Is the Philippine Government Ready to Evacuate Pinoys in Egypt?

Source: heraldsun.com.au

Is the Philippine government ready to evacuate Filipinos in Egypt?

I don't think so.

What I hear so far from an official statement from the Malacanang is that Filipinos are safe in Egypt. Reports also say that the Philippine embassy in Cairo is still to finalize exit routes and relocation sites.

Recommended Website for OFWs, Filipino Job Seekers

Are you an OFW who wants to move to a better job?

You are not an OFW but wish to get a job abroad and don't know where to start?

Do you know of anyone (a relative or a friend) who wants to become an OFW?

Or you simply want to know something about jobs abroad? What it's like to be an OFW?

Solita Magahum Wakefield: TOFA Awardee 2010

"...visible in one's community and profession."
"...visibly active in promoting things Philippines, and in assisting the Philippines."
"...must highlight positive Filipino image."

These are among the criteria of Washington DC-based FIL-AM IMAGE Magazine's TWENTY OUTSTANDING FILIPINOS ABROAD (TOFA). FIL-AM IMAGE Magazine also runs the Pinoy Global Online News.

Kudos to Solita Magahum Wakefield for being 1 of the 20 TOFA awardees for the year 2010!

Years ago I had the opportunity, as a volunteer, to join Solita in several of her philanthropic community service missions in the Philippines and those experiences were really heartbreaking and made me realize that I am a lucky individual.

Not One But Two Pinoys Gets United Nations Award

Congratulations to Global Filipinos Edwin Cuenco and Edith Marie Garingalao for being among the winners of the 2010 United Nations Online Volunteering Awards!

Cuenco was cited for his free graphic design services to various NGOs. In particular, Cuenco, a graphics design teacher in Arkansas Tech University, made promotional graphic design services for the Nigerian-based Association Against Women Export (AAWE) which greatly helped the organizations's advocacy against human trafficking and fund raising objectives. Click here to find out  more what Edwin Cuenco did for the United Nations.

More achievements of Edwin Cuenco.

Garingalao (hmmm.. Ilonggo-sounding last name) was part of the online volunteer team that put together a breakthrough health care program for the rural village of Kitega in Uganda, Africa. Find out more on this page.

Do you want to be a UN online volunteer? Click this United Nations Online Volunteer.


Mabuhay ang Global Filipino!

Pinoy Makes it to the Top in the U.S.

Did you know that another Filipino made it to the top in the United States?

How to Earn Dollars Without Leaving Your Home, Series Post No. 2

In my first post on How to Earn Dollars Without Leaving Your Home , I featured  the top five hundred online outsourcing website - oDesk.

Now I will introduce you to another top five hundred website called eLance.

eLance works pretty much like oDesk in many ways except that, and this is big time for me, the former charges a one-time registration fee for employers and more fees for "connects".

But surely there must be something about eLance that keeps it on number 383 on Alexa's rating. oDesk is number 313.

And by the way, I'd you to take a look at Alexa. This is one fantastic website-rating company that calls itself a "Website Information Company". And rightly so. So if you want to research the stats websites, check out Alexa.

Now going back to my feature site, eLance, I like you to be the judge. Click here to go to the eLance website.

Happy job hunting.

LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS IN CANADA GETS BIG BOOST

Did you know that Ontario, Canada has one of the best protection laws for live-in caregivers?

Enacted into law by the provincial legislation of Ontario, Canada in December of 2009 and took effect in March 2010, the Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (EPFNA) of 2009, specifically protects foreign national live-in caregivers in Ontario greater protection against recruiters' fees.

According to the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA), the following are the highlights of the EPFNA:

• Ban on fees charged to live-in caregivers by recruiters, either directly or indirectly, or by anyone on behalf of a recruiter;
• Preventing employers from recovering, directly or through a third party, recruitment or placement costs from live-in caregivers; 
• Imposing fines of up to 50,000 Canadian Dollars and a year in jail if anyone charges a placement or recruitment fee;
• Prohibiting the practice of taking a caregiver’s personal documents such as passport or work permit;
• Prohibiting reprisals against caregivers for exercising their rights under the legislation; and,
• Allowing live-in caregivers up to 3 ½ years to make a complaint.

The EPFNA will certainly make life for foreign live-in caregivers in Ontario, Canada a lot lot more rewarding. I hope other countries will follow suit.

To see more of the POEA's page click on this link EPFNA of 2009.

For more resources on the EPFNA of Ontrario, Canada, click on the following links.
http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/pubs/is_fn_epfn.php
http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/other/filipino/is_fn_epfn.pdf

Nurses and Caregivers for Japan

The POEA has recently announced that Japan is now open for application for the 3rd batch of nurses and caregivers.

According to the POEA, the deadline for submission of documents is already on January 6, 2011. That's barely 2 days from this blog posting.

So I will not add anymore to this post. If you're a nurse or a caregiver or know someone who is, you will be doing them a big favor by letting them know.

Go ahead and click on this link now to find out more. Nurses and Caregivers for Japan.

Happy job hunting.

HOW TO EARN DOLLARS WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR HOME, Series Post No. 1

I would like to start the New Year of 2011 by sharing with you great ways of making money without leaving your home.

But before I start I'd like to clarify a couple of things:

• I am doing this post, and all succeeding posts, on this subject matter under my Global Filipino blog because i believe that one does not have to be working or residing outside of the Philippines to be a Global Filipino;
• To those Filipinos who are already working outside of the country as OFWs, this could be a way of earning more (dollars);
• I am assuming that people do not have a lot of time reading and absorbing tons of information they encounter in the worldwide web. And for that reason, I will do this as a series of posts (take note of the "Series Post No. 1" in the title of this post); and

My real intention really is to help or, more appropriately, "encourage" people to maximize their time and turn those "idle" moments into real money making activities.

So let's get on with it!

Today, I'm going to show you how to make money online that requires no direct expense. All it takes is your time and, yes, the desire to earn. I said "no direct expense" because obviously it will cost you something to access the internet. Right?

Are you an 8 to 5 worker who need an extra source of income? Or are you someone who plan to retire and is looking for something worthwhile to do after retirement? Are you a housewife who wants to make money at the luxury of being in your house? If so, then this is for you.

In this post, I'm going to feature oDesk - a website where freelancers get to meet people or companies who need services such such as data entry, research, computer programming, marketing strategists, and even virtual assistant, etc. You name it, it's all there.

I find this website user-friendly with some cool features such as:

1. Email notification of the available type of jobs that you opted to follow. For instance, if you chose to be notified of all available data entry jobs, oDesk automatically sends you the latest available data entry jobs right into your email;
2. A Skills Test that will help you boost your qualification. I suggest you take as many skills test as you can. The good thing is, if you are not satisfied with the result of a skills test, you can choose not to show it and you can schedule a retake. And the cool thing is- it's free. Other similar websites charges you a fee for taking skills test. A turn off actually.

In short, what you do is register in oDesk and carefully study it's features and what it can do. Take time to set up your oDesk profile which include setting up your resume, take skills test, etc.

When you're ready, search for jobs being posted, review them if it suits your preference, then bid for the job.

You will find out everything you need to know once you get to the oDesk website.

I wish you all the best!! And watch out for my next post.

Make that move now and click on the link to find out more about this post's feature - oDesk.