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Posted on 20 July 2019 No comments

Nanguna ang “Banana Q business plan” sa anim na grupong nagbalangkas ng plano.

Ni George Manalansan

Bilang bahagi ng kanilang patuloy na pagsasagawa ng libreng pagsasanay para sa mga migranteng Pilipino ay nagdaos ang Card Hong Kong Foundation ng isang entrepreneurship seminar noong ika-7 ng Hulyo sa Bayanihan Centre sa Kennedy Town.

Ito’y tugon sa kahilingan ng mga nagtapos ng financial literacy workshop ng Card, at nagbababalak magnegosyo, o kaya ay mayroon nang negosyo nguni’t gusto pang madagdagan ang kanilang kaalaman.

Ayon sa isang organisasyon ng mga mga negosyante sa buong mundo, walo sa bawat 10 na sumasabak sa negosyo ang nabibigo sa unang mga taon ng operasyon, at isa lang ang nagtatagumpay sa paglipas ng limang taon. Ang tanong na bakit ito nangyayari ang binigyang tugon ng mga trainor ng Card.

Isa sa mga trainor ang tumalakay ng mga kailangang gawin at tugunan, mula sa paggawa, hanggang matapos ang isang produkto.

Pati ang paraan ng pagpapalawak ng negosyo ay tinalakay, gaya nang kung babuyan ang negosyo mo, maaring ikaw na rin mismo ang gumawa ng by products katulad ng tocino at longganisa. O kaya ay pabaligtad naman. Kung ang negosyo mo ay ang paggawa ng longanisa at tocino, maaring ikaw na rin ang magtayo ng iyong sariling babuyan para mapanatili ang kalidad ng produkto mo, at masiguro na may lagi kang suplay ng gagamitin para ditto.

Turo ng isa pang trainor, dapat ay malinaw ang layunin ng pagnenegosyo. Bagamat pang sarili at pang pamilya ang negosyo may benepisyo din ito sa komunidad, gaya ng pagbibigay trabaho sa mga manggagawa.

Aniya pa, dapat ay taglay ng isang magnenegosyo ang mga kaukulang katangian, katulad ng sapat na kaalaman, determinasyon, positibong pananaw, at ang pagkakaroon ng magandang sistema o pamamalakad. Importante ang mga ito para magkaroon ng mataas na kalidad ng serbisyo at produkto.

Ang mga sumali sa Card Hong Kong Foundation Entrepreneurship workshop. at kanilang mga trainor.

Ang sumunod na tinalakay ay ang paggawa ng business plan na ayon sa sangkap na inilahad ng tagapagturo. Mula sa 69 na OFW na lumahok, anim na grupo ang nabuo. Bawat isa ay binigyan ng pagkakataon na gumawa ng plano para sa negosyo, at pagkatapos ay magpaliwanag sa harap ng ibang kasapi kung tama ang kanilang ginawa.

Sa isinagawang patimpalak sa mga grupong sumali, lumabas na panalo ang grupo na “ Banana Q” brand dahil maràmi ang tama sa isinulat ng mga kasapi, bukod pa sa pagiging maka masa nito. Ayon sa mga hurado palatandaan ito na ang planong negosyo ay papatok at kikita.

Isa sa mga dumalo si Arlene Ayson na nagsabi na ang pananaw niya sa pera ay nabago ng finlit seminar na nauna niyang daluhan. “Hiwalay na agad ang para sa ipon bago gumastos”, payo niya Mula dito ay naisip niyang sumali sa talakayan tungkol sa pagnenegosyo dahil wala daw siyang ideya tungkol dito.

Si Anabelle Reputaso naman ay may mini grocery na daw at ang ina niya ang nangangasiwa dito. “Dumalo ako ngayon para malaman kung paano ma expand ang negosyo ko” ani Reputaso.

Malungkot na ibinahagi naman ni Virgie Argel na nawala ang lahat ng ipinasok niya sa CAP educational plan nang bigla itong nagsara. Mula noon ay takot na daw siyang mag invest.

Ang isang natutunan daw niya sa Card ay dapat na aksyunan ang mga ninanais na makamit.

Naranasan naman ni Juliet Bustillos ang magkaroon ng patong patong na utang dala ng pangangailangan, pero ngayon ay malinaw na sa kanya kung paano niya pagkakasyahin ang kanyang suweldo. Todo iwas sa utang na din siya.

Karamihan sa dumalo ay iisa ang mithiin, ang maging boss sa sariling negosyo kapag sila ay bumalik na sa Pilipinas.

