Business Structures

[ad_1]     While the Philippines improved its standing on the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), moving to 99th from 111th in the previous period, it does not mean our government has become a more honest one.   With a score of 36 in 2018, the Philippines improved only slightly …

[ad_1] IMAGE istock     In the Philippines, fathers only get seven days of paternity leave. Once the Expanded Maternity Leave is signed into law, they’ll get an additional seven days for a total of 14 days of uninterrupted time with their new baby. If you ask us, that’s still …

[ad_1] IMAGE Megawide   The stock of housing developer 8990 Holdings (PSE: HOUSE) has been rising consistently since the PSE Index bottomed out in November last year.   In fact, HOUSE rallied two weeks ahead of the market recovery in late October, gaining a total of 24.7 percent to date, …

[ad_1] IMAGE stridecollective inastagram     Marikina-made shoes are known for their top-notch quality and expert craftsmanship that are at par with internationally known shoe brands. While the local industry had suffered a major blow in the past decades due to the economy’s unfortunate decline, we’re seeing a second renaissance …

[ad_1] IMAGE (L) Pixabay (R) Art Fair Philippines      One of the many issues of freelance artists and creatives is the administrative work that comes with getting paid for projects, which inevitably leads to filing taxes (and that’s not even where it starts as you’ll first have to register …

[ad_1] This story originally appeared on PCMag   There was a time when many items littered my nightstand. There was a lamp, a stack of books and comics I had every intention of reading, a point-and-shoot camera in case my dog climbed into the covers and did something adorable, and even a landline …

[ad_1] IMAGE esquiremag.ph     The Philippine economy’s growth in 2018 fell short of achieving the government’s (downgraded) targets of 6.5% to 6.9%.   National Statistician and Civil Registrar General of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Lisa Grace Bersales announced in a press conference on January 24, Thursday, that the …

[ad_1] IMAGE INSTAGRAM/jacquebusko     These days, budgeting for electricity can make you cringe. It seems like prices are continuously rising, but you can’t really do away with it as it is a necessity. There are only a few alternative energy sources especially if you live in the city, but …

[ad_1]   Some of the biggest entrepreneurial success stories — Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates — all have a moment when the aspiring business leader decides to forgo degrees from prestigious institutions of higher learning in favor of attempting to get their company off the ground. Stories like these …

[ad_1]   The key to closing the growing wealth gap of the world may be summarized in three words: better tax system.   That’s according to a recent report by Oxfam, which reveals that the wealth of the world’s richest has almost doubled since the financial crisis of 2008, with …