ONE observation I have made over the years is that certified public accountants in public practice seem to work far longer than professionals in many other industries. Consider the late Washington SyCip, founder of SGV & Co. He was 96 years old when he passed on Oct. 7, 2017, after suffering a heart attack while on a flight to Vancouver, Canada. Even in his later years, he remained active — not necessarily in the audit firm — but as a consultant, adviser and independent director of several...

LAST Dec. 5, 2025, our firm, Inventor, Miranda & Associates, in cooperation with the Picpa Publication & Media Relations Committee and Picpa Negros Occidental Chapter, held a webinar on the role of certified public accountant (CPAs) in privacy compliance. Our resource speaker, Severino “Dino” Landingin, is a data privacy expert with over 20 years of professional experience and a New York-based senior practice advisor at RSC Management Group. Acpapp President Faustino “Jun” Ravalo was the...