You plan to move to the Philippines? Wollen Sie auf den Philippinen leben?

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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Monday, December 12, 2022

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Customs bureau warns public against love scam

By Ruth Palo

December 12, 2022


DAVAO CITY: The Bureau of Customs (BoC) here has partnered with the Philippine National Police-Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit (PNP-RACU) in combating the prevalent "love scam" and minimizing further damage to the public.


The BoC in its report Saturday said the collaboration was in keeping with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s economic agenda on public safety and security.


According to the BoC, more people fall victim to this online fraudulent scheme where foreigners befriend Filipinos and engage them in romantic relationships, especially this holiday season.


The foreign friend would then tell them that they have sent gifts. However, payment is needed to get the package that is allegedly being held by the BoC. The gifts, however, do not exist.


In a recent meeting by the BoC and RACU, both agencies discussed the volume of complaints received each month and how the Port's Public Information and Assistance Division deals with them.


The bureau also asked RACU-11 to assist in the information dissemination of the "love scam advisory" of the port to reinforce the public warning of Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz.


The two agencies have exchanged and updated contact information to fast-track concerns and ease data sharing.


Col. Columbo Allan Aberia, RACU-11 director, admits that the scam has been happening for years and that a systematic investigation is a must.


Aberia assured that they will immediately act on the complaints forwarded to them by the BoC-Davao.

Hilot to become developmental science

by Jerico Villamonte


First of all, good news to us pensioners of SSS and GSIS! The House has backtracked on the move (through a Maharlika Fund to be created by law). In the meantime, our hard-earned pensions are safe from being “invested.”

Thank you for speaking up against this nefarious plan, business groups, former Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio, columnists and commentators, and us ordinary citizens . Thank you honorable members of the House for hearing the outcries!

Let’s hope this development is final. 

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Happy news too! In Manila, the Post Office building has been lit up in Christmas colors, led by postmaster general Norman Fulgencio. It was wonderful of him to feed the streets kids after the lighting ceremony! Check out the historical building after dark.

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“Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan together  with the Hilot Team, on the right side is Mr. Rolando Comon, Director of Hilot Philippines Development Center (HPDC), on the left side is Ms. Nora Tiu, Corporate Secretary.

The International Institute of Sustainable Tourism in Silang, Cavite has something interesting coming up! This is the Hilot Philippines Development Center (HPDC), a training and healing center that aims to promote “hilo” as a part of Philippine traditional medicine. It aims to highlight the regional skills of the Filipinos in terms of practice and application of hilot.       

The kind of hilot that the center will provide will reflect the indigenous culture of our Filipino ancestors. HPDC is an attached Center of International School of Sustainable Tourism (ISST). HPDC is headed by a competent team who believes in alternative medicines and traditional healing techniques. It is chaired is Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan and vice-chaired by Dr. Isidro Sia, former executive director of PITAHC. Also leading the HPDC team are former DSWD secretary Corazon De Leon and former DOT Secretary Mina Gabor, among others.

What is hilot? Simply put, it is massaging by hand? It dates as far back as the pre-colonial days in the Philippines. Both a science and an art, it is grounded on an ancient Filipino belief that health is based on a balance of the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of a person.

The hilot or healer relies on the use of manipulations, and medicinal plants to prevent or cure disease, as well as to restore and maintain health and wellbeing.

For more than eight years, the HPDC team studied the hilot healing techniques to develop the corresponding curriculum for the Hilot Center. They examined the most common techniques and developed a course designed to highlight the more than 30 linguistic hilot techniques known all over the Philippines.

The training will begin next year with classes limited to 30 so proper attention is given to each student. HPDC has determined six levels of competency the students need to master the hilot treatments. Here is a list of the treatments included in the modalities of hilot,

  • Touch manipulation and complementary hilot treatments
  • Water healing technique
  • Remedial hilot, which consists of techniques in handling the special needs of clients
  • Traditional wellness diagnosis
  • Business management that will equip the manghihilot with skills, knowledge, and attitude to earn a living through hilot
  • Trainors /Training certification program

One of HPDC’s goals is to certify competent and qualified trainers to teach those aspiring to become hilot providers in accordance to PITHC /HPDC training standards. 

