How To Protect Yourself and Your Finances From Natural Calamities

There are just a lot of things we don’t have control over when a natural disaster strikes. The heart-crumbling earthquake that destroyed houses and hopes in Bohol, Cebu, and other provinces. In the not so long past, the country welcomed the strongest typhoon ever recorded, the typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda in the Philippines).

However, there are a handful of things we can do in order to prepare ourselves and ensure that we and our loved ones are in the best possible position to manage whatever happens after the disaster.

Many of us are fortunate enough to have avoided being victims of the earthquake and typhoon Yolanda. But are we really ready to face such disasters with plans in place to protect our properties and loved ones? Continue reading How To Protect Yourself and Your Finances From Natural Calamities

Are You A Ninong/Ninang Because You’re an OFW?

This goes out to our OFW friends who have been ignored by their network of friends in their earlier years as a regular factory worker in Philippine provinces or an ordinary blue-collar yuppie in Makati or Ortigas.

Have you ever wondered why among all your friends you were not considered as a Ninong or Ninang (Baptismal godparent/sponsor) to another friend’s new-born child?

It’s simple, right? Because you didn’t have a high-paying job. Your salary was not even enough for you. Worse, you didn’t have a job. Continue reading Are You A Ninong/Ninang Because You’re an OFW?

FREE Personal Finance Management Seminar for Artists and Musicians

The Angat Pilipinas Coalition for Financial Literacy and OFW UsapangPiso Forum have found an advocacy partner in the Heart of Music Foundation headed by the legendary “Manila Girl” and Queen of Philippine Ska music Myra Ruaro, more popularly known in the local music scene as Skarlet Brown of the famed alternative/ska bands Put3Ska and Brownbeat All Stars.

Heart of Music is an NGO that seeks to secure and protect the health and livelihoods of local musicians. Skarlet is joined in this advocacy by another passionate jazz music artist and editor/writer Gou de Jesus.

On October 26, 2013 at 3pm, these heroes will conduct a FREE financial learning event for our fellow artists and musicians based in the Philippines. This will be held at the 70’s Bistro located in Anonas Street, Project 2 in Quezon City. Continue reading FREE Personal Finance Management Seminar for Artists and Musicians