PBB (Pilipino sa Bansang Bahrain) MILESTONES... This is our Story. This is our Journey...

PIlipino sa Bansang Bahrain sprung out from Balitang Pinoy sa Bahrain for the reason that BPsP intentionally call themselves as KULETS while others have different mode of personality and goals of joining could not fit into the established kind of bonding. Having shared each other's thought the AIM of empowering the KABABAYANs was formed and they called themselves Pilipino sa Bansang BAhrain(PBB). Now PBB and BPsP become complementary to each other being under one umbrella of Filipino Club in Bahrain.
That is actually the beauty of PBB - What seems to be the common thread is the commitment to making a difference – it’s the small stuff, the simple actions every PBB member takes, - the kind words we say to one person at a time every day; the spirit of genuine generosity, the keeping of the feet on the ground, the practice of honorable lifestyle, the recognizable excellence in the workplace, and the respect for all faith, race, gender and ethnicity that should distinguish a Filipino worker from other expatriates working in Bahrain. PBB simply would like to be a morally uplifting influence to every fellow Filipino, to every OFW in Bahrain. 
PBB FB page was created by Noel Porciuncula. Members all adhere to the formulated PBB Code of Ethics and online behaviour. "Dahil Pinoy ka Angat" ka tag line came about in one of the comment threads member Prima Stella Luz Refe posted. At that time, it was not something imposed or proposed but then, it embodies the advocacy of all PBB members - empowering Filipinos in Bahrain & the commitment to making a difference.. .. (no crab mentality).  
Slowly & eventually this tag line was readily adopted by many members. More tag lines are now being used e.g. Sa PBB Ikaw ang Bida; Be involved. Be PBB; Be heard Be PBB (on Twitter); PBB - empowering Filipinos in Bahrain; PBB - committed to making a difference - are just a few  - that slowly evolved and gradually developed. Several projects were lined up as the set of administrators met and GREAT IDEAS started pouring in in those meetings. Yukki gestopa Canete then commented that DAHIL PINOY KA ANGAT KA would be great on a T-shirt. That validated one of the many ideas conceived then.; the PBB Tshirt; so PBB's very first project was the PBB T-shirt design competition. Randy won the contest and several other design entry are going to be published and sold on a seasonal basis so to honor every contestant's winning design. 
Simultaneously Radio JJ spearheaded by John Bituin went on air playing Filipino music and playing the tag line Dahil Pino ka Angat ka. The idea of coming up of having a Radio Magazine talk show was conceived - featuring and highlighting GREAT OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS in Bahrain - on air or in print (this is work in progress).  Seeing the need to kick off PBB with a great leadership, ka-PBB, Luz Refe offered to facilitate a Leadership Training & Workshop to equip & empower page administrators of their role. The initial idea of conducting the workshop only to FB PBB page administrators was eventually changed so that every Bahrain based OFW would have the opportunity to  benefit from the program. It became a full blown project. Members supported, donated and attended to making it a reality. The workshop was held on 3 Fridays of September under the patronage of Her Excellency Ambassador Maria Corazon Yap Bahjin -which has truly embodied the Dahil PInoy ka Angat ka catchphrase or tag line. HE Ambassador Maria Corazon Yap Bahjin herself awarded the certificates to 48 participants. This was included in the Philippine Embassy report to DFA. 
After the leadership workshop, a new set of highly committed administrators arose and the administrative seats were revamped. PBB has a twitter account @TweetsngPBB. Kasambahay Values & Skills Formation is spearheaded by ka PBB Rosemarie Hernandez in collaboration with OWWA Welfare Office Madam Norma del Rosario & HE Ambassador Bahjin. Halloween Party is spearheaded by ka-PBB Chris Adarve (featuring PBB's Got Talent just for fun. Dahil PInoy ka Ikaw ang Bida) 

The following ideas are conceived and are now work in progress
Clean up drive. Be involved. Be PBB. Radio JJ radio magazine talk show highlighting success stories of kapwa OFW - which should serve an inspiration to many. (This could also be in print where we feature YOUR STORY to inspire others - Tanghalan ng Dakilang OFW The idea of Customer Service Training was thought of during the collaboration meeting of PBB Administrators with Welfare Officer Norma del Rosario PBB Oath, PBB Song or jingle are in progress PBB Mini Olympics  PBB Support Filipino businesses and entrepreneurs. Ka PBB partner sa kabuhayan.