“Hilot Pinoy is not only for relaxation but for healing too as most of us natives know,” says Dr. Gabor. “Hilot has been used for centuries by our ancestors as treatment for various ailments.”

There are several local plants and herbs, including fruit-bearing trees like bamboo and banana leaf used in hilot. Hilot healing services also include drinks and meals to supplement the needs of the guests in a hilot massage program.

Most spas today carry all of our neighboring countries’ massage techniques. We look to the day when hilot will be the main attraction for guests local and foreign.

The Hilot Center will be launched on Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. in Silang Cavite.

 

LOOK: Mariah Carey sings ‘Away in a Manger’ with daughter

Published December 12, 2022, 8:01 AM

Mariah Carey and daughter Monroe (Facebook)

By Carissa Alcantara

Returning to the live stage after the pandemic, Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey, made her performance special by bringing out her 12-year-old daughter Monroe to sing on stage.

The mother-daughter duo wore matching white gowns and tiaras and sat for the song on a set that included Christmas trees, presents, and toy soldiers. 

“This is our first duet,” Carey told the sold-out crowd, before asking her daughter if her dress is OK. “Alright, this is a beautiful, beautiful hymn called ‘Away in a Manger.’ We’ve been working on this one for a minute,” she says, gently patting her daughter’s back.

Mariah Carey

Mariah and Monroe sang a classic Christmas song entitled “Away in a Manger” which showed her talent in singing.

Carey started the song with some notes showing off her inimitable upper range before Monroe — not looking the least bit nervous — started with the lyric, smoothly and indeed beautifully, to roars of approval from the impressed audience of 13,000. “My daughter, Miss Monroe,” she says proudly at the end of the 90-second song.


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Conversion a continuing affair




By Fr. Roy Cimagala *


WHAT can we learn from the parable Christ told the chief priests and the elders of the people, about a father with two sons whom he asked to work in the vineyard? (cfr. 21,28-32) The first son at first said no, but later on changed his mind and went to the vineyard to work. The second said yes, but did not go.


Obviously, the immediate lesson we can derive from that parable is that what is important is to do the will of God, even if at first we refuse to do so or hesitate. In this regard, it was the first son who met the standard. And the second son did not, despite the dispatch with which he responded affirmatively.


But the greater lesson we can learn from this gospel story is that whether we identify ourselves with the first son or the second one, everyone of us always needs some conversion. We cannot deny that with regard to doing God’s will, we can at first refuse but then later on agree, or we can say, yes, but actually would not do what is told us. In both cases, some conversion is involved or needed.


We should always feel the need for conversion. The mark of true saints is precisely this hunger and thirst for repentance and conversion. Whatever good they did humbled them instead of leaving them proud. They knew who and what was behind all the accomplishments they made, and were more keenly aware of their inadequacies, their mistakes, faults, infidelities, etc.


It’s not that they led a miserable life of having a dark outlook in life and a negative attitude toward their own selves. They were a happy lot, whose joy sprang from their living and faithful union with God, their father, but aware of their total dependence on God.


It’s their driving love for God and souls that keep them always feeling the need for penance and conversion. It’s not just fear of sin and evil that provokes this hunger. It's the love of God and souls. It’s this love that made them see many things that they need to do.


Due to this love, they also sharply knew that on their own, all they could do is evil, not good. St. Augustine said something to this effect. We are actually nothing without God. We simply would have no resistance against evil.


Our problem is that we often think that we can do good by our own selves, without the grace of God. We think that with our talents and good will alone, we can be and do good independently of God.


We easily forget the fact that all our talents and our capacity to have good will all come from God. Our problem is that we usurp the goodness and power of God, and make them simply as our own. This anomaly, done at the very fundamental level of our life, would have tremendous repercussions in all the other aspects of our life.


This is something we should try to avoid. I know it’s easy for us to fall into that predicament, and that’s precisely why we need to have continuing repentance and conversion. We should not go to bed at night without expressing some penance and reconciling ourselves with our Lord. We have to end the day always reunited with God!


* Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE), Talamban, Cebu City

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com