Q: The worldwide advocacy group, Government Trafficking In Person (GTIP), has ranked the Philippines no. 1 in Asia on compliance of anti-human trafficking since 2010, how was the Immigration Bureau able to do that? A: TEAM EFFORT. Our country’s anti trafficking campaign requires the participation of several agencies. BI only gets involved when the victims or the traffickers are found […]

There are so many little things that corporate leaders ignore.  Just take a look at the following industries and you can see many blind spots.  Some examples of old truths that are still unchallenged to date are: In the retail banking industry, there is no fun and enjoyable experience while inside a retail bank. For the supermarket industry, shoppers have no choice […]

Q1: What is IdeaSpace? Why was it set up? What is its vision?  A: IdeaSpace is aimed to help grow a Philippine economy through science and technology.  We were set-up by the First Pacific Group of Companies to foster a spirit of technopreneurship in the country and encourage more young people to consider becoming entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists.  The goal […]

Early this month, while vacationing in the US, my family and I watched Absinthe at Caesars Palace Hotel and O at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. It does seem like an odd choice of combination of shows but it was interesting for the comparisons and contrast of themes we experienced.  We watched Absinthe because it was recommended by people […]

Q1: Not many people know your history, but you actually took over FERN  Inc. as a turnaround operation. Please tell us about your early days. We Bring Prosperity to Every Home by Tapping the Entrepreneur in Every Filipino. This is the vision, which the pioneers of FERN Inc. had when they first started in 2003. We envisioned uplifting the lives […]

One of the most persistent myths in product development is: “If you build it, they will come.” This belief has led many businesses to launch not because the market demanded it, but simply because they could. It’s the classic trap of supply-side thinking, where the focus is on what the organization can produce, not what the market needs.  But hindsight has a way […]

In many middle-class Filipino homes, a framed diploma hangs proudly in the living room. It’s more than decoration, it’s a symbol of sacrifice, of years of silent struggles, anchored on a single belief: that education is the path to a better life. For many Filipino parents, sending a child to a quality school is not just a goal, it’s a life […]

“Why don’t we insure love the same way we insure life, property, or health?” That question stayed with me after watching The Divorce Insurance, a new South Korean series now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The plot centers on an actuary who, after going through three divorces, develops a new kind of insurance policy, one that pays out when a marriage […]

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