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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Agripreneurs Challenged to Prepare for ASEAN Integration in 2015

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The Philippine agriculture sector is expected to benefit from the upcoming ASEAN economic community integration provided that the government and the agriculture sector players have sufficient preparations.

The country’s agriculture sector is currently not competitive compared to the markets of Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. Poor farm-to-market linkages, failure to modernize and specialize make the Philippines' agricultural industry unable to cope with the ASEAN free market.

To help address these concerns, the 2nd Philippine Small and Medium Enterprise Business Expo (PhilSME) 2014 with the tagline “Boost Your Business” is conducting an SME Agri-Forum, a seminar designed to enhance knowledge and prepare agricultural entrepreneurs for success in the local and regional market place.

“It is imperative and urgent that our government and agri-businessmen must start working closely together as the Thais are doing. Believe me, I have not seen this. If we do not act soon, much of our agriculture will perish, poverty will increase, and we will have the opposite of the government-proclaimed goal of inclusive growth,” business tycoon Manuel Pangilinan said during the World Economic Forum.

The SME Agri-Forum will be held on the 2nd day of PhilSME 2014, November 22, at 5:00 pm and will feature business models, trends, threats and opportunities for the upcoming ASEAN integration in 2015 and equip the young agripreneurs to keep pace with the future of the agriculture industry.

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beTV was recently renamed as Sony Channel, and now it offers more reasons why you need to be glued on cable or digital TV.

I just came home from the Sony Channel special premiere of the TV series "How to Get Away With Murder" led by its main star and held yesterday October 14, 2014 at the Century City Mall Cinema along Kalayaan Avenue in Makati city. The show starts to air on the Sony Channel this Wednesday night on October 15, 2014 at 9:05 pm.

How to Get Away with Murder stars Academy-award winner, Miola Davis, who plays a brilliant and charismatic criminal law professor. She involved her students in solving murder investigation. To impress the professor character of Miola Davis, the students do everything creatively and resourcefully to get noticed and become selected, even if it means sleeping with a source or keeping a secret for someone.

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The UP Junior Marketing Association (UP JMA) is a duly recognized university-wide student organization based in the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business Administration. As a pioneer in marketing and project management, UP JMA has established its presence within and beyond the UP Diliman campus. Its mission is to promote the significance of marketing, to provide training for future business activities, to create venues for interaction between the faculty, the students, the alumni, and the public, and to contribute to the welfare and the development of the country.
The UP JMA, in cooperation with the Lifestyle Network, Rexona, Schick, Banana Boat, Mercato Bellysima and Ayala Center proudly present Dolce: A Desserts and Beverages Bazaar. The event will be held at the Glorietta 5 Activity Atrium on October 26, 2014 starting at 10 am.

Taste the sweeter side of life. Come join us for a wide range of delights crafted by the most sought-after dessert chefs in the metro! Indulge in delectable food and good music from 10 am to 9 pm all in the company of your family and friends! Sundays have never been this delectable.

The event is FREE ADMISSION so there's no reason not to join the event.