Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr.'s Senate Testimony

The full transcript of Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr.'s testimony broken in two parts:

• About his abduction in NAIA; and
• About the $130 million kickback in NBN-ZTE scam
  

Police Recruitment

Here's another job opportunity:

The National Police Commission (Napolcom) announced that it is now accepting entrance test applications for civilian professionals wanting to join the ranks of those who serve and protect.

College graduates not more than 30 years old who qualify in the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) height requirements for both men and women are being given until March 17 for the April 27, 2008 examination date. (More)

Cebu Recuitment for Canada Soon!

LATEST DYAB ADVISORY: POEA may start accrediting private placement agencies to recruit applicants in Cebu for Canada next week. All of the 109 recruitment agencies with approved job orders from Canadian employers and principals are based in Manila.

Please stay tuned to DYAB Cebu (1512 khz) for the latest bulletins. Rest assured, you will be the first to know when actual recruitment begins. Meantime, start preparing your passport and other employment documents.

You can also click this link: The complete list of job vacancies and registered placement agencies for British Columbia, Canada

If you want to receive regular updates on job vacancies in Canada and elsewhere right in your inbox, please send a blank email to: dyab-cebu-subscribe@googlegroups.com

Or you can visit the DYAB Cebu Email Group.

Latest POEA Advisory on Canada Jobs

The POEA has not yet authorized any recruitment agency to interview applicants in Cebu for the job vacancies in Canada. Please tune in to DYAB for the latest developments.

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Canada's 1.9 Million Jobs (High School Graduates Can Apply)

Canada's robust economy offers good job opportunities to skilled workers and professionals from the Philippines and other countries through the permanent and temporary migration schemes. The Provinces in Canada have adopted the Provincial Nominee Program to facilitate the entry of immigrants to its labor force.

The Human Resources and Social Development Canada has reported that 1.9 million new jobs will be created over the next decade (2006 – 2015) particularly in the Western provinces of Canada such as Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

British Columbia

In British Columbia, US $130 billion worth of projects and construction are on-going in Vancouver, partly due to the requirements of the forthcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, but mainly due to the huge economic growth of British Columbia. For the Winter Olympics in 2010, an additional 22,000 to 24,00 temporary workers will be needed. There will be a demand for 30,000 permanent workers per year for the next twelve years in the hotel and restaurant and services sectors. The health, transport and mining industries are also experiencing skills shortages.

Manitoba

Manitoba needs manpower across various sectors. There is a demand for caregivers and nannies, truck drivers, welders, machinists, boilermakers, sheet metal workers, glaziers, pipe fitters, mechanics, plasterers/ drywall installers, carpenters/ cabinetmakers, bricklayers / stone masons.

Alberta

The sudden surge in labor demand in Alberta is largely oil and gas propelled. Canada is reputed to have oil reserves in its tar sands much more than what the Gulf countries have. The province of Alberta alone has estimated oil reserves of about 375 billion barrels, or approximating that of Saudi Arabia.

Skills in demand in Alberta include physicians, dentists and veterinarians (5,000 workers for the period 2006-2016), facility operation and maintenance managers (up to 3,908 people by 2016), other engineers: industrial and manufacturing, metallurgical and materials, mining, geological, petroleum, aerospace, computer (except software) and other professional engineers, other elemental service occupations: dry cleaning and laundry occupation, ironing, pressing and finishing occupation, other elemental service occupations, central control and process operators in manufacturing and processing, technical occupations in computer and information systems, pharmacists, dietitians, nutritionists, managers in primary production (except agriculture).

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan targets to bring in 5,000 immigrants by 2008. The Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program (SINP) has posted the following skills in demand for the province: skilled workers, entrepreneurs, farmer owner/operator, health professionals, long haul truck drivers, heavy duty equipment family restaurant cooks, mechanics/technicians, industrial painters, sandblasters.

