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On Nov. 8, 2013, the typhoon Yolanda ravaged the country’s Central Visayas region with so much damaged to the lives of the Filipino people. It’s the most killer typhoon that made a landfall for almost three days especially in Tacloban. Every Filipino mourned to what happened for the typhoon’s aftermath.

The government leaders were not ready for this kind of natural disaster, in which it gave negative image to the Aquino Administration. Chaos ensued that Filipino culture are showing in time of emergency situation. Even the media showed uncompromising news wherein citizens looted other business establishments for food.

The National Government is very slow to react or take action with this kind of provincial disaster. It’s a fact that the Philippines considered as typhoon-prone country, and every Filipino cannot decipher in advance or not ready for killer typhoon like Yolanda.

More relief organizations around the world contributed much to the Filipinos, to help them rebuild their lives and with the aid of the government. The relief and rehabilitation efforts of President Aquino to the Yolanda victims of Tacloban gives much hope to them. Their needs are mostly identified but the projection to build their lives showed after a year.

The Catholic Group of the Philippines is more concerned with the Yolanda victims and not in tune with the Aquino Administration. On Nov. 8, 2014, the Filipino nation will commemorate the anniversary of typhoon Yolanda that has ravaged the country’s Central Visayas region. Thus, we declare Nov. 8 this year as a National Day of Prayer, especially for the victims and survivors of the typhoon, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said.

The Catholic Church in the Philippines has spent about P563 million to help over 2 million people directly affected by Yolanda through the church’s integrated recovery assistance program, with funds coming from 41 Caritas member-organizations in six continents.

On the eve of the anniversary, Plan International, a humanitarian relief and child rights group, said much work remains to be done in terms of providing survivors with housing and livelihood.

The slow reaction of the government leaders especially the DSWD made this action hard for them to manage and distribute the relief goods. The DSWD contribution to Yolanda victims of the Visayas region, P736.3 million out of the P740.2 million in cash donations for Yolanda survivors remained unused and deposited in the bank account of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as of Dec. 31, 2013.

Most of COA’s adverse findings had to do with poor inventory, storage and transport of relief goods, which in some instances, resulted in relief goods getting wasted and much-needed help getting delayed. Officials of DSWD, the lead agency in the relief operations, limited manpower and equipment hampered some aspects of the relief operations in Cebu.

The government effort to rebuild the Yolanda victims failed in some ways which resulted in disagreement and demonstration. It’s not even completed the other planned projects to the damaged communities. But, President Aquino has other ways to rebuild the infrastructure in a long term.

The Yolanda victims and damaged places are really in need right now. It’s the government task to help them rebuild their lives. Also, they need their livelihood to enjoy life as a gift by God. Preparedness is needed and love for our country.

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What Is a Holding Cross and How Can It Help You? #HelpfulHowTo

A holding cross, or a comfort cross, as it is sometimes called, is an asymmetric cross that is made to fit ergonomically into the palm of one's hand and is used during prayer. It is thought that the holding cross is based on an ancient design found in ancient European chapels. Although the origin of the holding/comfort cross tradition is not known, it is thought that it dates back to the early Christians.

Holding crosses are made out of many different types of wood, but in my opinion, none is more appropriate than a cross made out of the olive wood pruning of trees that grow in the very region that Jesus was born - in the area around Bethlehem. Olive trees have scattered the landscape there since biblical times, where they grow both in terraced groves and on the hilltops. The oil from the fruit of the Olive Tree has been used for religious rites since biblical times. Since the olive tree is a protected species in Israel and cannot be cut down, all olive wood artifacts are made only from the trees pruning. Olive wood items are imbued with spirituality, and do not require much care since olive oil is naturally protecting them from corrosion and changes of color. In time the holding cross will develop its own patina from frequent handling. No two crosses will ever look the same due to the variations in the grain on the wood.

Who should have a Holding Cross?

Anyone who is in a time of struggle or loss and is looking for guidance.

