YES DEAR FRIENDS,WRITERS AND FOLLOWERS, TODAY I HAVE SEND MY BLOGS TO QUILLAUME202 AND TO WIM-WAANDERS.
MY WIFE IS ASKING ME TO COME FOR DINNER, RICE AND FISH, YOU DO UNDERSTAND ME, SORRY , NEXT TIME AGAIN.
MARAMING SALAMAT.
GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
WORLD BIGGEST FREE TRADE AREA:ASEAN-CHINA FTA
GOOD DAY FRIENDS OF BLOGGER,FOLLOWERS AND WRITERS,
TODAY WE DISCUSS THE NEWEST F.T.A. CREATED BETWEEN ASEAN AND CHINA.
ASEAN IS THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING MY HOMELAND THE PHILIPPINES.
THE SIX FOUNDING FATHERS OF ASEAN ARE:BRUNEI, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND.VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA JOINED ASEAN.
UNDER THE AGREEMENT CHINA AND ASEAN ARE TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT AND TARIFFS ON 90% OF THE PRODUCTS.
NO DOUBT THE PARTICIPANTS SPEAK ABOUT THE BIGGEST FREE TRADE AREA IN THE WORLD.
lIBERALIZING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOODS AND INVESTMENTS COVERING A MARKET OF 1,7 BILLION CONSUMERS!!!!!
THEY SAY WE ARE ABLE TO BE A REAL RIVAL OF OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AREA.(N.A.F.T.A.)( IN TERMS OF VALUE AND SURPASS THOSE MARKETS IN TERMS OF POPULATION.
ANYWAY THE SIGNAL IS VERY CLEAR:THE ASEAN IS OPEN !!!!
IT WILL BOOST THE TRADE IN THE INTRA-REGION.
CHINA IS GETTING STRONGER IN THE WORLD.YESTERDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY SURPASSED GERMANY, BEING NOW THE FIRST EXPORTING COUNTRY!!
CHINA HAS OVERTAKEN USA AND IS NOW THE THIRD TRADING PARTNER OF ASEAN.
IT WILL SOON SURPASS E.U. AND JAPAN TO BE NUMBER ONE.
(SAYS MR.PUSHPANATHAN OF ASEAN).
WE SHOULD HOWEVER NOT FORGET THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS NEED A LONG TIME BEFORE BEING IMPLEMENTED.
AND THE PARLIAMENTS AND THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS HAVE TO APPROVE ALL THESE IDEALS.
WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE E.U. AND IT GOES UP AND DOWN EVERYTIME, GOOD PERIODS AND BAD PERIODS WITH BARRIERS AGAIN.THE PHILIPPINES HAVE TO BE VERY ALERT,YOU CAN GAIN IF YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE, IF NOT YOU CAN LOOSE THE COMPETITION ON THE WORLD MARKETS.
ANY WAY CONGRATULATIONS TRADE PARTNERS,A BIG STEP FORWARD.
GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES.
TODAY WE DISCUSS THE NEWEST F.T.A. CREATED BETWEEN ASEAN AND CHINA.
ASEAN IS THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING MY HOMELAND THE PHILIPPINES.
THE SIX FOUNDING FATHERS OF ASEAN ARE:BRUNEI, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND.VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA JOINED ASEAN.
UNDER THE AGREEMENT CHINA AND ASEAN ARE TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT AND TARIFFS ON 90% OF THE PRODUCTS.
NO DOUBT THE PARTICIPANTS SPEAK ABOUT THE BIGGEST FREE TRADE AREA IN THE WORLD.
lIBERALIZING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOODS AND INVESTMENTS COVERING A MARKET OF 1,7 BILLION CONSUMERS!!!!!
THEY SAY WE ARE ABLE TO BE A REAL RIVAL OF OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AREA.(N.A.F.T.A.)( IN TERMS OF VALUE AND SURPASS THOSE MARKETS IN TERMS OF POPULATION.
ANYWAY THE SIGNAL IS VERY CLEAR:THE ASEAN IS OPEN !!!!
IT WILL BOOST THE TRADE IN THE INTRA-REGION.
CHINA IS GETTING STRONGER IN THE WORLD.YESTERDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY SURPASSED GERMANY, BEING NOW THE FIRST EXPORTING COUNTRY!!
CHINA HAS OVERTAKEN USA AND IS NOW THE THIRD TRADING PARTNER OF ASEAN.
IT WILL SOON SURPASS E.U. AND JAPAN TO BE NUMBER ONE.
(SAYS MR.PUSHPANATHAN OF ASEAN).
WE SHOULD HOWEVER NOT FORGET THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS NEED A LONG TIME BEFORE BEING IMPLEMENTED.
AND THE PARLIAMENTS AND THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS HAVE TO APPROVE ALL THESE IDEALS.
WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE E.U. AND IT GOES UP AND DOWN EVERYTIME, GOOD PERIODS AND BAD PERIODS WITH BARRIERS AGAIN.THE PHILIPPINES HAVE TO BE VERY ALERT,YOU CAN GAIN IF YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE, IF NOT YOU CAN LOOSE THE COMPETITION ON THE WORLD MARKETS.
ANY WAY CONGRATULATIONS TRADE PARTNERS,A BIG STEP FORWARD.
GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
devotees during Black Nazarene icon procession
this year again the barefoot devotees joined the procession of the BLACK NAZARENE going from the Quirino Grandstand to the Quiapo Church, in Maynila=Manila, yesterday .It is expected to be a crowd of more than one million peoples, some say 2 million peoples.
The wooden ,life sized Black Nazarene, carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippines in the early 17th century , is taken out of the QUIAPO CHURCH on January 9 each year, for the largest known religious procession in the predominantly Roman Catholic country..
The day starts with early morning Mass at the Quirino Grandstand directly broadcasted on TV.
many more peoples line the streets to see the icon, dressed in maroon robes and paraded in a wooden carriage, in a festival that has been held in the Spanish enclave (during the occupation of Spain)for more than 200 years.Onlookers threw white towels and handkerchiefs to devotees, also in yellow shirts,on the carriage to wipe the statue in the hope of carrying away some of its healing powers.peoples come from all over the country to try to get healing for their family members who are sick, who have cancer,they hope for a miracle and the Black Nazarene gives them strength .
Others have another reason to come,anyway it gives peace and strength and it feels like a heavy weight has been lifted.
The devotees hold lengths of stout rope,it looks like giant waves.If you watch TV then you get the impression that the peoples are fighting,but it is just emotion and healing.In the Philippines struck by many disasters in 2009, many people turn or turn back to religion after that year of disasters.
Last year was a real disaster with tropical storms, see my blogposts,floods,landslides, maritime disasters,the sunken ferryboats,and they kille4d more than 2,000 people in 2009.Also in that year the Massacre in Mindanao, Maguindanao, with 57 lives claimed.
Finally, the Mayon Volcano spewed ashes forcing the evacuation of thousands in the province of Albay.
We ask God to abstain from disasters in 2010.( the picture shows the cathedral in Manila).
God bless the Philippines.
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