We are on a journey and we are taking our steps little by little... PBB is a WORK in PROGRESS and constantly aiming higher to be better OFWs - better partners, better people, better Filipinos. PInoy, Angat ka! !

Secret of Prosperous and Satisfied Living

Secret of Prosperous and Satisfied Living

Maraming naghihirap, ang iba naman maraming hinahanap sa buhay but were not met and felt empty, ang iba pa failure ang plans. Ponder on this if it makes sense.

These are verses from Holy Scripture;

Psa 37:3  Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Psa 37:4  Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psa 37:5  Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Points of thought;

a.     Verse 37:3, Trust in the Lord - - - - - and verily thou shalt be fed.

Maraming mga taong gumagawa ng mabuti in their level of understanding only, they did not trust God.

How do we know if one trusts God? He must not miss to worship Him every Sunday (Friday in Middle East), fellowship with brethren and contribute to any of God’s projects.

The promise in this verse by trusting God is that you will be fed. So hindi ka kakapusin.

b.    Verse Psa 37:4  Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Notice at the phase “Delight in the Lord and desires of thine heart”

Maraming tao sa mundo they have all things they needed but they felt empty.  They miss the essence of recognizing the Eternal Father, the Alpha and Omega, the most important person, God the Creator. Can we imagine the Almighty loving Father giving us our desires? A person who discovers this is the most satisfied person on earth. Psa 23:1, is saying the same thing; <A Psalm of David.> The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. It implies providing things that you wanted things that make you happy over and beyond your expectation as king David said "  I shall not want" meaning it is overflowing or more than the things he desired.

c.     Verse Psa 37:5  Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

The way means our plans and goals in life, always submit and commit them to God. By doing so, while having proper planing and strategies we do not worry for its outcome because we knew that God is with us and for us. Then we are confident that God always guide us for the best by being sensible to His leading. So here failure and success both would give better results in the end. As the verse promised “He shall bring it to pass”.

That is why people who really believe in God are great, successful and satisfied people. 

Reasons to Develop Practical Intuition

posted by Sara, from Institute of HeartMath

• Nov 6, 2011 10:03 am
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Sara Childre is President and CEO of the non-profit Institute of HeartMath. Since 1991, Sara has helped oversee and develop HeartMath trainings, educational products and scientific programs. She was appointed vice president and CFO of the institute in 1992, then president and CEO in 1998.

Intuition is emerging from a cloud of mystery. Once considered a gift bestowed on only a few, intuition is becoming recognized as a natural skill that anyone can develop. Everyone is born with the capacity for intuition—the ability to know something without knowing how you know. Intuitive perception plays an important, yet often unconscious role in everyday decision-making. Many people rely on what they call a hunch, heart feeling, gut feeling or just a sense of “inner knowing” in making decisions in business, medical diagnosis, law enforcement, sports, relationships, driving defensively, parenting, teaching, and more.

Through practicing heart coherence tools, a byproduct has been that my intuition has increased significantly. Now, I count on my intuition to guide me in many different situations every day.

Scientific Research on Intuition

Researchers have conducted numerous controlled studies on intuition for more than half a century and have expanded the definition of intuition to include not only a conscious perception by the mind, but also an unconscious perception by the body’s psycho-physiological system. This unconscious perception often is evidenced by subtle changes in emotions and measurable physiological changes that can be detected throughout the body, according to the study “Electrophysiological Evidence of Intuition” (McCraty, Atkinson and Bradley, 2004).

The study found that the center of this intuitive ability is the human heart, which encompasses a degree of intelligence whose sophistication and vastness is only beginning to be scientifically understood. Furthermore, this “heart intelligence” can be systematically cultivated to our advantage.

HeartMath researchers studied intuitive perceptions that could not be attributed to subconsciously stored memories or to experiences or to the conscious brain’s normal sensory or analytic processes. As a result, they theorized that the body is connected by sensory perception to “a field of energy that enfolds the information” we attribute to intuition.

Research Publications on Intuition

The first part Electrophysiological Evidence of Intuition: Part 1. The Surprising Role of the Heart focuses on the role of the heart in intuitive information processing.

The second part Electrophysiological Evidence of Intuition: Part 2. A System-Wide Process? focuses on where and when in the brain intuitive information is processed, and on how the heart and brain appear to interact in intuitive perception.

