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How to Use Google as a Currency Converter

Posted on December 7, 2010 by admin in Misc

A currency converter is a very useful tool for finding out how much your earnings are in Philippine Peso (Php). You don’t need to go to any other website to find out the current exchange rate. You can just use the Google Search Engine.

How to Use Google as a Currency Converter

1. Just go to www.google.com 2. Type in 100 USD to PHP. USD is of course the currency code of the US and PHP is the currency code for Philippine Pesos. 3. Press Enter. Google will return the equivalent of 100 USD to Philippine Peso.

To do this with other currencies, just type replace the USD currency code with the currency code that you prefer. Then press enter again.

For example, Type in 50 HKD to PHP. HKD is the currency code for Hongkong Dollars.

OFWs Now Exempt From Documentary Stamp Tax

Posted on December 6, 2010 by admin in Industry News

Good News for Filipino’s Working Abroad and their families, Section 22 of Republic Act 10022 is now in effect. It amends Republic Act 8042 also know as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act.

This means that OFWs will no longer be charged the Documentary Stamp Tax whenever they send remittance to the Philippines.

To avail of this benefit OFW beneficiaries or Recipients must show a Proof of Entitlement. You can get the Proof of Entitlement at the POEA office.

You can refer to the POEA Advisory for more details regarding this benefit.

Pasko ng Pinoy: OFW Christmas Gathering in Brunei

Posted on December 3, 2010 by admin in Industry News, Misc

Overseas Filipino Workers will be gathering in Brunei this December 5 for the annual Pasko ng Pinoy celebration.

This event is being organized by the Filipino Association in Brunei, Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO), and the Philippine Embassy.

It will be held at Rizqun Hotel in Gadong, Brunei. The hotel is 10 minutes away from the Brunei International Airport and Bandar Seri Begawan.

The aim of the event is to celebrate is to ease homesickness and to promote camaraderie among Filipino workers in the country.

Various prices will be given for the participants in the lantern making contest, best choir contest, children’s game show, and raffle draws.

One of the prices is a four Brunei-Manila-Brunei return air tickets that is being sponsored by Cebu Pacific Airlines. There are also cash prices to be given away sponsored by Western Union, LBC, Landbank, Baiduri Bank, I-Remit, IPHO, Jollibee and Tinkerbell Learning School

Filipino workers in Brunei are encouraged to attend to gain new friends and to learn more about the community.

No Ban on OFW Deployment to Korea

Posted on December 1, 2010 by admin in Industry News

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has clarified that there is no Overseas Filipino Worker deployment ban in Korea. Recruitment agencies may still process job requirements for the country.

However, there is a temporary suspension for OFWs going to North and South Korea because of the recent tension that is developing in the peninsula.

OFW Deployment will resume starting December 7 as soon as Special Envoy Roy Cimatu gives his go signal.

Incase the tension escalates, the government has prepared a 25 million pesos fund to evacuate Filipino citizens.

Christmas Attractions to See for OFWs and Family

Posted on November 30, 2010 by admin in Misc

It is a Filipino tradition that families spend their time together during the Christmas. So wherever they are, relatives working abroad go home to be with their family. If you’ve been away for so long you might be more familiar with your host country than our Philippines. Below are list of places you can visit during the holiday season.

Enchanted Kingdom

This theme park is located in Santa Rosa City, Laguna. It is a very good theme park perhaps comparable to theme park standards abroad. I especially like the rides: Wide River, Space Shuttle, and Rialto (the 4D Cinema). Their giant ferris wheel, Wheel of Fate, is also nice.

Star City

An amusement center in Pasay City. You can find many good rides here that the children will definitely enjoy. My favorite here are the horror themed rides.

Giant Lantern Festival

This is an annual Christmas Lantern Festival in San Fernando Pampanga. This year the festival will be held on December 18, 2010 at the Robinsons Starmills Mall. We all know that the Philippines makes the best Christmas Lantern’s in the world and the top lantern makers will be competing with each other. Expect to see colorful lanterns as big as 20 feet high and 20 feet wide. Definitely one of the must see events this Christmas.

Policarpio Street in Mandaluyong

During Christmas time the whole street transforms into a wonderland of lights. Every house is elaborately decorated. This is a nice place to visit and photograph.

Automated Christmas Dolls

This show was traditionally held in Cubao but has since move to Greenhills Shopping Center when the COD Department Store closed. The show features 30 animated figures that depict Christmas stories.

In recent years Pasig City Hall has started running a similar show.

These are the places and events we know at the moment. We know that more will be advertised as we begin to enter the holiday season.

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