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BSP holds gearing-up confab for external competitiveness Volume III, No. 147

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AGAYAN de Oro City - The Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) held its second Conference on Gearing up for External Cometitiveness (CGUEC) for 2014, yesterday, November 19, after a similar conference was held at the Subic Freeport in Zambales last May. BSP Monetary Board Valentin Araneta said the GCUEC forms part of the BSP’s Economic and Finance Learning Program.

“We intend to bring toBanko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Monetary Board Valentin Araneta (center) discusses external competitiveness during the conduct of the Conference on Gearing up for External gether members of the busiCompetitiveness (CGUEC) for 2014, yesterday, November 19, 2014, at Limketkai Luxe Hotel, ness sector, academe and the Cagayan de Oro City. ​Joining Araneta in the media forum were Dr. Rogier van den Brink​ government in the Northern (left)​, lead economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department of BSP, and Mr. Zeno Ronald Abenoja, head of the Department of Economic Research, BSP. Mindanao region and pro​​(Photo courtesy of Jason Raval/BSP)​. vide an opportunity out-

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sourcing to raise the awereness of exporters, importers, organizations of overseas Filipinos, business process outsourcing firms and entities with foreign currency dealings and obligations on the various ways to manage their foreign exchange risks,” Aranata said.

The conference also discussed topics such as the recent economic developments and outlook, foreign exchange rate and policies, strategies for managing foreign exchange risks, BSP’s regulatory framework on hedging, and cross-country experiences on achieving external competitiveness.

Araneta opened the

CGUEC and provided an overview of the prospects for the Philippine economy and issues on external competitiveness.

Resource persons for the conference came from the academe, multilateral organizations, the financial sector and government agencies, aside from BSP itself.

Joining Araneta in the media forum were Dr. Rogier van den Brink, lead economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department of BSP, and Mr. Zeno Ronald Abenoja, head of the Department of Economic Research, BSP. (Cheng Ordonez/BSP)

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I am so thankful and grateful for all who participated and attended the first ever HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE public seminar. We had a great time together and many were really happy that they did not miss the session.

What is The Vision Of Happy Wife, Happy Life?

VISION is “To Build Stronger Marriages One Couple At A Time.”

If you want to strengthen and build stronger marriages this is the blog site for you.

To join for FREE, please click here http://bit. ly/1EZdRds This is our commitment to you, me and me wife will try our best to encourage, to educate, and to empower couples who want to be properly equipped in their marriage.

How Did It All Started?

It all started when me and my wife were so privileged to mentor 7 couples on a once a month basis.

Our main goal is to share and impart on how to strengthen their marriage.

The floor was opened for them to ask questions and be able to directly address their concerns. One question that really caught my attention was; “If there is only one thing that you can teach us, what it would be?”

That was a question that need a lot of thinking since we learned so much in our 15 years of marriage.

It made me ponder for a few seconds; then I remem-

bered one of my mentor’s advices to me during my early years of marriage.

When I shared it with all of them, some of them were so encouraged and started to take down notes. I didn’t even realise how a simple idea can make a major impact in other peoples lives.

So after that night, I got to my computer and started to blog about it.

I am not a blogger but I just wrote the idea I shared with the group.

To my shock and surprise, over 2 millions views and after 30,000 shares and over 75,000 likes.

I just felt that there was a great need for couples to be guided and mentored in their marriage.

So after so many series of writing about this topic, I just felt that I need to continue and share what God has deposited in our marriage.

This was the blog that started it all.

HAPPY WIFE = HAPPY LIFE This was the idea that I shared with the group: “IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER HOW RIGHT I AM. IF EVER I HURT MY WIFE’S FEELING, I’M ALREADY WRONG.” It is not proving that you are right and she is wrong; it is the manner of correction.

Did you correct her with love or anger?

Did you belittle or humiliate her in the process?

Did she felt encouraged or embarrassed?

The moment I offend my wife, I am not anymore fulfilling what God asked me to do.

“Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them” (Colossians 3:19) This is the mandate that God called us to do as men; to love them unconditionally just as God loves us. He does not judge us, but always gives us the benefit of the doubt. God is not harsh by blaming us when we make mistakes.

God never says, “I told you so”; “It’s your

entire fault”; “You deserve what you get”; “You never listen”.

Instead God says, “I love you”; “I forgive you”; “Come to me if you are heavily burdened and I will give you rest”.

“Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your lives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers”. (1 Peter 3:7) We have to be considerate with our wife’s feelings.

Women think with their feelings, not only with their minds.

We have to be careful of what we say as men.

