It's Time!

There are two widely heeded tenets in the world of finance that doesn’t seem to sit well with many Filipinos.

First, that investing is a long-term engagement, and second, that investments tend to grow more surely when done on a regular basis – weekly, every payday, every quarter or even bi-annually.

So maybe we’re not too guilty about investing regularly as we are at investing over the long term. After all, many of us subscribe to salary deduction savings schemes, participate in cooperatives, or at the very least, maintain our own “paluwagan” circles.

But why has it been difficult for us to keep our hands off of our investments before they even turn a year old? Perhaps because we see investments as equals and alternatives to savings when they are not. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – “It’s time.”

With resignation, this was all Pia Arroyo-Magalona managed to tell showbiz buddies, Vic Sotto and Michael V. of Eat Bulaga. With these words, she hoped to prepare Eat Bulaga viewers for the inevitable passing of well-loved Filipino rapper, Francis Durango Magalona.

At noon of March 6, 2009, Francis M. succumbed to the most deadly strain of AML (acute myelogenous leukemia) after 7 difficult and painful months of bravely coping with this disease of the blood.

Pia recalled she neither had tears nor a quivering voice to break the word to them; just a cryptic, deep and composed voice saying, “It’s time (for him to go).” Perhaps, it was the manager within Pia that took over, making sure that her family was coping all right, that the public viewing of Francis M. would be in order, and that she could share comfort and grief with the many people who like her, loved Francis M. dearly……

Read Full Story Here: Philippine Star