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Swift Code List – Philippine Banks
SWIFT is the abbreviation of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. It was created in 1973 supported by 239 banks in 15 countries. The mission is to have a shared worldwide data processing and common protocol for international financial transactions. The community of financial sectors worldwide recognize the technological benefit of SWIFT system that [...]
Use of Mobile Phone while driving is now prohibited in Kuwait
Just a reminder for Pinoy expat in Kuwait. The decree banning the use of mobile phones while driving is now in effect. As of May 1, 2008. The directive is part of the traffic awareness campaign with the goal to ensure the safety and security of citizens and residents in Kuwait. Drivers will not [...]
Senate Bill 1315 Approved
It turns out that the moment of truth of the Veteran’s Benefits Enhancement Act (S. 1315) ended up pretty good. The United States Senate has approved the verteran’s benefits law benefiting more than 18,000 Filipino war veterans both in Philippines and Washington. Since the S. 1315 bill passed the US Senate, it will now move [...]
The Moment of Truth for Senate Bill 1315
An advisory circulated by National Executive Director Armando Heredia of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations reported that Senate Bill 1315 will be decided on the 22th of April. The moment of truth for the bill where outcome will entirely depends on the votes of the U.S. senators scheduled on April 22. Senate Bill [...]
Jun Lozada Message to the Filipino People
I got this message of Jun Lozada to the Filipino people about the kidnapping incident at the NAIA through GB‘s blog. I wish to thank all the participants for their prayers and support. I am a witness and a victim of this Gov’t attempts to stop the truth about corruption from reaching the people. They [...]
OFW Advisory: New OEC Policy
I just want to share this important new rule of Overseas Employment Certificates (OEC) effective since March 24. We don’t need to wait for a long que in LAC to validate our OEC. We can now present the OEC directly to airline counters, terminal fee counters and the Bureau of Immigration counters for validation. The [...]
Who is Jun Lozada?
Whenever I watch the tv patrol to know the latest news in Philippines, Jun Lozada is always in there. This led me in searching who Jun Lozada is, let us see if internet could give us additional information about Jun Lozada. After around 30 mins of googling, here is what I found. Jun Lozada, the [...]
Php 1,023.45 – new OWWA Contribution per Employment Contract
In pursuant to OWWA Resolution No. 38 dated December 17,2 007, series of 2007, the new OWWA Contribution per Employment Contract is now pegged at Php 1,023.45 for February 2008. Credit memoranda extending the OWWA membership for a period of three (3) months beyond the two-year maximum entitlement to OWWA program and services will applied [...]
Licensure Exams for OFWs in Saudi
Last month, the PRC under the supervision of Department of Labor and Employment conducted board examinations on different testing locations in State of Saudi Arabia. The goal is to reach out OFWs based in Saudi who are eligible to take the licensure examination so that they could be certified in accordance to Professional Regulatory Commission [...]
Text Scam targets OFWs
To our fellow OFWs and Kabayans out there, please be warned. Local news of Kuwait Times reported that three Filipinas have turned out to be the latest victims of a text scam which is victimizing the Filipino community in Kuwait with the use of their Philippine-based roaming mobile phone numbers. The modus operandi is that [...]