OWWA WA PERA?!
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Isn’t this funny? I just blogged about Tita Glo’s “We have money” tapos, eto namang OhWaWa eh naWAWAla daw ang pera? Wazgoing on now?
Otsobilyones. Wow, dami non ah! Pano maitatago yon?
“Where is the P7.6-billion OWWA fund? Why does Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo only allocate P150 million to repatriate our compatriots from Lebanon? I want to have a full accounting of the OWWA fund,” said Estrada, who chairs the Senate oversight committee on labor and employment.
Aba?! MALAY KO! Nag bablog lang ako! All I know is that there is not a shortage of corrupt whatever in the Philippines! But hey! Think about this! Why don’t we export corrupt people all over the world? I’m sure with the art of stealing public monies, they surely would be able to earn a lot more that all of us OFW’s and then think how much they will send to their relatives with the amount of money they can steal? Innit? Isn’t this a great idea? Why don’t we ask POEA to scout countries who need corrupt, thieves and their underlings and let’s start getting them around! I bet you, their earnings will dward the $10 billion that we remit on average every year to the Philippines.
Are there any agency out there who can start this rolling so we can get all of these scumbags out of the country?!
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Ate Sienna Pansitan
Once in a while, I would ran across a blog by our fellow pinoys, pinays and in betweens that I really enjoy and I would post them in here. Well, I found one that’s really really nice to read, kakatuwa! As a matter of fact, I stole one of her posting because it just hit me right and I’ll post my response here.
You could visit her site here: Ate Sienna Pansitan
Here’s the post that I was reading from her blog:
July 24, 2006
E Para San Ba Sya Talaga? Really Lang?
Umagang-umaga ng Huwebes, nagulat na lang ako at umapir si Bossing sa pinto ng kwarto namin. Eh mga alas sais pa lang kaya nun eh dapat alas nwebe pa ang skeydyul nya ng enter-da-dragon sa balay (panggabing nightshift si Boksing). Pagkakita ko sa kanya, puno ng hinagpis ang mukha at ang sabi, “Mylabs, ang sakiiiiit-sakiiiiit ng tyan kooooooooooohhhhh!!!!” Ako naman, natarantacious. Pinahiga ko sa kama, tinanggalan ko ng damit para maginhawaan (kung naibang araw, erotika siguro ang labas nun, pero “not right now, darleng”) at kung anik-anik nang chorva ang iniisip kong pwedeng pampakalma ng sakit nya. Isip namin baka naman nasira ang tyan pero nung hapon na at hindi pa rin nawawala ang sakit at hindi naman sya name-may-i-go-out, sabi ko, japan na kami sa jospital at pumasok na sa ER. Dumating kami sa Emergency Room ng jospital ng mga alas dose ng tanghali. (Mistulang hanapin ko raw si George Clooney o si Noah Wyle. Pero alat…) Sus, 48 days kaya kami sa ER bago kami narecognize na utaw pala kami at may-i-interview na sila kay Boksing. Chenes-chenes, chuva-chuva, like-this-like-that sa question and answer portion tapos maya-maya, mga alas singko ng hapon, pinapasok na kami sa loob ng isang examination room at mega-48 days ulit bago kami natingnan ng doctor. Mukha raw appendicitis pero wala naman daw sya nung ibang symptoms. Mag-test raw si Boksing. (Isip ko, anong gusto nyo, NCEE, Aptitude Test, Long Test, Short Quiz???)
Bin-lood test, CT scan, at kung anik-anik pang chorva tapos ang ending, kelangan daw syang ma-confine nung gabing yun dahil wit pa rin nila suresh kung bakit mega sakit ang jackie chan ni husbander. Wit daw sight sa CAT scan na may fravlem sa afendiks pero ang simtomas andun. So mega-tulog kami sa jospital. (Buti nga’t pinatulog ako dun kahit na bawal kasi sabi nya wit na mega-drive sa lola nyo pauwi. Pramis, ditech kasi wiz pwede ang stay-over sa jospital. Alas otso lang ng gabi, mistulang cinderella, go home na ang drama.)
Nung umaga dumating ang surgeon na pinoy at mega-explain na mukha namang hindi raw appendicitis kundi chu-chu something-something. Pwede na raw kaming mag-packup at go home na raw at may-i-visit na lang sa doctor ulit. Pagkalipas ng isang oras, spluk ng narsisa, wiz daw kami uwi at kakausapin daw kami ulit ng doktor. Spluk ng doctor, appendix nga raw ang fravlem at kelangan nang tanggalin ora mismiz bago sumabog. Naka-tago kasi ang appendix ni boksing kasi inverted (mistulang inverted nipple, baga). Kaya ayun, wala pang isang oras, nilinis na si Boksing at maya-maya may malaking mama nang tumulak ng kama nya papuntang OR.
Isang oras lang ang operasyon. Pagkatapos, tapos na. Nung hapon nasa kwarto na ulit si Boksing, minus the fravlem appendix. Kinabukasan fly na kami pauwi. So bilis, davah? Mistulang para kang nag-pa-anak na the next day, tapos na ang laban.