Para sa susunod na libreng skills training, financial literacy workshop at entrepreneurship seminar, hanapin lang ang Facebook page ng Card Hong Kong Foundation.

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HK-Pinoy artists exhibiting in New York praised for ‘giving back’

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Consulate officials led by Consul General Claro S. Cristobal and UN Mission Charge d’affaires Kira Danganan-Azucena, exhibit organizers and artists cut the ribbon.

By Daisy CL Mandap

A group of Filipino artists from Hong Kong and the Philippines has won praise for holding an art exhibit in New York aimed at raising funds for charity.

In his speech at the opening of the ‘Lakbay Sining sa Amerika’ exhibit at the Philippine Center in Manhattan on Jul 1, Consul General Claro S. Cristobal praised the artists for “having the heart for sharing” their talent with the less fortunate.

“Art speaks also to the sublime, to the ideal, and that to me is what the collection here represents. There is an ideal of giving back, of sharing,” he said.

Cristobal, who also once served as Philippine consul general in Hong Kong, noted that the majority of Filipinos in the former British colony are not as privileged as those in New York, so they need other people to inspire them to be the best that they could be.

“People here in New York become masters of their lives, unlike in Hong Kong, where the great majority of Filipinos have masters and they cannot live out much of what they wish for themselves,” he said. “So we need people that give them that inspiration, that animating spirit, and that’s when I turn to these great people of this community to give back, to share.”

Attendees admire the works.

He added, “So I am so happy to welcome you here because here is a great collection of art.”

During his time in Hong Kong, Cristobal was a known supporter of Bethune House Migrant Women’s Refuge, the beneficiary of the New York exhibit.

Gail Camaya-Hills, whose Galleria Camaya mounted the show, thanked Cristobal and his staff for allowing her group to book the Philippine Center, a most sought-after venue for Filipino artists who dream of exhibiting abroad.

“Thank you to the consulate in New York for allowing us to show what we can offer, and make the Philippines proud,” she said. There’s never been a better time to invest in an outstanding Filipino art piece. They are unique, well made, real works of art, and are reasonably priced.”

Gail Camaya-Hills

Hills said there are many talented Filipino artists waiting to be discovered. “However not many of them can afford to travel and sell their work abroad, so it is my job as a gallery owner to break the barriers and bring them to the international scene so they can get the worldwide exposure that they deserve.”

Hills started exhibiting Filipino art at the bi-annual Asian Contemporary Art show in Hong Kong in 2016. She has done this yearly since then, and last year, she mounted her first overseas show at the Philippine Embassy in Vienna.

Galleria Camaya’s New York exhibit showcases the outstanding works of 21 promising Filipino artists, many of them award-winning and highly sought after by collectors.

Hills, who is herself a well-known ceramic painter in Hong Kong, is among the featured artists.

She is joined by Bono Albania (former HK- based but has relocated to NYC), Ejem Alarcon, Jepoy Almario, Jaime Raphael Atienza, Gerrico Blanco, Ronald Buxani, Grace Pineda Camacho,Astrid Hernandez Castillo, Richard de la Cruz, Ronald “Bullet” Dematera, Alvin Florentino, Mary Rose Gisbert, Jaime Gubaton, Dondon Jeresano, Norlie Meimban, Keith Paras , Jojo Ramirez, Stella Tansengco Schapero, Rowel Vicencio and Janeth Marticio- Weil.
Albania, Gisbert and Schapero also attended the opening night.

The exhibit runs until Jul 12 at the Philippine Center on 5th Avenue, New York.

For inquiries, email Gailhk@ yahoo.co.uk or call telephone number +1(240) 690-1999.

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Four more Pinoy overstayers lose bid to stop deportation

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A High Court judge rejected all 4 applications by Filipinos to stop being sent back home

Four Filipinos, three of them women, have become the latest group of asylum-seekers to lose their bid to fight off deportation from Hong Kong.

The lone male in the group, Enrico K. Reyes, has overstayed in the city for more than 13 years. Court of First Instance Judge Bruno Chan denied his application for leave for a judicial review of the Immigration director’s decision rejecting his application for non-refoulement (or non-deportation) on Feb 6, 2017.

The next day, CFI Judge K.W. Lung also dismissed similar applications by Maricar T. Villano, Rosemarie O. Padaco and Immaculada T. Millan.

