By Philip Suzara Pondering… as I sit here at the edge of my mythical life pond. One can see many things happening at the edge of life’s pond, as in any pond. Decisions are made there, life changing decisions, defining moments… to get in the pond, or not. The pond is encircled by its edges in different forms and kind: straight, jagged, rough, rocks, pebbles, sand, soil, or mud. Very much like people. No matter the differences we have, we all belong there… around the life pond,

Are you ready to take your business to the next level? As the pandemic continues to test the Philippine economy, there has been a great rise in the number of small home businesses, from home bakers to small clothing stores, and everything in between. In order to support the growing number of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country wanting to expand their home businesses, the University of the Philippines Consulting Group (UPCG) decided to create the Busine

By Menchu Aquino Sarmiento The British poet W.H. Auden wrote that “Poetry makes nothing happen.” Yet it was a man of letters, the poet Jose Maria Sison, with the pen name Amado Guerrero, who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines from which sprang the longest-running political insurgency in the world. It’s not true that most artists are unworldly or apolitical types. Jose Rizal’s novels and the writings of his other Indio and mestizo contemporaries ignited the first P

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and PhilDev Foundation officially announced on Tuesday, 15 February 2022, the 26 startups that will be receiving support through the IDEA and ADVanCE programs. Launched in January, the Incubation, Development, and Entrepreneurial Assistance (IDEA) Incubationand the Accelerating Development, Valuation, and Corporate Entrepreneurship (ADVanCE) programs aim to provide customized support to tech startups in the Phil