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There are REALLY TONS of websites telling us how, why, maybe why not and when you'll be able to move to the Philippines. I only love to tell and explain some things "between the lines". Enjoy reading, be informed, have fun and be entertained too!

Ja, es gibt tonnenweise Webseiten, die Ihnen sagen wie, warum, vielleicht warum nicht und wann Sie am besten auf die Philippinen auswandern könnten. Ich möchte Ihnen in Zukunft "zwischen den Zeilen" einige zusätzlichen Dinge berichten und erzählen. Viel Spass beim Lesen und Gute Unterhaltung!


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Saturday, February 24, 2024

These two simple daily habits will maximize your productivity

Burnout is a very real problem


AT A GLANCE

  • Burnout lurks around the corner for everyone, regardless of status or position. Recognizing this, we must prioritize our wellbeing to achieve sustainable productivity.


By Honey Reyes

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Most of us want to concentrate better and do more in our day. And wouldn’t it be great to work even harder without feeling too tired or overwhelmed?

But here’s the thing—burnout can happen to anyone, whether you’re a big-shot CEO or just starting at a job. No one is immune! The World Health Organization said burnout is a real medical problem. They define burnout as feeling super stressed from work and unable to handle it well. When you’ve got so much to do, it feels like you’re drowning in it.

There are two keys to increasing productivity without burning out. How can we reduce the behaviors that cause burnout and “chronic workplace stress” and increase productivity during the working day?

1.Reducing screen time 

A 2019 survey of 1,057 office workers in the US found that 87 percent of professionals stare at screens for seven hours a day on average during the workday. 

Although our laptops and other gadgets are essential for work, how many take deliberate breaks from screens? It’s crucial to take regular breaks from screens and other electronics.

Close your laptop and stroll outside. According to one study, “employees who take breaks every 90 minutes report a higher level of focus and productivity.” As a result, your brain can rest in preparation for your subsequent work.

 

2.Engage in focused intervals

Parallel to this, researchers in human performance science have determined that optimal performance requires rest. According to experts, if you don’t follow the pattern of constantly pushing yourself to accomplish more and more incredible things, you’re only half correct.

You may get better at anything you do when you find the correct balance between exerting hard work and taking the necessary breaks and recovery to allow the strenuous effort to sink in. 

Being more productive requires not just getting the seven or eight hours of sleep many CEOs and entrepreneurs overlook, but also extending your rest and strategically timing your breaks throughout the workday.

Put another way, you can increase the productivity if you take a step back and give yourself five to 10 minutes of respite for every hour you work. Using this interval-based productivity strategy can revolutionize the workplace.

In our quest to be more productive, we often need to remember the importance of balance. Burnout lurks around the corner for everyone, regardless of status or position. Recognizing this, we must prioritize our well-being to achieve sustainable productivity.

By embracing strategies like reducing screen time and engaging in focused intervals, we can enhance our efficiency and safeguard our mental health. Remember, it’s not about working harder; it’s about working smarter and taking the necessary breaks to recharge.

In pursuing productivity, let’s pay attention to the value of rest. It’s not a sign of weakness but a pathway to long-term success. So, as we navigate the demands of work and life, let’s prioritize self-care and find harmony between effort and recovery.

Monday, February 5, 2024

Pagasa monitors cloud clusters in Mindanao



By Arlie O. Calalo, Manila Times

February 5, 2024


THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Monday said it is monitoring cloud clusters that could bring rain in Mindanao in the next 24 hours.

Weather specialist Robert Badrina said however, that these cloud formations were unlikely to develop into a low pressure area.

"Based on Pagasa's data and analysis, there is no storm that would likely form or enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility until over the weekend," he said, adding that most parts of the country will have fair weather.

In its 5 a.m. advisory, Pagasa said that the easterlies and northeast monsoon locally known as "amihan" are affecting the eastern section of the country and extreme Northern Luzon.

Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.