Reyes, 54, visited Hong Kong on Nov 12, 2005 and never left despite having permission to stay for only 14 days. A

After his arrest on Oct 17, 2008, he applied for non-refoulement, saying a certain JA, an alleged New People’s Army guerilla, threatened to kill him for canceling a PhP200,000 land sale.

Chan said Reyes had not given the court any additional facts or representation that could justify his claim of being entitled to protection under Hong Kong’s Bill of Right. The judge also said he was not satisfied that there was any prospect of success in Reyes’ application.

In her application, Villano claimed she would be harmed or killed by a man who lent her PhP200,000 to get a job as a helper in Hong Kong because she could not pay him back after she was fired. Fearing for her life, she claimed to have returned to Hong Kong as a visitor in late July 2014 but overstayed. She applied for non-refoulement but was rejected on Jan 22 last year for the reason that her claim was not substantiated.

Villano appealed to the Torture Claims Adjudication Board but this was also dismissed in May last year.

Her application for leave was dismissed by Judge Lung who said she did not have a reasonable chance of success in pursuing her claim.

Padaco, a visitor who arrived on Feb 24, 2011, overstayed and was arrested by police on Apr 18 that year. She filed a torture claim two days later but when the director rejected it on Nov 24, she disappeared. She was re-arrested, but promptly applied for non-refoulement on Apr 24, 2013.

Her excuse was that a mayor’s son who had killed her nephew in a roadside accident had threatened her life after she refused a bribe meant to stop her telling the police about the incident.

The director dismissed her claim for being unsubstantiated, so she appealed to the TCAB. Her appeal was also rejected so she applied for leave for judicial review. As in the other cases, Judge Lung said her application had no reasonable prospect of success.

For the same reason, the judge refused Millan’s bid for leave.

Millan came twice to Hong Kong to work as a domestic helper but was forced to return home after being fired.

She returned as a visitor in July 2016 but overstayed. She surrendered to Immigration on Jul 25 that year, and immediately asked for non-refoulement, saying she would be killed by a man for failing to repay a loan.

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NBI may investigate Filipinos who pawn passports twice, says consul

Posted on 18 July 2019 No comments

ATN head Consul Paulo Saret (in black jacket) inspects some of the 1,320 passports used by workers as collateral at OFC. turned over by the police to the Consulate. At left is ATN officer Arnel de Luna.

By Vir B. Lumicao

Filipinos caught using their passports twice as collateral for loans may be referred to the National Bureau of Investigation for questioning in line with a recent Foreign Service Circular, said Consul Paul Saret, head of the Consulate’s assistance to nationals section.

Saret issued the warning as he confirmed that all the 1,320 Philippine passports seized by the police from lending company OFC last month had been turned over to the Consulate.

The passports will not be returned to the holders, so they will have to apply for a renewal of their documents. They will be issued passports valid for only five years, instead of the usual 10.

In addition, they will be put on a watch list and if they commit the same offense, will not be able to apply for a new passport in Hong Kong but will be referred to the Department of Foreign Affairs office in Manila to secure a replacement.

All those found to have hocked their passports twice will face the stiffer sanction of being referred to the NBI for “appropriate action”. It is not, however, clear if that will mean charges being filed against them, or summary penalties imposed.

“Kasi ang nakalagay doon sa Foreign Service Circular issued by the DFA ay non-issuance of passport and referral to the NBI for appropriate action,” Saret said.

“Basically, under the Philippine Passport Act, yung improper use of passports ay may penalty rin, so if you use it as collateral, that will be considered as improper use (because the purpose is for) proper identification of a Filipino when traveling abroad,” he added.

With the return of the record haul of passports, ATN staff have had their hands full documenting each, while at the same attending to applications for renewal from the holders.

Saret said the employment contracts found tucked into the passports had been returned to the workers.

As of Jul 11, he said about 200 holders of the recovered passports had already applied for renewal.

OFC staff being besieged by clients after the Jun 5 raid

Although police had told The SUN that a total of 1,400 passports were seized in a raid on OFC on Jun 5, ATN staff said the bigger figure given could be due to some old passports being stuck on to new passports of the same persons.

The owner of OFC, a certain Mr Wong, was arrested during the raid but released on police bail after initial questioning. Investigations are still going on.

Saret said renewal ordinarily costs $480, but those who hocked their passports will also have to pay $200 for an affidavit with an undertaking not to do so again.

Those whose passports are not among the pile turned over by the police will have to apply for replacement of lost passport, which will cost $1,200 plus $200 for the affidavit.

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