Wednesday, March 3, 2021
What’s Your Goal In Life?
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33
What’s your goal in life? And if you get there, will you really be satisfied? Tough questions, right? But isn’t that what fulfillment in life is all about?
“Success Doesn’t Suck,” was the title of the Rolling Stone Magazine article featuring Kurt Cobain in January of 1994. The American musician, artist and songwriter changed pop music, fashion and art through his band, Nirvana, and his connection with his listeners. He had gone from a quiet, unhappy boy after his parents’ divorce, to massive success and means by the age of 26, when the Rolling Stone writer subtitled his article:”Our man in Nirvana rages on (and on) about stardom, fatherhood, his feud with Pearl Jam, the death of grunge and why he’s never been happier in his life.” Yet three months later, his heroin kit lying beside him on the floor of his home, Cobain had taken his own life with a revolver, leaving behind a one-year old daughter.
If having plenty of money is your goal in life, consider George Vanderbilt III, a millionaire sportsman, philanthropist and playboy. Money, sex, and fame were all his, yet he ended his life leaping from the tenth floor of a hotel. What many seek in life, he had, yet with it all, happiness eluded him.
If accomplishment in life is your goal, then consider the life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the heroes of my youth. When I was in college I thought, “If I could ever write like Hemingway, wow, I’d have it made.” Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for literature. He was famous for his pungent character descriptions in works like A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and The Sea, and For Whom the Bells Toll. Still in my possession is a yellowed newspaper, the front page of the L.A. Times dated July 3, 1961. The headlines read: “GUNSHOT BLAST KILLS HEMINGWAY.” The story reads: “Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize-winning novelist who wrote of violence and death, shot himself fatally in the head Sunday with a 12-gauge shotgun at his home near here.” Obviously, a person can be tremendously talented and yet unfulfilled and miserable.
If fame or beauty is your goal in life, consider Marilyn Monroe. On August 5, 1962 newspapers told how this gifted and beautiful woman overdosed on Nebutol–a drug which stopped her heart. Her psychiatrist finally smashed down the door to find her lifeless body. My hometown newspaper editorialized, “Marilyn Monroe died Sunday proving that even $10,000 a week won’t buy peace of mind.”
I’ve just mentioned some of the most commonly sought goals of people: money, achievement, and fame. There has to be more, something which brings a quality to life beyond these. Long ago, Augustine wrote that there is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person which can be met only through an encounter with the divine.
Friend, what’s your goal in life? If you reach it, without God, there will always be an emptiness which will never completely satisfy. Fame, wealth, and accomplishment are often like a mirage on the desert, and when people finally arrive, they are disappointed only to find that happiness has eluded them.
There is a place in the human heart which only God can fill, and nothing short of a relationship with him will satisfy. Want to know more about it? Pick up a Bible and read John 3 from your New Testament. There you will discover a man who had an encounter with God which changed his life. A relationship with God is all that will ever give lasting meaning. It’s the only real answer to the loneliness of your heart.
Resource reading: John 3
https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/whats-your-goal-in-life/
Lorenzana tells retired soldiers, cops not to rush gov't in release of pension amid pandemic
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday appealed to retired military and police personnel not to rush the government in the release of their pensions as the country continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
A P172.9-billion fund was originally allotted for the Pension and Gratuity Fund (PGF) for retired uniformed personnel under the 2021 General Appropriations Act, but the budget was slashed by P20 billion to boost the country's fund for COVID-19 vaccines, Lorenzana told reporters in a chance interview at the House of Representatives.
"The government is not backing away from its obligation at tulong lang natin sa gobyerno na huwag muna natin silang pilitin na hindi kaya," Lorenzana said.
(The government is not backing away from its obligation and we should just help our government by not forcing them to release it at a time they could not.)
"Kung pwede lang po sana ay maghintay lang tayo ng konting panahon dahil ‘yung pera, kinain ng COVID at marami tayong pagkakagastusan dito. Bibili pa tayo ng vaccines, so baka hindi kayanin," he said.
(I hope we can wait for a while because the fund was used for COVID and other related expenses. We still have to buy vaccines so we might not be able to release it immediately.)
"There’s no harm done" with the delayed release of the 2018 pension differentials to retired military and police personnel, the defense chief said.
"Dinoble naman ang pension ninyo since 2018... So palagay ko, hindi kayo mahihirapan," he said.
(Your pension was doubled since 2018... So I think you will not suffer much.)
