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Flavor of The Month

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Box in a Bus     O n my way to a friend's house, I decided to ride a bus. When the bus reached the bus stop, a man carrying this box which the bus ticket inspector helped load just in front of my seat.                                                                                                            An interesting box of Selecta ice cream...                       ...endorsed by a host of a local TV station who's in the hot seat these days.   ;-)

Rooms For Improvement: Manila Business Permit Processing

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Suggestion Box Needed      J anuary calls for a lot of office duties for our office staff. These include renewal permits and licenses,  insurances and everything that fall under securing what is necessary for your business.       A nd just like every year, Manila City Hall looks like this...filled with waiting (tired, thirsty and hungry) people. You have to a lot a whole day waiting for your papers to be processed. You might as well cancel any appointment you have on that day. And if you are your own boss, prepare for a day (make that 3 days) without profit for your business, since you can't be at your office while waiting for your papers (which will only be ready a month after regardless if they're releasing a tin business plate or a computer-generated certificate ;-) ) Alas, you will also discover that you will at least visit the place three (3) times because to be able to process your papers, you need to have a Business Resident Certificate...