Anyone who needs to find comfort and is looking for solace.

Anyone who is struggling to cling to their faith.

Anyone who is looking for a companion for their prayers and meditation.

If you or someone you know is ill simply holding the cross may be the best way to pray.

The cross, as a symbol has a very meaningful and deep message of faith, belief and hope. Although as a jewellery trend it somewhat losses it true essence, however, whether one wears it for religious belief or as a style statement, someone keeps it as a cherished Jewellery item or as a blessing from Christ, in my opinion it is still a very powerful symbol and for centuries to come will be known to mankind as a symbol for hope, beauty, power and GOD. Cross Pendant is such a gift that any one that gets it or buys it will cherish throughout their life.

A holding cross is the ideal gift to mark most gift giving occasions such as a baptism, confirmation, birthday, Easter, Christmas or just to give to someone to say Thank You. It is recommended to keep a supply of these crosses ready to give to your loved ones in their times of need.

Sorry to hear that the Pinoy Administration are experiencing between a rock and a hard place; the truck ban of the Manila Mayor Estrada caused port congestion and traffic problems. Not only that, businesses were affected and the employees too.

This implementation did not improve the situation but make it worse. I think change the plan if needed? There's nothing wrong with trying another solution until you succeed, isn’t it?

Manila passed an ordinance without thinking its consequences to neighboring cities and the entire Metro Manila. Mayor Estrada version of TRUCK BAN included the BANNING of travel of EMPTY CONTAINERS during the allowable hours, that led to the port congestion as many empty containers were not loaded to departing ships. That 60% of the cargoes are intended for Metro Manila, but he Mayor banned many of the main arterial roads some even 24/7 from port to these neighboring cities and even from port to inner Tondo and Binondo.

But since it caused problems, the government must have to take immediate solutions to iron out while minimal damages were being undertaken. A mistake of its components must be undertaken by its major leaders in preventing to spread the problems nationwide.

There’s no use of apologizing to the people because, Filipinos needs instant action and solution. And, those implemented actions must be in a long-term to prolong the usage with positive effect to our society.

However, not only the stakeholders are affected but also the working people. The government must also consider other businesses that are affected by traffic. Look what’s happening, there is enough movement to push for this ordinance. Manila, in essence, decided to fight back by drawing a line on traffic whether it is building a new port, fixing BOC release permits or another possible long term solution. The President has to take the port congestion seriously and not rely on Manila to accommodate to clog its lanes forever. So far Mayor Estrada is willing to talk, but pointing fingers is not going to solve the problem. The Pnoy Administration should force BOC to change its ways for the betterment of the whole problems.

Many Filipinos who do not understand the logistics of cargo transport suggested the use of Batangas and Subic ports; maybe at present situation, now that the PPA had decreased their rates in these 2 ports. Batangas is starting to experience congestion already. But prior to this crisis, it’s cheaper to import even for Calabarzon locators via Manila ports even at the height of ports congestion with tons of charges like port congestion fee, demurrage, container imbalance, and storage.

The truck ban affects the entire nation as far as trade movement is concerned. Likewise, it affects ordinary commuters when traffic is stalled.

Another major crisis at present is the traffic caused by this MRT3 maintenance and management problems. The riding public is to sacrifice their time, energy and money just to make sure the train system in EDSA is secured. Not only is the MRT3, the traffic congestion along the main road of EDSA’s also growing that our government must take immediate action.

There should be a meeting between the MMDA and the Mayors of neighboring cities for these problems through the initiative of the president. This should be immediate and no option for Pinoy Administration to apologize to the Filipino people.

Source: Pulkit Rohatgi @GoArticles

How to Preserve Your Mental Well Being in 5 Easy Steps #HelpfulHowTo

Adjusting with the life is the only keyword to preserve your health both physical and mental aspect of life. Stress and loneliness are the greatest devil to disturb your mental state. The definition of health comes from a relax soul which is a part of you and consists of your mind, character, thoughts and feelings.Explore the methods you can adopt in your life to get a free n relaxed mental health.

