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PBBM, suportado ang pagkakaloob ng nomad visas para palakasin ang turismo ng Pinas
IPINAG-UTOS ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ang masusing pag-aaral para sa posibleng pagkakaloob ng “nomad” visas para makahikayat ng long-stay tourists sa Pilipinas at makatulong na mapalakas ang sektor ng turismo.
Ang pahayag na ito ng Pangulo ay matapos na makipagpulong sa Private Sector Advisory Council for Tourism (PSAC-Tourism) sa Palasyo ng Malakanyang, araw ng Miyerkules, Hulyo 3.
Sa nasabing pagpupulong, tinukoy ni PSAC-Tourism member LT Group president at CEO Lucio Tan III ang pangangailangan para sa Pilipinas na sumunod sa Southeast Asian neighbors at magpalabas ng nomad visas o kahalintulad na remote work visas para makahikayat ng long-term foreign visitors, partikular na ang mga freelancers.
Pinapayagan ng Nomad visas ang mga indibiduwal na tumira at magtrabaho sa labas ng kanilang ‘home country’ habang nagtatrabaho doon.
“We need to issue nomad visas quickly to attract long-stay tourists. Other countries like Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia are already benefiting from this approach,” ayon kay Tan.
Inirekomenda ng PSAC-Tourism na magpalabas si Pangulong Marcos ng isang Executive Order (EO) para agad na ipatupad ang nomad visas ng walang tax incentives, na maaari namang idagdag sa oras na maipasa na ang batas.
Bilang tugon, nagpahayag naman ng kanyang pagsuporta si Pangulong Marcos sa naturang interim solution at inatasan ang Office of the Executive Secretary na agad na mag- draft ng EO at pumili ng pilot country para sa inisyatiba.
Ang Ilan sa Asian countries na nagkakaloob na ng digital nomad visas o kahalintulad na remote work visas para sa kwalipikadong Filipino ay ang:
Malaysia (tatlo hanggang 12 buwan, renewable para sa karagdagang taon)
South Korea (isang taon)
Taiwan (pinapayagan naman ang Gold Card ang digital nomads na pumasok at lumabas ng Taiwan para sa isa hanggang tatlong taon)
Thailand (limang taon na may 180-day stay period)
United Arab Emirates (isang taon)
Samantala, tinukoy naman ni Pangulong Marcos ang papel ng pribadong sektor para palakasin ang sektor ng turismo ng Pilipinas lalo na sa pamamagitan ng pabilisin ang industry-specific training programs ng mga indibiduwal na may kasanayan para sa agarang trabaho sa tourism-related jobs.
Sa naturang pulong pa rin, tinukoy ni Filinvest Development Corporation President at CEO Joji Gotianun Yap ang pangangailangan na magtatag ng malaking bilang ng tourism workers na may Technical Education And Skills Development Authority (TESDA) certifications.
“Eighty percent of our tourism workforce holds TESDA certifications. We should build on this by further increasing these certifications, with the private sector identifying the specific skills required,” ayon pa rin kay Yap.
Para naman kay Pangulong Marcos, binigyang -diin nito ang papel ng industriya sa paghubog sa mga pagsisikap sa pagsasanay.
“The private sector should guide us on the exact skills needed,” ang sinabi pa rin ni Yap.
Dinetalye naman ni Chairman Popoy de Vera ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED) ang strategic approach sa turismo at hospitality education.
“We have numerous institutions offering four-year degrees in Tourism and Hospitality Management. By allowing top schools to run these programs, we ensure quality and meet current needs,” ayon kay de Vera.
“TESDA certifications can now be credited towards these degrees, providing students with a flexible pathway,” ang sinabi pa ni De Vera.
Sa kabilang dako, binigyang-diin naman ni Pangulong Marcos ang kahalagahan ng short-term courses, sabay sabing ito’y “enable people to get jobs quickly.”
“Well-trained individuals are rapidly employed,” aniya pa rin.
