Job creation is hard, family separations are harder
More family separations. That’s what I see from the current headlines. True, job creation is one truly difficult task, especially when the problem is confidence and trust. You need venture capitalists. You need entrepreneurs. You need liquidity. You need fresh loans pumped into the economy. You need hard cash to get into the local entrepreneurs to invest in employment-generating businesses. Ethics, transparent lending, regulations and all. Oh! before I forget, you need good tax collection and… ehem.. ahh… proper disbursement and budgetary allocations? Pretty much, forming part of the basics of job creation.
Implementation typically runs into tons of abnormalities
Easy at it may seem, but it gets ridiculously and complicatedly mind-boggling when put into action. I don’t have any explanation for you. Ok fine, Maybe, I do. I just don’t want to blurt it out, because all of you already know! Or, maybe we can look at what BSP found out when they audited the Legacy banks, when they were forced into receivership perhaps? Or the usual corruption? Oh, I don’t know. Tons of abnormal reasons.
Good infrastructure for commerce to flow
Infrastructure is sure one big help. You need commerce to flow freely. When commerce is free, obstacles and barriers gone, money flows freely to Pinoy masses who are mostly needy. Economic activity flourishes. Again, you can’t get any more basic than that.
How the rising unemployment is being addressed
Yet, who am I to propose some economic policies for the country? I am just one very, very curious onlooker to what’s going on in my country. How are they addressing the situation where jobs losses are piling almost by the hour? I say, interesting.
According to this article:
“The national government will be implementing this year a P1.4 trillion 2009 budget addressed not at the slowing down of the economy that we are feeling now but on various concerns that arose from the twin oil and food crisis that we faced in the first half of last year when the national budget was still being prepared.”
Now, that’s bad. That sounds more like misplaced and misdirected treatment to me. The way I read it is that, they should have changed their strategies immediately to adapt and/or address the new challenges we are facing now. One must truly be honest and tell the people the true picture so that we are better able to face the future.
And according to to this article? RP eyes Obama as savior of OFWs. Go ahead, knock on Obama’s foot. His hands are full you know. Still, OWWA chief hopes US favors Pinoys. And where else?
Aside from the United States, the OWWA is exploring the Canadian and Australian labor markets as possible destinations of Filipino workers, according to Dimzon.
The Philippines is also considering lifting the ban on sending Filipino workers to Iraq. Vice President Noli de Castro said Sunday that the lifting of the ban would come as soon as the safety of workers in Iraq was guaranteed.
Forget about the fact that recession is everywhere. Now my reaction? Mixed. Mixed laughter! Hahaha!
Better than nothing
But in fairness, it is commendable that OWWA and the Vice-President, for what’s it worth, are doing – trying as hard as they can, to find other places where they would accept Filipino workers. Think about it, even in war-ravaged Iraq. Now, doesn’t that sound desperate to you? Well, to me it is. But you have to give credits where credits is due and OWWA and the Vice President deserves that, no matter how much hatred OWWA gets from a number of OFWs. That’s all that they can do.
Why would America favor the Philippines?
But you see, my problem here is that these are temporary fixes and given the spread of recession, I’m not sure if this would work either. I don’t question the US medical employment needs. But why would America favor the Philippines at this point over other countries plus the fact that you have a really bad US domestic unemployment landscape? Obama’s hands are full and I’m sure, the Philippine unemployment problem is the least of his worry.
No place at home
It seemed to me that this an easy way out from what I perceived as the blame-game looming from a distance. Then again, blaming the world economy is the easiest way. Yet to me, it’s an acceptance that the suddenly unemployed OFW’s have no place in the job market in the Philippines because there is none. The IT field current requirements, while there could be positions available, is not enough to cushion the really bad unemployment impact. Where would you place the unemployed domestic helpers? I wish they could be trained overnight to be an IT programmer. Some could probably work in Call Centers. But that too is not very encouraging.
Saving face?
The national government’s strategy of spending is still far from happening, even though that was meant to fix another crisis. It’s a scramble in job placement. It’s an expected move or a saving face. Let’s get back to basics. Let’s all plant camote. Now, that’s real production to increase GDP.
Not me
Ok, wait. Not me. I’m not saying I’m lazy. The sight of kalabaws truly sends trauma to my eyes. So, you plant it. Besides, Reyna ako, ayokong maputikan. Ano ka?! Hello!
References:
- Jobless can turn to IT, BPO firms
- RP eyes Obama as savior of OFWs; OWWA chief hopes US favors Pinoys
- Hundreds lose jobs daily; ‘This is not normal,’ says labor secretary
- IT and electronics industries in a binary of fuzzy fate
- No money for the Stimulus Plan
- The Bangalore Backlash: Call Centers Return to U.S.
- Unemployed America
- Unemployed Philippines
- Ay! Leche!
