As I was listening to i-tunes, I remember...

Few years ago before the Lenten break, I took the train then walked awhile. I remember lounging in that coffee shop with someone dear, with these words playing at the back of my mind...

...You're walkin' a diff'rent direction from most people I've met
You've given' me signs of affection I don't usually get
I don't want you to pledge your future, the future's not yours to give
Just stand there a little longer and let me watch you while you leave...

Reflections on Changes, Challenges, Chances

I have been wanting and waiting for changes, challenges and chances.

Change is happening so slow that I am getting impatient.

                    Challenges are coming by the buckets.

                                        Chances are so bleak that I cannot see them.

Or am I just too afraid to embrace the change that comes my way?

                    Or am I just too unprepared to face the challenge?

                                        Or am I just being blinded by my insecurity, I failed to recognize

                                                            the chances that are right in front of me?

For how long can I wait for a lasting change that would set people free from frustrating uncertainty?

                    For how long can I endure these challenges without calling it quits and leaving everything?

                  

                                        For how many times am I going to let the chances pass?

I have been waiting for changes, challenges and chances. May I have a heart that is ready to accept the change that is inevitable. May I have the strength and courage to face the challenges that life throws my way. May I have the wisdom to recognize the chances that life is giving me, and the guts to grab that opportunity whenever I see it.

I have been waiting for changes, challenges and chances. Change my heart and make it one that yearns to serve more. Challenge my mind to make grow in wisdom that comes from God. Give me a chance to grow up into a person who is better than who am I today. 

DOLE Issues Guidelines on Gynecological Leave Benefits for Women

Updated: January 3, 2015

The Department of Labor and Employment issued the Guidelines Governing the Implementation of The Special Leave Benefits for Women Employees in the Private Sector, as provided for in Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women.  => click here for updated link

Copy of the Guidelines maybe downloaded from the website of the Philippine Commission on Women. (the agency changed its domain name hence the old link is dead)

New weblinks (as of January 3, 2015):

DOLE Department Order No. 112-11 s. 2011: Guidelines Governing the Implementation of the Special Leave Benefits for Women in the Private Sector

DOLE Department Order No. 112-A s. 2012: Amending the Guidelines on the Implementation of the Special Leave Benefits for Women in the Private Sector

For inquiries and clarifications, concerned parties should call
The Department of Labor and Employment
Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns
9th Floor GE Antonino Building
TM Kalaw cor. J Bocobo Streets
Ermita, Manila
Tel. 404-3336; 527-3097; 527-3116; 527-5856 to 57
Fax: 527-5858; 527-3097
Email: mail@bwsc.dole.gov.ph
Business hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday