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Dec 152015
Dec 152015
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Dec 152015
The Straits Times/Asia News Network December 15th, 2015 05:24 PM Filipina domestic helper Thelma Oyasan Gawidan. Photo by The Straits Times. SINGAPORE – The former employers of a Filipino domestic helper who starved for 15 months, causing her weight to drop from 49kg to 29kg, observed her every move and did not let her speak to anyone. Testifying on the second day of the trial on Tuesday, Thelma Oyasan Gawidan, 40, who claimed she ate only instant noodles and plain bread twice a day, said she was not allowed to go out on her own and did not get any days off. READ: Employers accused of starving Filipina maid for 15 months She also said she did not receive her salary and had her mobile phone kept from her while she was employed by trader Lim Choon Hong and his wife Chong Sui Foon, both 47, from January 2013 to April last year. The Singaporean couple are on trial for failing to provide Gawidan with adequate food. Lim faces one charge of contravening the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012. Chong faces a count of abetting Lim in committing the offense. Gawidan told the court that she was allowed initially to use the toilet in Lim’s condominium in the Orchard area. But, after working for few months, she was allowed to use only the public toilet next to the swimming pool. “Although I sometimes urgently needed to use the toilet, she (Chong) would ask me to wait, and Read More …
Dec 152015
INQUIRER.net By: Frances Mangosing, December 15th, 2015 03:10 PM Bernard Then Ted Fen PHOTO/The Star Online/ANN A severed body believed to be from the Malaysian kidnap victim beheaded last month was found by soldiers in Sulu on Monday night. “The alleged decapitated body of Malaysian kidnap victim Bernard Then Ted Fen was recovered by joint elements of 9th Intelligence Service Unit and 501st Brigade,” said Joint Task Group Sulu Commander Brigadier General Alan Arrojado on Tuesday. READ: Malaysian beheaded by Abu Sayyaf after kin failed to comply with ransom demand – military The body was found at about 10 p.m. in sitio Lungon-Lungon in Barangay (village) Lanao Dakula in Parang, Sulu. It was immediately brought to KHTB Trauma Hospital in Jolo. The body was later ferried to Zamboanga City through a Navy boat for DNA confirmation, Arrojado said. Then was kidnapped, along with Thien Nyuk Fun, a restaurant owner, from Sandakan in Malaysia in May this year by the Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf Group. Thien was earlier released after ransom was reportedly paid but Then’s family was not able to pay ransom. READ: Severed head of Malaysian kidnap victim recovered – military source Last Nov. 17, Then was beheaded by ASG members Alhabsy Misaya and Idang Susukan. His head was found in a sack in Barangay Walled City in Jolo. IDL Latest Employees appeal for prayers for recovery of shot DILG-Calabarzon director AFP hopes CPP-NPA will follow self-declared holiday ceasefire Nancy Binay urges 2016 aspirants: Love, don’t hurt each other Heat Read More …
Dec 112015
Chinkee Tan Are you the type of person who, Gives way to others, all the time? Spends more time making other people happy, more than yourself? Finds it almost impossible to refuse requests from others? Gets stressed over what other people may say about you? If your answer is ‘yes” then you are most likely a “PEOPLE-PLEASER”. I, too, was like that when I was in high school. I remember my classmates would always ask me to do things for them, and I would oblige so that they will be happy with me and I can belong to their group. So I fully understand why there are people who need to pretend in front of others, who are willing to do anything even if it is already against their will, just to satisfy what other people want. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that we should not strive to make the people around us happy. Making people happy and doing favors for them are actually good traits, BUT if it comes to the point where doing these things stifles our own freedom and happiness, then this is when it becomes wrong. How can it be wrong? What are the negative effects on me? YOU COMPROMISE When your ultimate goal is to please people, then you give up your own free will. Most of the time, people-pleasers are caught in between deciding what they want to do for themselves and what others are asking them to do, but Read More …
Dec 092015
Chinkee Tan You didn’t get the job, so you already think you’re a loser? You see someone whispering in the corner, so you already think they are gossiping about you? Your business didn’t earn today, so you already think you are going to go bankrupt? You didn’t finish your education, so you already think you don’t have a future? You got busted, so you already think it’s the end of the world? Why is it automatic for many of us to think and react negatively? We exert no effort when it comes to negative thoughts. When something unpleasant happens to us we are quick to see the bad side, focusing on our dismay, our hurt, the unpleasant, the mistake and what we don’t have. We always fail to see and look at the brighter side; that in everything that happens in our lives, there’s a purpose, there’s a reason, whether it’s good or bad. So why are we too quick to think of the negative than the positive? What can we do so that we are not easily drawn to think of the negative? Simple. Here are some of the things you can do: FEED YOUR MIND WITH POSITIVE THOUGHTS Train yourself to think of the positive. Feed your mind with the good things. Get rid of the negative things in your mind and do not allow any negative thoughts to linger. Let’s say you and your spouse are having marital problems right now, then you should stop watching TV Read More …