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bwaahhhaaa haaa, nabasa ko din ito at kung ako lang si Lastikwoman eh, pipingutin ko sa singit ang nagiisip ng ganito na si Obama ang makakatulong sa Pinas. nanganganib na rin nga yong mga doctor sa Kaiser dahil walang pasyente dahil maraming nawalan nangtrabjo, so walang mga insured,
ang matatakbuhan nila eh Japan dahil gusto daw magtayo ng agriiculture business jan sa Pinas, maniniwala pa ako yan na ang makakatulong sa P{inas, dahil sa Japan kahit sa gitna ng kalzada meron silang rice paddy, sa history kaya gusto ng japan na maconquer ang Tsina eh dahil kailangan nilang palagui9n ang lupain para merong makain ang mga hapon, basahin ang Rape of Nanking.
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
hehehe! ano yon? inisnab na nga ni Obama si Glorietta taz feeling pa nila espesyal sila ki Obama? hahaha! haller! mas maraming problema ang Obama para isipin kung saan isasalpak ang mga walang trabaho sa Pinas ano?
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lcm Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
basta ang alam ko, ang mga Instisk hindi magugutom, pag sinabi ng gobyerno nila na magbungkal sila na lupa kesehodang meron silang Gucci at LV, magbubungkal sila
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lcm Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
kaya ako ang aking Sweet One ay isang Instksi
reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
eh helllo! tigok naman ang abot mo sa kanila oras na inirapan mo ang mga yan hahaha
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meron ding pulutong ng homeless ang japan, hindi sila namamalimos, naggrupo grupo sila at nagtatanim ng veggies nila sa isang lupain na idinonate sa kanila
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
actually, nung binisita ko yong classmate ko in Tokyo, well – nasa suburbs actually sya, nakita ko yan sa bayan nila. ang get this, dun sa bayan, ang main city highway, sa ilalim is parking lot. oh, kaya taka ako’t nakapalinis. andun pala ilalim nakatago lahat nang kotse.
~isip~
~isip~
eh kung gayahin kaya sa pinas?!
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kengkay Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
yan na nga sinasabi ko e- magtanim ay di biro dahil kapag nagbunga ang itinanim, ang sarap ng buhay! daming natitipid. dito sa alemanya daming hobby gardeners, iba level ng mga yan, sikat sila kapag may ani sila. e sa atin, naku, pang masa ang dating kapag nagtatanim.
si kengkoy? mas prefer pa non na magtanim kesa mag white collar job.
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
that’s true hehehe, kahit sa likod nang bahay namen dito hehehe pinag-titinginan kami una nang kapitbahay ba’t meron kaming palayan hahaha! ok hindi naman palay. mga sitaw at kalabasa. hahaha
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kengkay Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
dito sa amin? kinakantiyawan kapag ang hardin e hindi pa naayos o kaya walang tanim. pag chichismisan ka kasi isa kang balasubas na hindi marunong mag alaga ng lupa, hahahaha
e sa atin? naku, lahat sementado!
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
nai-blog mo nga yan di ba? na puro tsismoso mga katabi mo? hahaha tawa ako nang tawa nung entry na yon hahah
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ok Reyna Elena, you are exempted na sa pagtatanim ng kamote, here is a mabantot na tot, bakit ang mga Instisk pinamugaran na nila ang Spratleys na pag-aari ng Pilipinas, dahil meron doong natural resources, kung tayo ang mag-huhukay ng langis doon eh di tayo ang kikita kaso wala wala na walang wala na
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Silver Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Hay naku ang Chinese encroachment sa Spratlys..
OO nga, bakit hindi i-utilize yun…pati nga ata vietnam e nagkakainteres dun…Litsi naman eh!
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Hay naku! Ewan ko kung makakaya nang lecheng tirador ang bomba nila. Pano mo makakalaban ang mga chekwang yan, eh hayan harap harapang pagnanakaw – me magagawa ba tayo? Wala. Eh kasi ba naman, kahit sa gobyerno eh harap-harapang pagnanakaw den naman eh.
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baka gusto naman nilang itry yong maliit na bansa ng leichstentein, instead na iraq or iran, madaming mayaman doon, old money
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
mas malaki ang oil money. kaya nga pati sa Georgia andun sila di ba?
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The problem with brilliant college students facing in our country when they graduated there were no jobs. It took connections even to get work at McDonald’s. So they went back to their parents home again and get married stay with Mom and Pop until they’re force to seek employment in other counteries scrubbing the floor,babysitting naugthy children,prepare dinner and clean the toilet of the “manyakis” master.
Yeeeheey,mayaman na tayo mga anak,nasa saudi na si Mommy n’yo,makakapag Mcdonald na tayo,iyung ibang padala ay ibili ko ng breeding na teksas pansabong.
Tuwang-tuwa ang batugang mister.Gago!! bakit hindi ka magbungkal ng lupa at magtanim ng ampalaya at camote,kesa sabong at tong-its ang atupagin mo?
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
True! That’s very true. Kahit mga pamangkin kong iba, ganun ang mentality. Alam mo bang they did not even studied well, at nung naka-graduate, yong iba umasa pa rin? Kami ngayon tuloy ang sinisisi nang ibang relatives namen. It’s a sorry state. But i realize, di lang pala kami. Not that I am getting comfort from that. Taka lang ako kung nag-iisang mga tanga ang mga pamangkin ko sa mundo.
