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Business and Entrepreneurship
WIRED UK
The Philippines is facing a crisis many countries have never encountered before. After a scandal that prompted widespread mistrust of vaccines, what were once manageable diseases are now tearing through the country’s young population, rolling back the results of decades of successful immunisation campaigns.
PUBLISH.ORG
Cybercrime is now the second most reported economic crime affecting a third of all organizations. And commercial and retail banks have become the prime target. Is Europe’s financial industry prepared to face another crunch, but this time, in the digital realm?
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
The Philippine government wants to bring supply and demand into line by expanding domestic coffee production, but progress has been slow. One of the main challenges is the Philippines’ vulnerability to the inherently volatile weather of the region, as well as to global climate change.
RAPPLER.COM
As the current leaders of the Aboitiz Group of Companies reach maturity, it’ll soon be time for the 5th generation to take the reins and continue the legacy and name Don Ramon began decades ago. And for them, it’s more about responsibility than honor.
ENTREPRENEUR
Popular aesthetic clinic, Beverly Hills 6750, goes through two scandals, learns some hard lessons, and emerges a stronger brand and an even stronger company. Behind the sheen lies a story first told in the shadows, then brought to light by the co-owners of the institute who wanted to save their business from scandal and ruin.
FOOD & BEVERAGE REPORT
For those who have a unique food concept in mind and are willing to jump into the entrepreneurial pool, the options are many. But where exactly should an aspiring restauranteur begin? Is it okay to start small or is it safer to jump straight to a brick-and-mortar space? Are food bazaars too informal?
ENTREPRENEUR
Some 400 kilometers north of the capital Manila sits a farm that holds perhaps the happiest (and healthiest) chickens in the country. Created by a Frenchman and his Filipina wife, Pamora Farm has become the country’s pioneer in raising free-range chickens. The poultry are, of course, French. But more than that, they’re free as, well, birds.
POWERCLUB
With power rates in a nearly two-year low, it’s hard to imagine that Luzon is facing a major power crisis. But there’s certainly no sugarcoating it: some 60 million people on the country’s largest island are on the brink of a power shortage.
Lifestyle, Travel, Entertainment
RAPPLER.COM
t’s sugary sweet – for some, almost cavity-inducing. It’s all so random and ordinary, and at the same time, so catchy and effervescent. And that’s exactly the way Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian, the duo behind the Los Angeles-based indio electro pop group, want it.
RAPPLER.COM
His office building is the tallest one in the neighborhood but it’s only 20 stories high. And as he sits down for a client meeting, across the conference table, today’s client arrives dressed in a longyi – a sheet of cloth similar to a sarong – a tucked collared shirt, and a pair of rubber slippers. Welcome to Yangon, Myanmar.
RAPPLER.COM
One wouldn’t probably take notice, but Sir Pagsi has been teaching freshman high-school students in the Ateneo de Manila University for the past 62 years. He has no plans of retiring, and hasn’t missed a single school day in the past half-century including during his wedding day.
FHM
Marvel writer, editor, and talent scout C.B. Cebulski handpicks Pinoy artists to join their universe. Why does he seem familiar? Other than talent scouting, Cebulski also wrote Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men, Marvel Fairytales, Loners, War of Kings: Darkhawl.
RAPPLER.COM
Many simply know him as the silver-haired Asian scientist on TV who talks about the history of the universe, the existence of the fourth dimension, and life on other planets, among many other things. But for his millions of fans around the world, futurist, theoretical physicist, author, and radio and TV host Michio Kaku is a pop culture icon.
RAPPLER.COM
“Sailing is the most fun you can have with your clothes on,” said Roman Azanza, president of the Philippine Inter-Island National Sailing Foundation or PHINSAF. On a searing day on the shores of Anvaya Cove in Bataan, several members of the sailing foundation together with guests welcomed the participants of the 13th Philippine Hobie Challenge.
RAPPLER.COM
For the erstwhile model, his journey from in front to behind the camera was never an easy feat. “It took quite awhile to get respected as a photographer because in the beginning, people just thought of me as this model who wanted to be a photographer.” Not now, of course.
Food and Restaurants
YUMMY MAGAZINE
More than just being a haven for fresh produce and quick grub, bazaars and weekend markets have become the perfect place for budding food entrepreneurs to test their wares, showcase new products, and get their feet wet without the risk of shelling out a small fortune for rent, manpower, or a full-blown store. Interested? We’ll show you how you can be the next big bazaar big shot.
FOOD & BEVERAGE REPORT
In Agimat Foraging Bar and Kitchen, the 37-year-old chef has mastered the art of gathering a mysterious cast of ingredients with nary a discernable plotline, places them in a centrifuge—the real device, not a metaphorical one—and spins a tale that makes people listen
ENTREPRENEUR
Margarita Fores is a lot of things. But the restaurateur credited for teaching the dining public how to say “food” in Italian will be the first to point out that an entrepreneur is one thing she’s not. With nearly 25 years in the food business, the president of Cibo proves that finding longevity in business isn’t about formal training. It’s about continuously innovating.
ENTREPRENEUR
It’s been 65 years since the house that fried chicken built was, well, built, And 60 years since Chinese fried chicken took Manila by storm. Meet the people behind two of the country’s best fried chicken companies and learn how Max’s and Savory have stood the test of taste and time, and are trying to keep the business in the family.
ENTREPRENEUR
From big foreign brands to local and independent establishments, cafes have become a community’s watering hole, offering more than just coffee and food, making coffee drinking more than just a morning ritual. And from the looks of it, the country’s brewing cafe scene has yet to be fully experienced.
RAPPLER.COM
Filipinos consume 21,600,000 cups of coffee a day. That’s 900,000 cups an hour; 15,000 cups per minute; and 250 cups a second. Every cup of coffee you’ve had came from a lowly coffee bean. What did your coffee have to go through before it reached your chipped white cup?
Health and Fitness
RAPPLER.COM
“In our culture, it’s become aspirational to buy baby bottles, infant formula, and all the paraphernalia that comes with having a baby,” said Daphne Oseña Paez. When the mother of 3 had her first child, “we had nothing prepared . . . and I really just realized that a baby needs nothing except mother’s milk and a warm blanket.”
MEN’S HEALTH
If you’re one of the thousands of Filipinos who sleep during the day and work at night, consider this your wake-up call to the dangers of your job. Even with around 400,000 shift workers in the country, some people still don’t understand the unique needs of those who work the graveyard shift.
RAPPLER.COM
Unlike your standard gym with fixed lighting, an army of treadmills lining the wall and flat screen TVs playing soaps, the 240 sqm fitness area is Spartan and industrial: bare walls, an insulated ceiling and mirrors all around. For the gym rat with a set workout, the layout is a bit odd. But this isn’t your typical gym, and this isn’t your typical workout.
RAPPLER.COM
Citing 2008 data from the World Health Organization, Lapus said that, in 2000, there were about 10 million newly-diagnosed cancer patients in the world, causing 6 million cancer deaths. In 2008, that number rose to 12.7 million with 70% coming from developing countries “of which the Philippines is one.”
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