It was a quiet Sunday in 2009, a day of reprieve for business journalists enjoying a brief ceasefire from the endless churn of the financial markets. But one reporter’s weekend “me time” at the familiar, bustling SM North EDSA was about to take an unexpected turn. Suddenly, she spotted them:...
The story of George T. Yang, the visionary who brought McDonald 's to the Philippines, is a tale of an underdog defying the odds. In the cutthroat world of international franchising, success often seems reserved for those with immense wealth and established power. In the 1970s, Yang, a freshly...
Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte underscored the importance of introducing and teaching entrepreneurship among students on Monday, April 8. From left, WomenBiz President and PALSCON’s Rhoda Caliwara, DepEd Assistant Secretary for Curriculum and Teaching...
Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. and the lead social service and development ministry of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, Caritas Manila, have teamed up to uplift underprivileged communities. In a statement, Converge said they recently signed a partnership agreement with...
Majority of adult Filipinos are inclined toward entrepreneurship to be able to manage their own time and be their own boss, as they want to become their own boss, according to a recent commissioned survey conducted by OCTA Research. Results of the Tugon ng Masa (TNM) nationwide survey, conducted by...
Jose Ma. “Joey” Concepcion III said that “nano enterprises,” which are smaller than micro establishments, play a big part of the domestic economy as they are rapidly mushrooming because of digitalization. At the Laging Handa, Public Briefing, the chairman of Asean Business Advisory Council...
Roman Catholics will commemorate on Tuesday, April 25, the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist (San Marcos Evangelista), the author of the second Gospel of the Holy Bible and the founder of Christianity in Africa. St, Mark (Catholic News Agency) As one of the Catholic faith’s most popular saints,...
NANDO COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Sheik Khalifa Nando, one of the founders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), died on Sunday, Feb. 5. He was 82. Nando, largely seen as the first symbolic head of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), was laid to his final resting place...
Go Negosyo Founder Jose Ma. "Joey" Concepcion III expects to see lower prices of commodities by middle this year middle with prices of oil going down, paving for a “very good” 2023. In a television interview, Concepcion said that the increased interest rate imposed by the US and followed by...
CEBU CITY – A leader in the real estate industry is seeing the so-called revenge spending next year that will benefit the industry. Anthony Gerard Leuterio, president of A Better Real Estate Philippines (ABREP) and founder of Filipino Homes Group, sees a vibrant 2023 for the real estate industry...
With the declining numbers, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion is hopeful that the country will be moving to coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert Level 1 by March. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook page)...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion urged the government's pandemic task force to downgrade the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 2 because the Philippines will "lose a lot" if this move will not happen. Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17,...