APPROVED JOB ORDERS

POEA's government placement facility has no job openings for Canada. There are about 109 POEA-licensed private recruitment agencies that have approved job orders for registered employers/principals in Canada for the recruitment of skilled workers and professionals in the various industries. Interested applicants may apply with these licensed recruitment agencies or search for job orders at our website www.poea.gov.ph.

NO PLACEMENT FEE POLICY

The general public is advised further that Canadian laws and regulations in these provinces prohibit the charging of recruitment and placement fee from workers seeking employment in Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta provinces of Canada or from workers under the Pilot Project of the Canadian Government regardless of the province of destination in Canada.

The Pilot Project of the Government of Canada for the hiring of foreign workers in occupations usually require a high school diploma or a maximum of 2 years of jobspecific training (level C and D). The prevailing policy requires the Canadian employers to cover all recruitment costs related to the hiring of the foreign workers under the project.

The POEA has issued Memorandum Circular No.03 (series of 2007) on the "non-placement fee" policy for Canada for this purpose.

30,000 Jobs in Canada

POEA Advisory for OFWs for Canada

Job orders for Canada are available at DOLE-POEA licensed recruitment agencies with accredited principals/employers. Interested applicants may apply with these licensed recruitment agencies or search for job orders at POEA's website.

The complete list of 30,000 vacancies and 109 registered placement agencies

Biggest Kapamilya Bloodletting

Against the backdrop of an acute shortage of blood in Cebu and neighboring areas, here's a bit of good news. The biggest Kapamilya Bloodletting activity ever was held Saturday (February 2, 2008) in four of Cebu's biggest shopping malls. 744 bags of blood were collected from over 800 Cebuanos who trooped to the four venues to give the "gift of life:"

• SM City - 225 donors (75 were deferred);
• EMall - 207 (10 were deferred);
• Gaisano Fiesta Mall - 205 (23 were deferred); and
• Gaisano Mactan - 107.

The quarterly Kapamilya Bloodletting is an initiative of DYAB Abante Bisaya and ABS-CBN Cebu in partnership with the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), Regional Blood Coordinating Council (RBCC), Regional Blood Center (RBC) and Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC).

Wheel of Fortune in Cebu!

Ratings Fiasco Update

The AGB Nielsen Nielsen Ratings Controversy Archive

Echo-Heart Update

Is it really wealth--or the lack of it--that keeps actor Jericho Rosales an outsider when it comes to the family of his longtime girlfriend, actress Heart Evangelista?

We can be naughty and read into the Echo's quip to Heart, "Ang yaman-yaman niyo kasi, eh! (Your family is so, so rich)" the kind of financial gulf separating Rosales from the good graces of his lady love's parents. {More)

Radio-TV Survey Manipulation Confirmed

A former station manager of RGMA Network Inc., which manages GMA Network’s provincial stations, on Friday confirmed allegations of ratings manipulation in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

Fred Alejaga, former station manager of Super Radyo Bacolod, said the alleged ratings manipulation was part of RGMA's "dirty tricks" to boost its ratings.

He said employees who were involved in the alleged manipulation were prohibited from divulging the illegal activity to their colleagues. (More)

New Kapamilya Blockbusters

The country’s Kapamilya network -- ABS-CBN is starting its 55th year anniversary with a bang as it undrapes its newest programs to show the best of the network.

And for the first time in the history of Philippine television three great shows – "Kung Fu Kids," "Lobo" and "Palos" will be launched on the same date, this coming Monday, January 28 on new Primetime Bida. (More)

Kapamilya Blood Bulletin

Blood is a specialized bodily fluid (technically a tissue) that is composed of a liquid called blood plasma and blood cells suspended within the plasma. The blood cells present in blood are red blood cells (also called RBCs or erythrocytes), white blood cells (including both leukocytes and lymphocytes) and platelets (also called thrombocytes). Plasma is predominantly water containing dissolved proteins, salts and many other substances; and makes up about 55% of blood by volume. Mammals have red blood, which is bright red when oxygenated, due to hemoglobin. Some animals, such as the horseshoe crab use hemocyanin to carry oxygen, instead of hemoglobin.