They may forget what we said, but they will never forget how we made them feel.

We have to treat our wives with honor and respect.

We should never take them for granted.

You will never appreciate something valuable until such time you lose it.

Never wait for the day that you will lose your wife’s love and respect.

If that time comes, it might be too difficult for you to restore it.

We should play the role of the protector since husbands are ordained by God to be a leader. As a leader we got to learn how to lead our partner in love not in fear; in inspiration not through intimidation; in motivation not manipulation.

The relationship between a husband and a wife is meant to be one of love, respect, and support. They are to help each other. God put you together to COMPLETE not to COMPETE with one another.

Your goal is to ENCOURAGE not HURTING each other. You should bring out the BEST rather than the WORST of each other.

My prayer is that this short blog will encourage you to love your wife more and be sensitive to her feelings and her needs.

In return, you will live a blessed, happy, and peaceful life.

Like the old saying goes, “Happy wife is equivalent to happy life.” – Steve Murrell If you want to know more and be part of this movement, to help others to build stronger marriages.

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‘Ya Hindi No’ Hot New Yano Album ( Part 2 of 3)

5. Tingin – / bago ka magbukas ng mata sa umaga/ ibuka muna ang bibig sa isang malaking ngiti / at bago ka matulog pagdating ng gabi / isara ang mata saka sabihing salamat na nakangiti // ref: saka makikita mo / bubuti ang takbo / ng araw mo / at ng buhay mo // cho: darating ang lahat ng inaasahan mong dumating / aalis ng kusang lahat ng nais mong alisin / kaya mabuti lang lahat ang lagi mong iisipin / at hindi magtatagal gagaling ang ‘yong pagtingin / / . . . / kesa sa ibang tao ka makikinig / mas mabuti pang linawin mo ang iyong isip / mas lilinaw pa ang maiisipan mong gawin / at pagka nagkamali muli mong pagbubutihin // ref: wala na’ng mga kulto na lalamon sa ‘yo / lilinaw ang isipan mo / bubuti ang buhay mo The first line about opening the eyes before opening a smile in the morning as we wake up and uttering ‘thank you’; and closing the night as we sleep with the closing of the eyes and opening a smile and uttering ‘thank you’ and just those 2 words is an invention of mine.

This has eliminated nightmares in every night of the 4 years that I have done it! Even psychologists and philosophers don’t know about this.

And then indeed all that you want will come and all that you don’t want will fall away on their own.

Many institutions sow and propagate fear in order to gain control over a child, a mature individual, or society as a whole. These are deliberately enforced in almost all, including family, school, religion, politics, rebellion, agriculture, media, etc.

Hence, it is far better to listen to your mind than to listen to all these ‘kulto’ as termed in the song.

To achieve clarity of thinking for one can be very taxing and stressful, but it can be natural and flowing, that it should be in the first place.

And this is our real nature as we are. The one that grows as naturally abundant as the grasses grow, as vast as the sea, as numerous as the rainfall.

And to achieve this is simply BE. A young film director once asked me ‘what is the root word of being?’ It seemed to me then that he was pertaining to ‘human being.’ And the manner in which he expressed it was quite perplexed. It took me the following day and I answered ‘BE.’ He wasn’t able to reply till now since that was years way back to even merely affirm it, maybe in disbelief or mere ridicule.

Yet it may be better agreed that one may even be content and gratifying in knowing that indeed we are made up of this matter.

6. Ikaw – / ang ilaw ng bwan ay nakahiga sa tubig ng ilog / tila ba magkayakap na magsing – irog / saan man ako maglakad sa baybayin / tila bang lagi kang nakatitig sa akin / tuluy – tuloy ang araw, tuluy – tuloy ang buhay / tila ba sumasaya ang paglalakbay / nagpapasalamat na ikaw ay dumating / ang tanging sadyang para sa akin // cho: ikaw na nga talaga / ang nagdulot ng saya / ang nagbigay ng sigla / ang nagwakas ng aking pag – iisa / Love is the strongest feeling. But when there is hate or hatred that abound, it is therefore not love. There is no such a thing as love in the guise of hatred; that may be some other entity, like possessiveness, jealousy, suppression, greed, fear, obligation, deprivation, pretense. But not love.

Love is love alone, and nothing else. But it could be more, which is only more love, and nothing else.

This song particularly tells the story of the one that came into the other’s life as the moonlight lit across the surface of the river, like lov-

ers entwined.

It is the rare sight of couples in their late, still locked in their hands walking, swaying about and could not end smiling and exchanging the loveliness of the moment in the most public of places, like the mall; which really draws my envy knowing that it is mine as well to behold.

