Bills refiled on shares of LGUs, disaster preparedness, splitting MAFAR

pride and hire someone else to do it. If you are weak in accounting, hire a good accountant to help you run your business.

3 Ways to Hone Your Hustle and Achieve

3 to Hone Your Hustle and Achieve Success

(1) Make Each Minute Count

Needless to say, starting a business will require a lot of hard work on your part. Wasting time would be wasting opportunities. The author says, literally every single minute should count. “It’s squeezing every last bit of juice out of your day. It’s putting all your effort into achieving the goal at hand. It’s making every minute count. Every. Single. Minute.”

(2) Learn to love it all (the successes AND the challenges)

The author says, “I love the HR (human resource) nightmares of a 500-plus organization, the headaches, the grind, the calls with an upset customer, all of it. It’s easy to stay motivated when you know your day is filled with things that are getting you closer to your goals.” To have this mindset of getting excited with challenges might not be easy at the start because we humans have this natural inclination to frown on difficulties and seek the path of least resistance. The author’s advice is to look at those challenges as stepping stones to your success, that the more challenges you overcome, the closer you are to your goal.

(3) Use Gratitude to Fuel your Hustle

He says, “I’m grateful every single day. I feel so lucky to have been born in the mid1970s, during such a special moment in Soviet history, instead of the mid-nineteenth century or the 1940s, and to have been given the opportunity to come to this country. I’m grateful for my parents, my wife, and my kids. I made this bed; how can I complain? Gratitude is amazing fuel.” Gary and his parents are migrants to the United States from Belarus that used to be under Russian Communist rule. He’s just grateful to have escaped a totalitarian government and is making use of his found freedom to be successful in life. (ECC)

Never lose hope

by Fr. Roy Cimagala (Cebu City)

EVEN IF we feel we already are a hopeless case because we have been abusing the goodness and mercy of God countless times, we should never lose hope. God is always ready to forgive and forgive, ready to help us in any way we need. We should banish the fear that there can come a time when God would finally say, “That’s enough!” It’s rather us who tend to say enough, because of our lack of faith and hope.

The mercy and compassion of God is endless. He may be mad at us for a while, and give us some punishment, but we can be sure that if we abide by our Christian faith, we know that his anger will only be for a moment, while his mercy is forever.

And any temporal punishment he gives us will always be for our own good, our own purification and strengthening. It may help us to do some restitution, but it’s never a pure act of revenge. We are reminded of this aspect of our Christian faith in that gospel episode where Christ freed a man who was possessed by a legion of evil spirits. (cfr. Mk 5,1-20) Despite his seemingly hopeless case, Christ helped and cured him.

This reminder about this virtue of hope is crucial these days since we cannot deny that many people today, especially the young ones, appear to be helplessly trapped in some addiction. Yes, the many intoxicating conveniences and advantages that our modern sciences and powerful technologies are offering are spoiling many of us, since we fail to use and enjoy them with God as the motive and goal. Instead, it is self-indulgence that is always reinforced.

There is always hope because God is always a father who cares for all his children, both the

COTABATO CITY – Three measures on detailing shares of local government units in taxes collected, strengthening disaster preparedness, and splitting the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform has been refiled and introduced in the first reading by Member of Parliament Engr. Baintan Ampatuan.

The Bangsamoro Organic Law states that the Parliament should pass legislation outlining the shares of constituent local government units in the 75% share of national taxes, fees, and charges collected in the Bangsamoro territorial jurisdiction.

In filing BTA Bill No. 97, MP Ampatuan said that it is crucial to improve the governance capacities of the constituent local government units of the Bangsamoro government. It is also stated in the BOL that the national government’s taxes, fees, and charges collected in the Bangsamoro region, other than tariffs and customs duties, are divided as follows: 25% to the national government and 75% to the Bangsamoro government, inclusive of the shares of the constituent local government units.

According to the proposed bill, the Bangsamoro government will receive 30% of the 75% share, while the remaining 20% will go to the provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays. The BARMM is composed of five provinces, three cities, 116 municipalities, and 2,590 barangays, including the 37 barangays in Cotabato City and the 63 barangays in North Cotabato. Once approved, the Ministry of Finance, Budget, good ones and the not so good ones. In fact, he gives some preferential attention to those in some difficulty, whether materially or spiritually and morally.

We need to avoid being swallowed up by the horror of our predicaments, difficulties and sins. We should not stop at lamenting and complaining. We have to remember what St. Paul once said: “Where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly.” (Rom 5,20) And more, from the Book of Ezekiel: “Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?” (18,23)

We have to reassure ourselves, based on what Christ has promised and has actually done for us, that there can be no crisis that is too big for the grace of God to handle. We have to remember that nothing happens in this life without at least the knowledge and tolerance of God. And if God allows some really bad things to happen, it is because a greater good can always be derived from them.

