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MANILA – Filipino nurses and healthcare professionals are advised to disregard emails that offer employment in big hospitals in Canada and in other countries. “Instead, jobseekers may search the POEA [Philippine Overseas Employment Administration] website for available job orders or use the POEA application for smartphones and tablets,” POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said. Cacdac said applicants should just ignore ...

Gutter oil used in Chinese street food The use of gutter oil is pretty common in the cheap restaurants and street food in China. Gutter Oil is a term used in China both Mainland and Taiwan to describe illicit cooking oil which has been recycled from waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers, sewer drains, grease traps and slaughterhouse waste. ...

In what could be considered as an ironic twist, fines collected from violators of Davao City’s very strict Anti-Smoking Ordinance aimed at lowering incidence of lung cancer among others, have been given to a halfway house for children from all over Mindanao suffering from cancer.This year, Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte, after seeking the approval of the City Council, turned ...

Immigration vows faster processing of travel documents Good news to every travelers and OFWs, Bureau of Immigration (BI) found a solution to what seemed like a life long hassle everytime you line up the immigration counters at the airports. December of this year, they will be adding 200 workforce to man each counters and rotational schedules and apart from that, passport scanner ...

MANILA – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday that the implementation of the free public Wi-Fi law is now 25 percent complete. DOST undersecretary Louis Casambre told lawmakers at the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee that the full implementation of the law will be achieved within the year. There are 7,118 free public Wi-Fi sites expected to ...

MANILA, Philippines – Perlas Pilipinas was promoted to Division 1 of the FIBA Asia women’s championships after turning back India, 82-76, on Friday in Wuhan, China. The Filipinas, who wrapped their Wuhan stint with five wins against one defeat, are now qualified to compete against the likes of China, Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei when they return in the ...

A local tourist who visited Davao City for the celebration of Kadayawan Festival disobeyed the anti-smoking ordinance of the City. Based on the report written by a man named Manny Pinol the Facebook page that was encouraging Duterte to sun for presidency, the man swallowed the cigarette butt after Mayour Duterte himself pulled out a gun and poked it on ...

UAE- Residents will be expecting a short vacation this upcoming EID Holidays. Eid Al Adha  or Festival of the Sacrifice is the second of the two religious holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide. As for the employees in the UAE, both public and private sectors will have a mini vacation because of this. Public sector will have 5 days holiday, while the private ...

Clash of Clans or popularly known as COC is now one of the latest mobile game trends. Yup, it hooks up everybody once you start playing however we should control ourselves especially at work. We don’t like to risk our jobs right? how much more if your means of living is driving a public transport? you could risk the lives ...

WENZHOU, CHINA — Ms. Lin was dining with her mother, her younger sister, and her 7 month old baby at a local hotpot restaurant when their server poured a pot of boiling soup over her head. The 17 year old waiter seemed to had a bad day already claiming that the customer asked for soup many times. According to the ...