7. Ulap – / humahalik ang bundok sa alapaap / na sinasalamin ng dagat / lahat ng pagiging sya ay ang pagiging ako / lahat ng pagiging ako ay pagpapa – sya / sa mga ulap // cho: nasa ulap ang hinahangad ay ganap / nasa dagat at lupa nakayapak (/ nakaapak) / sa mga ulap / There is a certain beauty about the clouds that is somehow unseen, especially now that the climate change craze has really struck us.

It is our motivation.

On one hand, we connect with our nature with the motivation that we ought to augment climate change in the fear of more devastation IF we don’t advocate to save it.

On the other, we connect with our nature with the motivation that we enjoy our nature, hence, being naturally loving and appreciative of our nature. This is in the line, ‘lahat ng pagiging sya ay ang pagiging ako, lahat ng pagiging ako ay pagpapa – sya.’

Hence, there is no advocacy.

There is simply our expressed nature to appreciate our nature.

8. Sanggol – / nong isilang ka, ako rin ay naging ama / sa wakas tayo ay nagkita / buong buhay kong inantay kita // cho: papayagan kita, at hindi kita pipigilan / tuturuan kita, at hindi kita pagsasabihan (/pagagalitan) // nung ika’y natutong maglakad / umiwas sa mga butas sa daan / ipagpag ang lupa pag ika’y nadapa / at ituloy na lumakad sa tuwa / THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR. That is the important premise in the song.

Well, there is. But it’s being ‘redirected’ towards the ‘Ya’ – through and with careful explanation and choice of harmonious words. That’s why there isn’t such a thing as negative behavior.

...TO BE CONTINUE

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Putting Christ back into a Christianized society

EVERYDAY during the Yuletide season, we are bombarded with the commercialization of Christmas.

No one should stop individuals and entities to be in a celebratory mood during

each end of the year. But to associate every yearend celebration to Christmas is courting blasphemy. After all, Christmas is a religious event. It’s just like Ramadan. Or Bar Mitzvah. Or the Declaration of the Bab. I remember some Muslim clerics a while back crying foul on why a major mall instituted a Ramadan sale.

That’s because their promo is not part of the religious activity. The same should ring true about Christmas.

True enough, majority of the population in the country are Christians and it is safe to assume that both Catholics and evangelicals celebrate the Redeemer’s birth every December 25. But it should

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not mean that all Christian mall shoppers troop to the malls because they are celebrating Christmas at the malls. Or they celebrate Christmas parties in their respective offices, companies and schools because they solemnly recount the Savior’s birth on that specific moment of their revelry (whether they’re doing it on December 9 or December 27). It’s one thing for a Youth for Christ cell to celebrate a Christmas party. It’s another to call a West City Central School yearend celebration a “Christmas party.” Come to think of it, what does Jesus have to do in a secular classroom?

Since childhood, it has

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AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18) - It’s absolutely essential to bring an open mind to any conversation that arises today because you don’t know in advance where it will lead. You may be more interested in learning about something entirely new than forming an opinion on a previously discussed matter.

PISCES (February 19 – March 20) - You may have an awkward encounter today when you realize that a previous goal has become significantly less important than it was. It’s not that your opinions are randomly changing; it’s just that your perspective is broadening now.

ARIES (March 21 – April 19) - There’s no reason to be pushy today because it won’t help you achieve your goals any faster. Actually, your relationship interactions could be more meaningful if you consciously participate in give and take, instead of trying to control a current situation.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20) - You can make real progress today if you don’t fall behind on your professional commitments. But you could end up wasting valuable resources by looking for a faster way through the quagmire of your responsibilities.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 21) - Your irrepressible desire to experience pleasure may clash with other people’s plans today, even if your intention is to keep your needs to yourself. Although you can see things objectively for a while, you won’t likely be able to remain emotionally detached forever.

ingrained in our minds to celebrate Christmas and exchange gifts with classmates.

But what about students from other faiths, should they be included in the gifts exchange and the feast? If they are, how should they view the whole thing? Should they take part in what seems to be a “Christian” celebration?

That phenomenon is not just limited to Christmas but even in fiestas. I appreciate other LGUs calling their festive moments as Araw ng Dangcagan. Or Talakag. Or however you call your town.

But to proclaim an event as…FIESTA OF ST. JUDE BIKINI OPEN….is something awkward. Fiestas were instituted by Spanish friars

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to remember the good deeds of a parish’s patron saint. It is not an excuse for businessmen and show producers to organize non-religious events at the expense of Christianity.

