We Filipinos Always Manage to be in the Headlines in Canada
April 20, 2008
We described the side comment from the Desperate Housewives about Filipino doctors as degrading, right? Now, I could not, in my simple little mind figure out why someone would upload a confidential operation on Youtube. I am talking about that “Vicente Sotto Medical Center Scandal.” I’ve seen it. Although it was taken down from Youtube, you could still find the link where you can download it - for $1.00. Talk about enterpreneurship………. Well, i’ve downloaded it for free…
I came across it last week but I just shook my head. I didn’t dwell on it. But today while reading news from the CBC website (Canadian Broadcasting Centre), the VSMCC Scandal was one of the headlines. Of course it doesn’t say VMSCC scandal but “Doctors face dismissal after surgery posted on Youtube.” Here’s the link, read it for yourself - Doctors face dismissal after surgery posted on Youtube . At the bottom of that article, you can see different reactions from Canadians.
“ All Rice “
April 20, 2008
(This is a write-up from my guest blogger, Eygee who currently lives in the Philippines. I live in Canada now and have trained myself not to eat rice everyday lol! 
It’s hard to believe that there is a shortage of rice in the Philippines. It’s sad. - Ate G.)
Before anyone reacts, yes ,you read it right it’s not a typo..my topic is about rice…all about rice….the most important food product… a major staple food in the Philippines…a part in every Filipino’s grocery list….”the Rice”.
By this time, it’s already in the news, the soaring rice price hits the Philippines…the shortage of rice supply…the hoarding of supply…the long lines for rice subsidy….the announcement from the government that Filipinos should now eat and cook only half of the rice that they’re used to eat…people panicking for their supply of their beloved rice…but how can that be?
On Top of Canada
April 17, 2008
During my first few months in Canada, that was in April 2004, I noticed that when saying goodbye (i.e., after a days’ work) a Canadian would say “enjoy the sunshine!” My answer would be, “oh we get a lot of sunshine in the Philippines and it’s too hot there so I really don’t mind the hovering clouds.” Later on I realized that Vancouver and the surrounding areas get so gloomy. And it is such a welcome treat for them to see the sun out. What I am trying to say is that in the Philippines, most Filipinas would run to be under the shade ‘coz they don’t want to get dark skin, right? Filipinas want their skin to be lighter. Hence, the multimillion peso skin bleaching business i.e., hydroquinone, bleaching soap, skin whiteners….glutathion. Tongue out But here in Canada, you would see Canadians eating lunch under the sun. They want their tan. You won’t see skin lighteners in the supermarket. You will see tanning lotions. And of course, tanning salons.
please go to www.i-filipino.com for the rest of the story plus pictures.
O’ Canada What is It About Canada? - Part 2
April 14, 2008
So, okay…in short, I left Philippines because I just wanted a change of phase. I was tired of the rat race. Canada seemed like a good place to start over. Yup! I left my managerial job in Canada to be a student again in Canada…didn’t mind taking the bus again. Hey, I had to sell my car so I would have enough money to go to Canada…pay the agency, etc. I had to stay up late nights again to study in preparation for my licensure exam. I had to eat chicken wings and Spam because the place that I was staying in Vancouver only allowed a microwave in the room.
I still didn’t answer the question “what is it about Canada,” right? I’ll answer that on Part 3. Well, did you have a similar experience? Let me know. Please feel free to leave your comments.
For the meantime let me give you a peek of Vancouver and Victoria and Tofino in British Columbia, a video posted by SenhordoBonfim in Youtube. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/v/Tm05r2Bq7P0
300 Nurses to Saskatchewan, Canada
April 14, 2008
It’s for real. Saskatchewan has been having a shortage of nurses. Mainly because of lots of retirees. The baby boomers. Another reason is because of the nurses who left Saskatchewan for another province. Guess what? They are coming back now. It could be because of the new government headed by Premier Brad Wall but Saskatchewan is just booming. People from Alberta who were originally from Saskatchewan are coming back. The new government promised 800 nurses. 300 of them coming from the Philippines. About 90 plus nurses were recruited sometime in November. The second recruitment was done in March for another 295. All I can say is to my kababayans, “Welcome to Saskatchewan!!!…nothing is easy. Adjustment takes time. And..there’s a reason for everything…” Hope your stay in Saskatchewan and Canada becomes a gateway for you to start your successful lives.
