You might be interested in participating in the 7th Mega Balikbayan/OFW Expo.
It started today December 10, 2010 and it will be ongoing until December 12.
The event is being held at Megatrade Hall 2 and 3 every 10am to 9pm.
The aim of the Expo is to offer OFWs investment opportunities and business opportunities There will also be conferences where speakers will offer tips on finance and livelihood.
The admission for this event is free.
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.
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.
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.
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.
