OPINION

I was once asked in a TV interview anchored by Michelle Ong of ANC (ABS-CBN) what my thoughts were in recommending in-laws to work in the family business and my quick response was straightforward, “If family owning businesses can afford professionals, there is absolutely no need to hire in-laws!” In my years of doing consulting …

“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” –Steve Jobs   It is a welcome observation to see the Filipino-Chinese community is no longer shocked by the peace and order of Iloilo City as they appear to be “at home” with the current privileges enjoyed under …

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) initiated the Seal of Good Housekeeping as a means of evaluating how local government units attain certain standards. In order to be conferred the Seal of Good Housekeeping, local government units must comply by a full disclosure policy and post budgetary documents in public, both online …

During a recent discussion at a café, a retired banker asked the gathered group, “What is so nice about politics that people kill each other – even their own family – in order to maintain a dynasty?” A priest suggested a prayer before delving into the subject, noting, “We never know if political traitors are …

“…Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first …

Those who oppose the president are now complaining about his clean-up project of Manila Bay. They oppose the current administration because he is not part of “their group” and they object to everything he does. However, national leadership has done much more than what his detractors claim; accomplishments they choose to be blind to. When …

  The amusing things about the security process is “always alert” and not “be alert” – why is that the Pinoy way? When there is a bombing, police declare a “red alert” and bring out law enforcements then, after a month or two, they are back relaxing at their respective headquarters. The same goes for …

“The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.” –Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince”   The last time I spoke with a friend in Cebu, he mentioned how people were celebrating Sinulog; blind to the chaos of killings and persecutions happening all around them. He called them “hypocrites.” They don’t care …

All business owners, meaning anyone who owns anything of value that will be passed on to the next generation have the potential to destroy their families through poorly planned and unclear succession and wealth transition process. And it is never enough to seal family harmony when you require your children to regularly troop to your …

Many are not aware that the food they eat every day are purchased from public markets, which are some of the dirtiest places (after reading that first sentence, readers have surely come to realize this fact). Visit a public market and look where the meat is being sold, check if the floor is clean, then …