Here’s the article from CBC.CA - http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/02/21/nurses-philippines.html
Feel free to leave your comments below. Till next. 
Latest Update on POEA Memorandum Circular No.4
February 14, 2008
From Inquirer.Net:
POEA suspends memo on employers’ $5,000 repatriation bond (by Veronica Uy)
Good News daw ito! But let’s not be fooled! Huwag po tayong magpaloko. Suspended lang ang memorandum at baka mabago ito sa darating na Lunes. Balak daw nilang dagdagdan ang mga exemptions.
Hindi po exemptions and hinihingi namin, kundi cancellation! We have to continue our protest until they scrap this memorandum.
Mag-ingat po tayo sa kanilang “divide and conquer†tactic. Mr Brion at Mrs Baldoz, style niyo bulok! You already cancelled the memorandum in countries where OFW’s made a lot of noise (Italy, Hong Kong, etc.). Now you are saying that you will review the memorandum to exempt professionals and more countries.
Mr Brion at Mrs Baldoz, mapa-teacher, nurse, doktor, engineer, domestic helper, at kahit ano pang trabaho namin, lahat po kami professionals! Iisa lang ang hinihingi namin! Scrap MC-04!!!
Mga kababayan, magkaisa tayo at huwag tayong magpadala sa kanilang mga “exemptionsâ€.
G Brion at Gng Baldoz, mag-resign na kayo! Wala kayong galang sa ‘ming mga OFW! Lahat kami professional!
Mabuhay ang Samahan Laban sa Katiwalian ng mga Recruitment Agencies at Patakarang MC-04 (SKRAP-MC 4)!
Ituloy po natin ang laban!
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Lester Cavestany
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Worse Than the Malu Fernandez Controversy
February 8, 2008
Mas Malala Pa Sa Malu Fernandez Controversy
February 8, 2008
Malinaw po na ang kawawa ay ang ating mga kababayang OFW at isa na rin po ako rito. Tiyak na mahihirapan po kaming makahanap ng mga employer na magtitiyagang sumunod sa Memorandum No.4.
Kawawa din ang mga pamilya ng mga mawawalan ng trabaho na OFW. Marami sa mga OFW ang inaasahan ng kani-kanilang pamilya. Marami sa mga OFW ay may mga pinapakain at pinapatulog sa kanilang mga tahanan sa Pilipinas. Marami sa mga OFW ang tumutulong magpaaral sa kanilang mga kapatid. Click dito at ituloy ang pagbabasa…
P4M discount from an 8-door apartment with refilling station
February 2, 2008
Got this from a feed from Trace Trajano, a real estate investor based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. An 8-door apartment in Las Piñas with a fully functional water refilling station easily worth P8M is available for sale in the amount of just P3.99M only until February 10.
The property described to be 5 minute walk away from the Alabang-Zapote Road, 20 minute ride away from SM Southmall, 30 minute ride away from Alabang, and near a barangay hall, city hall and public market, stands to generate P56,000 monthly rental income for its new owners and a possible additional income of P15,000 to P40,000 rental or business income from the water refilling station.
Read more at my new real estate blog, Own This Property.
New POEA Policy on Direct Hiring - How Will This Affect Us?
January 30, 2008
(I wrote this post in my Multiply site and cross-posted to my Blogger site in the hopes of reaching more readers. This is a problem that does not only apply to doctors who wish to work abroad, but any other OFW who obtains his job through direct hiring. Please let people know about this new ruling - especially your friends and relatives who will be the most affected by it. You may sign a petition for its abolition over here if you agree with me.)
I posted this message on the Pinoy MD forum last night, in the hopes that more fellow doctors will be made aware of this new policy on Direct Hiring. I know that most of my contacts and most of those in my extended network are young doctors like myself, who are considering going overseas for training and employment opportunities.
