Building resilience: Earthquake preparedness across PH

Two weeks ago, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) conducted the quarterly Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) to promote earthquake...

National Women’s Month: Celebrating Pinay Power

Since its establishment in 2011, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines Inc. (ICCPI) has been an active partner of the Italian Embassy in the Philippines and the government in...

Reclaiming PH’s status as a “Rising Tiger Economy”

In my previous column, we talked about the prospects of the Philippine real estate industry in 2024 where some major global real estate services firms gave the country a positive outlook....

The state of PH real estate:  Stronger, better

Through the years, the Philippine real estate landscape has evolved, adapted, and thrived despite challenges, making it a resilient and dynamic sector in the country’s economy.  I have only been in the...

Two sides of the same coin: Loving and living in the Philippines

I would like to start this column by congratulating Iris Gonzales, the former editor of this newspaper’s Property section, for her new position as the Philippine Star’s Business editor. I also...