Saturday, November 18, 2023

Getting ready for Christmas: Think local

BY MANILA BULLETIN


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As a popular song goes, “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” 

Along the main roads, there are pockets of traffic slowdown where local government unit personnel are putting up Christmas décor.  At the commercial centers, the fairy lights already twinkle above traffic-clogged streets.  Shopping malls are decked with everything about the season – Santa Claus, Christmas Belen, angels, reindeers, colorful fully-decked trees.  The Festival of Lights has started at the Ayala Triangle Gardens and in the Ayala Malls, the light shows have begun.  Christmas Tree lighting events are happening all over the metro. 

It is time to think local.  Buy local products for gifts. Check first if there are food and gift products from entrepreneurs in your community or workplace before buying goods online. It will not only support the small businesses in your area, it will create jobs for neighbors.

Think local also for holiday trips.  Choose a local destination from the many tourist spots we have in our country. Boracay, Siargao, Cebu, Palawan, Negros, Batanes, Vigan, Laoag, Pagudpud, Baguio, Sagada, Banaue, Clark, Subic – and many more to explore. The jobs created by more local tourist traffic will give significant support to thousands of families. That can support a child’s education, needed medical procedure, small business venture, or house repair work.

Our local airports are preparing for the influx of passengers who come home for the holidays. At the Bureau of Immigration (BI), a two-month ban on leave of absence for its personnel posted in the country's international airports has been imposed from Nov. 15 by Commissioner Norman Tansingco.

“We have to see to it that our counters at the airports are fully manned during the holidays when there is a tremendous volume of international passengers arriving and departing at the airports,” he said. 

The ban applies to immigration personnel assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other international airports like those in Clark, Mactan, Davao, Kalibo and in Zamboanga.

Meanwhile, the Department of Trade and Industry personnel has been making the rounds of public markets to check on food products to protect the public from overpricing and products not safe for human consumption.

As decorating for the holidays is the major activity everywhere, households are reminded to check electrical lights for safety.  After being stored for a year, it’s best to check the product for loose wires and the integrity of its connections. 

For those who are buying new lights, the DTI through the Bureau of Philippine Standards recommends Christmas lights that bear the Philippine Standard (PS) mark or the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) sticker. 

Christians prepare for the celebration of the reason for the season – the birth of Jesus Christ. Church calendars will be full of activities leading to Christmas Day, many of those are gift-giving to the poor. Private organizations and NGOs will need more people to spread the joy of the season to the members of the community. It’s good to volunteer your time and talent.

Take more time to prepare for the happiest season of the year.

Thursday, October 19, 2023

A country that hardly knows its heroes

How much do our young—and even the older generations—know about the great sacrifices many Filipinos have made for love of the Philippines?


AT A GLANCE

  • How much do our young—and even the older generations—know about the great sacrifices many Filipinos have made for love of the Philippines?


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HEROES OF THE NATION From top clockwise: General Gregorio del Pilar , Josefa Escoda, Apolinario Mabini, Leon Kilat, Chief Justice José Abad Santos, Brigadier General Vicente Lim, General Antonio Luna,  and Diego Silang

“Unhappy is the land that needs a hero” is a famous line from the play Galileo written by Bertolt Brecht, a German playwright. This is not the case with us. Our nation has bred many heroes. The problem is we don’t know our heroes fully well. 

Ask any young Filipino student to enumerate names in our pantheon of heroes, he will probably stop after Rizal, Bonifacio, and maybe Tandang Sora. If you’re lucky he will probably remember General Luna and Gregorio del Pilar because he was required to watch their respective biopics as a school assignment. So how can we expect our young generation to feel a sense of reverence for them?

Even if they can name names, do young Filipinos appreciate what makes them heroes? What exceptional deeds did they accomplish? What was so noble about the causes they died for? What is their relevance to us? 

This sad realization came to my mind when recently my good friend and National Artist Fides Cuyugan-Asensio sent me a Viber message relating how she was appalled to discover that the portraits of national martyrs, namely, former Chief Justice José Abad Santos,  Josefa Llanes Escoda, and Vicente Lim, have been replaced by the “face of an eagle with a punk hair-do”(sic) on the new 1,000 peso bills. She was, in her own words “very, very angry!”(sic). To her, this development is an act of “perverted consciousness... to erase the heroic sacrifices of our martyrs” and amounts to “historical bankruptcy” (sic).