The heart has been regarded as a conduit of intuitive information and wisdom beyond normal cognitive awareness by virtually all ancient human cultures. Now modern science has confirmed what our ancestors knew, and that the management of one’s emotional nature—along with the ability to consciously generate positive emotion and heart coherence —provides the doorway for unleashing intuition. Often, in moments of peace, stillness, or appreciation, intuitional insights start to “flow.”

Practical Intuition 

Intuitive insight is not necessarily an ingenious breakthrough or something grandiose or psychic. Intuitive thoughts, feelings, and solutions often manifest themselves as practical intuition or good old common sense, which as we all know is not that common. As I used the HeartMath tools to manage my emotions and develop my heart coherence, it was my practical intuition that significantly increased.

How many situations do you face right now that you wish could be made simpler and dealt with through practical intuition? 

4 Reasons to Develop Practical Intuition:

1- To gain better understanding of another’s perspectives, attitudes, and  feelings and improve communication.

2- To make decision-making easier when choosing among several viable  solutions.

3- To spawn insight and inspiration for your creative spark and expression.

4-To create coherence within yourself and to gain clarity on your life mission, ways to give back and to help humanity.

Innovative men and women of our time talk about intuition.

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs

“It’s always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely upon it. It’s my partner.” —Jonas Salk, M.D., developer of the polio vaccine

“Often you have to rely on intuition.” —Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect for Microsoft

“We spent (almost none) of our time studying plans for the mission and (almost all of our time) learning how to react intuitively to all the ‘what ifs.’ Reliance on the intuitive response was the most important part of an astronaut’s training.” —Edgar Mitchell, former NASA Astronaut and sixth man to walk on the moon

“Knowledge of what you love somehow comes to you; you don’t have to read nor analyze nor study. If you love a thing enough, knowledge of it seeps into you with particulars more real than any chart can furnish.” —Jessamyn West, Quaker author of short stories

“To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling. Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to, but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it.”—Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, Jungian analyst and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco

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Comments;

God has gifted us with the power to think dividing theories so that the specific best and core of the matter would come out. It could be attached to what we called “intuition”. This would be much powerful if intuition is linked to the infinite mind, the eternal creator Who has all the knowledge and wisdom of eternity past and eternity future.  

Salary & Compensation of top CEOs in the Philippines

October 12, 2011 

Most of us know Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Danding Cojuangco, Tony Tan Caktiong, Manny Pangilinan, Andrew Tan and various others who head the largest corporations in the Philippines. We know how daunting their task is of managing their companies on a daily basis striving to achieve profitability and to maximize their shareholders’ wealth.

Given the enormity of their roles, we are curious: How much are they paid as President or Chief Executive Officers of these companies?

Of course, getting that specific information is close to impossible because they wouldn’t divulge their salaries in public, in the same way that most Filipinos evade the question when asked how much they make. Fortunately for us, the annual reports their companies submit to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) contain pieces of information from which we can extrapolate their compensation.

Public companies are required to show, as a lump sum figure, the total annual compensation of the highest executives of the firm. What we did was divide this figure with the total number of top executives identified to yield the average annual compensation of each top officer. Of course, the CEO’s compensation is sure to be higher than the average figures in the table below because, as highest officers of the company, CEOs generally earn the most among all members of top management.

Monthly Salary and Total Compensation

The executives are ranked in the table below based on their monthly salaries, although the total compensation earned in 2011 is also identified. Monthly Salary refers only to the basic pay they receive every month, while Total Compensation includes bonuses such as thirteenth-month pay and other non-recurring pay items such as performance incentives and stock options.

Since there are thousands of corporations in the Philippines, we limited our analysis to the 30 public companies that comprise the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi). The results are summarized below.

