KIDDIEYUPH KIDS PRESENTS..

A RISING STAR IS BORN
By: Ver M. Garcia (Entertainment Blogger) and Teddy Cho (Photo Journalist)

Beautiful proud parents of KiddieYuph kids from left to right: Madam Vilma Quezon Moulic, Madam Hermie Lawan and Madam Marites Refat.(VerGarciaBlogs) 

Here's the good news.. The stage is set for this Young talents on their way to Stardom. To the Moms of these Bright and Talented Kids, if you think your kids have what it takes, the Self-Confidence, Competence, Poise and Grace as an entertainer, comedienne, local child star or even a world class young star. Then your kids have a great future to become a star.. to be born.

These Kids showed a Flair and Passion for Music needs vocal training to polish their talent. Attend some acting workshops to hone-up on their natural God given talents. Life in the Showbiz has it's own ups and down. Its rewarding after so many challenges that he or she encounters. Your family, friends and colleagues can be your source of inspiration and strength but most of all God is always at your side. He is just a prayer away.

They have decided to make and nurture KiddieYuPh,  their launching pad to Stardom with amazing Director Jun Ibasco's  noblest ambition and a legacy in life is to help Young Talents among them, the Bloggers Association of the Philippines so proud to introduce the following rising stars:

1.) Sara P. Refat, a 7yr. old second grader a talented, graceful, gentle, outgoing, expressive face. The love of their lives of parents Mr. Amin Saad Refat and Mrs. Marites  Prino Refat. She is a good and natural singer, can dance gracefully and can act naturally. A young bright and talented kid is managed under the wings of Beyond Metaphor.

2.) Camella Wright Chee, 6 yrs. of age. According to her Mom Marilyn Chee she can sing and dance at an early age of 2, it's so extraordinary, fantastic and so amazing. They have recorded and uploaded her performance in the YouTube. She can dance spontaneously on call. She is oozing with talent and quite an adventurer which she apparently got from her Dad Mr. Stephen  Anthony Nichols, a sports personality in soccer who works as a reserve coach for the ASKALS. Young Camella was able to attend several Fashion shows and has the poise and grace to be a young fashion model. She is also under the wings of Beyond Metaphor.

3.) Christine Joy Moulic, 11 yrs. of age. She's talented, fast learner, it was her mother Vilma Moulic who discovered her talent at the age of 3. The girl has the  capacity to learn fast, she got interested in singing and dancing at an early age, no one taught her to sing and dance and yet she was able to teach herself when participating in the School gatherings. Her favorite stars and idols are Ms. Sarah Geronimo and Casey Tandingan.

4.)  Nokie Lawan, 5 yrs. of age and her mother's name is Hermie Lawan and the youngest kid of the KiddieYuPh talents. Nokie can sing and dance at the age of 3, apparently inspired by the TV series "Ang Probinsyano" and wants to be a Law Enforcer someday.

Helping the poor but Bright and Extraordinary young talents find their way to stardom at a very young age is a lifetime commitment especially if the competition is tough. But for the young and brilliant talents who have the beauty and brains most of all the passion and focus to achieve stardom, the task becomes challenging and an obstacle that can be overcome with good training, team work, cooperation, coordination and of course obedience and discipline the passport to success in any career you have chosen.

 

What a surprise.. our interview with the Kiddieyuph kids coincided with the announcement that the Miss Universe 2019 is the most talented of them all and very alluring Miss Catriona Gray of the Philippines and was announced as the winner.. We also viewed the hilarious show of Kiddie Yuph's Exotic Story with their excellent performances and you will surely enjoy their antics. Please watch and you will surely be entertained. Starring: Sara, Ichiro, CJ, Charles, Jewel and equally supportive are: Ali, Nokie, Queency, Sheila and Ceilo. The Kiddie Yuph Show is under the supervision of Director Jhun Basco and credited to Beyond Metaphor Studio. (VerGarciaBlogs)


Photo Gallery:

Kiddie Star Sara Refat all smiles for the Holiday cheers.

At the lobby of Acacia Estates with Bloggers Association of the Philippines Reportorial Team.

 Nice Lobby of Acacia Estates were the KiddieYuph stayed.

 Great posing of KiddieYuph Camille Wright Chee.

KiddieYuph Sara Refat in a beautiful colored blue gown.

The Acacia Estates in Taguig City were the shooting and launching of KiddieYuph push through.

