CONGRATULATIONS

BACHELORS NO MORE!!!
It was so rare for Pinoy contract workers to work here in Nigeria to come as bachelors.
When they come, they already have their families they have to cater for. Generally, they are middle-aged, discernible tummies (ably fed by their doting wives), thinning hair if not already bald, and adorable children. They dream of better lives to offer and secure for their loved ones.

But when our young, bachelor engineers come, they ARE already hooked before proceeding to this far-flung place – so away from home. They come prepared for the life ahead – save for the impending marriage – and a dream wedding to remember and to cherish.

Our two bachelors did just that. One done before the year ended and one to start the new decade as a pillar of a new household – Sherwin Cayabyab of Dantata & Sawoe and Efren Lim, Jr. of Julius Berger.

Sherwin Cayabyab vowed to love and to honor Maria Donna Verzon on Dec. 19, 2009 at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in Baguio City. The reception was held in the prestigious Supreme Hotel. Both of them are from Pangasinan. Sherwin is a Structural Engineer and joined Dantata & Sawoe in July 2006. His colleagues who also acted as his sponsors came to witness the joyous occasion.

Sherwin & Donna

EFREN LIM JR. and Maria Nestora G. Herrera exchanged their vows on January 08, 2010 at 2:30pm at Sto. Niño Chapel, Cabanatuan City. The reception was held at Restorante Vicente, Greenland Leisure Suites attended by families and close friends and two brothers of the bride Neil and Erwin Herrera, also of JBN.
Efren arrived here in Abuja Nigeria on June 1, 2009 as an IT Specialist at Julius Berger .
Pictures taken during the most memorable event of their lives.

Efren & Maria Nestora

To these happy couples: Pusong Pinoy wishes you the very best in life.

DOLE to set up Internet-based monitoring of OFWs, employers

DOLE to set up Internet-based monitoring of OFWs, employers
02/13/2010 04:30 AM

Amid reports of rising cases of maltreatment of Filipino household service workers (HSW), the government’s top labor agency revealed plans of implementing an Internet-based monitoring system of assisting overseas Filipino workers in distress. In a statement posted on the Department of Labor and Employment website, Secretary Marianito Roque said efforts have been set in place to improve the delivery of services to beleaguered OFWs onsite. A Foreign Labor Operations Information System (FLOIS) is set to be implemented to improve the management and operations of 38 Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) in various posts overseas, particularly in extending assistance to needy OFWs on-site, he said.Roque said the system will be integrated with the DOLE’s Information Systems Plan.He explained that FLOIS will provide Internet-based information on profiles of OFWs and their foreign employers, and a listing of local and foreign recruitment agencies. Roque bared this as he cited a report alleging that some Filipino household service workers (HSWs) have been maltreated by their employers in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.There was no mention of the real names of the HSWs, or of the report being cited. He said, however, that he has instructed Riyadh-based Labor Attache Rustico dela Fuente to determine which particular cases the report was referring to.Roque also called on OFWs and their families to contact the nearest POLO, or the DOLE and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the Philippines, for assistance in all cases of abuse and exploitation they may encounter in the hands of their employers.

BENJAMIN P NADADO
LUXURY PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
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