Samantala, kumpiyansa naman ang PSAC-Tourism na ang mga nabanggit na inisyatiba ang magpo-posisyon sa Pilipinas bilang “prime destination for tourists, enhance the quality of its tourism workforce, at drive economic growth.” (Daris Jose)
Gatchalian, Tiangco brother, Sandoval nagpasalamat sa pagbisita at tulong ni PBBM
Pinas sa China: P60 milyong sinira sa Ayungin incident bayaran n’yo
SINABIHAN ng Tsina ang Pilipinas na “face the consequences of its own actions” matapos humirit ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na pagbayarin ng P60 milyon ang Chinese government para sa danyos na dinulot ng China Coast Guard (CCG) sa barko ng Pilipinas noong Hunyo 17.
Para kay Mao Ning, spokesperson para sa China’s Foreign Ministry na ang aksyon ng Tsina laban sa Pilipinas ay makatuwiran dahil ipinagtatanggol lamang nito ang sinasabing kanilang soberanya sa katubigan.
“The Philippine vessels were carrying out an illegal resupply mission which violated China’s territorial waters and staging a provocation when stopped by China Coast Guard, who acted lawfully and rightfully to defend China’s sovereignty,” ayon kay Mao.
Sa ulat, noong Hunyo 17 ay nagkaroon ng banggaan ang Philippine Navy at CCG matapos harangin ng huli ang resupply mission ng puwersa ng pamahalaan sa BRP Sierra Madre sa Ayungin Shoal.
Sinira ng CCG ang dalawang motorboats gayundin ang mga personal na gamit ng ilang Navy officers bukod pa sa pagkuha ng baril ng mga ito.
Pinapasoli rin ng AFP ang pitong baril na kinumpiska ng CCG.
Ayon kay Brawner, dapat lang pagbayarin ang China sa danyos at abala na kanilang ginawa sa mga Navy officers.
Subalit, muling sinabi ni Mao na ang Philippine troops na nagsasagawa ng resupply mission sa grounded BRP Sierra Madre sa Ayungin shoal ang nagpilit na pumasok sa katubigan ng Tsina, ang claim nito na matagal nang pinawawalang-bisa ng international law at 2016 Arbitral Award.
“China Coast Guard responded with law enforcement measures that are fully legitimate, justified and lawful,” ayon kay Mao.
“We urge the Philippines to stop the infringement activities and provocations, and return to the right track of properly handling differences through dialogue and consultation,” diing pahayag nito. (Daris Jose)
Angara, nangako na aayusin ang sahod, work conditions ng mga guro
SINABI ni incoming Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara na kabilang sa kanyang prayoridad ay ang ayusin ang benepisyo ng mga guro at nangakong itutulak na bigyan ng umento ng sahod ng mga ito.
Tututukan din ni Angara na gawing simple ang curriculum at ayusin ang kalidad ng teaching at working conditions ng mga guro.
“I’m confident that under the Marcos administration, there will be an increase in our teachers’ salaries … I’m just not sure if [it will be] this year or next year, but there will be an increase,” ang sinabi ni Angara.
Matatandaang, noong buwan ng Pebrero, pormal nang inihain ng mga kinatawan ng progresibong Makabayan bloc ang panukalang itaas ang minimum na sweldo ng mga pampublikong guro patungo sa P50,000.
Ito ang ibinalita ng ACT Teachers party-list ngayong Martes sa paghahain ng House Bill 9920, o “Increasing the Minimum Salaries of Public School Teachers to P50,000 and Appropriating Funds Therefor.”
“Layunin ng panukalang batas na ito na taasan ang minimum wage ng mga guro, na matagal nang napag-iwanan at hindi na nakasasapat,” wika ng ACT Teachers party-list sa isang paskil sa X (dating Twitter).
Maliban sa ACT Teachers party-list, kabilang sa mga naghain ng panukala ang mga kinatawan ng Kabataan party-list at Gabriela Women’s Party.
Samantala, sinabi ni Angara na masusi niyang pag-aaralan ang panukala sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa ibang ahensiya gaya ng Department of Finance at Department of Budget and Management.
“We are one hundred percent in support of all these increases for teachers because we know that the quality of education is affected when the teachers are really inspired. And we also get to attract the best and the brightest,” ayon pa rin kay Angara.
Winika ni Angara na itinutulak niya ang umento sa sahod ng mga empleyado ng gobyerno lalo na “when I was part of the Senate committee on finance.” (Daris Jose)
Catch the Musical Magic of “Despicable Me 4,” featuring new songs by Pharrell Williams and scores by Heitor Pereira
Whether it’s a catchy upbeat tune like “Happy” or a positively mellow song like “Just A Cloud Away,” the “Despicable Me” franchise has produced some of the most beloved music for animated films.