1. Become social

The best method to become mentally stable is to be as much social as you could because loneliness disturbs your mental state, try to make relations, experience each sort of people around your environment. Join social communities which will help you indulge in different activities which will help in stabilizing your mental state and keep your mind busy and healthy.

2. Eat healthy

Always said that state of mind depends on what you eat, always prefer healthy food in your diet, avoid eating things that doesn't suits your routine or makes you difficult to digest, prefer healthy snacks which will help your digestive system to be stabilize and help in preserving your health.Avoid much of the oily food as it increases your cholesterol level in the body that proves to be harmful.Always go for much of nutrition diet.

3. Exercise Daily

Stretch and relaxation should be a part of once life cycle; experts believe exercise releases chemicals in your brain that make you feel good. e enhances your health, early morning yoga is the best way to preserve your health, if you face problem in adopting the yoga steps, you can easily adopt some yoga for beginners tutorials for learning and keeping yourself fit and relaxed.

4. Do something your good at

Do what you love doing, what you enjoy doing the most, that will help in relieving stress and make your mind function properly which in turn result in achieving something which boosts your self-esteem.That will increase your self-confidence and boost up your further activity and keep you lively among people and make you tension free.

5. Take a Break

A change of scene or a change of pace is good for your mental health. Hangout with friends or family or your beloved once which will help in releasing all your stress and making you relax, vacations in holiday homes or some hill stations or an adventures trip will help in relieving stress and make you excited

The Presidency of Benigno S. Aquino III began at noon on June 30, 2010, when he became the fifteenth President of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Aquino is the third-youngest person to be elected president, and the fourth-youngest president after Emilio Aguinaldo, Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos. Aquino is the first president to be a bachelor, being unmarried and having no children. Aquino is the first graduate of Ateneo de Manila University to become president.

The presidential transition began on June 9, 2010, when the Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Aquino the winner of the 2010 Philippine presidential elections held on May 10, 2010, proclaiming Aquino as the President-elect of the Philippines.

Ever since after his proclamation, he carried his own mandate by eradicating negative elements in the Philippine political system. He wanted the Philippine economy to increase in terms of its GDP.

Thus, at present his administration was shaken by so many negative setbacks through the insistent of other political groups from different sectors of the society. His political enemies were making news media as the primary element in tarnishing his image and even his management of the political system in which Filipinos urged him to step down.

Moreover, the latest news, that he’s planning another term of his leadership. The media and the citizens were crying about it, in which street demonstrations started to evolve naturally.

The 1987 Philippine Constitution shall prevail that the next Presidential election will be held after his term. There’s no way that President Aquino could continue serving the Filipino people. Some rumors were spreading that Charter Change’s possible.
His administration was tarnished by more negative outcome that people thought his appointed officials had done minimal services to the Filipino people. In fact, the problem of MRT3-EDSA cannot give much solution coming from DOTC Secretary Jun Abaya. It made worst in maintaining its operations that last August 2, 2014 – derailment of the coasters happened. Up to this date, still train breakdown’s showing continuously.

Another negative aspect with his administration was the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) in which, he allocated funds to those projects that needed priorities at hand. The Supreme Court concluded that DAP’s unconstitutional, but President Aquino continuously defended it as legal. At present, the three impeachment complaints are being tackled at the Senate.

Moreover, the Pork Barrel issues still the primary concern of his political detractors, to abolish permanently because it causes corruption inside the political system. Currently halted by Aquino government and the case of Janet Napoles was still under investigation together with the three senators.

In addition, more Presidential hopefuls were very eager to announce their candidacy in advanced. They wanted the highest position in the Philippine political system. But my question is: Are they really sincere in serving the Filipino people? By ways of uplifting the standard of living, development of every sectors of the country’s economy, building more infrastructures, creating more decent jobs, eradicating crimes, educational uplifting, developing modern technologies, agricultural movements, defending territorial boundaries, etcitera, etcitera...