We just have to put ourselves in God’s side to tackle whatever crisis plagues us. That is the real challenge we have to face. And just like what Christ did and continues to do to redeem us, we have to follow the formula he once spelled out: deny ourselves, carry the cross and then follow him. (cfr. Mt 16,24)

If we are willing to do that, then we can even gain a lot more than what we appear to lose and to suffer. In other words, we can say that the bigger, the more serious the problem, the bigger, plentier and stronger also the grace God will give us. So, let us just be game and do our part of the bargain. There’s always hope for us! (FRC) and Management will promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for a simplified disbursement scheme designed for the speedy and effective enforcement of the measure.

Meanwhile, Parliament Bill No. 98 aims to strengthen disaster preparedness and the response of the Bangsamoro government. It seeks to develop a standard design for evacuation centers in BARMM based on the Philippine building code and set plans and policies for the construction, operation, and maintenance of these centers.

Ampatuan emphasized the need for clean water as well as facilities for women and nursing mothers, the elderly, and those with special needs. “The least the government can do for them and their dignity is to provide clean, safe, and spacious places to stay temporarily,” she said.

The proposed measure will help establish standard staffing and capacity-building efforts to ensure the buildings’ operation and maintenance. This will enable the local government units to have a designated center for prepositioning, stocking, repacking, and piling relief goods. At least 100 to 200 IDPs can be housed at the evacuation center, with the usual precautions taken against the spread of disease. Evacuation facilities will be directly supervised by the Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) and run by municipal or city social welfare personnel.

Other measure is the Parliament Bill No. 102, which seeks to separate the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and

Opinion

by Mayor Beng

BONG SENT me the Gospel text to start the day in prayer. Despite the many readings of the beatitudes, even exam texts in Fr. Yatco’s class, it is only now that this bears meaning.

In our CLC Kumustahan: How our heart was doing, I shared. I feel like a heavy metal sheet pressing on my chest, my heart split into two by a sword broken and bleeding. It is agonizing at times as i walk in public and even be in familiar places i have been with my husband TP.

I have lost loved ones and have grieved before. Here I am again mourning the loss of my support, my security my strength. Simple things as seeing his toothbrush, pillow which will no longer be used. In mass today was an Empty Seat beside me. I will miss his firm hands that will clasp mine as we walk, as we sleep and as we pray the Our Father in Mass.

The food is not satisfying, I have no interest in TV and things I use to enjoy. The drive is gone, something and someone is missing. I spend time reading Joyce Rupp’s “Praying our

Agrarian Reform into three agencies, namely the Bangsamoro-Ministry of Agriculture (B-MOA), the Bangsamoro-Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (B-MFAR), and the Bangsamoro Agrarian Reform Office (BARO).

Ampatuan believes that the agriculture and fishery industries, as well as agrarian reform, must be prioritized and given independent agencies to focus on their development. “Farmers and fisherfolk serve and provide for this country. They are the very foundation of the industries that we enjoy today. They should be given enough opportunities to improve their lives,” she said.

The Bangsamoro Ministry of Agriculture and its attached agencies and bureaus shall promote sustainable growth and development in agriculture and equitable land distribution, optimum economic benefits, and tenurial security for the use of the landless farmers in the region. The developing, improving, managing, and conserving of the autonomous region’s fisheries and aquatic resources shall be supervised by the Bangsamoro Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

While the Bangsamoro Agrarian Reform Office shall be mandated to lead in the regional implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) through Land Tenure Improvement (LTI), agrarian justice, and coordinated delivery of essential support services. (LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)

Goodbyes!”

Chito Sobrepeña, handed me the book before the funeral. As I spend time in solitude back home, I ask God to whisper His consolation in the events that transpire. The novena Mass in Our Lady Purification is a welcome to bring me back home. I am greeted by parishioners and feel their warmth comfort me.

The Gospel Homily of Fr. Joel Malcampo speak of NEW GROWTH and CROSSING-OVER. As i bid goodbye to my beloved TP, I cherish all the 14 years of marriage and the 6 years of friendship. I count my blessings, embrace the pain, learn from my mistakes, forgive, and cherish the fond memories with joy in my heart.

“Audrey in Mrs. Pilar Castillo’s Eulogy said: “Grief is the prize of Love!” I thank God for the love given to me and TP and all the blessings that came with it. In our Trials, TP always taught us: “MAHAL TAYO”! For TP - Jesus calls him: “Rejoice and be glad; your reward will be great in heaven!” (MBC)