A Conversation with Luke Orbos, executive director of Bayan Academy

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A Conversation with Luke Orbos, executive director of Bayan Academy  Luke Orbos is the dynamic executive director of Bayan Academy, an institution dedicated to empowering communities through education and enterprise development. Hailing from a family deeply rooted in public service, Luke carries forward a proud legacy. His uncle, Father Jerry Orbos, SVD, is a beloved and charismatic priest; his father, Oscar Orbos, served as a distinguished public official and now leads as Chairman of People's Television. Luke’s journey into Bayan Academy perfectly aligns with his advocacy for meaningful societal impact. Founded by the late Ed Morato, a celebrated professor of the Asian Institute of Management, Bayan Academy is now under the leadership of Professor Jay Bernardo, continuing its mission of transformative education.  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Subscribe to Business Franchise Guru: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessFranchiseGuru   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters  Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #philippines #entrepreneur

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00:00Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good evening to all of you who tune in to

00:29Good afternoon, good Sunday, this is again Butch Bertolomeo, the business mentor over

00:35Manila Times.

00:37You know, the month of February is always what they call malasakit sa puso, puso, diba?

00:44So today, we have invited a friend, a friend whose probably the family name is very familiar

00:52to many.

00:53And we'll find out who is he, sino ba siya, at sino ba talaga, at ano ba talaga ang kanyang

01:00adikain, ano ba yung kanilang binibigay sa bayan.

01:06So without further ado, let me introduce to you Mr. Luke Orbus, the Executive Director

01:14of Bayan Academy.

01:16Good morning to you, Luke.

01:19Good morning, good day, and good afternoon, or good evening, sa lahat ngayon.

01:24Kahit saan, kasi maraming nanonood, kahit anong timeline.

01:28Luke, your name is very familiar, the family name.

01:32Sino nga ba si Michelle Luke Orbus?

01:37Well, I'm Luke Orbus, so I am related to, of course, the Orbuses.

01:49Some of them are in public work, in public service, and yung isa ho, he's a priest, Father

01:56Jerry.

01:57So I'm the son of ano, one of the Orbus siblings, si Oscar, I am the youngest.

02:05But more than the surname na kinikiri ko, it's more on the development and malasakit

02:14na kinikiri, at na naman ako, siguro, sa mga Orbuses.

02:20Mukhang balagang ang Orbuses talagang very, very well known for public service, yung malasakit.

02:29So Luke, paano ka nagsimulan itong career mo?

02:32Ano ba ang pinagsimulan mo talaga?

02:35Kuwento ko lang, very briefly, very providential yung pag-landing ko dito sa sector development

02:42space and pag-landing ko ng work sa Labayan Academy.

02:46So after college po, I went to college in DLSU Taft.

02:54So my course was Entrepreneurship sa College of Business.

02:59Then after that, kasi medyo hindi ko talaga alam kung anong gusto kong gawin.

03:05So very general, nagpaka-artistic po ako, medyo nag-music.

03:11So nag-tumogtog, nag-DJ, DJ ako on the side.

03:14Then eventually I landed several permanent work, first off with Jollibee Foods Corporation,

03:22then eventually with a bank, Citibank po.

03:26Then after that, I realized, yun nga medyo hina-hunt na ako ng parang call to public service.

03:34But of course, ang very close ko kasi sakin noon is yung role model ko, yung dad ko.

03:41Dad ko kasi abogado.

03:43So I realized, maybe I could go into law school, masugukan.

03:48So I went into law school.

03:50Well, lo and behold, natapos ko naman.

03:53But eventually, I realized na parang ang pagiging abogado,

03:58although I could be a public servant through being a lawyer,

04:02I could also be a public servant through other means.

04:04So nangyari, instead of napahaba yung pagkuhan ng law,

04:13but eventually, hindi ko na ituloy.

04:17Hindi na ako naging full-fledged lawyer but I have a law degree.

04:20And while waiting for other opportunities, while waiting for other work,

04:29eventually, may kaibigan ako na nagtatrabaho siya sa Bayan Academy.

