a recent delegation from...
Integrated solar developer SP New Energy Corp. (SPNEC), now a member of the Meralco Group, has replaced MREIT Inc. in the exclusive and coveted MSCI Philippines Small Cap Index. Source: MSCI, First Metro Securities The addition of SPNEC and deletion of MREIT are the only changes in the closely...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) represent an important part of the Philippine economy. However, official records lump SMEs and bundle it with micro enterprises. The Philippine SME law is known as the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. While this considers the numbers in the...
BAGUIO CITY – Twenty-eight illegal Small Town Lottery (STL) bookies have been convicted for illegal bet collection in the province of Benguet. The Regional Trial Court of Benguet said 27 illegal bet collectors were sentenced from August to December 2023. The 28th was convicted on January 26,...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – An authorized agent corporation of the Small Town Lottery (STL) here and the province of Misamis Oriental is helping 14 sales representatives obtain freedom after they were arrested and detained by the police over the weekend due to their alleged involvement in illegal...