The list is endless.

BCDA Wants The Public To Believe That They Are Partner of CJHDevco in Developing Baguio According To Its Published Open Letter #HelpfulHowTo

The story continues for Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) against Camp John Hay Development Corporation (CJHDevCo) that Arnel Casanova posted an open letter that could otherwise change his image to all Filipinos, the City Government of Baguio, the Mayor and the residents of Baguio City as a whole. Is this another strategy of BCDA President to conquer the minds of the people involved? And, to clean his image and actions as positive, helping all the residents of Baguio and its neighboring areas?

The open letter consists of the things that he was supposed to say personally to Mayor Mauricio Domogan, but he opted to at the BCDA website because, he knew that Mayor Domogan won’t give-in to his never ending negative actions against CJHDevCo, who only wanted that the MOA be followed and continue to manage Camp John Hay.

Remember that anything when settled amicably will give positive results and development ensues. Why BCDA not following the agreement that has been executed between CJHDevCo and discrediting it publicly? Is there another company involve?

Let’s take a look of what transpired before:

CJHDevCo operations were adversely affected of the delay, resulting in losses of P1.445 billion, which was increasing daily and has accumulated lease payment arrears to the BCDA in the staggering amount which belongs to the people of Baguio and the surrounding municipalities. As such, the agreement was first restructured in 2000.

CJHDevCo was supposed to pay an annual rent of P425 million or 5% of gross revenues for the first 5 years of the lease, whichever was higher. This meant that for 1998, 1999, and 2000, the government was supposed to receive P1.275 billion in rental payments.
The estafa charges filed against Sobrepeña was the damages worth P1.15 billion from owing BCDA , believing that CJHDevCo was capable of paying its annual rent which misleads the government under the terms of the 1996 lease agreement.

Robert Sobrepeña arrest proved BCDA purpose in gaining the momentum while the court decision in Singapore still in progress. President and CEO Arnel Paciano Casanova said, “We laud the DOJ in this breakthrough decision to make fraudulent businesses accountable to the people and to protect the interest of the public from fraudulent schemes. The DOJ’s ruling puts CJHDevCo’s former Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) with BCDA as well as all other agreements that CJHDevCo has entered into with its locators, buyers, and business partners in question.

CJHDevCo willingness to fulfill its financial obligation to BCDA provided the government must abide by the contract they both executed. But subsequent moves by BCDA, suggest no end in sight in the near future.

So, this open letter’s another move by BCDA to prolong the case while they’re planning their next moves? Or to clean its image when election time comes 2016?

Open Letter Link of BCDA President Arnel CasanovaAn Open Letter For Honorable Mauricio Domogan And The City Government Of Baguio

REPLY TO THE PUBLISHED OPEN LETTER OF BCDA PRESIDENT & CEO ARNEL PACIANO D. CASANOVA: REPLY TO THE PUBLISHED OPEN LETTER OF BCDA PRESIDENT & CEO ARNEL PACIANO D. CASANOVA

To be fair I posted the 2 published open letters for your reference as to why this case still continues.

The delay caused CJHDevCo to deteriorate with the revenues while the government of Baguio and its residents suffer for not granting CJHDevCo projects to be completed. These projects when completed could give more jobs and revenues to the City of Baguio. Also, CJHDevCo could resume their revenue-generated management of Camp John Hay.

Developments and progress in Camp John Hay in Baguio City are not realized because of BCDA but still, Arnel Casanova wrote an open letter seeming to describe them as so. BCDA wants the public to believe that they are partner of CJHDevco in developing Baguio when in fact it's more like just making life difficult for CJHDevCo.

The 5th SONA 2014 highlights the achievements of the government on education, social services, economy, improvement, infrastructure, calamity efforts, jobs, rehabilitation after typhoons and earthquake, modernization of AFP, security, ARMM Bangsamoro and livelihood.