04:35And then providentially, when I asked my brother, kasi very close kami ng kuya ko,

04:41sabi niya, Luke, alam mo ba yung Bayan Academy,

04:44ang head niyan is yung professor and guru ko sa AIM.

04:49So sabi ko talaga, sino ba yan? Si Professor Edmore ito.

04:54So sabi niya, Luke, kung ikaw mapupunta ka sa Bayan,

04:58magugustuhan ko kasi hindi lang niya yung hon yung competence mo

05:02pati yung character mo.

05:04So sabi ko, okay, sige.

05:06So I told my friend, actually, later I will reveal who my friend is.

05:10Now, he will be the head of the Bayan Family of Foundations.

05:15Actually, he's one of the heads already.

05:17So I went into, that was 2017 po.

05:21So back then, it was still Bayan Academy by itself.

05:25Later, I will explain.

05:26Kasi ngayon, component foundations na ang Bayan Academy.

05:30Part siya ng component foundations ng Bayan Family of Foundations.

05:33So I went in as a program officer lang.

05:37Taga-bitbit ako ng mga gamit ng mga professor, nila Prof. Ed.

05:42And dun talaga ninamnam ko yung experience.

05:45Kasi talagang, it was so humbling.

05:48But at the same time, I learned a lot.

05:51Kasi each and every day, ang sabi lang sa akin ni Prof. Ed

05:55tsaka ng mga leaders dito sa bayan,

05:57Luke, namnamin mo lang kung ano ang mga experience mo dito.

06:01Kasi it will mold you, it will build your character.

06:04And also, the values that you got

06:08or na-instill sa'yo ng parents mo,

06:12mas lalo pang may enhance dito.

06:14So ako, true enough, actually, those years with Prof. Ed.

06:18So talagang, na-touch po.

06:21Para siyang si Yoda, ika nga.

06:25So, fast forward.

06:28Nagpaalam ko kay Prof. Ed noong 2019.

06:32Kasi may mga kailangan kami ngayosin sa province.

06:35And at the same time, mag-aasawa po ako noon.

06:38So nagpaalam ko ng maiki kay Prof. Ed.

06:41Sabi ko, Prof. Ed, I might have to take on some family obligations in the province.

06:45Sabi niya, okay.

06:47But anytime, this is open.

06:50Kumbaga, bayan is here.

06:52Kasi ang bayan naman, kumbaga, parang family talaga siya.

06:56Kumbaga, we welcome you.

06:58Kahit na you leave the organization as a consultant and whatnot.

07:05So, hindi ko akalain na yun na yung last time ko makakarap si Prof. Ed.

07:10Kasi during the pandemic, I found out that, yun nga po,

07:14he passed away, sadly.

07:16But, you know, even tight yung ano noon, parang yung mga quarantine.

07:22But ay, minabuti ko hung pumunta sa wake niya.

07:25At yung uncle ko hung pare, talagang ginawan ko hung paraan para makapagmisa pa hung siya

07:31kay Prof. Ed moto noong kanyang wake.

07:35So, fast forward po, noong mga 20...

07:40So, right now, I'm married with 3 kids.

07:44So, yung kaibigan ko na nagpasok sa akin noong 2017 sa bayan.

07:50Ngayon, nasa bayan pa rin siya.

07:52He's now the Vice President.

07:54Siya ko si Vice President Carlos Agun.

07:56I think this coming March 2025, he will be the President of the Bayan Family Foundation.

08:03So, noong, I think last, mga last year, early last year,

08:08nag-ano lang kami catch up kasi we're good friends.

08:11Sabi niya, actually, pumunta siya sa house.

08:13Sinabi lang niya, oh, baka pwede kang maging inong ng anak ko.

08:17Tapos, nagkikwentoan lang kami ng mga ginagawa namin sa mga aming buhay.

08:22And then, naisip niya, parang nasabi niya sa akin,

08:24look, yung development nasa puso mo pa rin.

08:27Why don't you try to go back and buy it?

08:29So, yun, pumasok ko ako noong last year, 2023, around mga October or November

08:37as a Business Development Director.