The musical themes for the different characters are just as memorable because, in the world of “Despicable Me 4,” the music plays a vital role in interweaving the narrative with equal parts mischief and heart.
Grammy Award-winning composer Heitor Pereira, the creative force behind the “Despicable Me” films’ iconic musical scores, adopts a character-centric approach to his compositions. “Believe it or not, I wait until every new character sings their melodies to me,” Pereira says. “I hear their music through the tones of their voices, the rhythm of their dialogue, their extreme personalities, and how they interact with all the other characters in the story. When you write for one character, you have to think about all the others – it is how this melody can coexist and interact with the melodies of everybody else. Animation can be very intricate. My job is still to make it sound like the music was born along with it!”
Pereira’s collaboration with Grammy Award-winner and Oscar® nominee Pharrell Williams has been instrumental in shaping the musical identity of the franchise. Williams’s original songs, including “Despicable Me,” “Happy,” and “Just A Cloud Away,” among many others, have become emblematic of the “Despicable Me” brand.
“In the first movie, we worked very closely together,” Pereira recalls. “Hans Zimmer introduced me to him and asked me if I would do an arrangement of the girls’ theme. I put my heart into it, showed it to them the next morning, and I got a gig and a new musical friend! He came to my studio many, many times, and we had a lot of fun. Since then, he writes his great songs, and I write the score. Even though I write the new themes for the new characters, Pharrell’s original themes are still there – as I pointed out, the girls’ theme, or Gru’s theme, which we ended up collaborating on, and I wrote the Minions’ theme. But, like him, I come from pop music, so my love for songs never goes away. I just see the score as a massive song! In doing that, Pharrell is ever-present.”
“Despicable Me 4” will feature a new original song from Williams, which reflects the double life that Gru leads in the film. “Gru is trying to live in peace in American suburbia, yet has to uproot his family to go on the run from his new enemies,” Williams says. “His family starts to catch on despite his efforts to hide the danger. The song is about struggling with keeping his identity as a secret agent despite wanting to be honest with his family.”
Williams’s partnership with Illumination and Pereira has enriched the “Despicable Me” franchise’s musical landscape. “Our goal is to connect with humans, building on themes and situations that resonate with most people,” Williams says. “We try to do it vividly and harmoniously. I remain a student and learn so much from Heitor every time we collaborate. He is a genius composer, a creatively articulate guitar player, a shining Brazilian talent.”
In “Despicable Me 4,” Gru’s (Steve Carell) life is turned upside down with the arrival of his and Lucy’s (Kristen Wiig) new baby, expanding his role to a father of four and a dedicated AVL agent. While on a mission with the fan-favorite minions, Gru comes face to face with the villain Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Sofia Vergara), and the family is forced to go on the run.
Packed with non-stop action and filled with Illumination’s signature subversive humor, “Despicable Me 4” is now showing in cinemas nationwide. #DespicableMe4PH
(ROHN ROMULO)
Bebot na nasa top 10 most wanted person ng Navotas, nalambat
ISANG babae na nakatala bilang top 10 most wanted person ang nalambat ng pulisya sa isinagawang manhunt operation sa Navotas City, kamakalawa ng hapon.
Kinilala ni Navotas police chief P/Col. Mario Cortes ang naarestong akusado na si alyas Ali, 24, at residente ng lungsod.
Ayon kay Col. Cortes, nakatanggap sila ng impormasyon hinggil sa kinaroroonan ng akusado kaya agad siyang bumuo ng team para sa isilbi ang warrant of arrest laban kay ‘Ali’.
Kasama ang mga operatiba ng Warrant and Subpoena Section, agad ikinasa nina Col. Cortes ang manhunt operation na nagresulta sa pagkakaaresto sa akusado dakong alas-4:30 ng hapon sa Leongson Street Corner Cabrera Street Barangay San Roque.
