Publisher's Note

The 1st quarterof the year is over and yes, time flies so fast. It was just like yesterday when Ed Stelmach stepped down as Premier of Alberta when Alison Redford won the race last year and she became the 1st Woman Premier of Alberta in the political history. Now this coming April 23, 2012, we [...]
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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 [...]

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The Philippine Lawyer – What is a Builder in Bad Faith?

-Ferdie Aguirre
(About the writer: G. Ferdinand (Ferdie) Aguirre has more than 20 years of combined experience as a legal professional in the Philippines and in Canada. After graduating from the Ateneo de Manila College of Law in 1987 and passing the Bar given that year, he has held the following positions in the Philippine Corporate [...]

Does It Matter Where Your Mortgage Is?

Most Banks will tell you, absolutely yes, it does matter. While on the other hand mortgage brokers will tell you it doesn’t matter at all. Having seen the scenarios all too often, there are arguments for both sides.
From the Bank Side
I had a client who wanted to move his mortgage to me. His current Bank [...]

The Philippine Lawyer – CAN FORMER FILIPINOS OWN LAND (REAL ESTATE) IN THE PHILIPPINES? (PART III)

-Ferdie Aguirre

(About the writer: G. Ferdinand (Ferdie) Aguirre has more than 20 years of combined experience as a legal professional in the Philippines and in Canada. After graduating from the Ateneo de Manila College of Law in 1987 and passing the Bar given that year, he has held the following positions in the [...]

The Philippine Lawyer – CAN FORMER FILIPINOS OWN LAND (REAL ESTATE) IN THE PHILIPPINES?

The Philippine Lawyer
-Ferdie Aguirre
(About the writer: G. Ferdinand (Ferdie) Aguirre has more than 20 years of combined experience as a legal professional in the Philippines and in Canada. After graduating from the Ateneo de Manila College of Law in 1987 and passing the Bar given that year, he has held the following positions in [...]

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