08:39Tapos, fast forward po, eto noong 2024.

08:43It was a big task.

08:45Of course, it was a big challenge.

08:48But, yun, ako na ho yung naging Executive Director ng Bayan Academy.

08:53Just, ano lang ko, para sa mga viewers natin,

08:57yung Bayan Academy, dati ho kasi isang organization yan.

09:01It's an NGO na consulting, training,

09:06and um, umbaga, may community development.

09:09Tapos, meron din ho silang microfinance dati.

09:12Pero ngayon ho, ang minabuti ni Prof. J. Bernardo,

09:16kasi actually when Prof. Ed passed away,

09:19ang talagang successor niya, ang sinabi niya si J.

09:22J., ikaw ang karapat-rapat dito.

09:24Kasi, very entrepreneurial, very, umbaga, iba rin mag-isip si Prof. J.

09:30So, pagdating niya dito, sabi niya,

09:32okay, this is how it should be, should be an ecosystem.

09:35Kasi, sabi nga nila, in the development sector,

09:38in the development space,

09:40dapat ecosystem ang approach natin sa lahat to make it holistic.

09:43So, sorry, going back,

09:45ang naging foundations na ho,

09:48although may Bayan Academy pa rin,

09:50so ang Bayan Academy, part na siya ng ecosystem of foundations.

09:54Ang mother foundation ho is the Bayan Family of Foundations.

09:59So, umbaga, ang main trust namin is

10:02social enterprise development for nation building.

10:08So, ano po yun? So, very, very good.

10:10Pero, ano ho eh?

10:12Yung ecosystem na foundations, apat ho sila.

10:14So, nahati na ho sila with different mandates.

10:18So, kami ho, as Bayan Academy,

10:21we are now focused, parang operations kami.

10:23Ano yung operations?

10:24Training, capacity development, and education.

10:27Tapos, meron kong isang foundation,

10:30they call it the Bayan Innovation Group.

10:32Yung Bayan Innovation Group,

10:34ito ho yung research and development,

10:36strategic arm, policy,

10:38research and development

10:40ng ecosystem of foundations.

10:42Sila rin ho yung parang cerebral or intellectual cap,

10:46intellectual library

10:48ng buong Bayan Family of Foundations.

10:51So, sila, ako kasi nagde-develop na mga ninyong programs.

10:55So, sila ho yun.

10:57And then, next ho is Bayan Search.

10:59So, ano ba yung Bayan Search?

11:00Bayan Search, ito ho yung ano namin,

11:02kumbaga community hand-holding foundation.

11:05Kasi, na-realize ho namin,

11:07sometimes yung mga trainings namin,

11:10hindi ho siya enough.

11:12So, ang ginabuti namin na

11:14dapat may magbabad sa mga communities mismo

11:17para to ensure na yung mga

11:19ini-impart namin teachings

11:21or at least interventions,

11:22eh, mas maging sustainable.

11:24So, yun ho yun.

11:25And lastly, yung Bayan Edge.

11:28Actually, isa ito sa pinaka matagal na foundations.

11:32Nag-start to ito as microfinance.

11:34So, ang nangyari ho kasi

11:37because of changes in the world,

11:39digitalization, digital transformation,

11:42we tried to veer away from this business model.

11:45Hindi na ho siya microfinance.

11:47Kumbaga resource, mobilization, and impact investing

11:50ang gusto na ho na ma-achieve.

11:52So, yun ho yung ecosystem.

11:55We have our separate mandates,

11:57but at the same time,

11:59we always try to coexist

12:01and to supplement each other's mandates.

12:06So, very, very, very intricate, no?

12:08Pero at the end of it,

12:10the bottom line, the center is the common tao.

12:12Yes.

12:13Diba?

12:14I mean, for example,

12:16retirees, for example.

12:18I've seen you, I've seen Bayan,

12:20you know, give programs for retirees.

12:23Like, ano mga nagiging,

12:26like for example,

12:28if a group of retirees will be coming to you

12:30to buy it,

12:32how relevant can Bayan be?

