Archive for the OFW Profiles Category
Student Visa Policy for UK Schools Changed
Starting March 2010, United Kingdom is set to implement a more stringent student visa guidelines to prevent “abuse by economic migrants” under its new Points-Based System of Migration, based on earlier announcement by UK Home Affairs Minister Alan Johnson.
The initial announcement outlines broad measures resulting from a comprehensive review of the Tier 4 scheme [...]
Fewer Pinoy Nurses Apply for US Jobs
If you ask many nurses why they pursued the course, many of them would probably answer they would like to go to work abroad and to more. But if you ask them which country, the number of those who will reply “United States” may be fewer than before.
That’s because for the past the years, the [...]
Only Two Of 90 Examinees Pass Hong Kong Nursing Board
Only two out of 90 examinees passed the Nursing Licensure Examination held in Hong Kong last December, according to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
The successful examinees are:
1. Edgardo de Sesto Estrada
2. Jorlyn Boyatot Gagatam
Meanwhile, the PRC revealed that results of those who took the exams last November in the Philippines will likely be released in [...]
14 Pass PRC Midwifery Exams in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has just hosted the first Midwives Licensure Examinations conducted by the Board of Midwifery of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) last December 12-13, 2009. Out of 28 examinees, 14 were able to pass the exams, with one deferred.
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs post on its websites, the successful midwifery examinees are [...]
Pinoy OFW Profile: Jenny Angeles of Dubai
Pinoy OFW website was established with Filipino overseas workers in mind. One of this website’s features is to highlight our Pinoy OFWs where we ask them about their life abroad, their experiences, places they’ve been to, and many other aspects of being an OFW. Our first featured Pinoy OFW is Jenny Angeles who is based [...]
9 Tips and Guides to Succeed as Overseas Filipino Worker
When you leave the Philippines to work overseas, you probably have set your objectives already. Earn bigger wages, save most of them and return home may be one of them. But in reality, working overseas is more likely to be complicated than what we initially imagined. There are many distractions that dissuade us from pursuing [...]
24 Low Performance Nursing Schools in Manila
Are you a high school senior or a career man or woman planning to enroll nursing course this coming school year? That sounds like a plan. There is no problem finding a nursing school, but maybe there’s a problem in finding a good nursing college. When we say good, we mean the ones performing well [...]
Honest Saudi OFW Lark Micheal Colegado Honored
Do you want to get the attention of top legislators in the Philippines? By returning a big amount of money, you might even end up posing in a photo opportunity with them.
This is what Lark Micheal Colegado, an overseas Filipino worker based in Saudi Arabia, is bound to experience after he returned around 1.2 million [...]
Migrant Groups Protest Vs Macau Domestic Helper Tax
Macau is imposing taxes on deployment of foreign domestic helpers and migrant workers are not happy about it. The Macau Migrant Rights Network has decried Macau Legislative Assembly’s official gazette in Oct 27 that effectively failed to fulfill its promises made by Macau Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam. Tam earlier promised to addressed [...]
Filipino-American White House Chef Honored in Washington
White House executive chef Cristeta Pasia Comerford was feted at a special weekend reception at the Ambassador’s residence, receiving another award for culinary excellence.
“Let me just pour my heart out a little bit,” she told her audience, “Every time I come to the Filipino community, how they’ve really honored me and just celebrated this biggest [...]