MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is looking at getting a piece of the billion dollar game development industry as it participates for the first time at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. Read the rest of this entry »

PARIS—Humans may have a selfish gene but we also experience satisfaction in sharing out the goodies, even if this means giving away some of our own, according to an unusual study released on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – In an ideal world, finding the means to supply our country’s energy needs is just a matter of funding. In reality, the challenge is to meet growing energy demands while keeping the impact on the environment as light as possible. And to this end, companies are beginning to look for clean and renewable sources of energy. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – A task force composed of major stakeholders and key players in the furniture export industry is needed to craft and implement a five-year sustainable strategic marketing plan meant not only to promote local products abroad but also market the country as a preferred investment site. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The local auto industry is complaining that the government has not given them a copy of the proposed revised Motor Vehicle Development Plan (MVDP) because the MVDP presented during the public hearing lacked specific action plans. Read the rest of this entry »

MACTAN, Cebu – Mactan is my favorite local tourist destination. It has an international airport with a lot of flights in and out. It also has a number of world class resorts. With the early onset of summer, it was time to take an advanced holiday in Mactan’s Plantation Bay. Read the rest of this entry »

Making it All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life authored by David Allen talks of self-management, the key to which is in knowing how to handle our capacity to think, feel, understand, and reason out. It involves two major elements, the way we exercise control and our ability to develop perspectives. Allen defines control as the facility to choose between different alternatives, while perspective refers to our aptitude to discern which of the available options is the best one to choose. Read the rest of this entry »