From reactive culture to ‘preparation mindset

Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano urged a shift from a reactive culture to a “preparation mindset,” warning that weak planning limits options and leaves the country vulnerable to rising costs and global shocks, and stressing the need for more coordinated, forward-looking action in both government policy and personal decision-making.
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SEN ALAN CAYETANO:

(0:00:02) Praise God for another day. Magandang magandang hapon sa aking friends and family sa Facebook. Kahapon na medyo napa discuss tayo about purpose, about yung potential ng bawat person. Oh, look who walked in. A beautiful woman and person.

(0:00:27) Hello darling. 

MAYOR LANI:

(0:00:28) What are we talking about? 

SEN. ALAN CAYETANO:

(0:00:30) Kakasimula lang. Love, we always start by thanking God. So I thank God that I’m seeing you almost every day, not only sa bahay because I really like being with you. 

MAYOR LANI:

(0:00:42) Hello everybody. 

SEN. ALAN CAYETANO:

(0:00:43) I love working with Lani. We love working on education, health, [and] urban development. Nakakainis yung mga problema.

(0:00:51) Love, ang pinag-uusapan namin, potential. So I think kailangan ako kausapin sandali ng asawa ko. But yung gusto ko pong medyo i-discuss today, yung isa pang P, which we will call preparation. Ang planning is always part of preparations.

(0:01:15) (Mentioned viewer). Maayong hapon sa kaninyong tanan. (Mentioned viewer), magandang hapon sa inyo. (Mentioned viewer), pasensya na ang ating mga kababayan sa Europe at US. Ngayon naman na iba time kasi usually late at night ako nangangamusta. But yun naman maganda, recorded naman ito. So habol sila mamaya at tinitignan ng ating staff yung ano ha yung mga comments. So, yung nangangailangan ng medical assistance, gagawa at gagawa tayo ng paraan, whether with our private sector or public sector partners, di ba? (Mentioned viewer), shout out sa mga taga Nagoya, Japan. Yan, napakaganda po ng kultura sa Japan.

(0:02:05) Ating SK ng aming barangay, Chairperson Ava Victoria, see you guys soon. (Mentioned viewer). Magandang magandang hapon sa inyo, (Mentioned viewer), yan, taga-Zamboanga del Sur. So guys, yung dagdag na P sa pinag-uusapan natin na purpose, na pinag-uusapan natin na ano yung planning, yung preparation. So, kung mahilig kayo mag-billiards, isa sa maagang tinuturo sa inyo ay kailangan may preparasyon. Hindi pwedeng nakating ka lang sa bolang gusto mong ishoot na. Kailangan may preparasyon ka sa susunod at sa susunod sa susunod. So naalala ko po yun, to God’s grace, kasi si Noel, lumabas na si Konsehal Noel, naglaro kami, nakasingit kami ng chess game ngayon. Tinuturuan nila ako ng pamangkin ko. And grabe pala yung talaga yung…

(0:03:13) Hindi pala totoo na 2-3 steps ahead sa chess. Dapat talagang grabe yung isip ng bawat galaw at grabe yung preparasyon. So ang problema kasi sa walang preparasyon, mali-limit ang iyong option. So pag walang preparasyon, yung present position mo ay medyo limited. So dahil wala tayong preparation, for example, sa strategic stockpile ng oil. So we’re at the mercy of the world market at sa mga presyo at supply ngayon. So pinag-uusapan na tatlong bagay. Nung tinanggal yung oil deregulation and we went completely the other way, tama ba yun? I still think tama na nag-deregulate pero dapat may safeguards. Number two, bakit hindi tinuloy? You know naman po yung work that I put into that, yung joint exploration, which is totally within international law, within UNCLOS, and within our constitution. We made sure na constitutional ang framework natin ng joint exploration sa West Philippine Sea. Alam niyo po kung natuloy po yun, it will still take five to six years, para five to seven years para makuha yung oil or natural gas. So ang problema, pag bumababa ang presyo ng gas Nakakalimutan natin mag-prepare para sa mga panahon katulad ngayon. Katulad din sa EV yan. Matagal na matagal na may mga electric vehicles, pero hindi tayo pumunta doon I’m talking about everyone I’m not finger pointing and saying isa lang may kasalanan.

(0:05:01) Hybrid din, di ba? The question now is, do we even look at hybrids or talagang doon na tayo sa EV? That’s a different topic but ang point ko is preparation, di ba? So like…

(0:05:16) Mga kalye, di ba? Nung araw wala tayong pera para sa kalye. Ngayon may pera para sa kalye, pero napakamahal ng mga right of way. So kung nagkaroon ng preparasyon, kahit walang kalye, pero sinabi walang gagawa ng bahay dito, or may easement.

