Investment Scam: How to tell if its a scam or not?

How to Spot an Investment Scam?

Filipinos have been enticed to invest from companies using social media. A promised of 10% up to 40% interest per month or even more encourage them to join investments schemes. Securities and Exchange Commission published an advisory of the investments companies that are not registered and warned the public against them. These companies use facebook, … Read more

Double pay for work on regular holiday dated June 5 and 12

Holidays in Philippines

When holidays are brought up, students tend to be excited because of the suspension of classes. But how about for the employed? It’s a totally different story for the corporate world. Companies may ask the employees to work during the holiday because of their nature of work. The payment would depend on the kind of … Read more

June 5 a regular holiday in observance of Eid al Fitr

President Duterte declares June 5 as a regular holiday nationwide under the proclamation 729 in observance of Eid al Fitr. Let’s take a look at what it means and who celebrates it. What is Eid al Fitr? Eid al Fitr is one of the two most important celebrations in Islam. It falls on the first … Read more

Red Ribbon no more, DFA welcomes Apostille

Department of Foreign Affairs announced on their official Facebook page that they will no longer use red ribbon for authentication of documents instead they will affix an Apostille. The Philippines is officially a party of Apostille convention last May 14, 2019. An apostille is issued by a country that is a party to the Apostille … Read more