12:34Or the Bayan Foundation be?

12:36What actions can you take?

12:38Kasi alam mo, alam mo, Lyu,

12:40kasi alam mo, misa ni retirees,

12:42that's it, the end.

12:44They get their retirement money,

12:46they don't even know where to spend.

12:48And most of the time, sad to say,

12:50they spend it recklessly,

12:53yun ang last money nila.

12:55Now, how relevant can

12:57Bayan Academy or Bayan Foundation can be?

13:00Napakaganda hon ang tanong nyo

13:02kasi actually,

13:04my answer will not only be

13:06matatali sa retirees.

13:08In all our interventions,

13:10ang laging objective namin is

13:12what is,

13:14yung mga retirees,

13:16do they just want to

13:18repurpose or gain more wealth?

13:20It's more than that.

13:22Kumbaga, dapat ho,

13:24yung intervention namin,

13:26since they are retiring,

13:28they should leave a legacy.

13:30More purpose.

13:32Kumbaga, what they will do

13:34with the sum that they will have

13:36should just be,

13:38should not be self-centered.

13:40Kumbaga, it should be

13:42centered on

13:44yung people,

13:46napakarami, napaka heroic naman

13:48kung community.

13:51Sabi nga nila,

13:53ang smallest unit,

13:55it's not a person,

13:57it's a family.

13:59Ang adhikain namin is

14:01make these retirees

14:03in that context na parang,

14:05okay, itong iiwang kong legacy

14:07or itong kayamanan that I have,

14:09that I have worked hard for,

14:11I should share it.

14:13I should actually make more impact

14:15at the very least

14:17to my family members.

14:19Kumbaga,

14:21meron naman pini-iwan silang legacy

14:23at hindi mag-aaway dahil sa

14:25kayamanang

14:27mayiwan. Parang

14:29na-disrupt ang family.

14:31But you know, this is something,

14:33there are a lot of

14:35companies, a lot of NGOs

14:37are giving these

14:39seminars, teachings,

14:41but ano'ng separate,

14:43what do you think would be the separate,

14:45what separates Bayan?

14:47The Bayan Foundation

14:49from all the rest?

14:51Ano kaya'ng kinaibahan ninyo?

14:53Ano po,

14:55siguro ang kaibahan po namin,

14:57although,

14:59if we look at it individually,

15:01as mandates, or pa-isa-isa,

15:03kumbaga, per training,

15:05kumbaga, magiging siloed siya,

15:07meaning, ah okay, ito yung theme ng training na to,

15:09yun lang yun. Pero actually,

15:11lahat po nang dinidevelop namin na training,

15:13eh tahi-tahi po siya.

15:16Sa either sa social solidarity

15:18economy, meaning the whole ecosystem

15:20of the ASEAN, or the

15:22ecosystem of social enterprises

15:24in the Philippines,

15:26all contributing to the

15:2817 SDGs. Kasi,

15:30yung 17 SDGs,

15:32kumbaga, in-establish who yun ng

15:34UN. And at the same time, yun yung

15:36common language natin across

15:38Asia. Kasi,

15:40we believe, yung interventions,

15:42ito ng mga development organizations

15:44around Asia, if we,

15:46okay, we have, we can

15:48talk at the same language, although

15:50operationalizing it is different,

15:52but we purposively are

15:54strategic with our interventions,

15:56mas may enhance

15:58siya. For example, if I could

16:00give an example in a microcosm,

16:02our intervention with

16:04a implementing partner,

16:06I won't name names, nag-start ko siya

16:08as a contest ng mga

16:10micro-entrepreneurs.

16:12So, dagdagan na ho siya,

16:14kumbaga, not only micro-entrepreneurs,

16:16nano. So, meron ho kasing

16:18level na nano.

16:20Tas eventually,

16:22yung micro-entrepreneurs

16:24na yun, sabi namin,

16:26hindi naman lahat naging

16:28nag-sastart sa entrepreneur.

