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Spending Your 13th Month Pay the Right Way
Christmas is just around the corner. It’s the time of year when people are much nicer, and busier, from preparing for holiday feasts to working through the holidays. It’s also the time of year when the much awaited 13th month pay is given, the cherry on top of a sweet sundae.
Just the thought of receiving your 13th month pay brings glee to your spirit. The mind is already coming up with things to purchase, what to do with it. Of course, you’d want to spend it for yourself, a reward for doing good work, say a luxury item...
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Elon Musk to acquire Twitter in $44 billion deal
Social media makes it easier for people to connect, but it also makes it easier for individuals to receive the information they want faster and more easily with a single click. It also paved the path for commercial expansion and for people to learn more about the world. People may readily find real-time information about a topic on Twitter, as well as see which topics are trending among users. Verified journalists and news organizations are using the site and tweeting in real time to convey breaking news through threads. Simply following these accounts will keep you up to date on...
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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas launches the P1000 polymer banknote
After years of thorough study, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas introduces the new “smarter, cleaner, and stronger” P1000 polymer banknote.
This new banknote promotes environmental sustainability, ensures the public well-being and prevents counterfeiting through the help of advanced technology.
With its intricate design and advanced security feature, the new polymer P1000 banknote strengthens the efforts of BSP against counterfeiting compared to the current paper banknotes.
Since it is less susceptible to bacteria and viruses, it is also a cleaner and more hygienic choice and can be sanitized with less risk of damage. Its production requires less water, energy, and other...
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Work From Home Sentiment: “Felt Tired, Might Resign Later”
Buzzing work notifications at the middle of the night or after your working hours. Minor anxiety or paranoia whenever you receive random calls and ton of questions from clients or co-workers during your resting hours. Chicken noise during online meetings and frequent hearing your mom yelling “Magsaing ka na!”. Not to mention, barking dogs and residential noise. These? Are just few from the causes of why a lot of workers today who are in Work-From-Home Set-Up are burned out.
Statista study shows that 51.4% of workers as of 2020 are more stress than ever. Given that they are working...
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Foodpanda PH restaurant partners call out to boycott delivery app
Delivery app Foodpanda Philippines has been receiving several complaints from restaurant owners online.
“We are saying goodbye to Foodpanda as it is not profitable and reasonable at all,” said in a Facebook post by SizzlingPoint; one of Foodpanda’s former restaurant partner.
The restaurant also enumerated how the delivery app “kills small business” like them.
Giving out FREE FOOD to scammer customers unreasonably cancelling orders and not releasing the payment to us. (FYI, we always double check the orders before sending.)
High platform fee. I know it's our choice, but it's too much.
12% VAT from them PLUS another 12%VAT for...