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.
Celtic Manor Ryder Cup 2010 Schedule
Celtic Manor Ryder Cup 2010 Live
Due to the weather conditions and the 7 hours and 18 minutes of playing time lost, new Ryder Cup Playing schedule has been agreed for the second & third sessions.
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.
"From now on call them Expat" – GMA
On GMA’s speech given at the presidential palace last Oct. 7, she suggested that OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) to be called Expatriates.
“One very, very well-known and well-paid Filipino working overseas says that we should begin to call our overseas Filipinos expatriates, because the nature of their job is increasingly more on skilled professions. And they should be called expatriates because expatriates usually get higher pay than if you just call them workers,”…
“The government and the people honor our overseas Filipinos, whether you call them OFWs, OCWs, or as Dante Ang likes to call them, Overseas Filipino Investors. And I agree that we should begin to call them expatriates rather than OFWs. But in any case, we honor them for their sacrifice and dedication to their work, their family and their nation.” …
“We welcome their contribution. But we are working towards the day when Filipinos no longer need to go abroad for a job. For the day that overseas work is just another career option and not the only choice they have to earn a living,”…
July 27 2008 Civil Service Exam is Out
The long wait is over!.. CSC July 27 2008 Civiel Service Exam Result is now Available
To those who are waiting for the July 27 2008 Civil Service Exam , Professional and Subprofessional, the CSC results is already available. Please click here to see the results of the Civl Service Exam for Subprofessional and Professional Level, conducted last July 2008. To check if your name is in the list of passers, follow the button next to the Region where you applied for the Civil Service Exam.
Congratulations to the Successful examinees.!!!
LOGO Evolution
From the Funny Dance Evolution, here comes the Evolution of LOGO.
Interesting images that will give you a brief history how the popular companies of the world such as Google, Apple, Canon, IBM, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel, Palm, Xerox and even Firefox develop their LOGO to emphasize product or service branding.
10,000 OFWs Needed in Alberta Canada
With the healthy status of the Oil and Gas industry as well as infrastructure sector in Canada particularly Alberta, more and more OFWs are needed to fill jobs. According to DOLE report, atleast 10,000 Pinoy workers are needed by Western Canada for their Oil and Gas, and various infrastructure projects.