By Lean Santos/rappler.com – If Filipinos want to save and become financially sustainable in the future, they should start changing their culture of spending beyond their means, world-renowned personal finance guru Suze Orman said. “Don’t spend money you don’t have to impress people you don’t know or even like,” she Read more »
by Richard Javad Heydarian After three years of bullish run, the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is on the downhill. Featuring among the emerging markets’ hottest for almost 12 months, the PSE is now, however, filled with among the most overpriced stocks in Asia and beyond. And quite predictably, investors Read more »
By Kate McGeown/BBC News – A shot rings out from a factory on the outskirts of the Philippines’ second-biggest city, Cebu. But this isn’t an all-too-frequent drive-by killing or an argument that has become violent. The sound is from a testing range at Shooters Arms, the country’s second-largest gun factory. Read more »
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña – The Department of Budget and Management has turned over P1.89 billion to the Department of Transportation and Communications to complete and refurbish the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminal 3 (NAIA 3). The government earlier forged a $45-million deal with Japanese contractor Takenaka Corp. Read more »
BY SIEGFRID O. ALEGADO, GMA NEWS – Metro Manila these days is marked by crane-topped cities rising as the property market booms albeit alongside slums – poverty-stricken households whose hungry members marvel at multimillion-peso-per unit high rises amid a much-vaunted strong economy and fiscal position. Rosy prospects for Read more »
By Butch Fernandez/businessmirror.com.ph – Sen. Ralph Recto, hurt by a Malacañang official’s allegation that lobby money fueled his recommendation on the “sin” tax bill, on Monday submitted his “irrevocable” resignation as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means which endorsed adjustments on alcohol and tobacco excise taxes much Read more »