(VerGarciaBlogs)

THE ROLE OF TESDA IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR ITS EDUCATIONAL, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND JOB CREATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 2018-2022 OF TESDA

By: Ver M. Garcia (News Writer) and Teddy Cho (Photo Journalist)

In photo at the Technical Educational & Skills Development Plan event held at the Hotel Jen, Roxas Blvd. in Pasay City. From Left to Right, Former DOLE Usec. Nicon Fameronag as Emcee, Gaspar S. Gayona, OIC, TESDA Director General for Communities and Local Government Unit Services and Honored guest Sec. Isidro S. Lapena, TESDA Director General. All were smiling and in a light moment with the media, as they responded to their queries.                  (Original photo by: Teddy Cho)

As mandated by the law in Section 21 of Republic Act 7796 or the Technical Educational and Skills Development (TESDA) of 1994 states that the TESDA.. shall formulate a comprehensive development plan for middle-level manpower based on a national employment plan or policies for the optimum allocation development and utilization of skilled workers for employment entrepreneurship and technology development for economic and social growth. This plan shall after adoption by the Authority, be updated periodically and submitted to the President of the Philippines for approval. Thereafter, it shall be the plan for the Technical Educational Skills Development for the entire country within the framework of the National Development Plan. The Authority shall direct the TESDA Secretariat to call on its member agencies the private sector and the academe to assist in this effort. The Priority Sectors are the following: Tourism, Hotels & Restaurants, Construction Industries, the Information Technology and the Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO), Transport, Communication, Languages training courses & Storage & Warehousing, Manufacturing, Health & Wellness and other Social Services and Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry are among those should be given priority.

The New TESDA Chief in FOCUS:

As an introduction, please allow the Bloggers Association of the Philippines reportorial team to give a brief background of the new TESDA chief Director General Secretary Isidro S. Lapena,the well respected man hails from Urdaneta City, Pangasinan and with roots in Davao. A Philippine Military Academy (PMA) graduate of the 'MAAGAP class of 1973'. A Masters Degree holder of Public Administration of Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU) and a PhD. of Criminology conferred by Philippine College of Criminology (PCCR. He has a credible 40 years of government experience in different capacities in the Philippine Constabulary(PC) and the Philippine National Police (PNP). He rosed through the ranks from a mere Police City Director of Davao City to a Deputy chief of PNP for Operations before passing the torch of retirement from service in 2007.

As the 5th Director General of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency(PDEA) Chief on July 2016 and was the first Chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs, he was given another Mission at the Bureau of Customs(BOC) as the BOC Commissioner in August 30, 2017 by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to address the perennial problems of Drugs, Corruption and Smuggling. His iron will, genuine leadership and remarkable performance in the BOC finally paid-off this resulted in the improved revenue collection, an intensified anti-smuggling and corruption campaign and enhancing trade facilitation. The most recent is the filing of cases against 49 persons involved in the Magnetic lifter importation.

On October 30, 2018 General Isidro S. Lapena assumed the post of the New TESDA Chief. He vowed to win the hearts and mind of the Filipino people through dedication and firm leadership. General Lapena is known for his real and staunch advocate of equality, which by the way is the real meaning of authentic peace and stability. The TESDA Chief believes that hunger and poverty is the root-caused of rebellion. 

In a speech delivered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary and Director General Isidro S. Lapena, PhD., CSEE, unveiled and launched the 158-page National Technical Education and Skills Development Plan (NTESDP) 2018-2022, the national blueprint for the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector at the Hotel Jen Pasay City, in the presence of TESDA officials, representatives of TESDA partner agencies, member of the academe, TVET industry partners, the Media and other stakeholders in the TVET community.

THE ROAD MAP OF TESDA FOR THE YEAR 2018-2022

The NTESDP 2018 -2022 plan aims to lift-up the disadvantaged, the marginalized and those in the lower strata of society from poverty to the mainstream comfort of progress. The TESDA chief also expressed his belief that TVET and TESDA in particular can contribute immensely to the attainment of peace and development especially in the countryside.

The problems and  challenges confronting TVET sector has been identified and anticipated by NTESDP 2018-2022:

1.) The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the rapid technological advancement with Artificial Intelligence and the acquisition of Machine learning capacity of hybrid computers are slowly but surely rendering many jobs obsolete. TVET's requires coping up mechanism due to rapid technological development and innovations, the inclusion of the technically skilled workforce.

2.) Low turned out of TVET graduates on the capability on holding a job of it's graduates and 65% of this would in turn affect the labor economy resulting in the prevalence of low -value work compared to Mid-to high-value jobs of 70:30 ratio.

3.) With the advent of the K to 12 program, the full implementation of Tech-Voc  courses has already been aggravated by the lack of Hi-tech equipment and facilities, qualified trainers, including Assessors which would in turn produce job and skills mismatch.

4.)  Brain-drain due to Filipino workers out-migration, a reduction of the pool of qualified and skilled workers since 2013.As of now there are 10.2 Million Filipino skilled workers overseas.