Kaya etech, nagbabantay ako ngayon ng gumagaling na asawa. Ang bilis ng mga pangyayari, kuya eddie. Kung tipis mong mag-Ate Vi sa drama, mega-dialogue ka nang “Ganyan talaga ang buhay, Criselda, mistulang parang kisap-mata ang mga pangyayari sa buhay.” (With matching tear drops.) Salamat nga pala sa mga narsisa at staff ng St. Jo Medical Center ditech sa Maryland. Super-bait at maasikaso silang lahat. Mistulang kahit si Boksing na narsiso rin eh impress sa kanila kasi talagang halos awardan na silang lahat ng best in friendship.
Pero going back, ma-giraffe ang maoperahan sa tyanix. Say nga ng aking cardiac surgeon nung ako ang naoperahan 48 years ago, mas mabilis daw maghilom ang mga hiwa sa dibdib (hindi yun “Tinik sa Dibdib” ni Ate Guy, hokey?) kesa raw sa hiwa sa tyan dahil raw mas maraming layers ang tyan kesa sa dibdib. Kaya mas masakit raw ang abdominal surgery at matagal ang recovery. Kaya ayun si Boksing, kapag natatawa, napapasinghap sa sakit. Kapag tumatayo at humihiga, namimilipit ang mukha dahil masakit ang tahi.
At correction, wala syang tahi sa tyan pala. Staples meron. At titanium ang mga bala ng staples sa tyan nya. Sabi ko nga, kapag tinanggal sa tyan nya, itatago ko at ipagagawa kong charms ng bracelet. Muntik na akong batukan ni Boksing kasi nagpapatawa na naman daw ako. Eh eto namang asawa ko, magsalita lang ako ng konti, kahit na seryoso ang isip ko at mukha ko, natatawa sa akin. Akala nya ata, pati ang Boyoyong clowns mga kamag-anak ko. Kaloka! Kasi naman.. yang appendix na yan, wala namang silbi, pero andyan. Pabigat talaga!
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Tita Sienna,
I was reading your blog and VOILA! Nanginig me todo kasi may I bring back memories with exactly the same thing that happened to moi about 11 months ago.
I was back in Manila then. I stayed there for 7 months. On the 7th month, sumakit na ang aking tyan. Tita, hindi talaga ako buntis. So, say nang friend ko, “ala! baka tyanak yan na nakasabit sa apendix mo!” Ekkkk! Meron bang ganon?!
So, I was back in the US nong August 05. Ava! One day, isang araw on one sunny at napakainit na summer days dito sa Philadelphia, it was like all systems failure ang dating saakin. Di makaihi, di maka-kwan, kahit utot tita! WALA! Sarado lahat! I knew masakit ang tyan ko, but I could not pinpoint where! Aba! May I cry with tears ako iha!
So I was rushed sa Emergency and in my mind ang walanghiyang tyanak na sinasabi nang dysfunctional friend ko.
Anyway, ora-mismo, just like what you said, blood test, pina-inom ako nang kasuka sukang tubig para daw lumabas ang itsura nang tyanak dun sa stomach and I was in and out into this Cat Scan tube. Putris akala ko penoy-balut ang dating ko sa init na dinadaanan dun sa Cat Scan.
A few minutes… basta nakahilira na yong EHHHEEEKKKKK ang ga-gwapooooo! Mga medical doctors at medical students!!! Titaaaa! NAWALA YONG SAKIT NANG TYAN KO!!! I swear! Well, either that or baka naman na-u-ulol na ako sa sakit.
Anyway, sinaksak sa mukha ko yong tube nang gwapo at yon, wala na akong nalaman. I opened my eyes and I was back at the observation room at daming mga tube here, tube there, tapos daming nakasaksak sa aking mga kamay. Di ako makagalaw. Nanganak ng nga yata ako. Baka caesarian. Nag-iisa ako. Wala na yong mga gwapo.
Then a doctor appeared.
Laparascopic appendectomy daw. Kunyari namang I am very well informed, “Ahhh… I see” ang aking response. Sa totoo lang, ano ba yon?
Sinaksakan pala ako nang laparascopic instrument read: videocam (hindi Sony) dito sa pusod ko, ipinasok dun at dun nila nakita na paputok na pala ang aking appendiks. The entire operation was clean. Isang hiwa pero nong humilom, I don’t see anything. Parang wala lang.
Here’s the deal.
When I was in Manila, I decided to cut my medical premium around June, kasi ang mahal eh. Nong bumalik ako and this happened, wala akong insurance.
Tita, I lost a lot of weight sa operation. Cost of losing weight? A cool $55,000 US dollars.
Eto ako, triple job at nag-ba-blog. Sakaling kumita nang konti. Pambayad sa aking weight-loss.
