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OFW Life & Issues

Admiration for China Who would not have an admiration for China? With their ancient civilization that continues to awe everyone of us to their meteoric rise as one global economic power capable of dictating our food on the table. One thing I like from them is how effective their anti-corruption is. They hang them. Sure [...]

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What’s the buzz? Remittance scam. How is this being done? This is a scam that victimizes credit card holders. The scam is done by entities falsely claiming to be remittance service providers and by unscrupulous individuals outside the Philippines. They send money to the Philippines by using credit cards of other people without the cardholders [...]

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Unemployed Philippines: Bahala na

by reynz on January 3, 2009

11 million Filipinos will be out of work Former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that millions of Filipinos would either go unemployed or be underemployed as the export sector would continue to slow down. The number? 11 million. That’s almost the entire population of Metropolitan Manila. Electronics: Layoffs planned The electronics sector currently employs about [...]

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Kumbaya! Am your sleazy blogger, the proud whore blogger! Wishing you all a prosperous Happy New Year! (This is New Year’s Celebration here in my lovely City of Philadelphia) It’s that time of the year once again, together forever, one another. It’s time to reflect to all what we did last summer. So, here’s my [...]

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My Barrio Siete

by Rainier on October 11, 2008

“Can u imagine if they ban these crap, instead build public housing or send barrio people to school or cement our kalsada sa barrio na puro na lang talahib with the monies that goes to this shit political advertising?!” photo by: carsim I write a lot about my Barrio Siete. It’s funny, wacky, a bit [...]

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This is not a very good world’s santacruzan!

October 10, 2008

World?s stock markets plunges! That was the news that greeted me when I woke up early this morning. Was I shocked? Not really. I was expecting these kinds of news. And the bad news continues. Iceland is on the brink of bankruptcy. They?ll have to go back to fishing to sustain their economy. Japan?s Nikkei [...]

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Money Smarts features: Ross Delgado of USA

October 10, 2008

Last week, Salve Duplito of Money Smarts, interviewed via email Filipinos working all over the world to find out how the US global financial crunch is affecting one of the major sources of the country?s liquidity?the OFWs. She is publishing this week in installments the full version of their emails. Head over to this site [...]

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Money Smarts features: Kengkay of Germany

October 9, 2008

Last week, Salve Duplito of Money Smarts, interviewed via email Filipinos working all over the world to find out how the US global financial crunch is affecting one of the major sources of the country?s liquidity?the OFWs. She is publishing this week in installments the full version of their emails. Head over to this site [...]

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Rejection confirmed my right decision

October 9, 2008

I did not get the job in Washington, DC. What I got instead was a confirmation that I made the right decision to leave my former work. DC asked for three (3) references and I have some super people to back me up. A Senior Vice-President of CBS Radio in Atlanta, a Vice-President of MMA [...]

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What made you decide to work abroad and where?

October 8, 2008

Considering that I am now swamped as ever with new Overseas Pinoys, I thought I would bring to top an entry I made last year which will hit you if you are an OFW. Especially now that things seems to be not looking good on the horizon. Sana naman wag sumama nang todo ang ekonomiya [...]

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Money Smarts features an Igorota from Tublay Benguet

October 7, 2008

Last week, Salve Duplito of Money Smarts, interviewed via email Filipinos working all over the world to find out how the US global financial crunch is affecting one of the major sources of the country?s liquidity?the OFWs. She is publishing this week in installments the full version of their emails. Head over to this site [...]

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Bomba star na ang lola nyo!

October 6, 2008

Malaya, Ellen Tordesillas Section, Monday Edition, 10/06/2008 One of the entries I wrote about subprime and the US housing market became such a hot property that it ended up in a lot of financial forums in Singapore, the Middle East and the US. I’m glad it was a big help to a lot of non-financial [...]

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Bailout: Kaya kong maging Presidentress nang Amerika!

October 5, 2008

The Bailout An sama-sama nang tama nang lecheng bailout chorva na to saken mga kunichiwa! Napa-praning ang Reyna. Leche sila! Mga tiga Wall Street ang minumura hindi mga blogista! Walang ba silang alam sa problema? Ano baaa??? Binasa ko ang Bailout, from page 1 to page 451. Hehehe! Charing lang! Haller!!! Porno lang ang binabasa [...]

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The movie of my life

October 1, 2008

Sino ba ako? Sino daw ba ako sabi nung isang commenter. Tanggalin ko na yung reference sa sexuality issue. Bahala na ang mga katribu ko sa rainbow kung gustong maghuramentado. But I like the question. Sarili ko, kukwento ko. Masarap un eh! Hehehe! Ba?t kaya?! Bwahahaha! Kaya eto ang chance kong magmayabang ever. Conchita!!! Makinig [...]

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SONA 2008, Part 1: State of the Nation Address ni Reyna

July 29, 2008

Mga kunichiwa, here’s what I have about SONA 2008. Ang haba kasi nang litanya pantasya nang Gloria. Here’s the first part. Just a few months ago, we ended 2007 with the strongest economic growth in a generation. Inflation was low, the peso strong and a million new jobs were created. We were all looking to [...]

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SONA 2008, nag-mistulang Oscar Awards red-carpet chuvalais!

July 29, 2008

Nag-mistulang Oscar Awards red-carpet chuvalais ang SONA 2008 ni Gloria Arroyo mga kunichiwa. Wag na kayong mag-tanong kung bakit naghihirap ang ating mga ka-tribu. Watch na lang kayo and drool over this one! Hahahaah! Now, para di makalamang ang mga iba, nag-bahag naman ang isang mayor. Tingnan naten ang video hindi yong ari-arian nang mayor. [...]

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