 I could see where she was coming from. Reading her message, I nodded in agreement and told her so in response.

Indeed, we lack historical consciousness. We don’t have a deep sense of our past. 

Is it because we are a relatively young nation compared to China, Egypt, Japan, Iraq, or Iran? So young that we never had grand empires in our history to speak of? Is it because we don’t have Great Pyramids, a Great Wall, a Machu Picchu, or even an Angkor Wat or a BorobudurTemple or similar magnificent ancient structures to give us a reason to be proud.  

I remember that in our history subjects in high school and college, we had textbooks that we never bothered to read. Our teachers failed us by not being able to inspire us to be interested in history, much less our own Philippine history. 

My theory is that part of the reason is that our culture is not a reading culture. We are more visual than textual. We prefer pictures. Give the student a booklet in comics form about Diego Silang or Apolinario Mabini and he will most likely read it from cover to cover. 

The problem is compounded by the fact that the Millennials and Gen Z-ers are now immersed in what is called “digital space,” which is a dominantly visual world. The digital screen is where they live, play, and get their information. 

This is where the visual and performing arts must come in. We need artists who can make history come alive through the technique of storytelling in the various digital art forms, such as film, anime, and even video games. Let’s craft plays and musicals that will depict the lives of great Filipinos and significant turning points in our history.

It must be a whole-of-country project, involving all regions. Let’s tell our budget allocators to set aside funds for grants to have special classes in history writing and spur young writers to compose well researched biographies of our heroes or even engrossing historical fiction as long as they are factual. These can be later be adapted into popular TV drama series. Maybe we can hold a college festival of short plays on unknown regional heroes. For crying out loud, why not an exhibition of paintings portraying historical events and historic characters?

If we can persuade the Department of Education, the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, and the National Historical Commission to join hands and contribute to a common fund to be solely used to produce professional digital videos—live action or anime format—of great historical events and persons and then put them on streaming and social media platforms, imagine what this will do to make our history come alive within the hearts and minds of the Filipino youth. 

For heroes, I recommend giving special focus on heroes from the Visayas and Mindanao who have been long overlooked. It’s time we bring them into the light.  Off hand, I can name Leon Kilat, the Visayan hero of the Philippine Revolution, and Apolinar Velez of Maguindanao who led Filipino natives to resist the invading American forces during the Phil-American War. 

There’s nothing like the performing arts and cinema to breathe life into characters and situations. Every time a high school student or an ordinary Filipino watches a digital video about the life of a hero, it inculcates a deep love of country, patriotism, justice, freedom, and all the other values dramatically depicted through the power of sight and sound.

In this way, perhaps, we will build a reservoir of respect and reverence so deep that we will avoid making thoughtless and ill-considered decisions to erase our heroes from our official money bills as well as public buildings or, God forbid, our textbooks. 

We have to preserve whatever little cultural legacy we possess right now. Let’s harness the arts to awaken a new generation of Jose Rizals, Andres Bonifacios, Josefa Escodas, and Sultan Kudarats! 

Sunday, October 15, 2023

PhilHealth urges members to use secure portal amid data breach concerns

BY MANILA BULLETIN


The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Saturday, Oct. 14, strongly encouraged its members to utilize the PhilHealth Member Portal as a secure means of accessing their membership and contribution records, in response to a recent data breach that disrupted its operations.

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Photo from PhilHealth Facebook page

In a statement, PhilHealth Chief Emmanuel R. Ledesma, Jr., reminded the public to be cautious of phishing attacks that may result from the data leak.

He also strongly advised members to update their passwords with new and robust ones and refrain from sharing them with others.

"Mag ingat din po tayo sa mga nag-aalok online na sila na ang mag-aasikaso o kukuha ng inyong PhilHealth ID at MDR for a fee. Una, wala pong bayad ang ID at MDR. Ikalawa, wala tayong in-authorize na mag-ahente. Delikado po ito dahil makokompromiso ang inyong personal details (Let's also be cautious of those offering online services claiming to take care of or obtain your PhilHealth ID and MDR for a fee. First, there is no charge for the ID and MDR. Second, we have not authorized anyone to act as an agent. This is risky because your personal details could be compromised)," Ledesma said.