Reyna Elena
Nga pala, nanakawin ko tong post mo at i-popost ko dun sa site ko. Di ba sabi ko, ipag mamayabang kita? He He He
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“Now we have the money” GMA’s SONA 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 going to Castilla has been that way since 1945 and little has been done to even make it passable. Why am I telling you this? Well - simple. Will this SONA fix the only highway that we have known all our lives? Will I see an express way from my town to the City of Sorsogon? Will I see an express way from Sorsogon all the way to Manila?
Mega-regions. Fantastic idea. Afte all, “now we have money”. Or should I say, money that will soon be wasted, misappropriated, plundered, and will go to whoever is the politician in charge of this super-region? Wow. Should see a tsunami of mega-kurakot? Just how is this mega-region going to function? Just how is this money going to be disbursed? Just how is this money going to be controlled? Who’s going to check the disbursement and the follow up of the project? Oh well. Maybe she’s got some magic wand. Let’s continue…
Who’s going to bid for the projects? How’s the projects going to be bid upon? Some shady corporations based in the Caribbean Islands?
“We now have the funds for constitutional and electoral changes,” the President said in her 6th State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City.
Wow! We do have money now. But guess what - WE DON’T. No jobs, college MBA graduates at Call Centers, rising fuel prices and we’re just these bewildered cash-short, debt-laden, low-income Filipinos. Mabuti ka pa Tita Glo - YOU GOT MONEY. Kami? Wala.
Glo even said “I’m not here to talk about politics. I’m here to talk about what people want,” …. whatever! I’m sure you’re really not interested in politics. Lokohin mo ang lelang mong panot!
Let’s go back to these super regions. Arroyo said the government would be investing P100 billion annually over the next five years in the five super-regions — North Luzon, Metro Luzon, Central Philippines, Mindanao and the Cyber Corridor. How? Are these super regions new political subdivisions? Aren’t you going to spend $$$ to create these super regions? How come? The current political subdivisions are not working properly? What about those dozens and dozens of senate sub political committees? Are they useless as well? Are you now telling me that this government is one piece of useless establishment? What’s going on?
“Now we have money”.
Honestly, kahit na noon pa - we had money. Where are OUR monies. Where are the Marcos monies stolen from us? What happened to them? Where are the businesses taken by errrr…. Good Government whatever from the Marcoses that’s supposed to go to the Filipino People? Whatever happened to them? Naibenta na ba sa Quiapo?
“Now we have money”.
Ok.
Let’s see…
Why not create an affordable housing for low-income families instead of creating another piece of useless super-region which will just be headed by another super-magnanakaw?
Why not build an express way from Aparri to Matnog to really speed up commerce amongst Pinoys to address these farm to market issues?
But I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, Tita Glo. I’ll keep your word. I won’t criticize you after this, but I will watch all your promises to happen. After all, you said it right.
Now we have money and I will just believe that you do have money.
Make it happen. It’s just about time and you know what? I wish you good luck.
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Cheaters on the Nursing Board Exams
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 latest Nursing Board results are now posted?
Ayan… eto namang Gapuz na to, kelangan siguro nito iGapuz na lang at kutusin sa kiliti. Wad-u-think? Alam ba nang ulupong na to kung sino ang tini-tira nya with all the leak and everything? Eh sino fa nga ba kundi tayo na namang mga pinoy sa labas nang Pinas!
Paki-GAPUZ po nang hudas na to!
Nursing Board Examinees Say Cheaters Pose Danger to Profession
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch
Posted by Bulatlat
BAGUIO CITY
The recent nursing board examinees in this city say their complaint against the alleged examination leakage, filed before the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) last week, is not merely confined to the scam. They are more concerned, they say with board passers – who, because they allegedly benefited from the leakage, would pose great danger to public health services when they begin practicing their profession.
While supportive of the complaint, professional nurses in this city say the leakage issue is now elevated to a higher level as the scam was a manifestation of systemic problems encountered by the profession. The root causes of the scam, the nurses say, should be investigated, including the possible involvement of members of the Board of Nursing, review centers and other government officials.
The call to trace the roots of the scam was issued by representatives of the examinees, deans of nursing colleges, and officers of the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA) in a June 30 press conference held here. They also revealed that 425 professional nurses in Baguio and Cordillera expressed support to the complaint filed before the PRC, demanding the creation of a body to investigate the scam.
The scam
The June 11 and 12 board examination in this city was allegedly marred by fraud when the R.A. Gapuz Review Center was reported to have given its student reviewees notes containing a considerable number of questions that later came out in the examination.
The Gapuz review handout – a xeroxed 18-page handwritten review notes – allegedly contained exactly the same examples as those in the actual exams.
The complainants said 46,000 took the exam held nationwide, with some 6,000 of them in Baguio. Two thousand of the Baguio examinees took review classes at the R.A. Gapuz Review Center and received copies of the review handout.
Saying that the leakage was unfair for those who reviewed for the exam, the examinees filed the complaint last week while the motion for intervention was filed on June 28 directly at the PRC national office.
Culture of cheating
The examinees as well as the professional nurses in this city under PNA condemned the “culture of cheating” evident in the board examination.
