Workers call for DOLE chief’s resignation in ILO meet
DISGRUNTLED workers groups have brought their gripes against Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma before the International Labor Organization (ILO).
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FilOil cagefest completes playoff cast
MANILA, Philippines -- The playoff cast of the FilOil EcoOil ECJ Preseason Cup is set.
Farmers: Rice tariff cut a stab in the back
MANILA, Philippines — Cutting rice tariffs to 15 percent is a stab in the back of the country’s three million rice farmers and the grain industry, according to the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF).
TNT trades for Blackwater's Nambatac
MANILA, Philippines -- The TNT Tropang Giga have possibly found their guard for the future.
Koko’s wife, Papin get government posts
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has appointed a senator’s wife and a singer to government posts.
Bright Kindle pumps 5.3% after suspension lifted
Bright Kindle Resources [BKR 1.37, up 5.4%; 849% avgVol] [link] had its suspension lifted at 10:30 a.m. yesterday by the PSE after the company provided a satisfactory amount of additional information on its P5 billion acquisition of Strong Built Mining (SBM). BKR is owned by Martin Romauldez, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the cousin of the current President, Ferdinand Marcos. The additional info provided by BKR indicated that SBM holds a Mineral Production Sharing Agreement over 7,411 hectares of land containing “economically viable deposits of magnetite concentrate”, and that SBM “currently operates approximately 30% of its tenement area”. BKR’s interest is in monetizing the remaining 70% of the tenement area. BKR referred to this as a “clear opportunity for potential growth.” BKR said that there might be possible mining synergies between SMB and another of BKR’s investments, Marcventures Holdings [MARC 0.73 unch; 14% avgVol].
What books do you read and recommend?
I get this question a lot from readers, and I never really know how to answer it because I feel like the question comes from the expectation that public-facing personalities like me will almost compulsively flex a list of generally accepted investing books as required reading for followers as if reading those books is somehow required to see through the matrix and start sniping market tops and bottoms like a pro. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I don’t read investing books. I’m old, so I’ve obviously read some investing books over the course of my life, but I honestly don’t read a huge volume of investing books and curate an up-to-date ranked list of my favorites. I’ve read Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad enough to know that I didn’t want to read any more books from Kiyosaki, and I read Bo Sanchez’s My Maid Invests in the Stock Market enough to know that those books weren’t going to be of any help to me either. I liked Think and Trade Like a Champion by Mark Minervini, but we don’t share trading styles so I read snippets of that book from time to time when I sense that I need to do a mindset “reset” and scrub some emotion from my trades. I don’t get a lot of time to read but I truly love it, and when I do get a chance I almost always reach for some great fiction to help keep me creative. I’m a huge fan of the Dune series of books (I read the first book about once per year; the Duke’s dinner scene is so good), and I’m a sucker for good short reads that are vaguely sci-fi (Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang is wild). One of my first favorite books was Slaughterhouse-Five. One of my all-time favorites is House of Leaves (re-reading that is so awesome), and while I love the thought of reading The Brothers Karamazov, I’ve started reading it three or four times and never made it more than halfway. I’m always cruising Reddit and Twitter for new book recommendations, so if you have any, I’m all eyes and ears!
DA chief highlights investment potential of Philippine agriculture to Brunei businessmen
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. has underscored the immense potential of Philippine agriculture to investors from Brunei, emphasizing the country’s burgeoning domestic market, export prospects, abundant natural resources, and investor-friendly business environment.