5.)  Access to TVET by the Marginalized and the disadvantaged sectors according to government Data in 2015 is at 21.6%.

6.)  In addition to these because of low turn out of enrollment  on the enterprise-based modality training participating in the TVET programs. Although enterprise-based training has been successful modality in terms of capability of holding a job at 68.9%.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF TESDA

NTESDP 2018-2022 has set 5 broad Goals and Objectives to overcome, conquer and prevail over the problems and challenges confronting the TVET sectors:

1.) Create a conducive and enabling environment for the development of quality service delivery of the TVET sectors.

2.) Prepare the Philippine  workforce for the Challenges posed by the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR).

3.) Assure industries with high economic and employment growth potentials and provide them the required quantity of quality workforce.

4.) Directly and more vigorously address workforce needs of the basic sectors and the disadvantaged and the marginalized.

5.) Instill values and integrity in the conduct and delivery of TVET in the Whole sector.

In conclusion, Gen. Isidro Lapena appeals to the Media Sector to help him disseminate the information all over the country to raise the awareness and understanding of our TESDA Plan of Action for the Year 2019-2022, and its significance to the socio-economic development plan for the technical-vocational, training and skills development. (VerGarciaBlogs)

Photo Gallery:

At the registration on the occasion of  TESDA Event held at the Ballroom of  Hotel Jen.

Former DOLE Usec. Nicon Fameronag and the current TESDA Chief  Sec. Isidro Lapena.

DDG Rebecca Calzado. TESDA Deputy Director General for Communities and Local Units Services.

DDG Rosanna A. Urdaneta, TESDA Deputy Director General for Policies and Planning as interviewed by the Media.

Sec. Isidro Lapena, TESDA Director General replied to a question by PTV4 news crew.

Sec. Isidro Lapena with DDG Rosanna Urdaneta.

DDG Rosanna Urdaneta (Left) with DDG Rebecca J. Calzado, Deputy Director General for Partnerships and Linkages.

Sec. Isidro Lapena, TESDA Director General with DDG Rosanna Urdaneta.

In photo from left to right OIC-DDG Gaspar S. Gayona.

Former DOLE Usec. Nicon Fameronag and Lorenzo Macapili, RD TESDA Region XI.

The Master of the Ceremonies at the NTESDP MEDIA LAUNCH event held at the Hotel Jen in Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. (VerGarciaBlogs)

PASEI IN THE LINE OF DUTY.. A VISIT IN CENTRAL EUROPE.. IT'S A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

PASEI SUCCESSFUL MARKETING MISSION AT THE CENTRAL EUROPE IN GERMANY, POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, AUSTRIA AND SLOVENIA.. 

BY: VER GARCIA (LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL BLOGGER) & 

TEDDY CHO (PHOTO JOURNALIST)

PASEI PRESS CONFERENCE..  In photo from (Left to Right) Madam Elsa U. Villa, President Philippine Association of Service Exporters, Inc. with colleagues. (Photo by: Teddy Cho)

Here's good news.. The President of the Philippine Association of Service Exporter, Inc. (PASEI), Ms. Elsa U. Villa, in a Press Conference at the Century Park Sheraton in Manila, reported a tremendous successful Marketing Mission at the Central Europe conducted recently at the Banahaw Suite in Century Hotel. Together with the 22 members of the mission which accomplished their Prime objective during a 19-day period to Strengthen and enhance the New markets for OFW's in Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia. The 3rd Marketing Mission in Central Europe confirms that the demand for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW's) in the European countries are of factual basis and has a foundation and process in it's follow-through marketing mission to the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and Austria as well. Furthermore, according to President Elsa U. Villa, this new emerging labor markets for the Filipinos have a lot to be explored and their Labor and Immigration Laws needs to be studied, until these countries on their part are consistently expressing their desire to hire more Filipinos. The Philippine Licensed Agency owners as of this writing can not fast track the hiring and deployment of OFW's primarily because of not being acquainted with the markets. In this aspect, President Elsa U. Villa is impelling the Government to provide a collaborative support to open up the European Labor Markets for Filipinos. Government assistance could be in the form of establishing: 1.) Philippine Overseas Labor Offices in some of the countries 2.) Relaxing or doing away with redundant rules not compatible with High Labor Standards of the European Union and 3.) Initiating discussions that could lead to the establishment of Bilateral Labor Agreements. 

In a Press briefing, Mrs. Villa also mentioned Poland, Czech Republic and Croatia as among the countries with a firm demand for the skilled OFW's. In Croatia, the mission was able to establish key entry points for OFW's in the markets with an estimated demand for 10,000 workers in the service and reception industry, which includes Hotels, Resorts, Gaming Facilities and Restaurant, it was the result of another round of talks with officials of the Labor ministries of the different European countries.

