From the monthly archives:

July 2006

“Now we have the money” GMA’s SONA 2006

by reyna11 on July 27, 2006

Now we have the money
So, let’s see. Did anyone of you heard Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on her SONA address “Now, we have money?”. Ow? Really?
Let me tell you. We come from a town called Castilla, in the farthest part of Luzon called Sorsogon. Castilla is about 5 kilometers away from the main national road. That road [...]

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Cheaters on the Nursing Board Exams

by reyna11 on July 22, 2006

TO ALL THOSE LOOKING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE 2008 JUNE NURSING BOARD EXAMS: PLEASE CLICK THIS ENTRY: 2008 Nursing Board Exam Results
Ok, ano naman to? You look to the left, me mga illegal recruiters. You look to the right, me mga nangongopya at mga cheaters sa Nursing Board Exams. Did you know that the [...]

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Free calls to Lebanon for OFWs, relatives

by reyna11 on July 22, 2006

O, senyong mga relatives dyan nang mga OFW in Lebanon, you better read this news in the Inquirer. This is really nice. Kaso mo, libreng tawag nga, meron ba silang connection in Lebanon? I heard on the news na binanatan na most of the telecommunication facilities doon. I’m curious kung pano makaka-connect? Eto pa – you’re only limited to TWO-MINUTE PHONE [...]

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Illegal recruitment in Vietnam

by reyna11 on July 22, 2006

Eto na naman po tayo! Ang mga walanghiyang mga illegal recruiters preying on hapless pinoys na naghahanap nang trabaho!
Just what in the world can we do dito sa mga impaktong mga illegal recruiters na to? Kung pwede lang bang isubsub ang mga hudas na to sa bunganga nang nagbabagang mayon para matodas na lahat ang mga to!
Sobrang hirap na [...]

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A letter from an OFW needing help!

by reyna11 on July 20, 2006

Here’s a letter I received from this guy and I have no idea how to help him. I told him that I will post his letter in this website and see if anyone out there from amongst my readers ang pwedeng tumulong sa kanya. I told him that he must be writing the wrong site [...]

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“Why can’t we all just get along?”

July 15, 2006

Israel-Lebanon Conflict: My unpolitical view:
I’m sure, especially if you are in the US, you are also riveted to all the news about what’s going on in the Middle East at the moment.
I’ve read almost every commentary, saw every videos and read opposing views from Syrian, Israeli and Lebanese Washington diplomats being interviewes on CNN. It’s interesting [...]

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Jared Isaacman: More of him

July 14, 2006

I noticed that?Jared Isaacman is?quite popular with all my readers. Here’s another article I found about this unbelievably smart and intelligent young guy.?You can find this article in this site: http://www.greensheet.com/industryleaders/jaredisaacman.html
Making the Most of His Time and Business
People often think that in order to be considered a leader in the industry, you must have several [...]

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America’s Youngest CEOs

July 14, 2006

There’s a fittingly playful nature at the offices of children’s clothier Gymboree. A lot of that has to do with the tone set by 33-year-old Matthew McCauley, the youngest CEO ever to head the $700 million outfit in its 30-year history. A graduate of Brigham Young University who got his start handling distribution at Payless [...]

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Canada’s Immigration thru point system

July 11, 2006

By Don Collantes
The Philippine Courier Toronto, Ontario June 2006
Are you interested in migrating to Canada? Or are you interested in helping a love one migrate Canada? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then this article contains information that of high interest to you.
Presently, the most suitable way to immigrate to Canada is [...]

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Chicken Fingers, Creative Talent & Ring Shopping for Men

July 7, 2006

Todd Graves went fishing to start his Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant locations. No, he wasn’t lounging on a lake—he and co-founder Greg Silvey, now 31, were working 20-hour days on a salmon fishing boat in Alaska to raise money to open their first Baton Rouge, Louisiana, restaurant. It was lucrative, though dangerous, work. “It [...]

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Starbucks Voyage of Success

July 7, 2006

It starts out like the classic American entrepreneurial success story. Three college friends get together from time to time and talk about what kind of business they could start. In this case, the three friends were Zev Siegl, Gordon Bowker, and Gerald Baldwin. The business they decided to start was gourmet coffee. It gets interesting. [...]

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Anita Buce: Successful beverage distributor

July 2, 2006

Anita Buce started in business borrowing from neighborhood markets to stock her store. Her deft use of credit has served her in good stead, enabling her to become one of the top grossing beverage distributors in the country today. 
Anita Buce was not quite 16 and a junior high school student when she got married. While [...]

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The Jolibee Story

July 2, 2006

Tony Tan Caktiong’s Jollibee phenomenon is recognized globally as a shining example of entrepreneurship

It came as no surprise when Tony Tan Caktiong, president and CEO of Jollibee Foods Corporation, was voted the World Entrepreneur Of the Year 2004 by Ernst & Young. Just two months before bagging this prestigious award, Tan Caktiong was named the [...]

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Michael Dell: The Dormitory Millionaire

July 2, 2006

The story of Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Corp. reads like a business fairy tale. A college student, armed with nothing more than an idea that revolutionized the way computers were sold. Michael Dell, born in February 1965, in Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin. The idea was to become a doctor [...]

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