He also cautioned the public against falling for the numerous offers that circulate on social media, echoing the advice of experts not to entertain or click on strange links. 


"It is best to ignore suspicious calls and to delete text or emails from unknown and suspicious senders to avoid being victimized by scammers," Ledesma said.
 
Moreover, PhilHealth said that the Member Portal not only provides access to vital information but also allows members to conveniently pay their contributions (applicable to self-paying members) and register with accredited Konsulta providers of their choice to receive primary care services covered by the state health insurer.


PhilHealth pointed out that the members seeking copies of their Member Data Record (MDR) can readily download and print them from the Portal via this link: https://memberinquiry.philhealth.gov.ph/member/.


To ensure the safety of their information, PhilHealth advised the members to be “vigilant” and access only the official website https://www.philhealth.gov.ph, taking note of the ".gov.ph" domain rather than ".com" or ".net."


The health insurer highlighted that the website connection should begin with "https" (hypertext transfer protocol secure) and display a padlock icon on the left side for a secure connection. 


It also stressed that first-time users looking to utilize the Member Portal must create an account using their PhilHealth Identification Number (PIN) and a robust password.


Confirmation will be sent to their registered email address, and once verified by PhilHealth, members can begin using the portal's services, it added.


It is best to ignore suspicious calls and to delete text or emails from unknown and suspicious senders to avoid being victimized by scammers," he emphasized.

Moreover, PhilHealth said that the Member Portal not only provides access to vital information but also allows members to conveniently pay their contributions (applicable to self-paying members) and register with accredited Konsulta providers of their choice to receive primary care services covered by the state health insurer.


It pointed out that the members seeking copies of their Member Data Record (MDR) can readily download and print them from the Portal via this link: https://memberinquiry.philhealth.gov.ph/member/.


To ensure the safety of their information, PhilHealth advised the members to be “vigilant” and access only the official website https://www.philhealth.gov.ph, taking note of the ".gov.ph" domain rather than ".com" or ".net."


The health insurer highlighted that the website connection should begin with "https" (hypertext transfer protocol secure) and display a padlock icon on the left side for a secure connection. 


It also stressed that first-time users looking to utilize the Member Portal must create an account using their PhilHealth Identification Number (PIN) and a robust password.


Confirmation will be sent to their registered email address, and once verified by PhilHealth, members can begin using the portal's services, PhilHealth added. (Zekinah Elize Espina)

Thursday, June 1, 2023

QUESTIONABLE TIMES

If you say that something is questionable, you mean that it is not completely honest, reasonable, or acceptable. This has been a challenging time for us all. Compare.thought-provoking... .


No,  I am not talking about political matters. Most of my fellow columnists are doing it already. More than enough. I'm talking about times of darkness. Times, where the whole world seems to be against you and me. No, I am not talking about corruption. That's already too much. That's what many people, who believe and trust in a new beginning, are talking about. 


Allow me to become very personal. I remember difficult, problematic and questionable times in my life and surroundings, where I almost lost all my strength to get down to work on those problems. Life's path became narrow. Fears grow: it's enough, it's enough! I am talking about personal matters. But, I also observe my people around me. We are all, yes, please count me in, we are all starting to become awkward and jerky. I am reluctant against the good ideas othes. I felt driven into a corner. Everything seems to have become a problem. Our voices bellow and our groans are becoming louder and louder. 


Creating the life you want and dealing with uncertainty is not an overnight event. It’s in the little things. It’s having a vision. It’s making it compelling. It’s seeing it and feeling it with absolute emotion. It’s caring about other people. It’s calling to say “I love you” for no reason. It’s about taking every opportunity to connect. To be playful. To honor and cherish your loved ones.


In my personal case, I suddenly experienced how God put me into life's "reconversion plant" and freshened me up: little but meaningful AND important cares suddenly happened. After a hot day and a refreshing thunderstorm we might be able to enjoy the following day and night. The person, who insulted us, apologized suddenly; the illness wiped out.


