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Imagine a World Without Filipinos
Oct 21, 2011 |
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The Philippines, which you can barely see on the map, is a very effective country thanks to its people. It has the ability to influence the entire world economy. We should pay respect to Filipino workers, not only by employing them but also by learning from their valuable experiences. |
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Filipina Nurse in Australia Receives an Award
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Another overseas Filipino worker (OFW) has brought pride to the country, she is Mica Alcedo, a Filipina nurse. Alcedo has been working in Australia since 2004 and for this year, she is one of the recipients of the Pride of Australia Awards. |
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Rolly Laurico: Working Abroad Made Him Stronger
Jul 2, 2011 |
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As an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), Rolly knows fully well that working overseas is not for the faint hearted. According to him, his first job in the construction company is so stressful because the department head is always angry and shouting. He said that every time he goes to work, he always feel his heart beat faster.
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Seaman’s Wife Stretches Income Via Rubber Plant Investment
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Early evening here in an air-conditioned room, Sandra dela Cruz performed what she does every morning far south in her rubber plantation: stretching a hand. But while the 50-year-old spouse of a seaman is used to doing the latter, there was a lifting feeling as she did the former. Who wouldn’t be if, like Dela Cruz, she was the matriarch of this year’s most outstanding Filipino seafaring family, awarded December 6 by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. |
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Orly Albaracin: Enjoying the Rewards of His Overseas Job
Feb 7, 2011 |
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Orly Albaracin of Davao del Sur felt what most Filipino workers who decided to work abroad felt. He knows that his salary in the Philippines is so low that it won’t be enough to give his family the good life that he wants them to enjoy. He also thinks that the culture of “palakasan system” is so evident here that it is so hard even for an honest and hardworking employee to get promoted and earn more. Orly said that even if he toiled so hard his efforts would not pay off and he would still remain poor. |
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Jonath Aquino Aliman: Testimony To The Benefits of Online Application
Dec 27, 2010 |
| When he was near out of budget, he chatted with his parents and while chatting he saw a website– WorkAbroad.ph. He browsed through the site and then he created an online resume. It was a wise decision because only 3 days will pass before agencies would start calling him for an interview schedule. |
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Hussein King Jordan: Facing Challenges With Courage in Qatar
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Hussein soon learned that working abroad is a great challenge. It was winter season when Hussein arrived in Qatar so he experienced the cold weather but when summer season arrives, he finds the extreme heat so terrible. In his workplace, he was surprise to find that his job was totally complicated.
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Joseph Badilles: Aiming For Financial Stability in Qatar
Oct 28, 2010 |
| In 2008, Joseph Badilles was granted an opportunity to work overseas and saw it as a way to achieve financial security which seems so elusive in the Philippines. According to Joseph, one of the reasons why he decided to be an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) is to cope up with his huge credit cards bills then. |
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Prince Manison Joson: Enjoying Blessings in Saudi Arabia
Aug 21, 2010 |
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The young man from Quezon City said he is well and good in Saudi Arabia and is grateful for the many blessings that are coming his way. Prince is happy in his current location and contented with his job. He is also proud to say that only after a short time of working there; he got promoted as a Supervisor.
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Kyle Baleva: True Hero At A Young Age
Jul 30, 2010 |
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The story of Kyle Baleva, a Filipino kid based in Europe is a proof that the ability to commit heroic acts is not confined with one’s age. Anyone can be a hero whether one is old or young, rich or poor.
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Noel Malonzo: Happy and Fulfilled in Singapore
Jun 28, 2010 |
| Luckily Noel did not have a hard time in looking for a job. He applied for an overseas job posting he found at WorkAbroad.ph. He underwent a screening process with the agency that posted the job opening and because it was a 1-day hiring process, he was already offered a job before he went home that day. |
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Sixto: Slowly Fulfilling His Goals.
Mar 7, 2010 |
| He went to China inspired with the goal to give his family a better life. Part of the reason that made him decide to work abroad is his mother. As a child, he saw how his mother worked so hard just so she can afford to send him and his siblings to school. |
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Juana Tejada: Filipina Caregiver With A Lasting Legacy
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Her painful fight to stay in Canada despite having a fatal disease opened the eyes of the government on the difficulties that foreign caregivers are experiencing before they are given a permanent residency status. It also spurred the need to review the Live-in caregiver program. Tejada is a founding member of the United Steelworkers' Independent Workers Association, a group of Philippine live-in caregivers, all struggling with cancer and immigration.
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Ritchel Caguicla: Learning From the Challenges Abroad
Dec 26, 2009 |
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Her experience as an OFW can be considered nice and pleasant because lady luck seems to have stayed with her since she started working abroad. She started out as an ordinary ESL teacher but her excellent work performance was immediately noticed and she got promoted right away. |
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