"Kung hindi niyo makuha 'yung arrears niyo na 4 months ay maghihirap kayo? Hindi naman siguro, kasi hindi naman tumigil ang pension niyo, hindi naman nababawasan," he said.
(Will you fall into poverty if you can't claim your arrears for 4 months? I don't think so because your pension was neither cancelled nor reduced.)
Sen. Panfilo Lacson, former chief of the Philippine National Police, said the fund for their retirement benefits have always been enough in the past 8 years.
"Sapat at kadalasan ay sobra pa ang pondo para sa mga benepisyo ng ating mga retiradong pulis, sundalo at other uniformed services," Lacson said in a statement.
(Most of the time, the fund for the benefits of our retired policemen, soliders and other uniformed services are enough, if not more than sufficient.)
Between 2014 and 2019, the unspent sum from the uniformed personnel's pension and gratuity fund totaled P110.24 billion, according to data from the senator's office.
The national government has yet to disburse the P116.19 billion and P152.89 billion allocations for 2020 and 2021, respectively, data showed.
Lacson called on retired uniformed personnel to get in touch with his office if they failed to receive their pension benefits.
CBCP: Pope Francis to hold mass celebrating 500th anniversary of Christianity in PH
Pope Francis will lead the Filipino community in Italy in the quincentennial celebration of Christianity in the Philippines.
Quoting Fr. Ricky Gente of the Filipino Chaplaincy in Rome, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said the celebration will be highlighted with a mass to be officiated by Francis at St. Peter's Basilica at 10 a.m. (5 p.m. in Manila) on March 14.
Also joining the mass are Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; and Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the pope's vicar for Rome.
Only a limited number of people, however, will be allowed to attend the mass in person at the basilica due to COVID-19 restrictions.
READ: @pontifex to lead a mass for the 500th anniversay of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, according to a social media post of Sentro Pilipino Rome chaplain priest Fr. Ricky Gente | via @jackiedevega pic.twitter.com/5i5ySL1aWJ
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) March 1, 2021
After the mass, Pope Francis will also lead the traditional recitation of the Angelus prayer at St. Peter's Square.
In an interview on Teleradyo Wednesday, Fr. Greg Gaston, rector of the Pontificio Collegio Filippino, said the mass will most likely be in English, but some Filipino songs may be used during the mass.
In the Philippines, most dioceses will launch the yearlong commemoration on April 4, Easter Sunday.
‘Ang Probinsyano’ ni Coco tatapusin na after 5 years, hanggang April na lang?
MAGWAWAKAS na finally ang “FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano” ni Coco Martin.
Ito ang nakarating sa aming chika. Hanggang next month na lang daw ito sa ere.
Ang show na iyon ni Coco Martin ang pinakamatagal na umereng action teleserye. Lahat ng nakatapat nito sa GMA-7 ay nagsara, walang umubrang soap opera laban dito.
Walang sinabi sa amin na dahilan kung bakit hindi na pahahabain pa ang FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano.
Basta, ang chika sa amin, hanggang next month na lang ang airing nito. Alam na rin daw ng cast members ang pagsasara nito. Naabisuhan na yata sila about this.
More than five years din ang itinagal ng FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano sa ere. It is the most successful show of recent years.
At talagang star-studded ang cast ng show, puro de-kalibre like Susan Roces, Eddie Garcia, Rowell Santiago, Yassi Pressman, Edu Manzano, Maja Salvador, Agot Isidro, Tirso Cruz III, Bela Padilla, Arjo Atayde, Albert Martinez, Jhong Hilario, Sid Lucero, Mark Anthony Fernandez, JC Santos, Jolo Revilla, Ara Mina, Bobby Andrews, Ryza Cenon, Dawn Zulueta, Alice Dixson, Lito Lapid, Jaime Fabregas, Mark Lapid, Michael de Mesa, Lorna Tolentino and Richard Gutierrez.
Kasama rin sa karagdagan sa cast sina Jane de Leon, Vance Larena, Geoff Eigenmann, Bubbles Paraiso, Franco Daza, Drey Brown, Zeppi Borromeo and Jamina Cruz.
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Gusto ko ibalik na yung Hoy Gising!, Balitang K at tsaka PULSO segment dun sa TV Patrol.
Pero TEST BROADCAST pa lang iyan sa ABRIL 1 hanggang HUNYO 29, 2022, ang LAUNCHING ay sa HUNYO 30, 2022, alas-3:30 ng umaga.