16:30So,

16:32vertical pivot kami,

16:34employment naman. So,

16:36upskilling kami for employment,

16:38kumbaga, upskilling for

16:40employment, tapos eventually,

16:42from employment to entrepreneurship.

16:44Tapos, ang next pivot noon,

16:46what if these entrepreneurs have

16:48a social mission?

16:50They have a community that

16:52they want to help, or they themselves

16:54are part of that community.

16:56So, we have that. Ang nangyari ho,

16:58meron na kaming similar

17:00program for social enterprises

17:02naman ho. So, ang nangyari,

17:04yung interventions namin,

17:06whatever the sector

17:08or the area may be,

17:10meron mo tayong pwedeng

17:12kasi we believe

17:14if our interventions are based

17:16on just area, we will be tied down.

17:18But if our interventions are also

17:20tied down per sector,

17:22we will might overlook

17:24some areas that need

17:26attention. So, parang ganun ho.

17:28Pero you have,

17:30you're very fortunate

17:32to meet the founder,

17:34si Ed Morator. Alam mo, pag sinabing

17:36Ed mo yan eh,

17:38tumahan eh,

17:40kumakalimbang ang mga

17:42tao dyan eh. I'm sure our

17:44viewers

17:46also can relate.

17:48The guy who left such a

17:50living legacy, na pag sinabing

17:52Ed mo,

17:54ano talaga ang nag-udjok

17:56kay Ed mo kaya? Anong ikaw?

17:58You're able to have a first hand,

18:00when he was still alive.

18:02Ano nakita mo

18:04sa kanya na nag-udjok

18:06bakit nagtayo nitong, I mean,

18:08he's well-off, right? He's a

18:10Morator, right? Morator

18:12is a well-known family in Quezon City.

18:14Okay? And again,

18:16he was a professor.

18:18He had helped a lot

18:20of students, I'm sure.

18:22Ano nakita mo nag-udjok

18:24kay Ed mo?

18:26Actually, tinanong ko yan sa sarili ko

18:28kasi ang alam ko,

18:30isa sa mga una nag-push

18:32for social entrepreneurship

18:34or social enterprise development.

18:36But I would ask myself deeper,

18:38bakit kaya niya naisip ito?

18:40Bakit gusto ni Prof Ed ito?

18:42Ang naisip kong sagot

18:44from my heart is,

18:46unempowered people

18:48will have a better

18:50future.

18:52Kung yung mga tao natin

18:54are more empowered,

18:56less reliant,

18:58as bad as it may sound,

19:00or dependent

19:02on people that will

19:04dictate on us.

19:06I won't say government or anyone,

19:08but at least,

19:10more on people empowerment,

19:12kasi people empowerment

19:14gives them not only livelihood,

19:16gives them dignity.

19:18And if overall,

19:20ganun ho yung mapush natin,

19:24yung government

19:26and other organizations

19:28are merely enablers or tools.

19:30Hindi dapat dependent

19:32sa kanila.

19:36It should promote

19:38an environment that will

19:42a government that will work

19:44for the people, shall I say.

19:46Parang actually,

19:48the people are not so much dependent.

19:50It coexists with the government.

19:52But the people there

19:54are sort of,

19:56they have a freedom

19:58to do the community,

20:00to build

20:02livelihood.

20:04Kasi lahat naman livelihood.

20:08Pakainin mo ang tao,

20:10bigyan mo ng trabaho, may dangal.

20:12May dignity.

20:16I met him when he was alive

20:18on several occasions.

20:20Very deep.

20:22Very deep yung kanyang mga insights.

20:24Kumbaga, parabang siya,

20:26short of saying,

20:28he was like a Mahatma Gandhi of the Philippines.

20:32Parabang,

20:34he's a voice there, telling people.

20:38Just to add, Sir Butch,

20:42in the development space,

20:44and pushing social

20:46entrepreneurship per se, or social enterprise

20:48development, it's always a challenge

20:50and hard. Pero sinasabi

20:52nga niya,

20:56we should not give up dahil mahirap.

