Last stop of my third #SEAtour is one of the islands of Indonesia, Bintan! With one hour time difference with Singapore, Bintan is just 45-50-minute trip by motorised catamaran. At 7 a.m., left Orchard Hotel to catch ferry trip to Bintan Lagoon Resort in Tanah Merah. Still the same, immigration process in Tanah Merah is …
Roadmap The concept of a corporation with a single stockholder was introduced by Republic Act No. 11232, otherwise known as the Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines, which took effect in 23 February. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released in 15 March draft guidelines listing documentary requirements for putting up a one-person corporation …
Cryptographic assets are gaining significant amount of interest recently, given their rapid increases in value and volatility. This kind of assets experienced a breakout year in 2017. Currently, there are no accounting standards that specifically address crypto-assets. However, the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has submitted a discussion paper on “digital currencies” to the International …
I heard that Ang Huling El Bimbo Musical will be restaged starting 1 March 2019 after after the final curtain call of a season of sold-out shows during its six-week run that started on 20 July 2018 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater. The musical follows the story of three friends – Hector (Gian Magdangal), Emman (OJ …
20 January 2019 – While moving my 2016-2018 photos and videos to cloud, I found a three-year-old memory from our Manila Bay cruise. I couldn’t afford to share this story on my blog last December 2016 so allow me to share this experience. By the way, thanks to Krizzalyn for giving us – Rogelio and …
Every year, I write year in review for VoicePoints – covering every moment that has happened in the Philippines and around the world. This time is different. I am sharing twelve things I learned in 2018 from news and events happened in our country to happiest and challenging moments in my personal and professional life. …
I would like to greet everyone a happy new year. Thank you for following my blog posts. It has been a great year for me – I visited four countries this year. The last one is South Korea. I had a two-day Asia-Pacific audit methodology workshop so I used this opportunity to go around South …
My travel column, The Solo Drifter, continues but this post is not about my solo travel. This time, I joined a group called Spice Gala Club (SGC). Thanks to my officemate, Atty. E, for introducing this group to me, and of course, to Gara – she told me that there will be an outreach activity. …
This is the second part of my article ‘CPAs in the Public Practice‘. This part will discuss disruption of digital technology. During the academic conference, one of my topics is ‘Succeeding in disruptive times’ to introduce the innovating public practice to the younger generation of young Filipino CPA aspirants. Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of …
Yesterday, I attended the fourth installment of the Academic Conference of the National Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants – National Capital Region (NFJPIA-NCR) for the Academic Year 2017-2018. The academic conference was held at Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Intramuros, Manila yesterday, 17 February. I was one of the speakers. I …