More subjects to be focused on with Pnoy Administration to prosper into the development that all Filipinos were waiting to happen. It’s within his power to establish such programs to elevate ways and means in dealing with poverty-stricken sectors of our society.

The infrastructures should always be developed to catch-up the developing countries in the Southeast Asian nations. The Philippines has the edge in terms of development compare to its neighboring countries.

Under the controversial DAP, PNoy said that around P1.6 billion fund was given to Training-for-Work Scholarship Program of TESDA. A total of 223,615 beneficiaries have graduated with an equivalent of 146,731 graduates currently working.

This is a good sign of developing the livelihood of every graduate to push forward their lives into the future. Hoping that more graduates could make it successfully every year. TESDA could produce more qualified workers locally and abroad with its standardization of educational system.

President Aquino also boasts the Expanded Conditional Cash Transfer program which has started this June with a budget of 12.3 billion. According to him, the poverty incidence went down to 24.9% in the first quarter of 2013.

Despite of the said achievements and plans of the government, thousands of protesters marched along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City toward Batasan Pambansa as a sign of disgusted people over the Pinoy Administration. According to them, Aquino is the pork barrel king as they have showed "holDAPer" effigy which pertains to the President's DAP.

So, these protesters were doing their share in making the chaos out of SONA and rate the President. I think they’ll rate it as 0 to substantiate their pains why Pnoy applied DAP without their knowledge? They wanted it to show to the world that the President made a mistake and step down at once? But it won’t happen.

The President did not mention the issue on the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) with many of the politicians was involved. Also, he failed to include the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill in his SONA. The measure aims to eliminate corruption in the bureaucracy by giving the public greater access to government transactions and records.

Maybe the leftists wanted to hear these things to heighten their desire to be talked about and acted at once in the streets; to demonstrate and show their sentiments as barkers of peace and truth, the brave democratic citizens who represent the small disgusted geniuses behind this street drama of all time.

Whoever our elected President in the future, unsatisfied citizens will surely make another chaos to demonstrate their feelings towards our leaders. In fact, the word satisfaction’s not on their vocabulary.

Unification of minds and hearts of all Filipinos is the key to develop gradually while our faith keeps intact forever.

Source: Sandip Chandra of Article Base

How to Make An Effective Management Information System #HelpfulHowTo

Management information System which is also known as MIS in short and the basic purpose of using this technology in business to keep and track records of performance of an organization and its employee as well. Basically, it helps the executives of a company to make proper decisions for the well of the organization. A valuable MIS store and brings together all the data available from operations, outside inputs and previous activities into information that demonstrates what the company has accomplished in major functional areas and further requirements for future progress.

It is a matter of fact that it is quite tough to make a normal MIS to an effective one. However, it becomes easier when you split it into a few parts like User Authorization, Data Input, Accessibility, Changes in Data and Decision Making. Let's start with the first one which is user authorization. As the name sounds, it means who can see the data. Here is big confusion that most of people have. Who can see the data is not same as who can put the data. Moreover, who can put the data is not same as who can edit the data. Last but not least, every user is not authorized to keep or track of all the data. Here the user authorization plays a big role. Hence, the proper user authorization should be given to actual professionals. It is the very first step and it builds the base of a management information system.

Second important part is data input which means the data provided by the employees in MIS. The data should be accurate not approximate. Many people think that 100, 98.7 and 100.2 is same and so they enter 100 even if it is in near decimals. But, it makes a huge a difference in long calculation. If every employee thinks like that then the entire data input will be wrong and on the base of that ultimately the decision also becomes a wrong one. Next one is accessibility which is the key one in this case. Giving accessibility of critical information to all employees can be harmful for an organization. There should be some restrictions regarding the accessibility of Management Information System. There must be feature to provide the edit option for the data input. If someone inputs wrong data by mistake then it can be changed afterward. Last but not least, if these all are done efficiently then the ultimate task is making proper decision on the basis of that data record and analysis.

