A MAJOR Japanese business delegation will visit the country in February, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Wednesday.
Nov 122014
Nov 122014
IN AN ERA when globalization and technological advances are rapidly changing our lives, the landscape has become more competitive for finding innovative talent that will lead the company to the top. This reality has opened the door for creative compensation practices to attract employees. One of these is share-based compensation schemes like stock options. The popularity of stock options as a means of compensating employees has reached the Philippines and apparently has not eluded the attention of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), which continues to search for potential sources of tax.
Nov 122014
Partners Arnold, Paolo and Grace are so confident of the success of their food business that they’re thinking expansion this early.
Nov 122014
MANILA, Philippines – Robinsons Starmills Pampanga is host and official venue of The City of San Fernando’s Giant Lantern Festival for the seventh consecutive year. The much-awaited event is scheduled on Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. The festival highlight is the competition among the nine participating barangays who will showcase their creativity and craftsmanship in lantern-making. The participants are Barangay Sta. Lucia, Barangay Calulut, BarangayDel Pilar, Barangay San Nicolas, Barangay Telabastagan, Barangay San Juan, Barangay Dolores, Barangay Sto. Nino and Barangay San Jose. Exhibitions will be staged from Dec. 14 to Jan. 4, 2015 starting at 6:30 p.m. at the rear parking area of the mall.
Nov 122014
NEW YORK — Nicki Minaj (photo) is apologizing for a video that some feel uses Nazi imagery. The rapper posted on Twitter Tuesday that she didn’t create the concept for the lyric video for her song Only. She wrote: “(I) take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I’d never condone Nazism in my art.” The animated video, which debuted Friday, features a swarm of soldiers with red armbands featuring a logo that has been compared to a swastika. The logo also appears on Minaj’s chest in the clip. The logo features the acronym “YM,” which stands for Young Money, the rap group featuring Minaj, Lil Wayne and Drake. Both rappers are featured on the song along with Chris Brown. The video has more than two million views. Minaj also tweeted that the video’s producer and the “person in charge” of overseeing the video are both Jewish. Minaj faced similar criticism earlier this year when she used of a photo of Malcolm X with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposed it with a racial slur for a song’s artwork.
Nov 122014
“Kahit wala kaming show ni DJ [Daniel Padilla] nararamdaman namin na andiyan sila,” says teen sensation Kathryn Bernardo.
Nov 122014
One of Vilma Santos’s thrusts is to prioritize good nutrition to ensure good health among Filipino families.
Nov 122014
Seven things you need to know about the art of drinking wine.
Nov 122014
A committed triathlete, Isabelle Daza says it’s like having “the longest conversation you’re gonna have with yourself.”
Nov 112014
The Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board (HRVCB) has officially ended the filing of claims for compensation of human rights victims under the Martial Law, and is now set to evaluate almost 47,000 applications. At a press briefing on Wednesday, HRVCB chairperson Lina Sarmiento announced that they have closed on Monday their intake operations at the University of the Philippines – Diliman and at its 14 desks at the regional offices of the Commission on Human Rights. “We will now go to the next stage of the reparation process — the investigation and evaluation stage to determine the legitimate claimants and the appropriate points to be awarded to each victim,” Sarmiento said. She, however, admitted that they may not finish the evaluation by their deadline in September 2015 due to the unexpected high number of claimants. “The biggest challenge is the number of people (claimants). We actually prepared for 20,000, but we got more than double,” she said. “That’s a huge leap from what we expected.” She added that they are also expecting for the number to rise further if Congress will approve a motion seeking for the extension of the filing period. Sarmiento also noted that the House has already approved on third reading the joint resolution extending the period for filing of claims ahead of the November 10 deadline. Meanwhile, she added that the Senate is expected to approve the same measure on third reading upon the resumption of sessions on November 17. “We are expecting an additional of Read More …