(0:05:33) Edi sana mas maayos. So, for me, acceptable na magkamali sa preparasyon kasi wala namang perfect. Ang hindi acceptable sa akin, paulit-ulit natin ginagawa yung pagkakamaling yun. Paulit-ulit, paikot-ikot na lang tayo. So, when you make a mistake, when we make a mistake, we learn from it. That’s also what repentance means. Dinudugtong natin ito sa Pasko ng Pagkabuhay o Linggo o yung ating Lenten season at saka panahon po ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay na repentance is important. Repentance doesn’t only mean you say sorry. Or if you did something wrong, sorry, nahuli ako. Repentance means mali ang pag-iisip ko, babaguhin ko. So kung dati wala kang preparasyon, so halimbawa may malaking bonus, wala naman pong masama na kumain ng masarap, walang masama na mag-travel, wala pong masama na bumili ng magandang iPad o telepono, especially if you’re going to use it for productivity. But if you knew that that bonus, ay kailangan magtabi ka ng konti bilang preparasyon for whatever. Bibili kayong bahay, ikakasal ka, magtatayo ng business, may opportunity, hindi mo tinabi yun. Then, yung innocent na ginawa mo ay makikita mo may mali pala. So, I remember po when I was speaker at ginagawa natin yung Bayanihan 2.

(0:07:03) Pinipilit po namin, lagyan ng limang bilyon. Relatively small yun sa ngayon. Para sa mga preparasyon sa tourism. Kasi three in one yun. Mabibigyan ng trabaho. Lalo po yung mga nasa countryside. Number two, maprepare po ang ating infrastructure for tourism. And number three, mate-train. Kasi maraming kailangan doon na training at skill work. Hi (Mentioned viewer), malapit na birthday mo. Tinatanong ni Noel.

(0:07:33) Video pero sabi ko ano bang handaan (Mentioned viewer), come to see me soon (Mentioned viewer), matagal tayo hindi nagkausap So guys Preparasyon, diba? So yung sinasabi ko, so look what happened paggising natin after the pandemic Ang Hong Kong, ang Singapore, ang Vietnam, ang Thailand, Malaysia Napakaraming ginawa na tahimik kasi…

(0:07:58) Nagkaroon sila ng thinking na ito limitasyon natin but we can prepare. So babalik at babalik ang travel so we can prepare. So I’m very happy na for me answered prayers sa lahat po na nagdadasal. Keep praying, have faith in God, live forever.

(0:08:13) So, live by walking in faith, not by sight. So, kahapon nung isang araw, yung rhetoric, grabe. Pero ngayon, may dalawang linggo. Sana totoo, dalawang linggo na usap-usap muna. At bukas yung tinatawag na strait of hormuz. At sana po ay bumaba ng konti yung presyo ng langis dahil magkaka-supply. Ang problema po, maraming tinamaan na critical na infrastructure, not only sa oil but also natural gas na may effect ito naman sa urea o sa fertilizer. May tinamaan din ng mga aluminum smelter na may effect ito naman sa iba’t ibang ano naman. (Mentioned viewer), God bless you. Thank you for tuning in. (Mentioned viewer).

(0:08:59) (Mentioned viewer) So nasa series tayo that we’re talking about yung pagiging productive natin by being purpose driven and yung leverage ng planning and part of planning is yung talagang preparation So, more on that I’ll see if I can go back mamaya and I’d like to thank may mga kausap akong business people mamaya ang trabaho ng grupo na ito ay talagang palakihin ang mga business groups sa Pilipinas to make sure na tama yung taxation, to make sure na yung balance between capitalism and yung social needs ng ating mga kababayan and then ngayon the government needs all the help and all the advice. So I’m happy. I’m not [in] liberty para sabihin sino, but they’re a formal business organization. Some of their officers magkwekwentuhan lang mamaya, and I wanna listen kung ano mga input…

(0:10:00) Actually, series to, we invited a couple of businessmen, lalo po yung may negosyo dito sa Taguig. We’re constantly in touch naman kasi with jeepney drivers, tricycle drivers, with commuters, government workers. Having said that, pagdating kasi ng business sector, marami yan. May micro-entrepreneurs, may macro, may banking industry, meron sa energy, meron sa… 

(0:10:30) So, napakalawak na iba-iba talaga yung views. So, yung PROTECT Committee ay may hearing ulit sa Monday at nung dinadraft namin yan, nung staff ko, when we were working on that, yung talaga intention na maging mas comprehensive ang approach, mas proactive, and then to not to criticize but to get everyone together.

(0:10:54) So, I’ll do that muna now. I won’t criticize muna. But, definitely, kung may mali, hindi pwedeng pa ulit-ulit yung mali na yun. God bless you guys. Continue praying for our country, for the whole world. Special mention prayer sa ating mga OFWs. God bless you po.

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