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.
No. 3 Tom Close (Off Nile Street)
Maitama, Abuja FCT, Nigeria

DSWD ACKNOWLEDGES PPA's Donation

DSWD Acknowledgement of PPA contribution to Victims of back-to-back Typhoons (Ondoy & Pepeng)

PPA Officers handing-over PPA's contribution to CDA Alex V. Lamadrid

Philippine Ambassador to Nigeria

Nestor Padalhin - New Ambassador to Nigeria

Commission on Appointments approves Duque's appointment at Civil Service (The Philippine Star) Updated February 04, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Former Health secretary Francisco Duque yesterday breezed through the Commission on Appointments (CA), which confirmed his appointment as chief of the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

As lawmakers prepare for Congress’ adjournment for the campaign period next week, they also approved the promotions of 174 senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, including that of Maj. Gen. Romeo Prestoza.

Prestoza’s appointment was earlier opposed by Sen. Panfilo Lacson, who was absent when the CA deliberated the appointments yesterday.
Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano, a member of the contingent from the House of Representatives, moved for the approval of the appointments of the military officials to the plenary.

Albano told the CA that the appointees have “all the qualifications to competently assume” their posts.

After Albano’s sponsorship speech, Sen. Jamby Madrigal took the floor to read the names of the military officials and moved for their confirmation.

The CA also approved the appointments of Evelyn San Buenaventura as commissioner of the Commission on Audit (COA) and retired Supreme Court justice Regino Hermosisima as member of the Judicial and Bar Council.

The CA also approved the appointments of nine ambassadors namely, Bahnarim Guinomla for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives as chief of mission, class 1; Linglingay Lacanlale, ambassador to Thailand and permanent representative to the United Nations economic and social commission for Asia and the Pacific, as chief of mission, class 1.

The CA also confirmed the appointment of Bayani Mangibin as ambassador to Iraq, Eva Betita as ambassador to Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Suriname; Lourdes Yparraguirre, ambassador to Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic; Nestor Padalhin, ambassador to Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Cote Equatorial Guinea, Gabonese Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo; Romeo Manalo, ambassador to Italy; Cecilia Rebong, chief of mission, Class I, at post in New York; and Patricia Ann Paez, chief of mission, Class II. — Christina Mendez