Chevening Fellowship prestigious award has been given to four filipino professionals namely:

1. Michael Joseph Juan – Associate Director of AIM-Team Energy Center for Bridging Societal Divides

2. Atty. Flor Ofilada – Strategy Management Officer of the Philippine Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Office

3. Norgianna Suleik – Strategic Relations Manager of Nonviolent Peaceforce

4. Wilfredo Torres – Program Officer of The Asia Foundation’s programs on Conflict Management in the Philippines and Rapid Response.

MANILA, Philippines – Four Filipino professionals were among the selected individuals to be awarded with the prestigious Chevening Fellowship by the British …

I have seen this in http://www.poea.gov.ph/ site :
Saudi requires licensure exam for foreign nurses
The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) mandates all foreign nurses to pass the Saudi Licensing Examinations for Health Specialties before working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In the Philippines, the accredited testing centers are Prometric Testing Center, Ateneo Professional Schools, 130 H. Dela Costa St., Salcedo Village, Makati City. Telephone No.: (632) 892-0383, Website: http://www.prometric.com and Tread, Inc., Suite 308, Centro Maximo D. Jakosalem St., Cebu City. Tel no. 032-2535514. The …

Saudi Arabia which was known to have a strict implementation of their laws but with lots of OFW is now making a big changes in their Government.
The changes:
• Norah al-Faiz is appointed as a Deputy Minister for Girls’ Education, a new position, and the first senior female government official;
• Saleh bin Humaid, head of the Shoura Council, replaces Sheikh Salah al-Luhaidan, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Council;
• Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Humain replaces Sheikh Ibrahim al-Ghaith as head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention …

Another case of Somalia Hijacked and sad to say another Filipino seamen are at risk.
Gunmen hijacked a freighter with 23 crew off the coast of Somalia, South Korea said Sunday, as Somali pirates freed another vessel after securing a ransom and a Russian frigate repelled an attack on a Saudi ship.

The crew of the Japanese-owned Chemstar Venus consisted of five South Koreans and 18 Filipinos, the statement said. South Korean officials said they had no information on the condition of the crew or whether the gunmen were seeking a …

Another Filipina was sentenced to death outside of her own country for murdering her job broker in September last year.
Global Nation MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) A Filipina who taught English in Taiwan was sentenced to death by the Kaoshiung District Court for the murder of her job broker in September last year, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday. In a phone interview, DFA undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Esteban Conejos Jr. said the decision was handed down September 30 this year.
“The first hearing of the appeal would be on …

Leaders of the recruitment sector are seeking “mandatory emergency repatriation and liability insurance" to protect overseas Filipino workers. it was said during the press conference on Friday, Eduardo E. Mahiya and Loreto B. Soriano, president and executive director respectively of the Federated Associations of Manpower Exporters (FAME), together with their officials said the measure is all the more necessary in the face of a US financial crisis threatening the global economy.
They proposed to have the mandatory insurance at $5,000 to shield workers should there be adverse situation in the job …

A shocking News has bought the nation into mourning, A Domestic Filipina maid identified by Foreign Affairs Secretary Esteban Conejos as Jenifer Bidoya helper who was found guilty by the Saudi Court was beheaded yesterday in Jeddah.
The Execution was done due to the reason that the family of the slain Arab national did not agree for any clemency, and the beheading was executed because the family of the Saudi National insists on their right of quisas as per sharia law.
Even if the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wrote two letters …

Filipinos in US is now also looking for their best Vice President Candidate. And one of the Candidate in US Vice Presidential sit is Sarah Palin. So here is the Youtube Video of Now Famous Hey Sarah Palin Song . 

Hey Sarah Palin do you tell them in Wasilla that 4000 years ago we roamed the planet with Godzilla?
Is it true?
I am so fuckin’ scared of you. as number two
Hey Sarah palin I think Alaska’s very pretty …

Arroyo has been tag with Migrante as having ‘delusions’ about OFWs when the President suggested that overseas Filipino workers (OFW) could now be called expatriates.
Well for me I better be called expatriates, since this is the terminology we use to call Americans, Japanese, British.. etc.. working in our company, I can say that it is more formal to be called as Expats.
Well it is just my opinion we might have different thinking with regards to this matter.

One of the best news I read today is knowing that the Government has signed a Memorandum of Agreement for OFW to work in Canada.
At the signing of the memorandum of agreement Wednesday at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel between DoLE, represented by Roque, and Alberta’s Ministry of Employment and Immigration headed by Hector Goudreau, the two have agreed to form a partnership and cooperation in the recruitment and deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that is needed to fill in the shortage of workers in the province.
“Initially 10,000 Filipinos are …