Should EPF house our money in real estate abroad?

IT’S as predictable as clockwork. Any move by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), unless it’s glaringly positive, tends to set off warning sirens.

Harry’s Bar

If we were to have a little Venice here in Manila, complete with a faux Grand Canal, Rialto and a Tower of St. Mark, might as well have a Harry’s Bar, too, right?

CSI Community Ed fall classes near

The College of Southern Idaho’s Community Educ-ation Center willoffer a wide range of non-credit courses starting this month. Theyinclude:

The secret of ‘The Secret’ | Mark Vernon

Can you really improve your life, and perhaps the world too, by your own inner effort? The Power – Rhonda Byrne’s sequel to the self-help megaseller The Secret – has shot straight to the top of the hardback book charts. According to Nielsen BookScan, The Secret sits comfortably alongside too, at number two. Worse still, The Power sold more than the following five bestsellers added together …

A Year of Living Dangerously: Reflections on Hot-Button Science

Last September I wrote my first column for Scientific American , and this September marks my last one. In writing on science issues relevant to our culture and society, there is an inevitable tension between sticking just to science issues and commenting on potentially hot-button social issues. I have tried during the past 12 months to strike some balance, but without fail those issues that stir …

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