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How to Take Care of Your BBQ Kebab Skewers and Grills #HelpfulHowTo

With easy and simple methods you can prevent your BBQ Kebab skewers and grills from rusting. Rust free skewers and grills give a long life to your barbecue. The skewers rust quickly because of several reasons. Barbecue anneals' repeated heating, or softening of the screws and nuts make them susceptible to rust. Along with this, high humidity outside the home and high coating of briquette ash also forms a suitable environment for rusts. Mentioned below procedures, if followed by you, then you can recuperate a rusty BBQ or can protect your new BBQ from getting damaged.

In the first step you will have to disband your BBQ parts and start cleaning them. First switch off the valves of the gas and then detach it from the propane cistern or from the flexible hose that is supplying natural gas to it. Clean the grills by removing the ashes, grill grates and any other loose parts that are not joined together. Automatic BBQ grill cannot be detached, so better to clean them with full care. The BBQ Kebab Skewers also have stains of food on it, so clean it with warm water.

In the second step, you should use a solvent that is not greasy and a rough cloth for removing any old grease or leftover food contents. Using a brush (as thin as wire) clean the left over nuts and screws that cannot be unscrewed. Use delicate scrubbers for removing the rust, so that no scratches appear on the BBQ while cleaning. Inspect each and every nut minutely so that no rust is left over.

In the third step, assemble the unscrewed parts and those screws that have extended or contracted due to the repeated cooling and heating should be replaced. You can get the screws from any nearby hardware shop.

Last step to keep your BBQ rust free and in good working condition is to keep it covered whenever you don't use it. As BBQ is placed outside the home, it has to go through all the harsh behaviors of the climate, like heavy rain, hot and cold temperature. These changing climates can hamper your BBQ. Covers for barbeques are available, buy one and give shelter to your barbeque.

Keep checking your BBQ and its grills and skewers from time to time if you are not using them for a long time. A little attention and care can give a long life to your barbeque.

How To Improve How You Look

There's a goodly list of things that someone can do to improve the way they look, and a huge variety of reasons why they might desire to do so. Occasionally we want to feel a little better about our appearance; a jot more bullish in the manner we move around and the poise with which we bear ourselves around - perhaps you're planning to start looking for a new role and want to carry out the interviews a little more confidently. Sometimes we're more obsessed with how other people perceive us, so in the place of wanting to change our look for our own frame of mind, we're looking to influence the way that other people see us. Sometimes it's a mixture of all these reasons. But whatever of the reason, today there are a great many things that you might opt to do to alter your appearance.

Getting thinner is a simple way to change or improve the way you look. It can make you feel better both physically and emotionally, as well as having a largely remarkable influence on the way you look. You might also change your hair; having longer hair, ladies can alter their hair more dramatically, cutting a long style short or growing shorter hair long; cutting in a fringe or growing an old one out. There's hair shade too of course- people of either sex can alter the shade of their hair by making use of either dye or bleach, or with both. Men can also create changes with their facial hair, acquiring sideburns, a moustache of one sort or another, bringing in some designer stubble or perhaps beginning to grow a full beard.

But one of the most surprisingly dramatic ways to alter the way you look, and one which many people who look at you might really struggle to put their finger on when they first see you, is by improving the way your teeth look. Going to see a dentist or an orthodontist and straightening your teeth can be a long and costly exercise, as can having veneers added to them, however there are more readily affordable and cheaper things you can do from the comfort of your own home that will nonetheless still have a terrific impact on the appearance of your teeth, and so also alter the overall look of your face.

There are a wide number of manners in which those who are potentially interested in doing so can whiten their teeth at home, without going to the expense and the hassle of going to see their dentist. The issue of how to whiten your teeth is asked continually, and these days can be answered in a large number of ways. There are plenty of products you can choose for use at home that will take stains from your teeth and so help you to reinvigorate their natural shine. If you're looking for the strongest teeth whiteners then the web is a terrific place to begin looking- you can choose the products that have the best reviews from other customers who have genuine experience of using them.

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