For your reading pleasure: A Joke
A young couple got married and left on their honeymoon. When they got back, the bride immediately called her mother. “Well, how was the honeymoon?” asked the mother.
“Oh, mama,” she replied, “the honeymoon was wonderful! So romantic.” Suddenly she burst out crying. “But, mama, as soon as we returned, Stan [...]
The 26th Vienna City Marathon was held on Sunday, April 19, 2009, joined by more or less 30,000 participants. Among them were 19 Filipinos.
The Filipino participants ran under the umbrella of Gawad Kalinga. The group’s overall coordinator, Jorge Villanueva, dubbed the event as Gawad Kalingan European Heroes Run.
“Gawad Kalinga Europe Heroes run is about making [...]
There are 2,885,000 unemployed Filipinos according to the latest labor force survey in January, 2009 by the National Statistics Office. Most of the 2,885,000 unemployed Filipinos are new graduates.
The biggest unemployment number is the age bracket of 14-24 to which the graduates belong. From these figures, one can conclude that the new graduates are finding [...]
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MANILA, Philippines – High school and college students can now look forward to employment in government and private companies even before they graduate.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday said about 70,000 jobs in various government offices and commercial establishments are available for high school and college students this year.
Labor Assistant [...]
President Gloria M. Arroyo went to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to meet with Filipinos working and residing there, besides attending a labor conference after the cancellation of the ASEAN Summit in Thailand due to political conflict.
The President welcomed reports that 200,000 new jobs are available for Filipino overseas workers in the Middle East [...]
To realize
The value of a sister or brother
Ask someone
Who doesn’t have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a [...]
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Sunday urged the country not to lose hope amid financial crisis, conflict and increasing poverty.
In his Easter message, Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, CBCP president, said many things can be accomplished by Filipinos if they act in “authentic unity.”
“Let us do all we can all the [...]
For your reading pleasure
Young man Murphy applied for an engineering position at an Irish firm based in Dublin. An American applied for the same job and both applicants having the same qualifications were asked to take a test by the department manager.
Upon completion of the test, both men only missed one of the questions. [...]
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filled with joy and understanding and
blessed with love and happiness.
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora).
