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#APEC2015                                                                                                                                                                                  InterAksyon.com file photo of Chief Justice Maria

PHL Chief Justice pitches incentives                                                                                                                                                       Lourdes Sereno.
for 6 women values at workplace
   MANILA - More than men, women                                                                                                                  What ABAC can do. A powerful             rules,” Sereno said.
tend to prefer self-fulfillment, family      “They are able to manage their time                crises one after other,” Sereno said,          group, the APEC Business Advisory              Family-friendly employers must be
and other relationships, work-life        better. But these are not articulated in              citing her own day-to-day exposure to          Council can create a fairer, more
balance, and time flexibility to money,   any of current business models,” the                  managing career and family.                    transparent world if these women’s          rewarded with incentives, she said.
status, and power. In leadership          chief justice said.                                                                                  abilities as “consensus builders and        Family-friendly enterprises are those
positions, they are also more likely to                                                            x While men are more comfortable            crisis managers” are recognized.            that, among others, have day-care
be more crisis-solving, multi-faceted,       v Women in business tend to be                     with formal rules, women have a                                                            centers and allow employees to take
consensual, and intuitive than men.       family-oriented and view their business               better intuitive sense of employees and           For one, ABAC can “make family           family leaves to take care of children or
                                          as extensions of their relationships to               constituencies.                                orientation a measure of excellence,        sick or elderly relatives.
   These are some of the positive         family and community, Sereno said.                                                                   by mainstreaming instead of treating
qualities of women that, Philippine                                                                “With our sixth sense, we are able          it as an outlier,” the chief justice said.     Of her own experience in the
Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno told APEC       “In times of trouble, they are able                to detect when something is bothering                                                      judiciary, Sereno said women are less
business leaders, should be recognized    to build consensus more easily...So a                 employees and in a roundabout way                 “Interruptions in career cannot          prone to corruption than men. The
and given incentives.                     woman is able to make employees feel                  can ask them, without hurting feelings,        be taken against her. Her ability to        theory behind this, she said, is because
                                          they are part of a family. And you do                 what’s the problem,” she said.                 sacrifice self-interest for a higher        women shun the nightlife.
   At the ABAC Women’s Luncheon,          anything to save the family,” she said.                                                              objective [of caring for a loved one]
Sereno said these values and leadership                                                            y Women also have a better sense            must be recognized. [Business] must            “They would rather go home to their
style should be encouraged, and not          “Women are more effective in                       of balance between economic and non-           appreciate the sense of balance she         family, take care of their parents or
taken against women.                      making a call for sacrifice,” she added.              economic goals.                                brings to the table,” she added.            children, go to church. It is thus difficult
                                                                                                                                                                                           to strike a deal in these circumstances,
   “These should be recognized and           Most women-run businesses are                         “Being better at work-life balance             “Imagine what all of the above           so to speak,” Sereno said.
amply rewarded,” Sereno said. “The        in services and in micro, small, and                  means they are also better at                  would mean for ABAC leadership,”
female style must be recognized by        medium enterprises. They tend to                      maintaining relationships,” she said.          Sereno said.                                   When she opted out of fast-track
mainstream business literature on the     have a smaller workforce and smaller                  “They are also better communicators,                                                       law firm life after having children, the
restructuring of economies.”              consumer base, Sereno said, citing                    speaking more powerfully in qualitative           What legislation, judiciary can do.      chief justice said she heard all the dire
                                          business literature.                                  and not quantitative manner.”                                                              warnings about regretting her decision
   Qualities of women that should be                                                                                                           The legal structure, for its part, must     later and criticisms about being afraid
rewarded                                     w While men tend to be linear and                     z Women are preferred over men to           be changed accordingly, the chief           of success.
                                          sequential in thinking, women tend                    take over a business when it is in trouble.    justice said.
   u Women go into business because       to be more wholistic and long-term in                                                                                                               “Those who said that to me then
it gives them the flexibility and the     their approach, she said.                                “This might be an indication that              “Substantive law must respond.           cannot say that to me now because I
freedom to balance their family life                                                            women can solve crises. In tough and           We need to make the playing field           am chief justice,” she said. n Veronica Uy /
and their career better.                     “Their perspectives are wider. They                difficult social situations, women             fair, predictable, and transparent,
                                          take cognizance of different things                   appear to make better judgments,”              with open information and simpler           InterAksyon.com / November 14, 2015 / 6:57 pm
                                          running at the same time and solve                    Sereno said.

Metro’s homeless, street kids housed                                                                                                           Suspect in 2003 Davao bombings captured in Cotabato
at Boys Town for APEC2015 week                                                                                                                 MANILA – Military and police regional trial courts.