Dr. Mary Grace Lacanaria, dean of the Saint Louis University and head of the Cordillera Associations of Deans of the Philippines College of Nursing (ADPCN), said they do not tolerate cheating.
She said a national official of the PNA who is also working with a review center tried to convince her to stop their move to investigate the leakage scam. They are determined, however, to push through with their fight, she said.
“It can be a David vs. Goliath, but we (as David) are being supported in the struggle as manifested by broad support for the intervention,” Lacanaria said. She said they have the support of PNA chapters and ADPCN nationwide, the Baguio City Council which passed a resolution supporting investigation of the scam, and the offices of Senators Juan Flavier and Pia Cayetano.
The profession (nursing) deals with human lives and should not be put under question considering the business of saving lives is one where mistakes cannot be tolerated, said the nurses in their motion to intervene.
“We firmly believe that only those who are capable are fit to be admitted to the nursing profession, and this capability is demonstrated when one passes the board exam fairly and squarely,” it said.
Roots of the scam
Northern Dispatch also learned that at least 200 questions in the board exam were also leaked in Metro Manila.
PNA officers of Baguio said that among the 420 nursing schools nationwide, there are at least 25 threatened with closure due to poor performance.
Prof. Caster Palaganas, who teaches at the Baguio campus of the University of the Philippines and is a PNA member, said these schools invested millions and will try their all to have access to examination questions leakage to improve their passing percentage.
Meanwhile, the complainants condemned the backdoor channel talks initiated by the PRC officials with the Board of Nursing (BON), allegedly to cover up the issue and BON’s involvement. “Why not act on our complaint by creating an impartial body to investigate those involved in the leakage?” they said in the press conference. The BON is headed by Eufemia Octaviano with the following as members: Remedios Fernandez, Gracia Dioniso, Letty Kuan, Estelita Galetira, and Virginia Madeja.
Northern Dispatch / Posted by Bulatlat
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Free calls to Lebanon for OFWs, relatives
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 CALL. Ano?! Can you repeat it again and again for the second time around once more? DOS MINUTOS?! Ano yon? Eh pano kung lumagpas nang dos minutos? How much ang bayad? Hay naku… sabi nga ni Chuvalais… “There is no such thing as free lunch!”.
But hey, sayang din yong dos minutos na yon di ba?… and there are so many things that you can say in two minutes like:
1. Pengeng pera!
2. Kuya! Kulang ho yong pambayad nang apartment!
3. Ate! Pambili po nang uniform!
4. Kuya, nabitbit mo ba yong pinabili kong sapatos?
5. Ate! Kelan ang sweldo mo?O… di ba? O sya… Ate, Kuya! Takbo na kayo’t yong mga bomba, parating na naman!
Free calls to Lebanon for OFWs, relatives
THE PHILIPPINES’ top telecommunications companies have come to the rescue of distressed Filipinos in war-torn Lebanon and their relatives here by providing them with free calls.
This was announced by Globe Telecom and Smart Communications Inc. in separate press statements Thursday.
Relatives can now make free two-minute calls to their loved ones in Lebanon this weekend using any of the two million Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) landlines and over 21 million Smart and Talk N Text mobile phone stalls over the country, according to the statement released by Smart.
This will be done under an emergency assistance program for the benefit of overseas Filipino workers’ families launched by PLDT using PLDT Pwede! Cards and PLDT Budget Cards, the statement said.
At the same time, Smart, PLDT’s wireless subsidiary, has also set up “Libreng Tawag [Free Call]” Centers in Metro Manila, Cebu City, and Davao City. The “Libreng Tawag” Centers will provide free voice and SMS services for the families and relatives of OFWs affected by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Lebanon, according to the statement.
Under this program, Pwede! Card and Budget Card users will be given one two-minute free call to Lebanon or Israel on Saturday and Sunday, the statement said.
Users of these call cards can utilize PLDT landlines to make voice calls to Lebanon and Israel following the usual procedure prescribed for these cards. Moreover, PLDT Pwede! Card users can also make voice calls through Smart and Talk N Text cell phones, according to the statement.
“We are trying to do our share in helping our fellow Filipinos working abroad. We also hope that this program will help their families get through this difficult period,” said PLDT and SMART spokesman Ramon R. Isberto.
The Smart “Libreng Tawag” Centers are located at the OWWA national office in Pasay City; OWWA Region 7 office at the Mezzanine floor, LDM Bldg., MJ Cuenco cor. Legaspi St., Cebu City; and at the OWWA Region 11 office located at Door #8, PTA Complex, Magsaysay Park, Davao City.
Not to be outdone, Globe Telecom and Innove Communications launched on Wednesday ‘‘Libreng Tawag,” a special outreach program for Manila-based families of OFWs in Lebanon, according to a Globe statement.
In cooperation with the OWWA, Globe and Innove will be offering free IDD calls to relatives and friends of the OFWs, the Globe statement said.
The “Libreng Tawag” Center is located at the lobby of the OWWA Center Building in F.B. Harrison St. Pasay City. It will go on indefinitely until the affected OFWs are evacuated from Lebanon.