Highest Paid CEOs in the Philippines (2011)
(in Philippine Pesos; only for the 30 PSEi companies)

Rank	Name	Position	Company	Stock Code	Salary per Month	Bonus/Other Compensation per Month	Total Compensation per Month
1	Federico R. Lopez	Chairman & CEO	First Gen Corporation	FGEN	1,792,400	1,194,933	2,987,333
2	Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala	Chairman & CEO	Ayala Corporation	AC	1,658,333	759,722	2,418,056
3	Eduardo M. Cojuangco, Jr.	CEO	San Miguel Corporation	SMC	1,583,333	745,833	2,329,167
4	Aurelio R. Montinola III	President & CEO	Bank of the Philippine Islands	BPI	1,504,432	310,581	1,815,013
5	Nestor V. Tan	President	Banco de Oro	BDO	1,235,500	618,000	1,853,500
6	Antonino T. Aquino	President & CEO	Ayala Land Inc.	ALI	1,115,833	47,619	1,163,452
7	Arthur Ty	President	Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company	MBT	984,500	404,833	1,389,333
8	Tony Tan Caktiong	President & CEO	Jollibee Foods Corporation	JFC	964,255	551,958	1,516,213
9	James L. Go	Chairman & CEO	JG Summit Holdings	JGS	958,115	15,167	973,282
10	Manuel V. Pangilinan	President & CEO	Manila Electric Company	MER	950,000	433,333	1,383,333
11	Napoleon L. Nazareno	President & CEO	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company	TEL	916,667	1,000,000	1,916,667
12	Harley T. Sy	President	SM Investments Corporation	SM	610,219	127,135	737,354
13	Ernest L. Cu	President & CEO	Globe Telecom	GLO	600,000	250,000	850,000
14	Manuel V. Pangilinan	Chairman	Metro Pacific Investments Corp.	MPI	588,060	336,172	924,232
15	Gerardo C. Ablaza Jr.	President & CEO	Manila Water Company	MWC	539,103	242,949	782,051
16	James L. Go	Chairman & CEO	Universal Robina Corporation	URC	521,000	11,500	532,500
17	Lance Y. Gokongwei	President & CEO	Cebu Air Inc.	CEB	484,631	41,042	525,673
18	Erramon I. Aboitiz	President & CEO	Aboitiz Power	AP	427,000	127,667	554,667
19	Federico R. Lopez	Chairman & CEO	Energy Development Corporation	EDC	362,000	1,031,667	1,393,667
20	Isidro A. Consunji	President & CEO	DMCI Holdings	DMC	326,949	59,963	386,912
21	Andrew L. Tan	President	Megaworld Corporation	MEG	325,915	162,779	488,694
22	Hans T. Sy	President	SM Prime Holdings	SMPH	322,917	114,583	437,500
23	James L. Go	Chairman & CEO	Robinsons Land Corporation	RLC	312,225	2,619	314,844
24	Rogelio R. Cabunag	President	SM Development Corporation	SMDC	259,261	80,591	339,852
25	Manuel V. Pangilinan	Chairman & CEO	Philex Mining Corporation	PX	226,667	113,333	340,000
26	Erramon I. Aboitiz	CEO	Aboitiz Equity Ventures	AEV	203,287	48,568	251,855
27	Isidro A. Consunji	Vice-Chairman & CEO	Semirara Mining Corporation	SCC	162,609	854,345	1,016,954
28	Enrique K. Razon, Jr.	Chairman & President	International Container Terminal Services	ICT	150,877	490,351	641,228
29	Willy N. Ocier	Vice Chairman	Belle Corporation	BEL	145,716	17,451	163,167
30	Andrew L. Tan	Chairman & CEO	Alliance Global Group, Inc.	AGI	*	*	*

* Andrew Tan does not receive any compensation as Chairman and CEO of the holding company AGI. The company’s policy is that executives earn fixed salaries per month from the respective subsidiaries or businesses they handle.

Highest Earners: Lopez, Ayala, Pangilinan

Data show that 49-year-old Federico Lopez earns the most both in terms of monthly salary and total compensation in 2011. In the 30-company PSEi list, Lopez is head of two firms: First Gen Corporation (FGEN) and Energy Development Corporation (EDC). As Chairman and CEO of FGEN, his basic monthly salary is around P1.79 million. Yup, that’s P1.79 million basic salary per month. He receives another P1.19 million per month as bonus and additional compensation. All in all, he gets more than P3 million every month as FGEN’s chief executive. The same position in EDC gives him an additional P1.4 million every month. Considering only these two companies, Lopez earns roughly P4.4 million monthly — more than any other CEO on the list.

The sixth richest Filipino, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, is the second-highest paid CEO on the list. As Chairman and CEO of the conglomerate Ayala Corporation, he earns more than P2.42 million total compensation every month, inclusive of a monthly basic salary of P1.66 million.