According to Catholics, Christmas starts on the first Sunday of Advent. That would be on November 30 for this year. For evangelicals, it is celebrated much later – only on Christmas Day itself. The rest of the secular celebrations are targeted for us to be consumers – to buy their “Christmas”-discounted products. It has nothing to do to uplift our spirituality or to remind us that our sins have already been forgiven

by God’s Son who chose to be born human.

Daily HOROSCOPE CANCER (June 22 – July 22) - You keep revisiting an intense emotional issue today, turning it over and over in your mind while trying to resolve it. You might choose to remain silent, since you believe that others can intuitively know what you want now, without you saying a word.

LEO(July23–August22)-You may receive some much-needed support at the last moment today. Thankfully, you might not have to ask for anything; people just show up happy to follow your lead. However, complications could arise if you try to accomplish too much because you can’t expect everyone else to work at your fast pace.

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That’s why seeing that huge Nativity tableau (with Baby Jesus in the middle) at Limketkai Center is a relief for me. This is how commercial entities should pay homage to Christmas, something to remind the Christian shoppers the root cause of the celebration.

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Special Gospel of the day: Luke11:27Yesterday’s 28(November20, Answer 2014-Thursday) Luke 11:27-28-while Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.”

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it: In this gospel a certain woman recognized the mother of Jesus.

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VIRGO (August 23 – September 22) - Moving a project forward can be quite time consuming today because your current ambitions could awaken envy or jealousy in someone else. Even if most of your friends are rooting for you, some of them may thwart your efforts because they believe that success is going to your head.

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22) - The same obstacles that have been in your way for a while may temporarily seem insurmountable. However, the Moon’s current visit to your sign of balance affords you an objective view to your dilemma.

Although someone’s uninvited participation might annoy you.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21) - You may want to retreat from the ever-maddening crowds, but your escapist fantasies might not have the space to manifest now. Although you enjoy collaborating with others when they share your focus, you have grown weary of their familiar antics.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 21) - You could easily work yourself into a state of anxiety if you try to finalize your long-term plans today. However, a cluster of planets is stirring the cosmic energy of your 12th House of Spiritual Mystery, adding ambiguity to your options.

CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 19) - Process any lingering tension you’re feeling now while the ambivalent Libra Moon gently brings up issues that could get in your way of success. Fortunately, you’re able to fulfill your ambitious needs now if you maintain a graceful sense of balance.

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The Synergy of

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synergy and fusion of artworks, modern designs in architecture, majestic portraiture, artistic integrity, mystical paintings, landmark sculptures and all forms of arts he creates catapults Architect Melbourne ‘Cocoy’ Paano as one of the country’s extraordinary Filipino synergy-artists.

He is one artist who believes in the synergy of art and architecture. He combines synergistically art and architecture into one beautiful and majestic master piece.

His modernistic structures are replicas of landmark sculptures-public art works.

The majestic beauty of every design he creates lies in the symmetry, proportion and composition of his work.

In every piece of art and architecture design, he challenges himself to do the most difficult intricacies in his work – resulting to excellence and integrity.

His modern design in architecture is as challenging as he perfects realism.

Architect Melbourne ‘Cocoy’ Paano as a Filipino synergy-artist had experienced a “whole range of art”, so he could stand with conviction to the artworks and designs that he creates. He has prepared himself to be in the mainstream in this flourishing field. He has the rich knowledge and experience from his mentors who harnessed his skills in “handling the technique” for painting and design for architecture.

Cagayan de Oro as one of the upcoming intermediate global cities in the world needs his master pieces to create

extraordinary designs and artworks as architectural landmarks.

He is one artist who never stops learning in enriching his craft to perfection and giving justice and satisfaction to his clientele.

He paints, and designs art in the wee hours of the night-and he implements his knowledge through perfect work of art.

He went to study animation and 3D presentation which he uses as a tool to enhance his designing capabilities to perfection.

Green architecture is always the essence of his designs as he considers the detrimental effects of climate change which has become a global challenge for architects today.

His architectural designs always blend with the function according to clients preferences, in perfect match between the owner’s desire and to the architect’s delight.

Patrons and patronesses of the art consider his artworks as priceless life time collections.

His majestic portraiture always achieve apotheosis of the soul which makes him a great and unique painter in his approaches to his master piece.

He has that artistic integrity which demands from him to capture not only the likeness but a soul that is essential to the process in making majestic portrait painting.

“The synergy of art and architecture masterpieces of Architect Melbourne ‘Cocoy’ Paano apotheosized art appreciation which is beyond the capacity of human describing”. n JOE PALABAO

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