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by Ray Butch Gamboa - January 26, 2019 - 12:00am

The biggest and brightest show on earth, the Philippine International Pyromusical Competition will again have the SM Mall of Asia as its traditional venue as it celebrates its 10th year of sky-lighting spectacl...

Coffee—homegrown and home brewed

by Ray Butch Gamboa - January 12, 2019 - 12:00am

Through this column we continue to support entrepreneurial initiatives be it in the field of F&B, tourism, entertainment, agriculture, even sports, etc.

Not easy to do

by Ray Butch Gamboa - January 5, 2019 - 12:00am

I missed my two columns. Through the years they were traditionally geared toward the Holiday Season.

Enviable homegrown business enterprise

by Ray Butch Gamboa - December 15, 2018 - 12:00am

Through the years we have established in this column our yearning to spotlight people, people movers, game changers, significant events, budding enterprises and the like to serve as possible inspiration to our readers...

The fairest of the fair

by Ray Butch Gamboa - December 1, 2018 - 12:00am

Many of us have been thrilled no end with some of the recent basketball games in the UAAP. Aside from being all cliffhangers, their significance to the teams engaged, as well as to some personalities involved, made...

Adopt a cat?

by Ray Butch Gamboa - November 17, 2018 - 12:00am

As we wander through the metro for the best leisure destinations (which for some reason unknown to me, my Business & Leisure production team seem to favor a certain part of the metro), we found Marikina’s first...

Another foodie destination

by Ray Butch Gamboa - November 10, 2018 - 12:00am

As we still try to steer away from the current much intriguing business scene, which some people consider though I refuse to believe, is predicated on who you know rather that what you can offer, we spotlight another...

It wasn’t this easy before…yet very legal

by Ray Butch Gamboa - October 27, 2018 - 12:00am

If you have owned a firearm at least for the past 10 years, you would know how easy or how difficult it is to have it licensed, depending on how you view life.

For them, CSR is serious business too

by Ray Butch Gamboa - October 20, 2018 - 12:00am

Contrary to what some clueless minds speculate, the local auto industry doesn’t just exist to make sure we have another exasperating day going to the office, school, the mall or to buy the day’s marketing...

A leisure destination for nature lovers

by Ray Butch Gamboa - October 6, 2018 - 12:00am

The staff and crew of Business & Leisure (B&L) never ceases to keep their eyes open for destinations that would freshen our senses.

Tubong lugaw

by Ray Butch Gamboa - September 29, 2018 - 12:00am

There’s this expression in local parlance that would describe a business enterprise with returns that far exceed its meager investment—“tubong lugaw.”

CSR through sports

by Ray Butch Gamboa - September 22, 2018 - 12:00am

The old saying that goes, “Different folks, different strokes,” can be exemplified by how different corporate entities demonstrate their seriousness in their corporate citizenship.

An auction not to miss

by Ray Butch Gamboa - September 15, 2018 - 12:00am

The closest I got myself into an auction was watching them in the movies or on a television series, ‘Storage Wars’.

My pet teacher

by Ray Butch Gamboa - September 8, 2018 - 12:00am

Can you still recall the name of your teacher who you considered your most favorite throughout your entire school life?

Pain and devastation

by Ray Butch Gamboa - September 1, 2018 - 12:00am

Losing a loved one is painful.

Entrepreneurship

by Ray Butch Gamboa - August 11, 2018 - 12:00am

There are many aspects I like about my being a journalist.

Filipino IT luminary

by Ray Butch Gamboa - August 4, 2018 - 12:00am

I came across another very interesting, highly accomplished gentleman whom we featured in one of the segments of Business & Leisure, the TV show.

Kaayo

by Ray Butch Gamboa - July 28, 2018 - 12:00am

Several years back, the word “imported” was synonymous with good quality or expensive taste.

Where are we really?

by Ray Butch Gamboa - July 21, 2018 - 12:00am

Economists are telling us that the Philippine economy is doing very well.

Despite…there’s still some good news

by Ray Butch Gamboa - July 7, 2018 - 12:01am

There is just so much going on in our country. Our economy is in the doldrums, the peso is at its lowest in 10 years, criminals are getting bolder, shooting down mayors in cold blood.

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