Month: October 2018

Spotlight

ONLY 24 FILIPINOS HAVE WEALTH OF $500 MILLION OR MORE

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By Antonio S. Lopez Would you believe that there are only 24 Filipinos with wealth of $500 million or more, the so-called Ultra High Networth (UHNW) individuals?   And that the Philippines has 32,354 US dollar […]

Ivy Digest

SHOCKING LIVING STANDARDS IN SILICON VALLEY

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By Ivy Lopez A Google software engineer can earn a starting salary of $124,000 a year. That’s 43.5% more than the average salary of a software engineer in Florida and 15 times more than one […]

Government

POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW; WORLD NEEDS WISE MEN; NEED TO COMPLETE JOINT PROGRAM WITH CHINA ON DRILLING IN WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

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By Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. Former Speaker of the House We are off to preside at the October 24-27 10th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Moscow, now […]

Business

GLORY DAYS WITH LANDOIL AND BASIC, WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE PHILIPPINES-CHINA EXPLORATION IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA OR SCS

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By Jose de Venecia, Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Speech at Basic Energy Corporation’s 50th anniversary.  Basic  was founded in 1968, among the Philippines’ pioneer oil exploration firms and which discovered commercial oil in the […]