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2016 global economic crime survey

COMPANIES in the Philippines have among the lowest confidence in the ability of law enforcers to combat economic crime, placing fourth in a list of 115 economies that say local enforcement agencies are “not adequately resourced” to do so, a survey suggests. Read the full story.

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Adult joblessness rate

THE RANKS of jobless Filipinos thinned marginally last quarter, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed, with one analyst saying this was due to hiring linked to the May 9 national elections. Read the full story.

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When hunger strikes

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman, Reporter

It’s part of our culture to tidy things up when a visitor is expected. When foreign leaders and delegates came to the country last November for the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the government put its best foot forward and tried to hide our blemishes from the world: walls covered the squatter areas that surround the airports and reports said some 20,000 homeless people were removed from the streets and hidden from sight. But it’s time to finally look at our own backyard because there are issues that high walls cannot conceal: hunger and poverty and the resulting malnutrition are hurting our economy.

‘Instagramable’ parties

By Zsarlene B. Chua, Reporter

PARTIES — OF ALL SORTS — can now ascend to whole new “Instagram-able” levels as London-based party supplies and stationery company, Meri Meri, has come to the Philippines by way of National Bookstore.

Changing the local PT game

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo

SEEING how physical therapy has not been developed as a specialized practice here, a Filipino doctor of PT has returned to the country with the end game of changing how what he does is perceived and appreciated locally.

Traveling for the music

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia, Associate Editor

Summer isn’t the best time to go to Japan — it’s hot, humid, and did I mention, scorching hot?

Why luck plays a big role in making you rich

By Ben Steverman

Book Review
Success and Luck:
Good Fortune and
the Myth of Meritocracy

The high life

By Noel Vera

Television
High-Rise

Let the client decide

Getting the edge in professional selling
Terence A. Hockenhull

I wouldn’t be far off the mark if I suggested that 95% of all salesmen offer solutions to the client far too early in the selling process. As I have said before, this is not selling. It is telling the client what he or she should do. Customers either consciously or unconsciously resent this type of sales pitch. There are a number of reasons to delay offering a solution until the end of a sales call. First, all customers want and need time to think about a decision that may affect their business. The same, of course, applies to customers who are buying expensive items for personal use.

Sex healthy for aging women, risky for older men

WASHINGTON — Frequent, satisfying sexual activity poses cardiovascular risks for older men — but regular orgasmic sex could actually protect aging women from certain health problems, researchers announced Tuesday.

Pairing off with Coca-Cola

Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco

Working for Coca-Cola, creative agencies McCann Worldgroup, Ogilvy One, and Visual Latina have all come up with different executions which together comprise a sparkling fully integrated marketing communications campaign.

What to see this week

5 films to see on the week of September 9-16, 2016