In that said press conference PASEI reiterated the call to establish a Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO). The call transpires from the desire of workers, employers and recruitment agencies in the region and in the Philippines to establish a POLO in either Czech Republic, Poland or in Munich, Germany which will eventually cater to the need to facilitate the sending and documenting of OFW's in Central Europe. In a letter addressed to Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Chief Bernard P. Olalia, PASEI is requesting Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to convene the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Czech concerns created by DOLE Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III under Administrative Order No.19 Letter S of 2018 and to involve PASEI and other Stakeholders in the TWG  discussions. PASEI reiterated the call for DOLE to expand the coverage of the TWG that will include other countries which have exhibited their desire to hire well trained OFWs, such countries as Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary  and Montenegro.

The 22 members of the marketing mission are as follows: 

1.) Mr. Ezekiel D. Chavez, President, Cebu New Wave Recruitment Inc.

2.) Ms. Julie Rose M. Inso, President & Chief Executive Officer; Coreteam Manpower Services, Inc.
3.) Ms. Karissa Paula B. Vitug, President, Holy Cross Placement Agency, Inc.
4.) Ms. Jovita G. Baltazar, International Marketing Consultant, Humanlink International Manpower Agency.
5.) Mdm. Elsa U. Villa, President, Krona International Service Systems Inc. 

6.) Ms. Yolanda R. Masa , Overseas Marketing Director; Luxury & JP International Corp.

7.) Ms. Edwina L. Beech, President/Chief Executive Officer, Mabuhay Personnel &  Management Services, Inc.

8.) Ms. Jenny P. Clavero, President / Chief Executive Officer Mountain Peak International Human Resources Corp.

9.) Mary Mei A. Victorino, President, Mother's Way Overseas Manpower Specialists Corp.

10.) Cherryl T. De Quiroz, Overseas Marketing Manager, Non-Stop Overseas Employment Corp.

11.) Ms. Rowena M. Paragas, President, NYD International Placement Agency, Inc.

12.) Ms. Lea M. Singian, General Manager, Provident Overseas Placement Agency.

13.) Ms. Rowena D. Al Hanaki, President/ General Manager;

14.) Mr. Michael Yousef T. Damaso, Treasurer / President for Business Development;

15.) Ms. Cherry Lou M. Damaso, Vice President for Business Development;

16.) Mr. Rolando C. Cacho, Operations Manager 

17.) Ms. Marissa F. E. Garciano, Personal Asst. to the President,  All of Quintrix  Int'l.  Manpower Center, Inc.

18.) Ms. Edjelyn D. Diaz, President / Chief Executive Officer, Silver Skilled Recruitment Inc.

19.) Ms. Leslie S. Tan, President, Sunrise Search & Support Inc. 

20.) Ms. Myrna S. Magalong, General Manager, Transnational Services Inc. 

21.) Ms. Elvira A. Pineda, President and;

22.) Mr. Ramon D. Pineda, Treasurer, Uno Overseas Placement Inc.

MARKETING MISSION:

The Mission according to PASEI chief was a follow-through to it's marketing mission to the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and Austria. According to Ms. Villa, they  need government support to open up the European Labor Market. This government support can be in the form of establishing POLO offices in some of the countries; relaxing or doing away redundant rules not compatible with the high Labor standards of the European Union and initiating discussions that could lead to the establishment of bilateral labor agreement.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Prior to the establishment of POLO in Central Europe, the TWG should have begun discussion on the Duties and Responsibilities involving the deployment of  Filipino workers to the Czech Republic: 1.) Formulation and Negotiation of the proposed Bilateral labor agreement between these countries  2.) Establishment of the Program of Actions and Mechanics of consultations 3.) Assessment of Labor Market Regulations and Policies relative to these countries labor markets. All of these issues and concern are for the POEA service sectors in which the PASEI plays an IMPORTANT and a leading role. In conclusion, PASEI can contribute and provide inputs to the TWG  discussions because of it's experience in the productive engagement in the Philippine Embassies and Consulates in these countries , as well as their respective Chamber of commerce and industries and relevant governing bodies. (VerGarciaBlogs)

PHOTO GALLERY:

In photo, Mr. Philip Ortaleza of eTime Magazine Online, Mrs. Elsa U. Villa, Pres. of PASEI and Ver Garcia, Editor-in Chief of Travelscope Magazine.

Ms. Susan Amoroso of eTime Magazine together with an Officer of PASEI.

Ms. Lea M. Singian, Manager of  Provident Placement Agency seated 3rd from left. Standing in photo is Ms. Edwina Beech Chairperson of PASEI.

Mrs. Elsa U. Villa stressing a point with the crowd.

Invited media practitioners in a luncheon meeting.

(Original Photo by: Teodoro P. Cho)