Manny Pangilinan or MVP is Chairman and CEO of three companies on the list, making him the third-highest paid CEO with a combined total compensation of P2.65 million per month. This is inclusive of his monthly basic salary of P1.76 million in those companies. His basic salary is P950,000 per month as head of Meralco; more than P588,000 per month as chair of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPI); and around P230,000 every month as CEO of Philex Mining Corporation.

Another highest-paid chief executive is Danding Cojuangco of San Miguel Corporation. As CEO of the diversified conglomerate SMC, he gets P1.58 million salary per month plus P746,000 additional compensation monthly, for a total of P2.33 million every month.

Other CEOs holding multiple positions on the list and their compensation are:

• James Go, Chairman and CEO of JG Summit Holdings (JGS), Universal Robina Corp. (URC) and Robinsons Land (RLC) — total compensation of P1.82 million per month, roughly the same as his basic monthly salary;

• Isidro Consunji, CEO of DMCI and Semirara Mining Corporation (SCC) — total compensation of P1.4 million per month, inclusive of basic monthly salary of around P490,000;
• Erramon Aboitiz, CEO of Aboitiz Power (AP) and Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) — total compensation of P806,000 per month, inclusive of basic salary of P630,000 monthly.

There are many ways to become rich. Our data above showing each CEO’s monthly salary and total compensation are proof that heading a company is one of them.

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Sino ba ang may kasalanan bakit ilang tao lang ang mayaman sa Pinas ngunit ang nakararami ay naghihirap at mga pulubi?

Ang puno ng mga ito ay tayo rin ang may pagkakamali. Dahil ito sa ating mentality at attitude. Ito ang mga ilan;

1. ASA mentality. Gusto nating madali ang buhay o ayaw maghirap sa pamagitan ng pag-aasa sa ibang tao, gusto natin lagi lebre, at hingi. Ang ibang lahi nag-iingat sa kanilang dignidad na wag manghingi kaya kung mababa ang tingin sa atin ng ibang bansa tayo ang nagturo ng ganoong treatment kasi pulubi lang ang laging nanghihingi. Mahilig tayo magpapaawa minsan gusto natin ikwento ang kahirapan para tulungan. Ang ating them song ay bahay kubo at anak na walang pinag-aralan.

2. Utak mangangamuhan. Ang ating education system ay design para mangamuhan kaya nasa utak ng bawat bata habang nag-aaral pagdating ng araw hahanap siya ng amo para isandal ang kanyang hanap buhay. Magpakahirap siya para payamanin ang kanyang amo. We thought it is easier to expect monthly salary than to take responsibility and to have effort in being creative.This mentality resulted our nation to be left behind economically.

3. Utak stone age. Akala ng marami stone age pa rin ang pilipinas na lalakad lang sa bandang bukid may pagkain na. Marami sa atin ay hindi nagpaplano, hindi nagiipon, walang vision paano umangat. Kapag may sahud na uubusin lahat paggastus, kontento na basta may sahud buwanbuwan, may iphone o ipad makapaglaro sa internet o makapagchat hindi tinitingnan ang bukas na pagdating ng araw hindi na siya puede magtrabaho. Ganoon din ang karamihan pag-uwi sa Pinas, fiesta araw-araw at kung pabalik na uli sa abroad mangutang kasi ubus na pera.

4. Hindi mahilig sa negosyo (kasi nga masmadaling umasa o maging dependent). Ang ibang bansa mahilig sa negosyo kaya sa Pinas ang mga may-ari ng negosyo ay foreigner at mga pinoy ang empleyado (utusan). Ang problema gusto nating yumaman habang nagtatrabaho gusto malaki ang sahud kaya welga ang kahahantungan resulta ng pagsasara ng maraming companya. Hindi natin binalikan sa pag-iisip na napakaliit ang tsansa na makamtan ang magandang buhay sa pamamagitan ng pagiging empleyado liban kung ikaw ay maging CEO. 

Marami pang factor bakit tayo naghihirap ngunit yang mga nabangit ang pinaka basic ng mga dahilan.

Ang tanong, kailan ba tayo mag-isip? Kailan ba tayo kikilos para umangat ang ating sarili? Kung baguhin natin ang ating mindset after 5 years to 10 years mayroong mangyayari.