Publisher's Note

New Hope New Beginnings
It’s the start of a new year, new hope and new beginnings. From 2011,we have to re-evaluate what it has been for us for 12 months and maybe try our best to keep what is worth keeping for 2012 and bear in mind that whatever we have done that did not give us any good [...]
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Pinoy Insights – The hiring officer turned jobseeker

Romeo Montoya

The hiring officer turned jobseeker
“Dear Romeo Jr.,

Thank you for the interest you have expressed in the HR Advisor position, job number 5374 with XYZ Energy.

We have now completed the final phase of our recruitment process, and have offered this position to another applicant.

For future opportunities that may be of [...]

More Federal Skilled Workers for Canada in 2012

Ottawa, November 3, 2011 – The Government of Canada is planning to welcome more federal skilled workers in 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today.
The Federal Skilled Worker Program ( FSWP ) remains the principal avenue for permanent immigration to Canada. In 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada ( CIC ) plans to [...]

Government of Canada to cut backlog and wait times for family reunification

Phase I of Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification
Ottawa, November 4, 2011 — The Government of Canada is taking immediate action to cut the backlog and wait times for sponsored parents and grandparents, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today.
Currently, more than 165,000 parents and grandparents who have applied to become permanent residents [...]

THE BUSINESS OF WRITING

by
R. Encarnacion
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One interested observer came to us and opened a timely but touchy issue. “What is the most difficult part in setting up a magazine?” he asked. “Getting contributions from friends and acquaintances,” was our quick reply. It is common knowledge that most people hate to write just as they hate the dentist’s drill, even [...]

CENTURY PROPERTIES GROUP’S INVESTOR’S NIGHT WITH THE CHAIRMAN

by Connie Kriaski
Century Properties treated lots of our Kababayans a night with Ambassador Jose E. B. Antonio, Ambassador and CEO, Century Properties together with Ramon S. Antonio III VP for Sales North America and Asia. It was indeed a very informative evening listening to all the facts and figures that Ambassador Antonio shared with the [...]

Immigration News – New rules to strengthen the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Ottawa, March 24, 2011 — Temporary foreign workers will be better protected after new safeguards take effect April 1, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said today.
Improvements to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program ( TFWP ) will ensure that the program continues to be fair to employers and maintain its focus on alleviating temporary [...]

Immigration News – Remittances seen as ‘People Power investment’

by ISAGANI DE LA PAZ and JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
OFW Journalism Consortium
MANILA–NOW’S the time to leverage a huge potential for Philippine development: remittance of overseas Filipinos, which an economist described as real People Power-inspired investment.
“As it was after the People Power uprising 25 years ago, the money of overseas Filipinos was larger than foreign direct investments [...]

Immigration News – Minister Kenney announces improvements affecting temporary foreign workers, including live-in caregivers

New rules to strengthen Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program were announced today by the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism.
Changes that were initially published in the Canada Gazette Part 1 on October 9, 2009 are now being implemented.
“The government is taking action to protect temporary foreign workers, including live-in caregivers, from potential abuse and exploitation,” [...]

Immigration News – Nov. 2010

by: Jon Salvador, BSc.
Certified Canadian Immigration Consultant
(About the writer: Jon Salvador is a licensed immigration consultant and a member in good standing with the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultant (CSIC). He has more than 20 years of management and business experience in Canada. Prior to establishing his immigration consulting company, he worked for a U.S. [...]

RP Pavilion voted most relaxing at Shanghai Expo

Posted on November 4th, 2010 under The Good Balita
The Philippine pavilion was chosen as the “Most Relaxing Pavilion” during the recently concluded 2010 Shanghai Expo.
Shanghai Morning Post, one of the city’s biggest news dailies, announced in an article published last Oct. 11 the people’s choice as best pavilions at the EXPO through an online survey [...]