20:58Kasi we're pushing

21:00something good. Kasi

21:02entrepreneurship in itself

21:04actually mahirap na kasi

21:06for example,

21:08opportunity seeking and screening,

21:10you're just looking at it

21:12in a peso level, I guess.

21:16You add an additional aspect

21:18which is the people and planet

21:20or any social issue, but at the same

21:22time, be more profitable.

21:24It is extra hard, but

21:26you're doing something

21:28good, not only for the community, but

21:30also for the planet.

21:34I'm sure our viewers

21:36would be having questions in their mind.

21:40Does Bayan,

21:42Bayan Academy Foundation offer

21:44programs, for example,

21:46individuals who really want to learn?

21:48Not just me

21:50as a company, but probably

21:52individual. Kasi maraming

21:54tao nagtatanong sa akin,

21:56there's so much seminars

21:58I don't even know,

22:00from my hands, from my toes.

22:02Hindi ko na alam kung anong pipiliin.

22:04Siyempre, limited naman yung

22:06fans ng mga taong gustong mag-learn.

22:08This is something that

22:10I appreciate, learning doesn't stop,

22:12regardless of age.

22:14Ano ba ang program ng Bayan? Meron ba ganoon

22:16They can walk in, they can search

22:18your website or Facebook

22:20and really choose the

22:22programs that they can enroll.

22:24Thank you for that

22:26question, Sir Butch.

22:28Pag mga individuals, we have

22:30free trainings all year round.

22:32Kasi may mga

22:34implementing partners kami

22:36that sponsor those programs.

22:38You can just log, if people are

22:40interested, may Facebook

22:42site kami, just write an email.

22:44Kasi every year, for example

22:46this year,

22:50two of our programs are

22:52themed for women. Lagi with

22:54empowering

22:56women entrepreneurs. But that's just

22:58one. So nangyari,

23:02kinontak kami

23:04and nagkontak din kami ng mga

23:06women entrepreneurs all around

23:08the Philippines.

23:10So thousands ang na-training

23:12namin for this year.

23:14Kung baga, kung

23:16training ko, meron naman

23:18free.

23:20And then for organizations

23:22that would want to partner with us,

23:24we can explore.

23:26Pwede hong programmatic collaboration.

23:28Meaning,

23:30we co-mobilize our

23:32funding resources. Kasi okay,

23:34mutually agreed

23:36na parang okay, you share your own,

23:38you share our own, but it will be a big

23:40project

23:42towards a common social mission.

23:44Okay ko yan. Meron din

23:46for big corporations

23:48na for example, okay, we want

23:50to roll out this CSR initiative

23:52kasi

23:54we have several implementing

23:56partners na kami ang

23:58nagde-deliver ng CSR initiatives nila

24:00for several years na.

24:02Ah, okay. So maganda

24:04pala yan. I mean, in other words,

24:06anong ilang years ng

24:08by the way. When did

24:10Edmo started this?

24:122007 ho yung

24:14Bayan Academy. Pero even before

24:16that ho. 2007?

24:18Yes. Okay.

24:20And I heard that you have

24:22already expanded your offices.

24:26Kasi nasa ano kayo

24:28di ba? Nasa along EDSA

24:30Ano bang building yan?

24:32Calderonville 8.

24:34Oh, and then you have

24:36expanded to the next building?

24:38Yes.

24:40So,

24:42lumalago na lumalago. So how big is the

24:44network now of Bayan?

24:46How many people are you? I mean,

24:48in that whole organization?

24:50Well, ano ho,

24:52yung formal employees namin siguro

24:54with four

24:56ecosystem na foundations,

24:58ang total employees who namin siguro

25:00mga around 70. Pero ho,

25:02we tap

25:04a lot of consultants.

25:06Kumbaga,

25:08ang tawag ho namin dun

25:10is Bayan Fellows.

25:12Kumbaga,

25:14mga industry experts. Actually,

25:16kananiwan mo dyan mga

25:18contemporary nyo. Mga

25:20teacher sa AIM,

25:22kasi of course, we cannot

25:24employ them or demand

25:26from them full time. But we

25:28recognize the expertise

25:30that they contribute. So that's why

25:32in a developed program, usually

25:34we would tap them. Ganun ho sya.

