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Monday, November 14, 2022
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Good governance resolves wars – Sara
By Red Mendoza, Sunday Times
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Vice President Sara Duterte and Sen. Imee Marcos visit the Kagan tribe, a Muslim community located in Bacaca, Davao City, on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The tribe’s elders took the opportunity to convey their problems, such as flooding, to Duterte and Marcos, who celebrated her 67th birthday in the community. PHOTO BY ARJOY M. CENIZA
VICE President Sara Duterte stressed the importance of good governance in resolving conflicts such as wars, noting that government officials working with integrity and dedication to public service will allow the public to disengage themselves from violence.
In her speech at the Kusog Mindanaw Conference in Davao City on Friday, Duterte said that Mindanao is now experiencing "peace titme," which would allow the government to address the problems that could be exploited by terror groups to foment anger and incite people to resist the government.
Duterte is the highest Philippine official to attend the group's annual conference.
"Peace is a delicate, fragile beauty. It needs constant attention. In the case of Mindanao, it does not only need our continuous attention; it needs our constant, collective attention," Duterte added.
She described them as "peace doves," who were top government officials such as Cabinet members and ranking military officials who were supportive of their calls to end the war in Mindanao.
"Both presidents are no longer with us, but I believe that some of those who worked with their Peace Doves continue the Mindanao peace advocacy works even today." Duterte added.
She said that while the previous administration of his father, Rodrigo Duterte, had to deal with the radicalized groups behind terrorist attacks in Mindanao, the government had seen zero deployments of soldiers to the island.
Duterte also emphasized that peace should be on top of the Mindanao agenda for the country, noting that the war in the island should be "remembered only to remind us of why we should all work together and commit, protect, and defend peace at all costs."
She also called on every Mindanaoan, like herself, to acknowledge the sacrifices of fellow Mindanaoans who have fought against rebel groups to secure Mindanao and provide safety to the people.
"You have all the reasons to be proud of the tremendous job that you have done for Mindanao and your fellow Mindanaoans," she said.
Kusog Mindanaw is a Mindanao-wide organization that is established as a platform for discussion and development partnerships in the island.
Typical Filipino (XXX) - Typisch Philippinisch (XXX): "Compadrazco" - Die Patenschaft
The Compadre System, or the “Extended Family” is the basis of Filipino social structure. It is a kinship system which extends one’s relationships beyond one’s immediate family to include up to about 400 people.
Als Verwandte zählen natürlich auch die entferntesten Vettern und Cousinen. Darüber hinaus vergrößert sich die Verwandschaftsgruppe und wächst u.a. durch Heirat über die Blutverwandten hinaus. Die christliche Sitte der Taufpatenschaft schafft eine feste Verbindung zwischen Patenkind und Patenteltern.
Nach der strengen Tradition gelten Patenonkel und Patentante als die zweiten Eltern des Kindes. Man erwartet von ihnen, daß sie sich um das Kind kümmern, wenn ihnen etwas passiert.
Das Patenkind nennt seinen Patenonkel NINONG und seine Patentante NINANG. Es selbst heißt INAANAK, was wörtlich übersetzt "geschaffener Bruder/Schwester" bedeutet, also ein durch ein Ritual erworbener Bruder oder Schwester zu den eigenen Kindern.
Ausländer genießen auf den Philippinen ein hohes Ansehen und werden deshalb oft gefragt, als Pate für eine Taufe oder auch Hochzeit aufzutreten. Da dies als Auszeichnung gilt, ist es nicht leicht, eine derartige Bitte abzulehnen. Man sagt am besten zu. Wenn Sie nicht in die komplizierten Verwandschaftsbeziehungen eindringen wollen, so wird bereits Ihre Teilnahme an der Zeremonie als ausreichende Ehre verstanden.
Of course, even the most distant cousins count as relatives. In addition, the kinship group expands and through marriage, i.e., grows beyond the blood relatives. The Christian custom of sponsorship creates a solid bond between the sponsored child and the sponsored parents.
According to the strict tradition, godfather and godmother are considered the second parents of the child.You are expected to take care of the child if something happens to them. The godchild names his godfather NINONG and his godmother NINANG. It itself is called INAANAK, which literally translated means "created brother or sister" - in other words, a brother or sister to one's own children acquired through a ritual.