As doctors, most of us who seek work abroad do not go through recruitment agencies but rather apply on our own and are hired directly by hospitals we are matched to in the US or are accepted into (in other countries). Since I see no provisos in the copy of the memorandum (you can get to read the full document over here) for doctors or other professionals, this will definitely affect our own bids to leave the country through direct hiring. This will be particularly problematic for colleagues who have been given H1b visas to the US. The rest of us who are to be sponsored on temporary employment visa will be greatly affected as well.
How it will ultimately affect us (and our chances for being matched and hired by hospitals abroad), I don’t know. But its effects will likely be detrimental rather than benificial given the recent economic slowdown and the fierce atmosphere of competition in the world at large. The POEA has just given foreign hospitals one more good reason not to hire Filipino.
Click here to read the rest of this post.Â
Help the Children, Help the World!
January 26, 2008
MoveOn Philippines, a non-profit charitable organization based in Florida and aims to provide educational tools for poor children in the Philippines, will be hosting a Dinner/Dance Party in Florida on March 1, 2008 at 6pm at the Bethelite Conference Center (5865 Arlington Expressway) in Jacksonville Florida.
KASILA* is a fundraising activity that supports education in the Philippines’ most marginalized areas and encourages transformation of communities ravaged by poverty and conflict into peaceful, progressive, and empowered stakeholders in equitable development.
Through these programs, Move on Philippines contributes to international efforts to address high illiteracy and drop-out rates, improve learning of math, science and the English language particularly at the elementary level, and address special problems in the conflict-affected areas.
Proceeds from the KASILA Fundraiser will be used to fund programs that increase access to quality education in areas most affected by poverty and/or conflict.
* “Kasila†is a Maguindanaon term for chilli pepper. It describes the piquant burning taste of life’s experiences for many children in poor areas of the Philippines. Many of these children go to school hungry, walk to and from school for several miles on foot, and do not have adequate books and learning materials.
You might be wondering why we’re promoting it here when the dinner/dance is in Florida. Well even if you’re in the Philippines or in any part of the world, you can still help out by purchasing a ticket (or two or more if you’re generous enough) to the event. Tickets cost only $35.oo and that will go a long way. You may also opt to donate to the charity instead of purchasing tickets (tax-deductible for US citizens). Continue Reading >>>
GALI KOREN OUTREACH PROGRAM
January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
THE GALI KOREN OUTREACH PROGRAM
Gali Koren is about to conclude her Outreach Program in the country. After giving series of lectures on U.S. Immigration Law (For Free!) in well known hotels from Visayas to Manila, as we mentioned in our previous post.
Sic O Clock News is Back! (I Demand Fair and Balanced News!)
January 18, 2008
www.pusongpinoy.com
January 4, 2008
Para sa mga kababayan natin na nasa ibat ibang parte ng mundo, meron na pong website na kung saan ay pwede tayong makipagbalitaan at makihalubilo sa ibat iba pang miyembro nito, ito po ay ang www.pusongpinoy.com.
Kaya sa lahat po ng mga nakababasa ng liham na ito, halina po kayo at sumali sa website na sariling atin ang www.pusongpinoy.com.
Maraming Salamat po.
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Pinay Scandal and Pinoy Scandal
December 24, 2007
From my recent post, we can now have an overview of web users around the globe searching for specific search keywords from Google networks.
Yes, Google is watching. Google servers watches each and every search histories from Google search engines made by any web users around the world. All these search queries from Google are all recorded and translated into a useful information. In fact, they are consistently recorded and gradually translated as comparative graph. Google named this feature as Google Trends.
And oh, Google Trends can support keyword trend’s statistics comparatively. This basically means Google Trend site can accept two keyword inputs separated by a comma for head to head graph comparison and displays this graph differences against the demand search number and trend year as X and Y axis respectively.
Continue from here.
Paano Nga Ba?
December 23, 2007
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   It’s during times like this that I really question myself, “Was the decision my dad made correct?” We’ve spent 7 Christmases apart since he left to work abroad on the April of 2007. Although I can say that nasanay na kami, iba parin pag nandito siya at kumpleto ang pamilya.