                                                                                                                                               operatives arrested in Cotabato             Mentang allegedly took part in

   MANILA - Residents of Parang,                                                                denied plans to “tuck away from sight”         province a former member of the the bombings of the Sasa Wharf and
Marikina, confirmed that some of the                                                            of the APEC visitors the thousands of
homeless of Metro Manilla, including                                                            homeless families and street children          Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Special Ecoland terminal in Davao.
street children, have been brought to                                                           usually seen around Metro Manila’s
Boys Town for the duration of country’s                                                         streets. The DSWD had been barraged            Operations Group wanted for alleged         Mentang was supposedly among
hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic                                                            with queries on its plans, following its
Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’                                                            move in January, when Pope Francis             involvement in 2003 bombings in the first 15 members of the MILF
Meeting next week.                                                                              came to Manila, to bring hundreds of
                                                                                                the homeless to a resort south of Metro        Davao City that killed 23 persons and trained in basic demolition by the
   Residents told News5 they saw the                                                            Manila.
stream of arrivals since Tuesday (No.                                                                                                          injured 27 others.                          Jemaah Islamiyah terror network in
10). They also pointed to the tarpaulins                                                           The DSWD did not respond to
hanging on Boys Town’s gate, with the                                                           calls by News5 on the herding of the           Colonel Noel Detoyato, Armed 1995. He went on to train fellow MILF
words, “We support APEC.”                                                                       homeless to Boys Town this week. n
                                                                                                                                               Forces of the Philippines public members.
   Some parents with children at                                                                News5 / InterAksyon.com / November 14, 2015 /
Boys Town deplored, however, the          TV5 screenshot of DSWD’s main office in Quezon City.                                                 affairs office chief, said Abdul Manap      He was arrested in Santa Ana,
                                                                                                10:46 am
                                          proliferation of trash, mostly from the                                                              Mentang alias “Manny,” “Manap” and Manila in October 2004 but was
                                          meals taken by the transients, around the
                                          sprawling compound.                                                                                  “Al-Molk,” was captured Wednesday in released from jail after three months

                                             The government, especially the                                                                    Barangay Panatan, Pigcawayan town. for lack of evidence.
                                          Department of Social Welfare and
                                          Development (DSWD), had in the past                                                                  He was the subject of arrest warrants       Mentang has been turned over to

                                                                                                                                               for multiple murder and multiple police in Davao City. n Priam F. Nepomuceno

                                                                                                                                               frustrated murder issued separately / Philippine News Agency / November 14, 2015 /

                                                                                                                                               by the Davao City and Cotabato City 9:25 am

VP Binay to attend APEC functions amid rift with Malacañang

   Despite political differences with     Binay is the presidential candidate                   as Cabinet member.                             Vice President Jejomar Binay                yung hospitality ng Pilipino. So, these
Malacañang, Vice President Jejomar        of the opposition United Nationalist                     Also in his Friday press statement,                                                     are the basic traits of the Filipino that
Binay said Friday that he would           Alliance (UNA).                                                                                      Talagang dapat puntahan po ito ng mga       we really should be proud of,” Binay
nevertheless be welcoming heads of                                                              the Vice President urged political             turista. Iyon ho ang isa. Pangalawa,        said. n Amita Legaspi / DVM, GMA News / November
state arriving for next week’s Asia          In a speech during the launch of                   parties to set aside differences during        yong kaakit-akit na ugali ng Pilipino
Pacific Economic Conference (APEC),       the UNA as a political party, Binay                   next week’s APEC summit, and show              na palatawa. Kahit na napakalaki ng         14, 2015 / 9:39 pm
and he would be attending conference      criticized the administration’s supposed              the world that Philippine government           problema, natawa pa. Ang pangatlo,
functions as well.                        inefficiency in addressing social                     leaders are united in showing the best
                                          problems. He also enumerated the                      that the country had to offer.
   “Talaga ang protocol diyan, ang        areas where the Aquino administration
vice president ay sasalubong doon sa      allegedly failed to do its job.                          “APEC is a very important event that
mga heads of state. Iyon ho ang isa                                                             we should all support. We are hopeful
kong trabaho,” Binay said in a press         Malacañang and Liberal Party                       that the agreements will promote real
statement. “Pangalawa, bayan naman        officials had earlier said that they                  inclusive growth that uplifts the lives of
natin ito. Kahit na kami ay hindi         had no hand in the allegations and                    the poor,” he said.
nagkakasundo, a-attend ako sa mga         complaints filed against Binay.
receptions.”                                                                                       He was confident that the Philippines
                                             Presidential spokesperson Edwin                    will do a good job as host to the week-
   Binay has been openly critical of      Lacierda also disputed the vice                       long economic forum and that the
the Aquino administration ever since      president’s accusation, countering that               inherent hospitality of the Filipinos
he resigned from the Cabinet in June.     Binay had every opportunity to voice                  would shine throughout the event.
                                          his gripes during his almost five years
                                                                                                   “Napaka-ganda ng ating bansa.
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