HEAVEN IS WHEN YOU HAVE:
An American SalaryA British Home
A Chinese Food
A Swiss Economy
An Italian Body
A Japanese Technology
An African Tool
And a Filipina-Igorota Wife.
HELL IS WHEN YOU HAVE:
An American Wife
A British BodyA Chinese Tool
A Swiss Food
An Italian Technology
A Japanese Home
An African Economy
And a Filipino Salary
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
List of Trade Agreements of which the Philippines is a signatory- ASEAN Consultation on Trade and Investment Issues (ACT) (Description only)
The ASEAN Consultation to Solve Trade and Investment Issues (ACT) is an internet-based problem solving network for use by business operators and other agencies as a non-legal and non-binding mechanism that is able to able to expeditiously resolve operational problems encountered by the regional business community on cross-border issues related to the implementation of ASEAN agreements.
WHAT IS ACT
The ASEAN Consultation to Solve Trade and Investment Issues (ACT) is an internet-based problem solving network for use by business operators and other agencies as a non-legal and non-binding mechanism that is able to able to expeditiously resolve operational problems encountered by the regional business community on cross-border issues related to the implementation of ASEAN agreements.
The ACT directly links the national administrations of ASEAN Member Countries via their National AFTA Units (so-called “National ACTs”) though a shared online database overseen by the AFTA Unit of the ASEAN Secretariat.
Private individuals and businesses faced with operational problems related to a given Member Country’s implementation of an ASEAN commitment are invited to highlight these problems through the ACT.
Complaints can be lodged via the National ACT of the ASEAN Member Country in which the operator is registered. This so-called “Host ACT” will then vet the Complaint and if considered worthy of follow-up will pass the Complaint on to the National ACT of the ASEAN Member Country in which the infringement seems to have taken place (the so-called “Lead ACT”). Where the Lead ACT agrees that further investigation is required, the Complaint becomes an ACT “Case”.
Clients can monitor the progress of a given Case via the on-line ACT database. A deadline for the resolution of the Case is indicated by the database, which is also monitored by the AFTA Unit of the ASEAN Secretariat until such time as a solution has been found.
List of Trade Agreements of which the Philippines is a signatory- APEC (Description only)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries or regions (styled 'member economies') to discuss the regional economy, cooperation, trade and investment. The membership is claimed to account for approximately 41% of the world's population, approximately 56% of world GDP and about 49% of world trade.The activities, including year-round meetings of the members' ministers, are coordinated by the APEC Secretariat.
The organization conducts the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, an annual summit attended by the heads of government of all APEC members (with the exception of the Republic of China (ROC) which is represented under the name Chinese Taipei by a ministerial-level official at the behest of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The location of the summit rotates annually among the member economies, and a famous tradition involves the attending leaders dressing in a national costume of the host member
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List of Trade Agreements of which the Philippines is a signatory- WTO (Description only)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade. The WTO came into being on 1 January 1995, and is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1947, and continued to operate for almost five decades as a de facto international organization.
The World Trade Organization deals with the rules of trade between nations at a near-global level; it is responsible for negotiating and implementing new trade agreements, and is in charge of policing member countries' adherence to all the WTO agreements, signed by the majority of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.[ Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round. The organization is currently working with its members on a new trade negotiation called the Doha Development Agenda (Doha round), launched in 2001.
The WTO has 153 members, which represents more than 95% of total world trade.The WTO is governed by a Ministerial Conference, which meets every two years; a General Council, which implements the conference's policy decisions and is responsible for day-to-day administration; and a director-general, who is appointed by the Ministerial Conference. The WTO's headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.
The World Trade Organization deals with the rules of trade between nations at a near-global level; it is responsible for negotiating and implementing new trade agreements, and is in charge of policing member countries' adherence to all the WTO agreements, signed by the majority of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.[ Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round. The organization is currently working with its members on a new trade negotiation called the Doha Development Agenda (Doha round), launched in 2001.
The WTO has 153 members, which represents more than 95% of total world trade.The WTO is governed by a Ministerial Conference, which meets every two years; a General Council, which implements the conference's policy decisions and is responsible for day-to-day administration; and a director-general, who is appointed by the Ministerial Conference. The WTO's headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.
links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization
in brief:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.0c49da31-80ea-4868-9ebc-d9a73ee293b2&hl=en
List of Trade Agreements of which the Philippines is a signatory-ASEAN Free Trade Area (Description only)
This was our assignment in Finman11
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is a trade bloc agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations supporting local manufacturing in all ASEAN countries.
The AFTA agreement was signed on 28 January 1992 in Singapore. When the AFTA agreement was originally signed, ASEAN had six members, namely, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Vietnam joined in 1995, Laos and Myanmar in 1997 and Cambodia in 1999. AFTA now comprises the ten countries of ASEAN. All the four latecomers were required to sign the AFTA agreement in order to join ASEAN, but were given longer time frames in which to meet AFTA's tariff reduction obligations.
The primary goals of AFTA seek to:
Increase ASEAN's competitive edge as a production base in the world market through the elimination, within ASEAN, of tariffs and non-tariff barriers; and
The primary mechanism for achieving the goals given above is the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme, which established a schedule for phased initiated in 1992 with the self-described goal to increase the "region’s competitive advantage as a production base geared for the world market".
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Friday, November 28, 2008
When I say... "I am a Christian"
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'.
"I'm whispering "I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven."
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumbleand need Christ
to be my guide.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow!
Share this with somebody who already has this understanding, asreinforcement.
But more importantly, share this with those who do not havea clear understanding
of what it means to be a Christian,
so that the myththat Christians think they are "perfect"
or "better than others"can bedispelled.
courtesy:
cyndi_caster@yahoo.com.ph
Thursday, November 27, 2008
To a nice Person
Hello There Nice Person
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
Just How Special You Are
The Light that You Emit
Might Even Light a Star
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
How Important You Make Others Feel
Somebody out Here is Smiling
About Love that is So Real
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
Many Times, When They were Sad
Your Smile made them Smile a bit
In fact It made them Glad
for the Time You Spend Sending Things
And Sharing Whatever You Find
There are No Words to thank You
but Somebody, Thinks You're Fine
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
Just How Much They Like You
courtesy: rouwel23@yahoo.com
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