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Illegal recruitment in Vietnam
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 nga ang inaabot nang mga kapatid natin - huhuthutan pa nang mga demonyong to!
7 Filipinos fall victim to illegal recruitment in Vietnam
SEVEN Filipinos falsely promised high-paying jobs as teachers and engineers were rescued by the Philippine embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam after their recruiters abandoned them, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
In her report to the home office, Philippine Ambassador to Hanoi Estrella Berenguel said that the Filipinos arrived in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam on the first week of July together with their recruiters. But a few days after their arrival, the recruiters left them in an unfurnished apartment.
The department, which is withholding the names of the victims, warned Filipinos against promises of high-salaried jobs in this Asian country.
Berenguel advised all Filipinos who want to work in Vietnam to go through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) to avoid being victimized by illegal recruiters.
Quoting the victims, Berenguel said they left their jobs in the Philippines and incurred debts from 100,000 pesos to 150,000 pesos just to be able to pay their recruitment fees.
The seven Filipinos sought the help of the Filipino community in Ho Chi Minh and the incoming Philippine honorary consul general in informing the embassy about their plight. They also asked the embassy to help them administer legal action against their recruiters, who, they claimed, still continued their illegal operations in Manila.
They said that 20 more individuals were coming to Vietnam after being convinced of employment opportunities by this group of recruiters.
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A letter from an OFW needing help!
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 coz he was mentioning OWWA Center. In any case, I sent him a second email to sort of confirm kung totoo nga to. Should I hear otherwise, please let me know but if anyone out you somewhere na nakabasa nito, please tulong naman kung pano ang gagawin nya.
I was trying to send this to http://www.owwa.gov.ph/ site, unfortunately, it’s been down for many days now. O baka naman tinamaan to nang giyera dun sa Middle East?
Isn’t it interesting? OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE, tapos down ang site?! WHAT GIVES? Talaga namannn!!!!
Good Day Madam Sir’s,
First of all I would like to you greet a pleasant Hello, By the way I am Mr. Eduardo Fernandez Allera working as Electronics Technician there in Saudi Arabia.
Actually Sir I try to send this my short opinion about the Philippine Embassy (Consulate) here in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. There are so many Kabayan was complain. About the case like a hindi mabigyang ng salary at ni rape pa sa amo, mayron akong isang kaibigan nang hingi ng tulong sa kanyang problema sa kaso laban sa employer nya ang sabi raw nya labin tatlong buwan sya hindi napasahuran (sweldo) at inireklamo nya sa Jeddah consulate mula noong year 2004 hanngang ngayon 2006 at wala parin nangyayari lagi lang daw hering at pupunta sa polis station pabalik balik ang sabi din nya umatin sa hering yung employer nya isang beses lang raw at mula noon hindi na nagpakita bali ang lahi ng employer nya ay Saudi. Sana po’ mabigyan po’ ninyo ng payo kung anong dapat gains ng kabayan natin na ang pangalan nya ay Marilou Caneda ditto ho’ sa Jeddah sa ngayon nakatira sya sa gilid ng Philippine consulate naglalaba sa mga bahay ng kababayan natin at para naman may maipadala sya sa kanyang mga tatlong anak nga andyan sa pinas. Maraming salamat po’ sa lahat ng mga Staff Magandang Araw sa inyo. Uulitin ko po’ na sana mabigyan nyo ito ng payo reply kung ano ang magandang gawin nya’ maraming salamat”.
Second email received:
Dear all of Staff,
Once again Good Day all and I hope you’re always good health condition, Anyway ito ang pangalawa kung liham tungkol sa aking taga laba ng aming damit Ulitin ko ang pangalan nya ay Marilou Caneda tubong Leyte at mabait sya at masipag sa gawaing bahay at sa ngayon tungkol sa kaso nya papunta punta sya sa Philippine Consulate ditto sa Jeddah at ang sabi nya sa amin wala parin nangyayari sa kaso nya at nauubos Lang raw ang kita nya sa paglalaba sa pamasahi ng taxi dahil pumupunta sila sa polis station Ng Doric diction area sa kasakupan ng lugar ng dating employer nya para maghingi ng husipina ulit Para maka atin ulit ng hearing sa kaso, at wala paring nangyari at ang masakit raw ang sabi ng taga Consulate staff yung kanyang abogado, sinabihan sya na’ nahirapan sila at pabayaan nalang raw? kaya naisip nya magpa email sa akin ditto sa OWWA Center kung ano ang magandang gawin nya magpapayo ho’ sa inyo. At may sinasabi sa akin na\’ siguro catholic ako kaya hindi nila ako pina- pansin ng husto dahil lahat sila mga staff ng Embahada puro maranao Muslim. Oh sige ho kayo lang bahala kung ano ang magandang gawing payo sa kanya at maraming salamat sa inyo na nabigyan nyo ng first reply at sana mayron kayong ipapayo sa kanya at hayaan nyo ang reply nyo e print ko at para naman maintindihan nya at sya lang bahala mag desisyon pamagitan ng kanyang sulat.