Ani Col. Cortes, inaresto nila ang akusado sa bisa ng warrant of arrest na inisyu ni Presiding Judge Ronald Q. Torrijos ng Regional Trial Court Branch 288, Navotas City na may petsang June 27, 2024, para sa paglabag sa Section 11, Article of R.A. 9165. (Richard Mesa)
Maraming natutulungan dahil sa tinayong comedy bar: VICE GANDA, pinasasalamatan ng mga komedyante tulad nina Petite at Divine Tetay
SINGLE si Jean Garcia at kuntento na raw siya na wala siyang inaalagaan at walang problema pagdating sa topic ng pag-ibig.
Mas importante raw sa aktres ang kanyang pagmamahal sa mga anak, sa dalawang apo at sa kanyang sarili.
“Hindi ko alam kung nakasanayan na lang or siguro mas tinanggap ko na lang. Kasi ayoko na ulit masaktan. Saka hindi na ako ‘yung sa hindi ako ready or I’ll find the right person.“Kung darating, darating. Pero kung hindi, it’s okay. I’m a better person, mas strong, mas mahal ang sarili,” sey ni Jean na tumatanggap ng maraming papuri sa role niya as Aurora Palacios sa ‘Widows’ War’ ng GMA Prime.
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KABILANG ang mga komedyanteng sina Petite at Divine Tetay sa nagpapasalamat kay Vice Ganda dahil binalik nito muli ang saya ng comedy bar.
Noong magkaroon ng pandemic, nagsara ang mga comedy bars at nawalan ng kabuhayan ang maraming beki.
“Nagpapasalamat kami kasi parang bumabalik na siya ulit. Kasi nawalan po kami ng tahanan, Punchline and Laffline closed so until ‘yun nga pandemic happened. Now nagkakaroon na kami ng napupuwestuhan namin sa bagong bahay ng komedya ang Vice Comedy Club,” sey ni Tetay
Ang Vice Comedy Club na pagma-may-ari ni Vice Ganda ay magbibigay ng trabaho sa maraming beki na nahasa sa pag-host at pag-perform sa comedy bars gaya ni MC, isa sa tatlong Beks Battalion member at isa sa “It’s Showtime” co-host.
Sey ni Petite: “Kapag kasama ka niya, hindi puwedeng hindi ka mag-moment. Okay lang si MC na hindi mag-moment, basta ‘yong kasama niya mag-moment.”
Kasama rin sa listahan nina Tetay at Petite sa kanilang mga idolo ay sina Negi at Donita Nose.
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TULOY na ang reunion movie nila Lindsay Lohan at Jamie Lee Curtis. Ito ay ang sequel sa kanilang 2003 comedy na ‘Freaky Friday.’
Pinost ng Walt Disney Studios via IG ang photo ni Logan at Curtis sa labas ng trailer na may caption na: “The Colemans are back and coming to theaters in 2025! The sequel to Freaky Friday is now in production!”
Nag-gross ng $160 million ang Freaky Friday 21 years ago. Babalik din sa sequel ang original cast na sina Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky and Rosalind Chao.
Nagkaroon ng successful comeback si Lohan via Netflix’s romantic comedies Falling For Christmas and Irish Wish. Nagwagi naman ng Oscar award si Jamie for Everything, Everywhere All At Once in 2023.
(RUEL J. MENDOZA)
Trillanes, nagsampa ng plunder complaint laban kay Ex-PRRD at Sen. Bong Go
TULUYAN nang naghain ng reklamong plunder si dating Senator Antonio Trillanes IV sa DOJ laban kay dating President Rodrigo Duterte at Senator Bong Go kaninang hapon.
Ang reklamong ito ay may kinalaman sa mga proyekto ng nakalipas na administrasyon.
“All the elements of plunder are clearly present in this case. Mr. Bong Go, in conspiracy with Mr. Duterte, used his position, authority and influence to corner billions worth of government projects in favor of his father and brother, thus unduly enriching himself and the members of his immediate family. The evidence presented in the complaint is compelling and warrants a plunder charge.” –Ex-Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV
Kung maaalala, aabot sa P6.6 billion pesos na halaga ng government projects ang ini-award sa tatay at kapatid ni Bong Go sa ilalim ng administrasyong Duterte.
Punto nang senador, lahat ng elemento ng plunder ay makikita sa kasong ito.
Sa ngayon, wala pang komento ang kampo ng dating pangulo at kampo ni Sen. Bong Go.