Wishing everyone a happy new year filled with health, happiness and spectacular success! Many business owners think only of succession as an ability to identify his or her successor, however, critical issues about ownership, governance, risk management, best practices related to organizational development, financial management, retirement planning, as well as long term strategy development are often neglected. …
OPINION
To be truly Christ-like
Knowing that as a human person we are patterned after Christ, we should aim at making ourselves more and more like him. This should be our constant daily concern. All our other concerns in this life, no matter how important and urgent they may be, should be subordinated to this primordial one. To be sure, …
They didn’t believe Syjuco was ill until he died
“We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.” –Rep. John Lewis It took the recent death of former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director-General Augusto ‘Buboy’ Syjuco, …
From puto vendor to marine general
As Lieutenant General Emmanuel B. Salamat’s brilliant nearly 39-year military career draws to an end, the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) Commander cannot help but reminisce his humble beginnings. Salamat was the 6th of 13 children of Pablo and Anita Salamat. His father, a former prison guard, rose from the ranks and eventually retired as a …
Traffic apprehensions are not the solution
“No Parking” are words most Bacolod City motorists see. However, have local traffic authorities thought about establishing appropriate and sensible parking spaces? Drivers waste a lot of fuel driving around looking for areas to park and, with the idea of diagonal parking likely not entering the minds of those in charge, authorities likely set up …
Mark Villar, may conflict of interest sa Prime Water?
INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “… Kaya’t sinabi ni Jesus… `mamamatay kayo sa inyong mga kasalanan. Kung hindi kayo maniniwalang ‘Ako’y Ako Nga,’ mamamatay kayo sa inyong mga kasalanan’…” (Juan 8:24, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya). *** MARK VILLAR, MAY CONFLICT OF INTEREST SA PRIME WATER? Sa mga pagbubunyag sa lingguhang “Wednesday Round Table Discussion” noong Miyerkules, …
Coordination sought between city offices
A resolution was approved last week before the Bacolod City Sangguninag Panglunsod seeking a “consultation and coordination” between City Planning Office head Jean Ramos and City Engineer Belly Aguilon with the Bacolod City Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regarding ongoing infrastructure projects across the city. According to the policy, which was penned by …
Taal and superstitious beliefs
“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.” –Voltaire Some anthropologists suggest supernatural beliefs gain strength after natural disasters. In the aftermath of the recent Taal Volcano eruption, Filipinos have attributed it to superstition. Belief in “omens” and “portents,” …
Some indices of personal growth
No matter how imperfect and non-conclusive, it is always helpful that priests, or anybody who has the duty to take care of others, like parents and teachers, avail of some measurements or indices that can show if there is progress and development in the personal life of the those under their care. These indices will …
The priest as mediator
We have to understand well the role of a mediator. He is like a bridge that connects two ends. A perfect mediator is one where he is both in the one end as in the other. He just cannot be in one end but not in the other, though he may orient or dispose himself …