The channel's audio format is Mono (analog, digital SD), Stereo (digital SD) and Stereo/surround sound (HD) while the video format is NTSC SDTV (480i 16:9) and HDTV (1080i 16:9)
MGDC gets clearance to proceed on Manila Bay reclamation project
Manila Goldcoast Development Corporation (MGDC) said the issuance of a Notice to Proceed (NTM) by the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) as well as a Notice to Commence Actual Reclamation Works (NTCARW) has cleared the way for its 148-hectare Manila Bay reclamation project.
In a statement, the company said that the NTM and NTCARW were issued last February 22 by the PRA, through PRA Governing Board Resolution No. 5265 series of 2021, to the consortium of the MGDC and the City of Manila to build the Manila Solar City project at the reclaimed area. PRA’s issuance of NTM and NTCARW followed the “no objection” clearance from the Office of the President, the company said.
The PRA, in the resolution, said it issued the NTM and the NTCARW pursuant to the issuance of a clearance by no less than Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Jr., to the Manila Bay reclamation project.
PRA had received a memorandum from Executive Secretary Medialdea last February 18 where the official assured that the OP has no objection to the start of the project.
“This refers to your Memorandum dated 07 December 2020, requesting authority from the Offie of the President to issue the Notice to Mobilize (NTM) and the Notice to Commence Actual Reclamation Works (NTCARW) for the Manila Solar City Project, as well as the confirmation of the PRA Board Resolution relative thereto,” Medialdea said in the Feb. 18, 2021 memorandum.
“Pursuant to Executive Order Nos. 543 (s. 2006) and 74 (s.2019), considering the Memorandum of this Office dated 01 February 2019 granting clearance to proceed with the Solar City Project, and upon the representations of the PRA on the completion of the documentary requirements and concurrences of the relevant government agencies, please be informed that this Office interposes NO OBJECTION in the grant of the NTM and NTCARW for the Manila Solar City Project, subject to compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations,” Medialdea said.
“The PRA’s request for NTMs and NTCARWs relative to the Horizon Manila Reclamation Project and Manila Waterfront Reclamation shall be acted upon separately,” Medialdea noted.
The MGDC is part of the Solar Group of the Tieng family that is into entertainment, satellite communications, logistics, distribution and property landbanking and development.
The Solar City Manila project had been proposed way back more than 30 years ago as the Manila Goldcoast Reclamation Project (MGRP), which secured in 1991 a greenlight from the then Public Estates Authority (PEA), predecessor of the PRA, to pursue the project as the Manila-Cavite Coastal Road Reclamation-North Sector Reclamation Project (MCCRR-North Sector Reclamation).
On March 31, 2011, the PRA Board affirmed the “previous award of the MCCRR-North Sector Reclamation Project to Manila Goldcoast Development Corp.”
https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/03/mgdc-gets-clearance-to-proceed-on-manila-bay-reclamation-project/
Probinsyano, papalitan ng batang quiapo?!
Finally, pala ay tatapusin na diumano ang Ang Probinsyano ni Coco Martin.
Few more weeks pa raw, then babu na ito.
Pero hindi raw totally mawawala si Coco dahil another FPJ project ang ipapalit dito, ang Batang Quiapo, isang action-comedy film ni Da King Fernando Poe Jr. with Maricel Soriano sa Regal Films noong 1986.
Seven years na ang nasabing serye na pinagbibidahan ni Coco at siguro nga ay it’s about time na mamahinga na ang character niyang Ricardo Dalisay.
Finally kaya ay mapapanood sa Batang Quiapo si Julia Montes?
Anyway, puno man ng paghihinagpis ang puso, nakatakdang bumalik sa pakikipagbakbakan si Cardo (Coco) upang iligtas ang mga kaibigang nagdurusa sa kamay ng mortal na kaaway niyang si Lily (Lorna Tolentino) sa Ang Probinsyano na isa rin diumano sa pinaka-malakas na programa ng ABS-CBN sa YouTube.
Nabigo ang buong Task Force Agila sa pagsagip kina Diana (Angel Aquino) at Teddy (Joel Torre) mula sa pagpapahirap nina Lily at Arturo (Tirso Cruz III), kaya naman kailangan nila ng isa pang mas malaking alas para makuha sila nang buhay.
Dahil dito, magdedesisyon si Cardo na gamiting pain si Clarisse (Rhen Escano), ang anak ni Arturo, habang hinahanda nilang makipaglaban sa batalyon ng mga tauhan ni Lily.
the comeback: Lupang Hinirang music video (1998 Centennial version)
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| ABS-CBN President and CEO Carlo Katigbak was in the newsroom during the final national anthem aired before ABS-CBN went off air. |
