Bescafe

No typo there. Nescafe has launched a thousand coffee plants among farmers.

Win-win!

Greater than the Mess

Our Daily Bread the other day paraphrased 2 Samuel as "Life is a mess!" But God is greater.

Mediation tries easing it a bit.

Mediating TNVS

Might as well stand for The Non-Violent Spoilers who are too drunk to do anything other than throw up in the cab.

Grabbers, beware and give motion sickness bags! The other side of this messy business.

Saying Double

Without an E0 EO yeah, the Bora rehab team rolled out their request for funding. DOT was quick to quote P 1B! More surprising, twas for training and sewerage!!!
Against foreign germs? Btw another agency mentioned the "s" word in his wish list, and more appropriately so.

Though on the dot, won't pass the fine comb of mediation audit.

K, U Wait!

Rumors abound re the botched OFW rescue that was done while Mocha Uson was brewing in the area. Sore sorry for PH saving her harassed citizen heroes?

This is lose-lose once again.

Bura Bura

What is with this odd ministration protecting itself from its citizens it has enraged, while opening itself to trespassing by an ever lusting neighbor?

Beyond mediation, let alone comprehension!

Something's Gotta Give

This other Throwback Thursday favorite is like Joker meeting Annie Hall again.

In mediation, the two somebodies involved have got to give-and-take.

Mediating Obesity

Animal Planet's My Big Fat Pet Make-over brought out the cases of a 43-pound chihuahua and a 14-pound cat. Issues raised were the dog's Eskimo breed mix and leg replacement, and the cat's thyroid problem, aside from both their owners' tendency to overfeed them.

Compliance to a compromise agreement is essential in any mediation.

Mediating Justices

What to do with meddlesome Justices who are supposed to be the first-line mediators?

That is the sorry state of our nation presently led by Super Meddlesome!

One Fine Day

One of the movies one never gets tired off, it follows two harassed singles again now juggling work and parenting.
George Clooney's Jack reporter character on a real dead-line picks up his young daughter (lost by the other parent character of Michelle Pfeiffer) under an antique shop table cuddling kittens. He practically snatches her out tearful and determined to stay with her newly found pets. Jack explains his predicament and agrees that his child could bring one kitten home.

Successful mediation!

Take 5

A Delima young woman ran a good race recently. Her namesake is still languishing in jail.

Sonetimes mediation's speed is short of miraculous, while at other times, at snail pace.

So Very Antsy

That's Duterte regarding criticism which Etta Rosales says seems to be a crime now. But, by all means, he lets China all over the West Philippine Sea and soon, Boracay! My, my! Ours!!!

Double standards a no-no in mediation.

Aristotle

His quote, "Patience is bitter, but its Fruits are sweet," is a bank's reminder for clients waiting in line.

That is preventive mediation.

Uber Grab

This seems to be happening to the ride-sharing industry. The merger has led to a literal virtual monopoly. And could interested runners-up join in the fray?

Mediation is against any disputant's monopoly of discussion, negotiation and subsequent compromise.

Liberal Party

Swearing in with them last Saturday, we were reminded of our uphill climb against the administration.

At least mediation is the great equalizer between unequal disputants.

Titanic Mediation

Our Daily Bread today recalls the sinking of the Titanic 15 April 1912. Among its victims was "W. T. Stead, innovative English journalist who had previously addressed the danger of ships operating with an insufficient ratio of lifeboats to passengers... He sacrificed his own life by giving up his life vest and a place in the lifeboat so others could be rescued."

Mediation does not require that sacrifice. Just some life- changing compromise between disputants.

Walking Free

This is the prosthesis project of the Physicians for Peace. Its founder Dr. Josephine Bundoc was inspired by her blind father who continued to fix engines and build boats

Mediators also lead disputants to walk free from conflict.

Terrorists Unite

Duterte spoke in China about their two countries' war vs. drugs and terrorism. Against themselves?

In law, they say that one going to court has to have clean hands.

Facade

In this season of fakes, St. Paul's Cathedral presents its remnant facade proudly turned into a landmark in Macau, much like a movie location set.

Mediation likewise evolves destroyed relationships.

Music Mediation

GMA News TV features good Cinemalaya films Sunday evenings. "Boses," for instance was educational to boot. A mute young boy physically and verbally abused by his alcoholic father was turned over to the Casa San Miguel shelter near violinist Coke Bolipata's place actually. Escaping from a bully there one day and hiding in the closet, the boy discovered the soothing sound of music and his talent for it as well. In the end, he was also instrumental in the healing of his violin instructor. All's well.

Say it, Paul!

Not Sir but Saint! In a letter to the Corinthians, he wrote, "For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom."

In mediation, demands are signed off in wisdom of the disputants.

Wig is out

Will the resignation of Aguirre signal the return of competence, integrity and honest-to-goodness justice?

Same qualities of mediation.

Lose-Lose

The count is more than two. Boracay's abrupt closure has affected the travel agencies, airlines, hotel owners and employees as well as other residents and businesses on the island. Even the boatmen

Jim Paredes says the only thing planned was the Chinese casino soon to rise on Philippine soil (aside from the other structures on the Western Philippine Sea).

Mediation on the other is for win-win, not only in beauty pageants!

Suggestology

Emile Coue, a 19th century French healer, pharmacist and psychologist developed this method of giving positive comments about a drug to make it more effective. (Jaime Licauco's Inner Awareness's Inquirer column of 3 April 2018)

Mediators cannot major in this course but could lead disputants by effective questioning.

"What God has not put together"

"(the case of a marriage that is invalid ab initio) should also not be forced to remain in force purely on legalistic reasons..." Fr. Jaime Achacoso and Cristina Montes claim that "the Code of Canon Law has more, not less, grounds for nullity of marriage."

Separation according to the Church vs. the State now pushing for divorce.

Pasang Cruise

Jaime Licauco did not foresee that their cruise was not going to be a breeze. It was a nightmare! The cruise company's reply was published at the same time in the Inquirer as a way of reaching out to Mr. Licauco.

Let the mediation begin.

Shon Hopwood

The Inquirer Commentary of Prosy B. Torrechante relates how the former drug addict and bank robber confessed, "After I surrendered to the FBI, I surrendered to the Holy Spirit."

Working in the prison library, he read law books until he learned to draft sentence-reduction petitions for inmates who called him "the greatest jailhouse lawyer in American history."
After his release, he studied law, passed the bar and even taught at Georgetown.

Mediation has such success stories, too.

ATM in Latin

From last Holy Week's docu, we thought guides to the Vatican ought to translate ATM instructions.

Just like mediation has to be done in the language understood by both disputants.

The Coldest Case

The Discovery channel calls the Crucifixion as such. It was started by the Persians (now Iranians) and perfected by the Romans. And peace is getting more elusive still.

Mediators try their own little bit to spread it around.

Life Imitating Art

The French contribution to Cinema World was of course about love- specifically, a director and an actress reliving on film their lusting relationship. Their principal audience was the fruit of that unwanted liaison. In one scene, the director observed that the actress was more authentic when acting.

No acting in mediation, just authenticity.