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Silver Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Knock knock mahal na reyna,
Kung pagdating sa mga engot-cious na relatives, di ka nagiisa..
maramin ding akong ganyan, mapa-tyahin o pinsan..kaya minsan nagiging cause din ng clashes ko with them…
Allergic ako sa mga batugan eh..kasi hindi yun nakakatulong sa pag-asenso..har!
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
hay naku. frustrated to the maxs ako sa mga pangkin namen.
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Na-hurt naman ako dun sa Bangalore link mo. Ttotoo nga naman. Nakaka-insulto siyempre para sa Pinoy pag tinanong ng kustomer “Taga-India ka?” hehehe. Madami talaga nag-cocomplain tungkol sa accent na yan, nag-iinarte ung iba porke di daw nila maintindihan. Palibhasa mga racist. Eh meron naman iba, ndi nila napapansin un. Kadalasan nga nagugulat pag sinabi mong nasa Pinas ka. Kala nila nasa US lang kami.
Meron nga mga Kano na mas preferred makipag-usap sa mga Pinoy. One time tinanong ako “Where are you located?”. Eh hayblad ako: “The Philippines, would you like me to transfer you to an American agent?!?”, and sagot ndi na daw, mas mabait at patient daw kausap mga Pinoy. LOL.
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Ilang beses na rin akong naka-experience nang tawag na pinik-ap nang mga Pinoy. I could tell na Pilipino ang other end of the line, merong certain accent na alam ko. Which most Pinoys would recognize, pero hindi naman kasing dugo nang accent nang mga Indians.
Me ilan nang Pinoys na nakausap ko na halos merkano na talaga ang accent. In fact, talong talo pa ang pronunciation ko noh? But I’d say, marami pa ring Pinoy na kelangang ayusin nila ang English nila. Pramis. Kaso, nadadala sa hiya.
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Nabalitaan ko lately na may Philippine bailout na mangyayari, amounting to 330 billion pesos. And mas lately, ang bailout daw e baka gamitin sa pagbail-out ng mga ailing pre-need companies. COMPLETE BULLSH*T.
Question: Should we need to bail-out companies from the private sector? I dont think so. The pre-need companies should be responsible for the sh*t they are on today. The bailout should be used in providing welfare programs for the poor and assistance to workers who have been laid off. Hindi naman lahat ay may pre-need insurance ah.
Hindi nga makapag-provide ng books, classrooms and pasweldo for the teachers. Tapos mag-babail out ng mga pre-need companies? Arroyo government is giving me a headache!
Ok, that’s it. Im moving away from the Philippines. Gonna go to Siberia to chill my head out. Har!
Here is the link for the bail-out news:
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145922/Solons-want-probe-on-P125-B-SSS-contribution-to-econ-package
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Pik-apin ko ang story na yan at ui-blog ko mamaya. Thanks for the link.
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Silver Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
No biggie mother highness,
Nagpapalamig ako ng ulo dito sa Siberia kasi naiinis ako sa bailout na yan.
Ano yun? gagaya ang la islas filipinas sa estados unidos dyan sa bailout na yan…
RAWR!
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
actually, yan na ata yung na-mention ko dun about the budget na i-i-implement nila eh.
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aray ku! isa kang perfektong ehemplo…..!
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
hehehe! i like honest people. i really do. hahaha!
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UPDATE:
Natutuwa ako oras na me lumabas na article na gaya nga nito na ultimo US Envoy eh nag-sasabing hindi si OBAMA ang susi nang crisis sa mga OFW’s! Hahahaha! Eto po ang sinabi at ang link:
Reacting to this, Kenney said: “We’ll wait and see until Congress is settled in.”
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UPDATE:
At eto naman ang sinabi ni Veronica Uy:
Which essentially to me, para nang sinabi ni Veronica at ni Ambassador Kinney na hindi alam ni Carmelita Dizon ang pinagsasabi nya.
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Silver Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Hehehe…
Sapul na sapul mo si Carmelita Dizon, mahal na reyna.
Para ka ng buminggo!
hehehhe
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reynz Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
hahaha! eh haller! di ba nya alam ang problema namen dito? besides, at bakit espesyal ang Pinas unemployment sa baraha ni Obama? hahaha!
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ang alam ko dito sa Canada nag hihigpit na rin ang immigration sa pag papasok ng mga workers, kasi madami na rin ang mga nag sarang pabrika. madami ng tao ang walang trabaho dito. yung mga nag tago nga nuong nag punta si Pope dito eh pinag hahanap na at idinidiport. marami na ring mamamayan ang idiniport nila dahil inaabuso naman nila kasi ang gobyerno. nag ki-claim sila ng refugee, single mother etc. para makakuha sila ng pera sa gobyerno, ang kaso nauubusan din ng pasensya ano ? kahit siguro anong bait kung abusado naman napupuno rin! at saka ubos na rin ang pera ng banga! hehehe talagang madami na ang umaangal ngayun! yung mga investment sa pagtanda wala na yatang matitira kawawa naman kaming mga kanda kuba na sa pag tatrabaho!
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