   Sometimes I wonder, “Ano kaya ang dapat mangayari sa Pilipinas para magising ang mga tao? Paano kaya natin sisimulan ang pagbabago para umunlad naman ang ating bayan? Kailan pa kaya uunlad ang Pilipinas?” I hope sooner.. Para naman wala nang mga magulang na mangingibang bayan at mag-titiis sa pangungulila para lamang mabigyan ng magandang buhay ang mga anak nila..
   Ang mga OFW’s nga ang tinuturing na mga bagong bayani dahil sa halaga ng dollars na pinapasok nila sa economiya ng bansa through the remittances. But many (or I think all) of them are not happy with the continuous backsliding of the Dollar-Peso Exchange Rate. I took up my Econ1(Intro to Economics, Taxation and Land reform) subject just last semester and I learned that the lowering of Dollar-Peso Exchange Rate means that Philippine economy is getting better. Well, in my observation, this strengthening of our economy is not felt by the “masa” and the middle class. Prices of goods continues to soar high.. Unemployment rate is still high.. Except of course sa mga nag-aabroad. And these OFW’s and their families who are one of the major reasons of the strengthening of the Peso are also affected.. -heightening of prices of goods, gasoline, at pamasahe. Most importantly, since ang baba baba na talaga nang dollar ngayon, it means na bumababa na din ang value nang sweldo nang mga ama namin pagkapadala dito sa Pilipinas..
Dreams for Sale
December 21, 2007
I was at Starbucks yesterday as part of my pathetic attempts to get started at studying, and, as part of my procrastination strategy, browsed through yesterdays papers. One header in particular leapt out at me from the middle of the Inquirer’s opinion pages. It’s a commentary by Juan Morales called, “Wedding Rings for Visas” and it explores another facet of the great Filipino Diaspora - that phenomenon of marrying to migrate.
Read the rest of this post here.
DMCI Heritage - COMPANY PROFILE
December 13, 2007
Dmci Company Profile
DMCI Homes is the only Triple A builder/ developer of premium quality, urban-friendly, fully serviced communities for the underserved young families of modest income that aspire to live comfortably near their place of work, of study and of leisure.
For the growing family with limited options in an increasingly challenging urban living situation, we at DMCI Homes are here for you.
At DMCI Homes, we build more than condominiums and houses, we build communities that respond to the needs and wants of the Filipino family. Residential communities by DMCI Homes provide what is healthy and suitable for the general well-being of individuals and growing families.
Beyond reliable structures, DMCI Homes’ residential communities provide a solid foundation where a family may create a place of their own and grow in a space they can truly call home, now and for years to come.
Mutual fund wonders
December 3, 2007
For many, depositing money in the bank is our only means of saving. That’s too bad as your money in the bank earns interest which usually less than the rate of inflation. In other words, you are actually losing the value of your money by keeping it there. Read more at Pinoy Seminars.
Philippine Passport Online Application
November 24, 2007
http://digifotoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/side_salad.jpg” title=”side_salad.jpg”>http://digifotoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/side_salad.jpg” alt=”side_salad.jpg” />I sent an email to this website and a certain Mr. Bryan Zarzuela replied to me promtply and amazingly he answered all my questions. Don’t you feel good when you inquired to a blog or website and you received a prompt reply?
The reason why I sent an email to this website is that my Philippine passport (anyway, I only have Philippine Passport hahaha) is running out of pages. I think I only have two pages left though the expiration is on 2009.
Okay let me summarize the information that I got from Mr. Zarzuela so the OFW’s out there can benefit on this.
To read more please click here.
h o m e s i c k (7 Reasons Why I Love the Philippines)
October 24, 2007
I was in the Philippines last week for a 7-day holiday. And I had a blast! I am now back in Vietnam and the new school term is in full swing. But just before my holiday ended, I left my heart in Manila.
What is it about the Philippines that fills my entire being and consciousness with such intense longing to be back in her loving arms?
Click here to read the 7 reasons why I love the Philippines…
Funny Commercials on Philippine TV
October 23, 2007
Something to share to Pinoys who are not in the Philippines. 
Too bad it’s rarely seen, but this Sunkist tvc is one of the most hilarious current commercials:
View more ‘Funny Commercials on Philippine TV’
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