Today's Issue
- Editor's Take
- SME Special Report: The 23rd SME Toolkit Road Show arrives in Taytay!
- Events: Materials Management and Inventory Control (Thursday 4 and Friday 5 September); National Coffee Forum and Beverages Trade (Thursday 4 – Saturday 6 September); Construction Show Manila (Thursday 4 – Sunday 7 September); Time Management (Friday 5 September); Pinoy Galing Mo! Ayos Ka Expo 2008 (Friday 5 – Sunday 7 September); Toast 2008: A Toast to Taste (Saturday 6 September); JobQuest.ph Career & Employment Expo (Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 September); Wedding Expo (Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 September); Food Packaging and Labeling (Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September); and Web Graphic Design and Production Using Adobe Photoshop (Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 September)
- Tax Calendar
The 23rd SME Toolkit Road Show arrives in Taytay!
Taytay, an urban municipality in the province of Rizal was the host to the 23rd run of SME Toolkit Road Show held on Thursday, August 21. Planters Development Bank's Pateros and Marikina clusters joined together with their respective branches from Angono, Antipolo, Kapasigan, Marikina, Pateros and Taytay to rake in 76 entrepreneur attendees.
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Tax Calendar
Friday 5 September - e-Filing and e-Payment of 2000 - Documentary Stamp Tax Declaration/Return for the month of Aug. 2008
Source: Bureau of Internal Revenue
Editor's Take
Who says that Filipinos are 'hopeless' due to our athletes' failure to bring a single medal from the recently concluded Beijing Olympics?
When almost all our Philippine athletes resulted in dismal performances, there are five who emerged to make the nation proud. Or in marketing parlance, gave a boost to our brand.
Willie Wang bagged a gold medal in the recent 9th World Wushu Championship at the National Olympic Center in Beijing. Wang, a former silver medalist, pounded down Indonesian Heriyanto in the Nan Quan (Southern Fist) event, in which Japan's Matsura Arata finished third. Alongside Wang, Filipino martial artists Mary Jane Estimar, Jennifer Lagilag, Benjie Rivera and Marian Mariano contributed two silver and two bronze medals in other categories in the Olympic exhibition sport event.
Happily, our Wushu medalists get a P1.5 million purse from the grateful nation. And while that kitty isn't small change, the monetary reward is just the side dish. The knowledge of having bested the best athletes in the world is the greatest reward.
The Philippine Wushu champions point the way. Like them, Filipino SMEs can compete. And will compete to win.
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