25:36May mga

25:38nanonood siguro dyan na,

25:40I can probably become a fellow,

25:42a Bayan Fellow, and then probably

25:44they can talk to you and

25:46come up with a program that

25:48probably you might be needing, diba?

25:50Yes.

25:52So, ang Bayan ba, is only

25:54dito lang ba nyo ginagawa sa Pilipinas?

25:56Or are you growing

25:58out of beyond the shores?

26:00Thank you for asking that.

26:02Sapto ho.

26:04Ngayon ho, we have

26:06expanded our

26:08mandate. We have regionalization

26:10efforts primarily in

26:12Japan and in Hong Kong.

26:14So recently ho, si Prof J,

26:16the President and

26:18Chairman of the Bayan Family

26:20Foundations, and Vice President Carlo,

26:22they came from Japan naman ho.

26:24They came from Japan

26:26because we have a partner

26:28there. Tapos,

26:30ako naman ho, providentially,

26:32I was fortunate

26:34to go to Hong Kong.

26:36Kami ho ni Prof J na invite ho kami

26:38to attend the Hong Kong Chucky Club

26:42forum.

26:44So,

26:46we are expanding kasi

26:48we have

26:50this trust of harmonizing

26:52the social

26:54enterprise development here in the country

26:56in relation to the

26:58social solidarity economy

27:00in the Asian region.

27:02Wow.

27:04I'm sure

27:06Edmo would be happy,

27:08smiling, and seeing

27:10his legacy.

27:12Luke is actually running

27:14it together with Prof J.

27:16Bernardo. Alam naman si J. Bernardo

27:18ay hindi makahindi

27:20ki Edmo.

27:22Si

27:24Prof J. was telling me

27:26when Edmo was telling

27:28ikaw nangahawak nito,

27:30alam mo naman, he cannot say no.

27:32Although this Prof J. Bernardo

27:34always says no.

27:36Si Edmo Ratul lang ata

27:38hindi niya naiintin na

27:40hindian.

27:42Ang ganda

27:44ng network.

27:46So,

27:48ano bang nakikita mong mga character

27:50ngayon na mga tao

27:52talagang mag

27:54to keep on learning

27:56or entrepreneurs who are dynamic

27:58because a lot of people

28:00would say, I want to start a business this

28:022025. I want to become like

28:04this. I want to be empowered.

28:06Sometimes, hanggang salita.

28:08Ano ba ang talagang

28:10pwedeng boost

28:12na pwedeng

28:14maangat sila? Kasi

28:16ayun natin hanggang salita. Dapat

28:18sa gawa rin. Ano mga

28:20evolve sa mga

28:22taong ganito na gusto

28:24magplano pero hindi matuloy

28:26yung plano. Bakit

28:28kaya?

28:50Kapapayo ko sa mga

28:52gusto mag

28:54venture into a business, entrepreneur

28:56is actually, it

28:58may sound boring pero yun

29:00talaga ang I believe

29:02yung naituro sakin ni Prof Ed

29:04yung situation and self mastery.

29:06Kasi

29:08na-ingrained yun

29:10sayo, malalaman mo

29:12kung eto ba talaga

29:14gusto ko to? Or is this just a fad?

29:16Uso lang ba to?

29:18Resonate ba to?

29:20Bagay ba to sa

29:22situation ko?

29:24Actually, nag-echo yan

29:26sa sinabi niyo sa akin nung narinig ko

29:28nung nag-sit-in ako

29:30sa session ni Sir Butch.

29:32If you're gonna set up something

29:34or franchise something

29:36pero wala, hindi naman bagay sa ano mo,

29:38you try to think about it really well.

29:40Correct.

29:42Minsan mayroon tayong

29:44nakuhang this amount of money, oh invest

29:46mayroon tayo sa ganito. Pero yung

29:48situation mo, hindi mo magmamatch for it.

29:50Maybe pag-isipan mo na,

29:52mag-ilang tulog pa.