"You prepare a banquet for me, where all my enemies can see me!" (Psalm 23:5). I am glad. I really don't know about more and new spitefulness through my next "enemy on duty" in the near future. I don't even want to know it. I learned that negativism blocks life and its plans.


Sad to say, but many people are not in the mood to follow Christ's advice...!


Saturday, May 27, 2023

Shortages and surpluses in Pinoy produce

How to stop throwing tomatoes and mangoes away


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  • While everyone is complaining endlessly about food items we have to import, very little attention is focused on local produce that are flooding the market, literally being given away.


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Newspapers, TV, and radio carry daily news about the spiraling prices of agricultural produce, such as rice, sugar, garlic and onions. The situation is no different for sources of protein—pork, chicken, and fish.

Supply shortage has been pinpointed as the root cause of the price situation; importation was decided to be the immediate solution. To improve distribution and cut out the middle man, hundreds of Kadiwa stores have been set up nationwide, selling rice for ₱25 per kilo. Housewives patronize Kadiwa stores to stock up on government-subsidized food items.

Local produce aplenty
While everyone is complaining endlessly about food items we have to import, very little attention is focused on local produce that are flooding the market, literally being given away. At the top of this list are tomatoes and mangoes, which command very high prices when not in season. In summer, tomato farms harvest at the same time, causing prices to drop.

Highways in Ilocos are lined with mango trees under whose verdant trunks are yellow carpets of ripe mangoes ignored by local residents. Meanwhile, in many provinces, trucks of freshly harvested tomatoes are being thrown down cliffs and abandoned on farm roads. It costs more to plant, harvest, pack, ship, and sell the tomatoes to middlemen or at retail markets.

As mangoes and tomatoes have a short shelf life, it is important to know how to take full advantage of the glut.

Purchase tomatoes wholesale by the kilo and mangoes by the hundreds. Classify them according to degree of ripeness. Wash the fruits well in basins of water with soap or detergent. Rinse well with tap water and dry with clean towels.

At this point, the tomatoes can be packed in bags and stored in the freezer. Frozen tomatoes, given a quick rinse, are easy to peel, perfect for stews, soups, and sauces. My aunt used to cook gallons of sauces, which she froze in half-liter microwavable containers. The sauces, perfect for pasta or pizza, made life easier for the mother of five.

Another family breakfast and snack favorite is tomato jam, so easy to make from frozen tomatoes. Scoop seeds from one kilo frozen tomatoes, simmer with 450 grams sugar and juice of one lemon. Cook over low heat, stirring often, until thick.

Mango salads and spreads
The public market in Laoag, Ilocos Norte is my favorite stop in the north for one delicacy peculiar to the town—pickled green mango in all stages of ripeness, spiciness, and sweetness. Huge glass jars hold the pickles. Customers range from schoolchildren to senior citizens, all hooked on the addictive local specialty, which we buy a lot of to nibble on during the long drive back to the city.

Some of the ripened mangoes become jam or preserves to serve for breakfast with pancakes, toast, or waffles. Simply slice or scoop out ripe mango flesh and cook in a simple syrup of white sugar and pure mango juice. This goes well with cheese.

Instant sinigang
Sauté a little sliced onion with quartered frozen tomatoes. Add boiled mashed green mangoes to taste. Store in freezer until needed.

Many home cooks, and even professional chefs, are so hooked on store-bought mixes, which they have made a huge commercial success. A tip from some of them: frozen tomatoes improve sinigang made with commercial instant mixes.

For sinigang sa miso, frozen sauteed tomatoes, miso, and mashed green mangoes are stirred into sinigang made with or without store-bought mix.

Pinoy sawsawan
When the Thai food craze invaded the Philippines several decades ago, one of the major hits with Filipino diners was Green Mango Salad with Crispy Fried Catfish. Food reviewers were overwhelmed by the five-star setting at the Makati hotel that hosted the dinner. I guess that clouded our judgment.

It all came back to me last week when our labandera made Crispy Fried Tilapia on a sawsawan (dip or salad) of shredded green mango, chopped tomatoes, sliced salted eggs, topped with sautéed bagoong alamang. That Filipino sawsawan was much better than the imported Thai salad we all gushed about.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Expect more rain showers, thunderstorms as rainy season nears — PAGASA

BY ELLALYN DE VERA-RUIZ


The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Wednesday, May 17 that some parts of the country will experience more frequent rains and thunderstorms, indicating that this year’s rainy season is about to begin.

