The Department of Trade (DTI) has declared that following the partnership of the Ayala-led Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. (IMI) and California-based Zero Motorcycles (CZM) will pave the way to the manufacturing of electric motorcycles and other related sub-assemblies and ultimately make the Philippines and export manufacturing hub for electric batteries and vehicles in Southeast Asia.

As announced by the DTI, under the agreement, Zero Motorcycles has agreed to subcontract to IMI its electric motorcycle assembly and other related sub-assemblies, such as battery and motor assembly.

Moreover, the enactment of the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act. (EVIDA), the DTI through the Board of Investments (BOI), aims to narrow the gap between traditional vehicles and EVs to increase mark demand.

Also, the DTI is optimistic that the agreement projects an annual revenue of $65 million and investments of $250 million over the next five years.

MY COMMENT:
The aforementioned partnership between the IMI and CZM will not only create more jobs for electronics graduates to do manufacturing of Electric vehicles/motorcycles and batteries that would supply the Southeast Asian markets. Virtually, an avenue for financial/economic recovery.
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Youthful minds are now preoccupied not much with the forthcoming holidays of Christmas but of the scheduled synchronized elections for the youth organization and barangay elective officials that is set on the 30th of October 2023 pursuant to Comelec Resolution 10902 promulgated on 22 March 2023. It is well to note that the age for membership of the Katipunan ng Kabataan had been raised to 24 years old by virtue of Republic Act 10742.

It is in line with such vision that our Constitution had enshrined as one fundamental state principle the recognition of the vital role of the youth in nation building. That constitutional principle was given real meaning in the enabling law, RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, whereby the youth was afforded participation and representation in the affairs of government. It is in that vision of our acknowledged national hero, government has recognized by law the significant role of the youth as being the hope of the fatherland.

Leaders of the youth organization which is the Katipunan ng Kabataan are elected by its members to compose the Sangguniang Kabataan. The one elected as chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan is afforded a seat in the Sangguniang Barangay as ex-officio member representing the youth.

It is the privilege granted to the SK chairman as member of the barangay council which entitles the youth leader honorarium and other monetary perks like the regular members of the council. What is considered as financial perks for the SK Chairman had caused the corruption of the youth and the erosion of the noble ideals they ought to live by.

It is frustrating that the youth today are being subjected to all forms of corrupt practices primarily upon the egging of their elders. The desire of elders to covet the post allocated for the youth had unduly ruined the youth organization as training ground for future leaders. Machinations prevalent in the dirty politics of the olds are now employed in the elections of youth for all the corrupt intentions of the olds.

The youth, in their idealist orientation, does not have any purposeful desire to make any shenanigan in the election of their leaders. Unfortunately, the prodding of elders for young leaders to follow the dirty path and ways that are prevalent in the elections of olds had eroded the cleanness and honesty of the SK elections.

With perks and privileges afforded the SK Chairman, the post had become too attractive for elders to push their children to aim for the position with personal aggrandizement as principal motivation. The one getting elected are seldom the true leaders of the youth as most winners are due to vote buying. This brings us to the question, are the youth still our country’s hope?

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THAT gospel episode about a Canaanite woman practically pestering Christ to cure her daughter who was tormented by a demon (cfr. Mt 15,21-28) gives us a precious lesson about what to do when we are faced with a severe test of faith where God may appear to be unresponsive to our petitions.

And the lesson to learn is to just persevere in begging God for the help we need, never losing our faith in God’s goodness and compassion. To be sure, God would not really mind the disturbance we give him. In fact, he is all there to help us. We should just persevere in asking. He is never unmindful of our needs. He even knows what we need before we ask him.

We just have to learn how to do this as much as possible without a great deal of tension and anguish. Yes, along the way we may have to suffer, but then again, if done always with God, we can manage to be calm and confident, knowing that nothing is impossible with God.

The experience of a bad break, a misfortune, a huge difficulty, etc., can and should be converted into an occasion to grow in our faith in God. And we can somehow know that we are growing in that faith when we learn how to continually beg God without losing our peace.

In fact, there would be an abiding sense of acceptance of whatever takes place at the moment together with a strong hope that provides us with a deep confidence that everything will be taken care of.

We know that with God, everything is taken care of. What we cannot take care, God will do it for us. Of course, God’s ways are not our ways. They may differ greatly from what we like to happen, but definitely God will take care of everything. He will solve, complete and perfect what we cannot anymore solve, complete and perfect. Nothing is impossible with him. We should just trust him.

This reassurance has been revealed to us by Christ himself. He was willing to offer his life for our sins and for whatever misfortunes we can suffer in this life. And he conquered them all with his resurrection. If all our misfortunes are suffered with Christ, we for sure will also take part in the resurrection of Christ.

Before Christ’s supreme act of love to take care of everything and to save us and to bring us back to God, we already have been reassured of this wonderful truth of God taking care of everything with the example of Job who was severely tested by all kinds of trials and misfortunes. But with his strong faith in God, he stood his ground and in the end was amply rewarded by God.

We need to toughen ourselves and cling tightly to what our faith tells us whenever we suffer some kind of misfortune in this life. For this, we have nothing else to do but to try our best, always asking for God’s grace, to assume the mind of Christ with respect to his suffering and death.

Part of a good accepting attitude is the ability to be flexible and resilient without getting confused and lost about what is absolutely right or wrong, true or false, real or unreal. We have to know how to adapt ourselves properly to different kinds of people, conditions and situations in our life, etc.

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), the advances we saw in 2021 pale in comparison to those that occurred last year, and AI shows no signs of slowing down. Industries from financial services to healthcare to manufacturing are adopting AI-enabled solutions to restructure how they operate as well as to solve previously intractable problems. gaurav Tewari said in Forbes Magazine , and this can be a thing for panic. Gaurav Tewari

Tewari predicted that Artificial Intelligence will keep ramping up and work place will adopt AI to the hilt.

This is bad news for us in the knowledge worker industry.
Because it may mean losing jobs traditionally ours as teachers and now for AI.
But it will not only be for teachers but for other industries.
Due to AI
Entry-Level Programming, Data Analysis and Web Development Roles.
Entry-Level Writing and Proofreading Roles.
Translation Jobs. .
Entry-Level Graphic Design Jobs.
Fast Food Order Taking Jobs.
Accounting.
Postal Service Clerical Jobs.
Data Entry Jobs.

These jobs will be lost to AI ,as predicted. However, all is not lost. We must not panic.

How can we therefore save ourselves from AI in the battlefield called JOB Market ?
1. Anticipate , keep yourself informed .
2. Develop Relevant Skills
3. Be Flexible and adaptable.
4. Collaborate with AI
We must rethink and recalibrate 9ur strategies.
We need to ..