By glitch, on October 15th, 2008
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) are Philippines’ unsung heroes, no doubt about that. They earn a living, send money to their families, in short they contributed to our economy. Some of them are financially stable but working away from home is indeed a sacrifice for the sake of their loved ones.
How come there are more OFW now compared before? During my high school years, there was 2-3 of my classmates had a father that was a seaman or working in Saudia Arabia. I guess, we don’t use the term OFW back then. When did OFW statistics started increasing? Is there such [...]
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By glitch, on October 11th, 2008
By glitch, on October 11th, 2008
Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines is targeting the Guinness World Record for most golfers gathered in an event. The 59th Fil-Am International Golf Tournament will start on November 19, 2008 and ends in December 6, 2008 in Camp John Hay and Baguio Country Club.
Last year, there are 1,200 golfers from all over the world joined the tournament. The said event just like the annual Panagbenga Flower Festival every February drew crowds and expecting to draw more this year. The participants of the tournament are mostly from the Asia-Pacific region, they will surely enjoy the two [...]
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By glitch, on October 6th, 2008
There are many OFW in United Kingdom, some are working as domestic helper to make like easier for their family. Working away to your family, relatives, friends and your country is a noble thing to do, a sacrifice. But how come there are these racists that are having fun insulting filipino domestic helpers.
There’s these comedy show in United Kingdom titled “Harry and Paul” who makes Pinoys in UK outraged for their comedy episode last September 26, 2008.
Please watch the video. They called that comedy? Its not funny and done in bad taste. I find it an insult to filipina, to [...]
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By glitch, on October 4th, 2008
The melamine tainted milk from China creates worldwide milk scare. Philippine authorities prohibited the importing and sale of Chinese milk started last September 24. DOH together with BFAD conducted melamine test to all dairy products, imported or locally made dairy products.
Melamine also known as tripolycyanmide can caused kidney stones, renal failures and even fatalities. The chemical appeared to have been added to milk in order to cause it to appear to have a higher protein content.
As of now, these milks have found positive for melamine:
Mengniu Milk
Greenfood Yili Fresh Milk
Its all over the news that DOH said that we should wait [...]
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