Dec 032015
Chinkee Tan Do you have a parent who is an OFW? Are you finding it difficult to accept the reality that they are physically absent and can’t journey with you as you are growing up? Do you miss their being beside you all the time? Children of OFWs, I would strongly encourage you to read this blog. I want to help by providing some clarity and perhaps even answer your questions as to why your parent/s need to temporarily go away? It is the ideal that the family be complete – dad, mom and children. But because of hard times, one or both parents come to the point where they need to find work outside of the country where pay is higher, so that that can meet the growing needs of the family. They would sacrifice their own happiness and comfort in exchange for a bigger salary. But in this kind of set up, the children who are left behind suffer the most. Most of the time, the children are young and don’t yet fully understand the reason behind the need for their parent/s to leave them. So I am grateful that you have chosen to read this blog. I pray that after you have read this, you will learn to appreciate the sacrifice your parent/s made or have made. SACRIFICE Believe me, no parent would truly desire to first go to another country and leave their children in the care of someone else. This is a sacrifice for them, Read More …
Dec 012015
Chinkee Tan Do you know of someone who doesn’t seem to have anything better to do than to talk about the lives of other people? Perhaps even to the point where his or her day won’t be complete without spreading a rumor about someone else? “Hey, did you see that young woman our neighbor brought home last night? Isn’t he married already? “Just look at her. She’s so smug! She feels like she’s the most competent person in the world. Her presentation wasn’t even that great!” “Did you hear about ______? Did you know that he owes a lot of people money? “Tsk, tsk, too bad!” “I wonder why they are getting married so soon? Maybe she’s pregnant!” BZZZT…BZZZT…BZZZT… Oh wow. These are just some of the examples that prove that there are so many busy bees around. It doesn’t even matter where you are anymore; in the streets, school, office or any place for that matter, we will always encounter rumors about other people and people talking about other people. Why is it so difficult to stop a person from gossiping about others? What is it about gossip that even if it will hurt others and we know that it is wrong, we still go ahead and do it anyway? TO FEEL SUPERIOR This person usually knows that there is something wrong with himself or herself and cannot accept this flaw. So in order for them not to be dragged down or to save themselves from a pity party, Read More …
Nov 272015
The APEC CEOs identified broadband connectivity as a priority among the several growth-driven areas in a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCooper (PWC) among the region’s top business leaders. APEC CEO Summit 2015 [by SeongJoon Cho via The Age] PwC Int’l. Ltd. Chairman Dennis Nally reported on the findings of their APEC CEO survey as “reflective of a region in transition” from intra-APEC trade outpacing global trade in 2016 to digital technology streamlining manufacturing and high-quality education increasing the ranks of the middle class. APEC CEOs expressed in the survey that growth prospects for the region will be enhanced with improved connectivity. Of the CEOs surveyed, the highest – at 28% — went to broadband connectivity compared to new transport and maritime corridors, Trade Facilitation Agreements (TFA) and others. “Estimates on the impact on the GDP across Asia Pacific of the 700MHz band alone, as allocated to mobile, is a tenfold increase to US$1 trillion by 2020,” said Globe General Counsel Atty. Froilan Castelo as he cited GSMA’s forecast from the harmonization of the 700/800MHz bands. Globe Telecom is a co-member along with other telco service providers, from all over the world, of GSMA or Groupe Speciale Mobile. GSMA is an international trade body for telecommunications advocacy – representing network operators that use GSM technology for their networks. Castelo added that in their talks with GSMA, they were informed that the Philippines was one of only two countries in the world with major issues which lie in the way of adoption of the APT Read More …
Nov 232015
Chinkee Tan “I give up! I quit!” “I can’t take it anymore!” “I don’t want to do it!” It is so easy to say these words when we are experiencing difficulties and challenges in life. This is quite understandable because we all would rather attain our goals and dreams without having to pass through the eye of the needle. One reason why people would rather take the easy way out is laziness. I even read this statement where it says, “I don’t care if I’m lazy, as long as I’m not tired.” I would like to encourage all of you NOT TO QUIT no matter how difficult the situation is or how you feel. Why? First of all, so that you… AVOID REGRETS If you easily give up you will just end up thinking about all the “What ifs”, the things that could have happened. What if you just exerted more effort and became more diligent in looking for a job? You would probably not end up in this situation where you are living HAND TO MOUTH. What if you just stayed put in your job despite the difficulties you experienced? You would have probably gotten that PROMOTION that you have been waiting for. What if you sacrificed your spending so that you can save up your money? You would probably not end up deep in DEBT. Regret always comes toward the end. So if the only reason why you have not pursued your dreams is your laziness or your Read More …