According to PAGASA weather specialist Obet Badrina, the rainy season in the country typically begins between the third week of May and the second week of June.

More frequent rains will be experienced in the next few days due to the frontal system and southwesterly wind flow affecting parts of Northern and Central Luzon, Badrina said.

He said the frontal system or boundary between warm and cold air masses may bring cloudy skies and moderate to heavy rains over Batanes and Babuyan Islands.

Meanwhile, the southwesterly wind flow or winds coming from the southwest may bring cloudy skies, scattered rain showers, and thunderstorms over Zambales and Bataan.

Badrina pointed out that the southwesterly wind flow will eventually trigger the southwest monsoon or “habagat,” which is associated with the rainy season.

The rest of the country will continue to experience warm and humid weather with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the southwesterly wind flow or localized thunderstorms.

PAGASA advised the public to exercise caution during severe thunderstorms, as these may trigger landslides or flash floods, especially in areas that are vulnerable to these hazards.

As of Wednesday, PAGASA has not monitored a low pressure area that may develop into a tropical depression, Badrina said.

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Dangerous heat index observed in 14 PH areas



BY CHARIE MAE F. ABARCA

  

Fourteen areas in the Philippines sizzled with a dangerous heat index on Saturday, May 13, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) disclosed.

Public warned against heat stroke as heat index hits searing 41°c in Dagupan'

The humid weather condition prevails across the archipelago following the onset of warm and dry season in March. Amid this, several areas in the country continue to experience dangerous heat.

PAGASA on Saturday said 14 areas logged a dangerous heat index. These areas are the following: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte (45°C); CLSU Muñoz, Nueva Ecija (42°C); Cotabato City, Maguindanao (42°C); Dagupan City, Pangasinan (43°C); Davao City, Davao del Sur (43°C); Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte (46°C); Iba, Zambales (42°C); Laguindingan Airport, Misamis Oriental (42°C); Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (43°C); Maasin, Southern Leyte (42°C); NAIA Pasay City, Metro Manila (42°C); Roxas City, Capiz (42°C); San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (42°C); and Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur (45°C).

Heat index refers to the apparent heat that humans perceive. The state weather bureau explained that heat indices between 42°C and 51°C are on the “dangerous” threshold as these could cause heat cramps, heat exhaustion, or heat stroke with continued sun exposure.



Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Diesel prices cut by P0.40/liter; gasoline up by P0.30/liter

Motorists filling up their vehicles with diesel will experience a breather this week, as the price of this commodity will be down by P0.40 per liter, based on the pricing adjustment advisories of the oil companies.


Conversely, gasoline products will have slight increase of P0.30 per liter; while kerosene prices will have marginal uptrend of P0.10 per liter.


As of this writing, the industry players that already announced their price adjustments had been Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, Seaoil, and Cleanfuel effective Tuesday (April 18); while their competitor-firms are all anticipated to follow.


The domestic oil firms will be enforcing cost movements based on the swing of crude and finished products prices in the regional market as referenced on the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS), which has been the adopted benchmark of the deregulated downstream petroleum industry of the country.


There had been seesaw in prices in the world market last week because of diverging sentiments manifesting when it comes to projections on supply and demand - primarily in the second half of the year.


As noted by industry experts, following the announcement of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its ally-producers (collectively known as OPEC+) in the first week of April, prices escalated to the level of $87 per barrel.


However, due to the forecast of OPEC that demand will likely be weak during the second half of this year, prices dropped to the level of $84 per barrel for most of trading days last week.


By Friday (April 13), international oil prices had been on upswing again because of the pronouncement of the International Energy Agency (IEA) that there could be ‘supply deficit’ by the latter part of this year if OPEC+ producers will concretize their voluntary output cut.


As of Monday (April 17 trading), spot contracts for international benchmark Brent crude climbed to $86 per barrel from a relatively leaner $85 per barrel as of Friday (April 14) trading.