Ministry Sets Transferring Visa20 to Visa18 Deadline to October 31
Domestic workers’ shift made easier
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 14: Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has given the domestic personnel working under Article 20 — including drivers and cooks, to transfer their residencies to Article 18 of the private sector by Oct 31, irrespective of the period spent with the existing sponsor, reports Al-Shahid daily quoting the Undersecretary of Labor Mansour Al-Mansour.
Al-Mansour clarified the workers will only be allowed to transfer to a commercial or industrial firm owned by the existing sponsor or his first degree relatives, such as the wife, husband, children or parents. He added the decision includes domestic personnel having valid residency before April 1, 2008.
Free Computer Skills Workshop in Kuwait: ITP-K
OFW’s in Kuwait:
ITP-K will hold a FREE PC Fundamentals seminar starting on July 4, at the POLO/OWWA office in Jabriya. The Computer Skills Workshop is scheduled every Saturday from 9:00am – 2:00pm.
The initial part of the seminar will include a brief background of the PC history, hardware parts, assembly, and troubleshooting.
Tutorial Topics will be:
3Fs and 3Ts show strongest potential for franchising
The Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) recently conducted a free seminar dubbed “Buying the Right Franchise”, zeroing in on the top franchise concepts with the strongest potential these days — the 3 Fs (food, fashion, fun and entertainment), and the 3 Ts (transport, telecom, and tourism).
PFA president Robert Trota, acknowledging the country’s abundant natural resources as a bountiful source of franchisable concepts, said, “There are so many readily available natural products that can be explored for franchising, especially for food concepts, such as fruits (natural, dried, shakes, juices, jams, halo halo), marine products (meal toppings, roll, sandwich, on stick), and coffee (brewed, instant, cybercafé).”
Merry Christmas 2008
For this very special day, we wish every readers, and subscribers a ver very Happy Christmas.
Merry Christmas Everybody!..
Increasing Peso – Dollar Trend
Few months back I blog about how OFW can cope up with the increasing Peso, now its the other way around. Peso is decreasing with respect to Dollar. Expat Pinoy knew what to do in times like this.
