Category: Volunteerism

Who’s It Gonna Be? – The 1st Angat Pilipinas Personal Finance Awards

For the very first time in Philippine personal finance industry history, our group Angat Pilipinas Coalition for Financial Literacy will be recognizing the efforts of individuals and organizations that financial literacy in the country.

The Angat Pilipinas Awards (APA) Night is a celebration of people and for people in the Philippine personal finance, investment, and entrepreneurship arenas. This is where we can focus our spotlight on financial institutions, banks, government units, NGO’s, personal finance bloggers, mentors, coaches, advisors, social media groups, authors, teachers, print and broadcast media – so often the unsung heroes of microeconomic progress and financial literacy movement in the Philippines.

The Angat Pilipinas Awards (APA) is the first and only personal finance awarding event in the Philippines that is set to launch in April of 2015. Continue reading Who’s It Gonna Be? – The 1st Angat Pilipinas Personal Finance Awards

How To Avoid Spending Too Much

Some of our relatives and people we know come home from the mall or the supermarket on a weekend or after payday with bags of goods that they definitely know they don’t need. Whether they admit it or not. Or are you just like them? 😉

There’s a new study that’s saying that there’s a simple solution to this kind of problem and we’re gonna find it out in a bit.

When we visited SM a few months back, a statue of Batman stood firm and tall between the toys’ section and the appliances display area of the department store. It’s as if Batman was saying to SM customers and window-shoppers, “Akong BAThala sa inyo.” 😉

And so we witnessed how many people in the appliances section were talking about buying that fancy P300-salt and pepper shakers on sale when you can actually get the same pair for less than P100 at the public market. Continue reading How To Avoid Spending Too Much

Global Investing Chat Over a Cup of Coffee

My friend Jess Uy will be dropping by Dubai on August 24 after giving a talk on global investing and insurance in Doha, Qatar a day before.

Since Dubai is the stopover airport of Jess on the way back to Singapore, we decided to organize a small talk in a coffee shop inside the Dubai Airport just like what we do in Manila and Saudi Arabia for those who want to learn about financial planning and investing in a more personal approach.

So if you are based in Dubai or anywhere in the UAE, check out your schedule on August 24 and make sure you book a slot. Remember, this FREE learning session will be held in a coffee shop and we will only accept a limited number of attendees. Continue reading Global Investing Chat Over a Cup of Coffee