Foreigners enjoy a high reputation in the Philippines and are therefore often asked to become a sponsor of a baptismal or wedding. Since this is considered an award, it is not easy to refuse such a request. It's best to say yes. If you do not want to intrude into the complicated family relationships, your participation in the ceremony is already understood as a sufficient honor.
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Singer-actress Aubrey Caraan discovers songwriting in ‘Sana’
by Punch Liwanag, MB
After a long stint acting in movies and TV, Aubrey Caraan returns to her first love, music.
The singer-actress is back with a brand new single titled “Sana.”
Aubrey co-wrote this surging, mid-tempo R&B flavored pop track with Sean Cedro.
It is her first foray into songwriting.
She related, “It’s my first time to co-write. And Sean (Cedro) convinced me to try it. It was hard at first but eventually I was able to enjoy the process.”
Aubrey eventually learned so many things.
“Mahirap pala kung ilalagay mo sa lyrics yung nararamdaman mo. Hindi pala dapat siya literal. Dapat may meaning, may puso, may bigat (ang mga lyrics). Dun ako nahirapan, but once we knew the direction of where the song wanted to go, it became a smoother writing process for me.”
Aubrey added that “Sana” is “about wishful love, it’s about a dream that you want to become a reality, and it’s also about hope.”
And what does she hope and dream for?
“I’ve been doing this for a long time now, I started as a music artist, even before I acted in movies, sana I have a long career doing these things, especially music.”
“Ang meron kasi sa music na hindi ko mahahanap sa iba is yung puso,” said Aubrey of what keeps her coming back to music.
“Sa music kasi nag-ko connect lahat. I mean, different songs mean different things to me, some songs give me hope, gives me happiness, or relieves my stress. Iba talaga ang nabibigay sa kin ng music, Aubrey explains.
“That’s why I keep on pushing on doing this. It gives me so much and music does really help me in many ways as a person.”
“I’m definitely going to write some more. I really enjoyed doing it and for me, I feel good singing my own song. It feels different.”
“I feel proud singing my own song.”
Aubrey Caraan will release her official music video for “Sana” (directed by Raymond Fabian and featuring Jairus Aquino) on YouTube, today, November 11.
Typical Filipino (XXIX) - Typisch Philippinisch (XXIX): Napasubo - Es gibt kein Zurück/There is no going back.
Napasubo can be translated as being drawn into, entangled, ensnared, embroiled or even forced into a situation which may have been beyond the person's control. It normally expresses an undesirable situation with which the person would rather not be involved. Nevertheless, the person's degree of responsibility in getting himself or herself involved in such an unwanted scenario is left to be determined.
Es gibt kein Zurück!
HIYA und AMOR PROPIO führen gelegentlich zu Situationen, aus denen es ohne Gesichtsverlust kein Zurück gibt, weil man sich öffentlich auf eine Position festgelegt hat. Ein Filipino/eine Filipina wird dies dann eisern durchstehen, denn er/sie ist NAPASUBO-gebunden und kann es sich nicht leisten, sein Gesicht zu verlieren.
HIYA und AMOR PROPIO occasionally lead to situations in which there is no turning back without losing face because has publicly committed to a position. A Filipino/a Filipina will get through this because he/she is bound and cannot afford to lose face.
ROUSED TO ANGER?
Anger. A day rarely goes by without us feeling angry. It is not necessary to cite examples. Sometimes, it's just a minor reason like we hate the fly at the wall. Sometimes anger has important reasons.
Anger seems to become the main part of our daily life. That's why it is really important to talk (again?) about this phenomenon. As I said, anger is one of the most basic emotions. Everyone can really get angry. If someone told you, he won't get angry, better don't believe him.
Anger is a terrible feeling of being against something or someone. It can be my neighbor, because he is still (!) burning poisonous plastic and rubber garbage. Many of us get angry observing some politicians during those days worldwide.
Anger is a hostile emotion that sets people against one and another, or even against themselves. By its nature, anger involves opposition, hostility, hatred and dislike. Anger, however, is simpler to define than to identify. Emotions of antagonism can take a wider variety of faces. Expressions of anger range from the overt, in-your-face brand of open hostility to the cold indifference of a silent individual.
Anger at the workplace is becoming very common nowadays.
One of my good friends works as a stewardess. Imagine yourself 35,000 feet up, pushing a trolley down a narrow aisle surrounded by restless passengers. A toddler is blocking your path, his parents not immediately visible. A passenger is irritated that he can no longer pay cash for an in-flight meal, another is demanding to be allowed past to use the toilet. And your job is to meet all of their needs with the same show of friendly willingness. For a cabin crew member, this is when emotional labor kicks in at work.