Mag antay ako ng reply nyo at ulitin ko maraming salamat sa inyo.
Eduardo F. Allera
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“Why can’t we all just get along?”
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 how they disect the story.
That Hizbollah is nothing but a pawn of Iran and Syria and that Iran is behind all of these abductions to remove Western eyes in their nuclear project. Was it on CNN site that I read that there were about 10 Iran Revolutionary Guards present during the Taepodong launch in North Korea? I think, yes.
I still find it very difficult to understand this whole Middle East story - why it seems to have no end point. I remember when I was still in my elementary days in the Philippines where we read “Current Events”, a monthly newsletter distributed to all of us students. Most of what I read there is this Mid-East Conflict. That was bizzillian years ago.
But my heart goes to all these families affected by this madness. I don’t care if they are Palestinian, Lebanese or Israeli. I can’t stomach seeing them in such a heart-wrenching misery. But war is war. It’s doesn’t discriminate.
I remember Rodney King. Remember him from the LA riots in 1992? He’s even on Wikipedia now!
“Why can’t we all just get along?”
I guess not. Even in my own corners of my world, I belong to a very dysfunctional family.
I just hope all of my fellow OFW’s around in the Middle East are safe…
P.S.
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Jared Isaacman: More of him
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 decades of experience behind you. But this is not the case for Jared Isaacman, who has accomplished in his payments career what others do over several decades: he learned about the bankcard business; he started his own company and watched it grow; and he willingly shares all that he learned with others.
Isaacman is the founder, CEO and Director of Operations of ISO/MSP United Bank Card, Inc. (UBC), a High Bridge, NJ-based credit card processing firm that provides retail, MO/TO and Internet merchants with the ability to accept credit and debit cards. Isaacman founded UBC in 1998, then incorporated the company in 2000; it has been growing by leaps and bounds since.
But it hasn’t necessarily been an easy ride. Isaacman and his team have put in some excruciatingly long hours to oversee the company’s growth-he says he still typically works 100-hour weeks.
Isaacman said his specialty is in operations because he’s worked in nearly every position in every department of his own company as it grew: from providing customer service and technical support, to shipping starter kits, downloading terminals, monitoring risk and approving applications. “I’ve always been very down and dirty with the business,” he said.
“At one point there were four of us doing 100 applications a month, which was incredibly challenging. We did everything. Now we have the pleasure of approving over 800 applications per month.”
Isaacman does not consider himself normal, and he said he’s never been content with the status quo. He wanted to get out in the real world as quickly as possible, so he pushed his way through high school in Basking Ridge, NJ and graduated at age sixteen. He began his career in the payment processing industry nearly by accident-he took a job with Merchant Services, Inc. in New Jersey managing the company’s information systems (IS).
Isaacman worked as MSI’s IS Director for about eight months, handling computers and information technology. But he soon realized he wanted more than just a day-to-day job. “I wanted more of a challenge,” he said. “I quickly understood the core principles of the industry and how it works, and I could see the potential very early on-so I went off on my own.”
For about two years UBC was focused on sales. Isaacman’s father, a lifetime salesman, joined the company as did some of Isaacman’s friends. Every one had a specialty-some people in sales, some in programming and some in technical areas.
“A lot of people learn this business from the ground up, but I did just the opposite,” Isaacman said. “I first learned how the banks and the networks operated and also how interchange works; and from there things started to make sense.”
United Bank Card
As Director of Operations at UBC, Isaacman oversees the company’s operations and the ISO side of the business. He is also very involved with business development.
From early on, Isaacman said UBC has recognized the importance of working with the ISO/MLS network as a partnership. The company offers an aggressive interchange program and considers itself one of the pioneers in revenue sharing and interchange split programs.
UBC’s ISO/MLS program offers same-day approvals, same-day terminal deployment, 24-hour technical support, interchange plus pricing programs and signing bonuses for Discover, American Express and Diners Club; it accepts faxed and online merchant applications, and provides a dedicated ISO manager for each account and an Interactive ISO system, among many others benefits.
UBC’s Interactive ISO system provides real time portfolio management for all ISOs and their sales reps and residual reporting online-also in real time.
“We provide all this and the underwriting, risk and support and all of our technology systems,” Isaacman said. “For our share of the profits, we take on those burdens. Then our MLSs are out on the street, controlling their own destinies and selling their own programs and that’s for their share of the profits.”
In 2002, UBC received a bank identification number (BIN) from Provident Bank, for which it is also a registered Member Service Provider (ISO/MSP). United Bank Card also received several nominations and awards in The Green Sheet’s 2003 “Best of the Best” reader’s poll.
Business has been so good at UBC lately that it opened a second 24-hour customer service and technical support office on August 11, 2003 (located in Tucson, Ariz.) and extended the availability of its on-site support by two hours. “We were probably in one of our worst stages of growing pains,” he said. “We were swamped with calls and our growth was exceeding our manpower capabilities.”
