What’s the best way to improve any property in the most natural way? Put in a tropical garden, of course! Any time a property has well-planned landscaping, especially a beautiful garden, the surroundings become more striking and remarkable.
In two days, we will be electing, among others, people who will be among the honorable members of the Senate. They are tasked with an all-important role of deliberating proposed statutes and passing them in the form of laws.
Two more days to go and we’re off to the polls to choose our local government officials, congressmen and a new set of senators.
On March 18, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca).
Q: We’re in the canned food industry and we’ve grown our revenues from almost continuous product innovations. We’ve been getting and continue to get new product ideas from answers that our consumers give to the MADI questions we asked and which we learned from our MBA market research class with you (the Senior MRx-er).
More than 11 million fine men and women in this country are jobless, according to the latest survey, and since the figure was only more than 10 million at the start of 2013, the number of jobs in this country, instead of increasing, was actually stagnant.
The market made a fantastic weekly advance of 189.91 points or 2.7 percent at the end of trading last week on the back of the investment credit-rating upgrade it received from Standard & Poor’s (S&P). Similar to the first it received from Fitch Ratings over a month ago, the country was given a “stable” outlook while its credit rating was “raised to BBB- from BB+.”
With the mid-term elections just a few days away, or halfway through this single term of our leader Benigno Simeon (aka BS), business now broods over his possible stance in the next three years.
When I get home from work after a long day in the company of numbers and tax statutes, I try to unwind—as millions of Filipinos do—by watching television. However, since the election season is in high gear, an hour of primetime TV is usually punctuated by campaign ads, ranging from the amusing to the maudlin. There’s a whole host of candidates out to persuade us that they’re worthy of our votes, and I’ve discovered that with each passing election, it’s becoming harder and harder for me to find a candidate I can really believe in. I can’t help but wonder—is it because we become more cynical with age? Or is it because, strangely enough, we become—in a certain sense—more idealistic, demanding more from our politicians than mere campaign promises, popularity and charisma?
If you are in the market for your own private island, look to the cluster of islands in northern Palawan. From what I have heard, one can buy or lease an island in the Busuanga-Coron area and create a private paradise here on earth.
No one can argue that when one speaks of simplicity and elegance in the world of global fashion, Giorgio Armani is one of the first to come to mind. Through many years of fashion revolutions, he still adheres to largely structured and tailored lines, masculine colors, mostly basic “noncolors,” and unpretentious yet cleverly constructed forms. Although fashion trends and styles evolve and change over time, the core values of Armani’s design have remain unaltered.
Many have been asking why I have been taking a melatonin supplement nightly for around 20 years now. I started taking it in the early ’90s, not because of its sleep-enhancing benefit, but for its immune-system boosting effect.
