Today's Issue
- Editor's Take
- SME News: RP continues quest for global competitiveness through business-friendly governance
- Events: Print Philippines (Wednesday 17 to Friday 19 September); Business Plan Preparation (Thursday 18 September); Creative Dreams Seminar: Overcome Your Fears, Achieve Your Creative Dreams (Friday 19 September); ISO 9000 Quality Management System Awareness Course (Friday 19 September); Putting Your Business Online (Friday 19 September); Awareness Seminar on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) (Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 September); Improving Business Key Accounts Selling (Tuesday 23 September); Developing Your Website (Tuesday 23 to Thursday 25 September); and ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Standard for Laboratory Competence (Wednesday 24 September)
- Tax Calendar
RP continues quest for global competitiveness through business-friendly governance
Tacloban City -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo convenes today the National Competitiveness Council co-chaired by Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila for public sector and Ambassador Cesar Bautista for the private sector, in order to review the measures that will make the Philippines more globally competitive.
This is part of the Arroyo Administration's unceasing search for effective ways and measure that will make the country business-friendly and attract more investors.
To read full article, click here!
Tax Calendar
Monday 22 September - e-Filing and e-Payment 2551Q – L/SNL/NL Taxpayers (For transactions involving overseas dispatch, message or conversation originating from the Philippines and Amusement Taxes) for TQ ending - August 31, 2008
Source: Bureau of Internal Revenue
Editor's Take
The SME Community in the Philippines marks a new milestone today with the official launch of www.bizster.com.ph, the pioneer business-to-business networking site in the country.
We welcome the first Bizster members or Bizmates with our pledge to work for meaningful, spam-free connectivity, profitable experiences and the empowerment of the SME Community on the Internet.
With the uplift of the SME Community being our core advocacy, we are offering membership in www.bizster.com.ph free of charge! By signing up as our Bizmate, this free service allows you to create and share your profile, photos, brochures, and company events online and interact with the rapidly growing Bizster community.
Quoting our SME.com.ph vice chairman Stevie Tambunting, "The Internet has been helping a lot of entrepreneurs all over the world and we at Plantersbank will not allow our own clients to be left behind. Through www.bizster.com.ph we will enable our SME clients to come up with their own Web presence in a quick and easy manner.
"In just a few minutes, they can showcase their products and services not only to their locality but instantaneously to the world. This facility will indeed provide them the mainstream online exposure that only PLANTERSBANK, our bank can provide!"
Come visit www.bizster.com.ph today and start exploring the exciting, wide world of enabling possibilities for SMEs!
What's your take on this?We want to hear from you! To participate in the discussion, click here!