Learning From Others
When Isaacman first started his business, he said he wasn’t formulating business plans and negotiating with banks; he was out on the street selling bankcard processing and installing terminals for merchants.
He gives credit to his father, a salesman with an alarm company for more than 30 years, for teaching him about sales. “It shaped my personality,” he said. “My father taught me a lot about diplomacy and selling-how to get along with everybody and be as diplomatic as possible to get the job done.
“I also have to give credit to Mario Parisi,” Isaacman said. “He was certainly a mentor to me. He shared a lot about his style. I’ve taken some of that, things I’ve learned from my father, and I’ve taken some of my own way of doing things to create where I am now.”
“I think Jared is borderline genius,” said Parisi, Chief Operations Officer of Merchant Services, Inc. in New Jersey. “He’s smart; he’s business savvy.
“He’s inspirational and has a wealth of knowledge concerning the industry. He’s also got a business plan that’s working out. He has challenged the market and he’s very successful at it.”
United Bank Card and Merchant Services, Inc. in New Jersey might be considered competitors, but Isaacman said he and Parisi help each other in business and are still friends. “Over the years our personal relationship has just gotten stronger, and we believe there’s a lot of business out there for everyone,” Isaacman said.
If you’ve done the math, you’ll know that Isaacman got started in this business at a very young age. Early on, he said he faced many challenges because of this. “When you’re that young, it doesn’t matter what your knowledge or experience is, people will tend to think less of you,” he said. “Typically, everybody’s first question was, ‘How old are you?’ Well, I didn’t tell them. If they could figure it out on their own, great.”
Sharing Knowledge and Advice
If you’re a regular visitor to The Green Sheet’s online MLS Forum, then you have probably read numerous postings from Jared Isaacman. He said he tries to answer as many questions on the Forum and in other industry-related chat rooms as much as he can-often in the very early hours of the morning.
“I truly believe in the success of our ISOs/MLSs and assisting new ones with growing their business, even if they’re not doing business with us,” he said. “People that are out there and are looking to learn, and who are trying to become a success in this industry, I enjoy working with them and helping them reach their goals.”
Isaacman offers the following advice to MLSs: Don’t make the mistake of trying to rush out and become a registered MSP and take on risk, unless you get to a certain size with a certain amount of volume. “Nowadays, you can get decent pricing as an ISO. To be a registered MSP, the pricing is only better if there are substantial amounts of volume because these networks are working off pennies; they will ‘fee’ you to death unless you are producing the volume,” he said.
Isaacman also advises ISOs/MLSs to read their ISO contracts carefully and to do some checking up on a company’s reputation. “I’ve certainly heard my fair share of horror stories of people who have spent their lives building a residual portfolio and then see it disappear because they signed with the wrong company,” he said.
Isaacman started his career earlier than most people do, and he experienced success earlier than most, so that leaves the question of the future: Where to go next?
“We have no exit plan at UBC-we will continue to expand and refine our technologies and our systems,” he said. “I’m young, a lot of the managers here are young, and we love the business too much.
“I’ve talked to the guys who have sold out for millions and they tell me ‘Life’s great, I’m out on a fishing boat five days a week, I play golf two days a week, and life couldn’t be better.’ For me, that’s about as miserable as it could get.”
Isaacman said he takes being called a ‘workaholic’ as a compliment. “There’s nothing in my life that goes above business and my company,” he said.
“I think I was really meant to be doing what I’m doing. I’ve sacrificed relationships in my life and other pleasures just to dedicate my life to this industry and this business.”
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America’s Youngest CEOs
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 Shoes and The Gap, McCauley suspects his youth keeps him open to new perspectives.
“I love to riff and bounce ideas off of people. Regardless of what their function is, [Gymboree's employees] are all talented, bright people,” says McCauley, who routinely solicits feedback from staffers throughout the company and in different departments.
That open strategy seems to be working: Gymboree’s first-quarter sales reached $189 million in April, up 16 percent compared with the same quarter last year.
But being young and in charge isn’t a typical scenario for the top brass of publicly traded companies. Of the companies on Wall Street’s Russell 2000 Index, there are just eight chiefs age 35 or under.
Among the small group, McCauley, who began with Gymboree in 2001 heading inventory allocations, is the lone CEO to race up the corporate ladder. Three of the chiefs took the reins of their family firms, and the remaining four founded their own companies. Each recognized quite early a desire to take a leadership role.
There are no women represented on the list of young chiefs.
“No matter how you slice it and dice it, there are very few women CEOs on any index. And it’s not because they don’t want to be there,” says Sheila Wellington, who teaches a class on women executives at New York University’s Stern School for Business. “The majority of women business leaders say they want that corner office.”
So why are women unrepresented? One reason is that women tend to start businesses later in life, meaning initial public offerings for women-run firms come later too.
Out of the Basement and Into the MarketMichael Rubin took to making money at an early age. An enterprising 13 year old with a love for skiing, Rubin transformed his parent’s Philadelphia home into a shop for tuning skis. Soon he was selling gear out of the basement on a consignment basis for retailers trying to unload last season’s merchandise.
