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Are you confident in your knowledge to act as a steward of investment funds? Do you have the necessary tools to meet the changing and ever rising demands of beneficiaries? Do you have what it takes to become one of the most in-demand and highly sought after investment advisors in the Pacific? These, and more, are all the important questions that will be addressed at the 11th Pacific Region Investment Conference that features for the first time, “one of the ten most wanted designations in the Investment Industry” according to US Financial Planning Magazine - the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) Designation. (read more...)

Delegates from the member-nations of the World Franchise Council (WFC) and Asia Pacific Franchise Confederation (APFC) converge in Manila this September to chart the future of global franchising. To date, 24 member-country associations have confirmed attendance to the Manila event, namely: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey, UK and USA as well as the European Franchise Federation according to Elizabeth Pardo-Orbeta, Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) president. (read more...)

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) calls on children of Overseas Filipinos (OF) to join the country’s biggest yet search for Expat Pinoy Children, the 2011 Search for the Ten Outstanding Expat Pinoy Children. This year, BPI brings a bigger and wider search for exemplary OF children as it celebrates its 160th anniversary celebration. Now on its 5th year, the Search for Ten Outstanding Expat Pinoy children will award students with exceptional achievements in academic and non-academic fields for the Ibang Klaseng Talino, Ibang Klaseng Community Leader, Ibang Klaseng Entrepreneur, and Ibang Klaseng Artist/Athlete categories. (read more...)

The Philippines, dubbed as the world’s 2nd largest outsourcing workforce, is currently employing an estimated 500,000 Filipinos in businesses related to customer service, accountancy and other operational support jobs that are hosted from the US, Europe and Canada. One of the most promising categories in the outsourcing arena that has rapidly escalated in popularity is in Healthcare Information Management (HIM) Industry. (read more...)

The Department of Tourism (DOT) is bullish to promote and support the implementation of the recently inked Proclamation No. 181 by His Excellency President Benigno Simeon Aquino III that declares the years 2011 to 2016 as the Homecoming Years for Pinoys. As the Overseas Filipino (OF) community continues to expand worldwide, the Government extends its support to the country’s “modern-day heroes.” Through Proclamation No. 181 and RA No. 6768, as amended by R.A. No. 9174, or the Balikbayan Program, OFs are given special privileges and benefits in recognition of their contributions to the growth of the economy in terms of foreign exchange inflow and remittances. (read more...)