A term first coined by sociologist Arlie Hochschild, it’s the work we do to regulate our emotions to create “a publicly visible facial and bodily display within the workplace”.
At times, anger can be felt like an inner fire. It hits you in the gut. You see red and feel hot and maybe sweaty. Your stomach gives you problems, our blood pressure rises, and breathing rate increases. Not only neighbors or politicians are the reason for anger. The silent withdrawal and lack of understanding and innumerable shortcomings of a partner or in the family are often an indication that one is angrily punishing the other for not doing things his or her way.
Back to the workplace: unhelpful attitudes such as ‘I’m not good enough’ may lead to thinking patterns in the workplace such as ‘No-one else is working as hard as I seem to be’ or ‘I must do a perfect job’, and can initiate and maintain high levels of workplace anxiety.
When research into emotional labor first began, it focused on the service industry with the underlying presumption that the more client or customer interaction you had, the more emotional labor was needed.
However, more recently psychologists have expanded their focus to other professions and found burnout can relate more closely to how employees manage their emotions during interactions, rather than the volume of interactions themselves. Perhaps just only today you turned to a colleague to convey interest in what they said, or had to work hard not to rise to criticism. It may have been that biting your lip rather than expressing feeling hurt was particularly demanding of your inner resource.
But in some cases maintaining the façade can become too much, and the toll is cumulative.
In another friend's last position, the “customer was king”. She was working in a shopping mall. Many times, she got a tirade of abuse from several customers. “When I explained what happened to my senior, I was told I must have said or done something to warrant this response… I was then told I should go and apologize.” Yes, that's how it is!
As I stated earlier: Minor things could become the start of anger. Over the years, handling the stress caused by suppressing one's emotions became much harder. Small things seemed huge, we easily dreaded going to work and anxiety escalated.
Across the globe, employees in many professions are expected to embrace a work culture that requires the outward display of particular emotions – these can include ambition, aggression and a hunger for success.
The way we handle emotional labor can be categorized in two ways – surface acting and deep acting.
A few years ago, the New York Times wrote a “lengthy piece about the “Amazon Way”, describing very specific and exacting behaviour the retail company required of its employees and the effects, both positive and negative, that this had on some of them. While some appeared to thrive in the environment, others struggled with constant pressure to show the correct corporate face.
“How we cope with high levels of emotional labour likely has its origins in childhood experience, which shapes the attitudes we develop about ourselves, others and the world,” says clinical and occupational psychologist Lucy Leonard.
“Unhelpful attitudes such as ‘I’m not good enough’ may lead to thinking patterns in the workplace such as ‘No-one else is working as hard as I seem to be’ or ‘I must do a perfect job”, and can initiate and maintain high levels of workplace anxiety,” says Leonard.
Workers are often expected to provide good service to people expressing anger or anxiety – and may have to do this while feeling frustrated, worried or offended themselves.
Take the example of a particularly tough phone call. If you are surface acting you respond to the caller by altering your outward expression, saying the appropriate things, listening while keeping your actual feelings entirely intact. With deep acting you make a deliberate effort to change your real feelings to tap in to what the person is saying – you may not agree with the manner of it but appreciate the aim.
Both could be thought of as just being polite but the latter approach – trying to emotionally connect with another person’s point of view – is associated with a lower risk of burnout. Good thing: many offices over the last decade have created recreational or rest spaces in a bid to mitigate employee stress.
When things get tough, you might be very lucky talking to colleagues to unload. “It’s the saying it out loud that allows me to test and validate my own reaction. I can then go back to the person concerned,” one of my former officemates in Germany explained many years ago.
Those who report regularly having to display emotions at work that conflict with their own feelings are more likely to experience emotional exhaustion
Remaining true to your feelings appears to be key – numerous studies show those who report regularly having to display emotions at work that conflict with their own feelings are more likely to experience emotional exhaustion.
Of course, everybody needs to be professional at work and handling difficult clients and colleagues is often just part of the job. But what’s clear is that putting yourself in their shoes and trying to understand their position is ultimately of greater benefit to your own well-being than voicing sentiments that, deep down, you don’t believe.
Where it is possible, workers should be truly empathetic, be aware of the impact the interaction is having on them and try to communicate in an authentic way. Easy to say, yes, I know. But let's give it a try!
