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PerryScope - Maid To Order

admin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:38:01 -0500

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Perry Diaz
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Maid To Order
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In 2005, Human Rights Watch published a critical report on the abuses
suffered by women domestic workers. The report, "Maid to Order: Ending
Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore," outlined the research
made on the "abusive conditions facing many domestic workers in Singapore."
Although the report was limited to the study of abuses in Singapore, human

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PerryScope - OFWs on the Road to Empowerment

admin — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:50:57 -0500

PerryScope
Perry Diaz

OFWs on the Road to Empowerment

The recent furor over Malu Fernandez's controversial "From Boracay to Greece" commentary has brought to the forefront of debate the issue of political power -- or lack of power -- of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Little did Fernandez, a Manila Standard society columnist, realize that the article she wrote for her targeted audience -- Manila's elite -- would incite a riot in cyberspace. A torrent of emails flooded the Internet blogs. Her arrogant response which was printed in her column further infuriated the OFWs and the protests snowballed into an avalanche that knocked her out cold. Stunned, she quit her job. Call it "mob" justice or any other term. She deserved it.

NINE THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CAPITAL

admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:39:29 -0500

NINE THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CAPITAL
Posted by: "J. Randell Tiongson, RFP®" randellt@gmail.com

NINE THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CAPITAL
by Jim Rohn

When starting any enterprise or business, whether it is full-time or part-time, we all know the value of having plenty of capital (money). But I bet we both know or at least have heard of people who started with no capital who went on to make fortunes. How? You may ask.

Tips: What does an agent (or recruitment agency) really do ?

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:21:50 -0500

This was originally posted/asked from the old forum....

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concerned Says:

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Travel agent, job placement agent or any other kinds of agent relating to travel or working overseas has diffrent roles and characteristics.

There’s a fake agent, there’s an authorized agent but still performs irregularities, there’s unauthorized agent but don’t do irregularities and there’s an authorized agent who is really true to their service.

Vietnam: Mr. "CM" - Community Manager

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:35:45 -0500

Name or Nickname: Mr. "CM"

Country of Residence: Vietnam

Any Website: http://chingmerano.blogspot.com

Profession: Community Manager

Do you want to settle permanently in abroad and Why: No. I miss the Philippines.

Is Working or Living in Foreign Country Beneficial to you and Why: Yes. The living expenses in Vietnam are lower than the Philippines and they pay me higher than when I work in Manila, in the same job and in the same industry.

Singapore: Ming - Engineer

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:31:40 -0500

Name or Nickname: Ming

Do you want us to publish your name: Yes

Email: restimada@operamail.com

Do you want us to publish your email: Yes

Country of Residence: Singapore

Profession: Engineer

Do you want to settle permanently in abroad and Why: Yes, to secure my families future.

Philippines: Jasmine - Self-Employed

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:58:54 -0500

Name or Nickname: Jasmine

Do you want us to publish your name: Yes

Email: jasminemjl@yahoo.com

Do you want us to publish your email: Yes

Profession: Self-Employed

Do you want to settle permanently in abroad and Why: yes

Is Working or Living in Foreign Country Beneficial to you and Why: yes, more opportunity, more income

Philippines: Aquano - Nursing Assistant

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:53:40 -0500

Name or Nickname: aquano

Do you want us to publish your name: Yes

Do you want us to publish your email: No

Country of Residence: philippines

Profession: nursing assistant

Do you want to settle permanently in abroad and Why: yes,to earn & to help any person needs you

Is Working or Living in Foreign Country Beneficial to you and Why: canada or any european country for me this country is good

DAVAO: TAYO NA SA DAVAO... KADAYAWAN NA!

admin — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:43:57 -0500

TAYO NA SA DAVAO... KADAYAWAN NA!

A warm and friendly greeting derived from the Dabawenyo word "dayaw" that means good, valuable, superior or beautiful. Such is "Kadayawan," a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living.

Today, Kadayawan has metamorphosed into a festival of festivals, the mother of many other fesivals in the region as it honors Davao's heritage, its past personified by the ancestral "lumads", its people as they celebrate on the streets, and its floral industry as they parade in full regalia in thanksgiving for the blessings bestowed on the city.

Promoting productivity to benefit all - Asian Employment Forum

admin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:55:40 -0500

ILO Online - No. 32 - Thursday 9 August 2007

Asian Employment Forum

Promoting productivity to benefit all

Increasing labour productivity is crucial for a country’s economic growth and overall competitiveness. It is also a vital tool for creating quality jobs and reducing poverty, since productivity gains can lead to higher wages, better working conditions and investment in human resources. These are the messages of a new ILO report 1/ prepared for the Asian Employment Forum in Beijing (13 to 15 August). ILO Online spoke with Ms. Sachiko Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, about the link between productivity growth, employment creation and decent working conditions.

Living the dream (Worth To Read Advice from Lloyd Luna)

admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:01:31 -0500

By KAREN C. LIQUETE

For someone in his early 20’s, Lloyd Luna’s life achievements read like a dream.

He has won the following distinctions: Order of the Knights of Rizal Leadership Institute Achievement Medal (2002), Catholic Mass Media Awards finalist (2002), Philippine National Police Leadership Award (2003), and the Presidential Leadership Award (2004). With such notable accomplishments under his name, Lloyd shows us how you, too, can join the ranks of the young and successful.

Tips: 'Application Received' Will No Longer be Stamped in Passports Upon Visa Refusal

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:12:52 -0500

'Application Received' Will No Longer be Stamped in Passports Upon Visa Refusal

By Michael J. Gurfinkel Esq.

For over 25 years, consular officers have been noting visa refusals (denials) by stamping “Application Received” at the back page of an applicant's passport. This was how a consul would alert other consuls to the fact that a person had a previous visa denial or refusal.

Many people, aware of this “kiss of death”, would try various types of tricks and schemes to hide a previous refusal, such as claiming to have “lost” their passport and applying for a new one, which did not have the “Application Received” on the back page. I know one case where an enterprising applicant tried to glue the last page to the back of the passport, so that when the consul tried to open the back of the passport, the second to last page would appear blank. Of course, the consul knew exactly how many pages are in a Philippine passport, and since the “last” page of the passport did not jive with the actual number of pages, the applicant was again refused a visa.

Lily Maniquiz: Filipina nurse wins top U-S award Nurses

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:11:13 -0500

Filipina nurse wins top U-S award Nurses

A Filipino-American has been named one of the Best Nurse Leaders of the United States by winning the 2006 ADVANCE for Nurses Journal's Best Nurse Leader award.

Los Angeles-based senior nurse Lily Maniquiz is the nurse manager of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System's Nursing Home Care Unit 213-2.

Vital to Lara's winning was the successful implementation of a program that she created for the reduction of patient fall incidents. This program has been adopted as model for other fall prevention programs.

Marketing Plan

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:06:23 -0500

Every business -- big, medium, small, or micro -- needs a plan. If you do not have a marketing plan, you may be running in circles and losing a lot in your business.

A marketing plan is your plan of action -- what you will sell, to whom you will sell it and how often, at what price, and how you will get the product to the buyer. It is strategic. It includes numbers, facts and
objectives; however, it is not primarily numerical.