Eventually he rented out his own retail space at the local mall and, by the time the Internet boom hit, he was ready with a business model. Starting a venture as a teen, Rubin learned that his youth alone could fetch media attention that did wonders for publicity, and he milked it.
He started GSI Commerce to build Web stores for brick-and-mortar retailers, and in 1999 raised $175 million through the likes of Softbank, QVC and cable firm Comcast. Last year, two public offerings raised another $85 million.
Now at 33, Rubin’s basement startup has morphed into a $470 million Nasdaq-listed firm that builds and runs online stores for heavyweight brands including The Sports Authority, Adidas, RadioShack, Burberry, Kate Spade and HBO. It has also sliced business away from Amazon’s Web-service arm that handles e-commerce for traditionally brick-and-mortar companies.
After Toys R Us won its lawsuit against Amazon.com over exclusivity rights in March, the toymaker chose Rubin’s GSI Commerce for its e-commerce technology, customer care and interactive marketing. GSI also beat out Foot Locker to run the NFL’s Web store, nflshop.com.
Not bad for a kid who dropped out of Villanova after a matter of weeks.
School TiesGoing to school, on the other hand, was what prompted the businesses of two CEOs on our list. Michael Chasen, CEO and co-founder of Blackboard, a developer and marketer of educational software, started his firm with just 12 employees in the basement of his Washington, D.C., brownstone after getting an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.
He met his partner and co-founder while they were undergraduates at American University. Together, they managed to raise seed money for his company from high-tech investors including Microsoft.
Under Armor founder Kevin Plank’s company beginnings also starts with a college tale. As a football player with the University of Maryland, Plank grew weary of always having to change out the sweat-soaked T-shirts he wore under his jersey, so he developed a type of moisture-wicking fabric for athletic performance and turned the idea into a sports apparel brand 11 years ago. Today, it’s a $281 million company.
Hailing from one of Kansas City, Missouri’s legacy families, Mariner Kemper was raised on the culture of banking. Five generations ago, his family bought ownership into the predecessor bank to UMB Financial, a $440 million multibank holding company with 141 branches throughout the Midwest.
Kemper first made the company payroll at age 16 with a job verifying employment for credit card applications. A graduate of the University of Puget Sound, he worked his way up to president of UMB Bank in Colorado in 1997. Three years later, he became chief executive of that bank, then took over as UMB Financial head in 2004.
Like McCauley, Kemper believes his youthfulness brings a fresh perspective and a willingness to take calculated risks. “People will say, ‘Well, the problem with a young person is that he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know,’ ” says McCauley, who became chief in January 2006. But then again, McCauley says, “I avoid the ‘been there, done that’ syndrome.”
By Patricia Huang
Forbes.com
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Current IP addresses being blocked
This site is constantly being bombarded still by whoever is this annoying bastard who just won’t let go. I have to erase the contents of the forum and I’m sure he/she/it must have been very happy to see the result of all his bombardment.
So far, this site has gotten a lot of comments that thanks to Wordpress - all these ain’t gonna get into the board nor get posted here because not only do I constantly monitor who gets in, but I do monitor the IP addresses of all those who tries to get in.
Having said that - these are the IP addresses of these culprits. This could be different person, but I’m sure I noticed one person constantly bombarding me with all of these unwanted comments.
Current IP addresses being blocked : Updated as of November 24, 2006
- 203.144.144.164
- 66.139.76.153
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- 220.228.145.146
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Canada’s Immigration thru point system
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 to apply as Skilled Worker under the Economic Class. Skilled Workers in Canada are given permanent residence status, and as such, are able to accompany their spouse and children to Canada, are able to apply for employment in Canada, are able to access all of the same social government programs as Canadian citizens, are given the same rights and freedoms as Canadian citizens (except for the right to vote), ar able to acquire Canadian citizenship after three years of residence in Canada, and the list goes on.
Professions that are qualified as “skilled work” include but are not limited to registered nurses, doctors, dentists, dental hygienists, medical technologists, radiologists, pharmacists, nutriionists, etc.
The Point System
The Federal Government of Canada has devised a reasonable point system for the acceptance of quality skilled workers to Canada. The breakdown of this popint system for persons who underwent the Philippine educational system is as follows:
Factor 1 - Education
- 05 points - High School graduate
- 12 points - Two year vocational course
- 20 points - Bachelor’s degree
- 22 points - Master’s degree
- 25 points - Doctorate degree
Factor 2 - English Proficiency
- 16 points - High proficiency in English
- 08-14 points - Moderate proficiency in English
Factor 3 - Work Experience
- 15 points - 1 year
- 17 points - 2 years
- 19 points - 3 years
- 21 points - 4+ years
Factor 4 - Age
- 10 points - 21 to 49 years old
Factgor 5 - Adaptability
- 03-05 points - Spouse’s education
- 05 points - First degree relative in Canada
The passing mark for skilled workers to qualify for permanent residence status is 67 points. Assessment under this point system vary on a case to case basis.
This article is only for general information and is not intended to act as a legal document.
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