29:54Kung gusto mo talaga, of course,

29:56tayo, sabi nga nila,

29:58if you want it hard enough

30:00and you work hard for it,

30:02you'll make a way.

30:04Pero yun.

30:06Hindi, pero hindi yung pwedeng well-does.

30:08Kasi, life example,

30:10alam natin, marami mga kapwa natin

30:12nakatanggap ng 13, 14 o 15 months

30:14diba?

30:16O nga, windfall.

30:18Eno na nga yun, sasama ka ba

30:20sa pagbagsak?

30:22Or gagawin mong

30:24itong, ito ay

30:26pwede mong itanim, na pwede mong

30:28mapag-aralan yung situation mo?

30:30And really, are you happy

30:32with it? Kasi I think,

30:34basically sa akin, hindi pwedeng gaya-gaya.

30:36Maraming gumaya.

30:38Ito, yung kapitbahe

30:40natin, yung waman, gaya rin ako.

30:42Wala naman sa puso.

30:44So, wala. Kaya nga ang dami nagsasara.

30:46Yung mga uso-uso natin, mga nano.

30:48Diba? Eh, nagiging ako

30:50nano, no? May nano doon sa...

30:52So, nawawala.

30:54So, I think, ako,

30:56natutuwa ako, kasi bayan, he's

30:58here, no? And I really, I'm really

31:00so proud that, you know,

31:02knowing the people behind na lang eh.

31:04Kumbaga, nandiyan na yung mga baluarte.

31:06Kagaya mo, ikaw, baluarte na kayo.

31:08I mean, the dedication. You came back,

31:10balikbayan ka, balikbayan.

31:12Diba?

31:14Bumalik ka sa bayan, diba?

31:16In other words, sila Prof J

31:18and the legacy, you know?

31:20Sila Carlo, okay?

31:22Talaga mga dedication, no?

31:24And, I think, choosing

31:26one question is, if you were to

31:28choose what kind of seminars or who will

31:30be giving a seminar, I think it's

31:32best that, you know, you look at the people behind.

31:34Kasi the content

31:36is there, eh.

31:38The question is, are you going to learn

31:40from the content?

31:42Diba?

31:44Yung wisdom, yung puso,

31:46importante yun, eh. Yun ang ano doon.

31:48So,

31:50So,

31:52look, ang ganda nitong usapan natin na ito,

31:54bakit dapat eh, eh,

31:56I'm sure a lot of people

31:58will be watching this, especially

32:00February, may puso

32:02ang bayan, ang bayan

32:04ay nandito, diba?

32:06So, yun ang dapat

32:08nating itanim siguro, no?

32:10So, yeah, I wish you

32:12all the luck. Any final words,

32:14Luke, to our

32:16viewers?

32:18Final words is,

32:20let's always

32:22try to

32:24have a mindset to

32:26unlearn in order

32:28to learn. Yun lang ho, in every

32:30aspect, in every situation.

32:32In other words,

32:34kumbaga, itapon mo

32:36muna yung unwanted baggage mo.

32:38Correct. Para magkaroon ka

32:40ng baggage ulit na may

32:42kabuluhan sa buhay. Yes, sir.

32:44Diba? Kasi marami tayong unwanted baggage,

32:46no? Yung mga, yung mga

32:48hinaing, yung mga negative.

32:50So, mindset

32:52talaga. So, again, Luke,

32:54thank you very much and I hope,

32:56you know, I will be flashing pictures,

32:58I'll be flashing probably

33:00pictures of Edmo when he was, you know,

33:02some of the video clips

33:04so that our viewers

33:06can watch and really connect

33:08with you, okay, with BAYAN.

33:10Thank you, sir Butch.

33:12Okay. Thank you very much, ha, and

33:14again, it's really a pleasure to take you

33:16out of Sunday

33:18and really be part and to

33:20share the BAYAN legacy.

33:22Diba? Yun ang gawain natin.

33:24Sige. Thank you, thank you very much, Luke.

33:26Salamat ho, sir Butch, and salamat.

33:28Salamat.

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