Friday, November 11, 2022
ABS-CBN, TV5 drop merger deal
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By Aric John Sy Cua and Arlie O. Calalo
RIVAL networks ABS-CBN and TV5 have called off the investment deal they signed earlier following an initiative in the House of Representatives to have the agreement investigated.
Competing cable companies Sky Cable and Cignal have also terminated their deal.
In a statement it released on Thursday, ABS-CBN said: "In disclosures to both the Philippine Stock Exchange and the Securities Exchange Commission today, Sky Vision Corporation ('Sky Vision'), ABS-CBN Corporation, Lopez Inc. and Cignal Cable Corporation ('Cignal Cable') announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate the sale and purchase agreement dated August 10, 2022."
The agreement involved the acquisition by Cignal Cable of a 38.88-percent equity interest in Sky Cable and the subscription by Cignal Cable to an "exchangeable debt instrument to be issued by Sky Vision and the proposed acquisition by Cignal Cable of a convertible note issued by Sky Cable."
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ABS-CBN said that the termination was formalized through a memorandum of agreement.
In a separate disclosure, the two networks said they have "mutually agreed to terminate" their agreement covering the proposed acquisition by ABS-CBN of 34.99-percent equity interest in TV5 and the subscription by ABS-CBN to a "convertible note" to be issued by TV5.
TV5 has been broadcasting some ABS-CBN shows after the franchise of the former media flagship of the Lopezes was not renewed in 2020.
The two networks then revealed they were working out some kind of a merger.
Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, who was at the forefront of the campaign to deny ABS-CBN a new franchise, promptly declared he will have the House investigate the deal.
Another critic of the merger, lawyer Lorenzo "Larry" Gadon, said on Thursday TV5 might have eventually realized that the agreement could jeopardize the company's future.
"What cannot be done directly, cannot be done indirectly," Gadon told The Manila Times.
"The TV5-ABS-CBN deal on the sale of 35 percent stockholdings may cause the revocation of the franchise of TV5 or may cause the denial of its application for a renewal once its franchise expires," he said.
Gadon ran for senator last May under the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, the party of the father of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., former president Ferdinand E. Marcos.
He said that because the ABS-CBN is tainted with foreign funds, "the whole equity of TV5 will also become tainted with foreign funds."
Such a merger will also violate the constitutional requirement that a mass media organization must be fully Filipino owned, he said.
PH gets recognition anew; Palawan topped the 21st Wanderlust awards
by Jun Marcos Tadios, MB
Palawan was hailed as the Most Desirable Island in the world at the recently concluded 21st Wanderlust Travel Awards in the United Kingdom (UK), the Department of Tourism (DOT) disclosed on Thursday, Nov. 10.
DOT Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco said the new recognition of Palawan reflects the beauty and competitiveness of the Philippines in word spectacle.
The award was given on Wednesday, Nov. 9, by the prestigious Wanderlust travel magazine.
Cebu was also nominated this year as the Most Desirable Region (Rest of the World) by the award-giving body.
“On behalf of the Department of Tourism, we thank the readers of Wanderlust Magazine for their love and support for the Philippines!” said Frasco, adding, “The recognition reflects the effort of the government to revive the tourism industry.”
Frasco vowed that the DOT and its attached agencies would continue to herald the beauty and rich culture of the Filipino people.
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“Rest assured that we will continue with our mission to herald the Philippines and the Filipino brand to the world and to ensure the continued sustainability of our islands,” she noted.
The Philippine Tourism Board, through the Philippine Department of Tourism-Central Visayas Office, also placed 6th among hundreds of entries in the Wanderlust Sustainability Initiative Category for its Dive7 Program.
Earlier this year, Conde Nast Travel (CNT) also named the Philippines among the 40 most beautiful countries worldwide, specifically citing the remarkable cave system of the Puerto Princesa Underground River, the mysteriously uniform Chocolate Hills of Bohol, and the panoramic views of the Banaue and Cordilleras Rice Terraces.
The following month, the renowned Travel + Leisure magazine also named the country’s tourist magnets Boracay, Palawan, and Cebu part of the 25 Best Islands in the World.
Time Magazine also lauded Boracay as one of the 50 World’s Greatest Places of 2022.
In September, the Philippines topped Asia’s leading dive, and beach destination, while the historic Walled City of Intramuros was Asia’s leading tourist attraction at the World Travel Awards (WTA) in Vietnam.
The series of awards added to the country’s long list of recognitions earned at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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