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Kapamilya Bloodletting Campaign

You are cordially invited to donate blood, the gift of life, on Saturday, February 2, 2008 in SM City, EMall, Gaisaon Mactan and Gaisano Fiesta Mall. DYAB's partner agencies are CCMC, PNRC, RBC and RBCC.

Pit Senyor, Kapamilya!

This is the classic Gozos of Sr. Sto. Nino de Cebu (Batobalani sa Gugma). Pit Senyor, Kapamilya!

Kamunggay: Miracle Vegetable

By Dr. Lydia M. Marero
Food and Nutrition Research Institute

Malunggay, known scientifically as Moringa oleifera Lamk, is one of the world's most useful plants. It is used as food, effective flocculant or water treatment, antibiotic, source of oil, and coagulant for turbid waters.

It is also called “mother's best friend”, and “miracle vegetable” by many who know malunggay's beneficial uses. It is cultivated in all countries of the tropics. It is easy to plant and is available year-round.

Malunggay's image was even used as the official logo of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, an agency of the Department of Science and Technology.

One hundred grams or 1 cup of cooked malunggay leaves contain 3.1 g. protein, 0.6 g. fiber, 96 mg calcium, 29 mg phosphorus, 1.7 mg iron, 2,820 mg ß-carotene, 0.07 mg thiamin, 0.14 mg riboflavin, 1.1 mg niacin, and 53 mg ascorbic acid or vitamin C. The antioxidant activity of malunggay is about 71%, with µ-tocopherol (vitamin E) equivalent of 45.

Malunggay leaves are an excellent source of vitamin A and B, and minerals such as calcium and iron. It is even an excellent source of protein, being higher than the amino acid pattern of Food and Agriculture Organization-reference protein, yet contains very low fat and carbohydrates. The leaves are incomparable as a source of the sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cystine, often the natural minerals humans lack.

Due to its high vitamins A, C, and E, which are very potent antioxidants, malunggay is a very good quencher of unstable free radicals that can react with and damage molecules that cause aging. Antioxidants reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. They also prevent the onset of various chronic diseases like arthritis, cancer, and heart and kidney diseases.

Malunggay contains the phytochemical niaziminin, which is found to have molecular components that can prevent the development of cancer cells (Faizi et al., 1992) and correlated with inhibitory ability against superoxide generation. The first naturally-occuring thiocarbamates, novel hypotensive agents niazinin A, niazinin B, niazimicin and niaziminin A and B were isolated from malunggay.

Malunggay is called “miracle vegetable” because it is not just a food, it is also a medicine. It may therefore be a “functional food”. Malunggay promotes good eyesight, digestion, facilitates bowel movement, and is a cure for stomach ache.

It is also used to cleanse wounds and ulcers. It helps alleviate scurvy, asthma, earache, and headaches. For its high calcium content, lactating mothers are advised to eat malunggay leaves to produce more milk.

Malunggay is usually cooked with chicken as tinola, or with fish and other vegetables, mongo soup dishes, and blanched as salads.

100 Foods To Improve Your Productivity

Besides eating to lose weight, why not eat to improve your productivity? Whether the following foods help sharpen your eyesight, keep your brain focused, or just fill you up without making you feel lazy, you’ll find they’ll help you keep your day on track. The Complete List

How To Stop A Headache Before It Starts

1st of 8 Drug-Free Tips
Snoozing in for more than an hour can disrupt your sleep-wake cycle, and anything that tinkers with your body’s natural rhythms may prime you for pain, says Lisa Mannix, M.D., a spokeswoman for the National Headache Foundation in Chicago. Commit to waking up (and going to bed) at the same time every day — yes, that includes weekends, too. More Tips

Math Tricks

1. The 11 Times Trick

We all know the trick when multiplying by ten - add 0 to the end of the number, but did you know there is an equally easy trick for multiplying a two digit number by 11? This is it:

Take the original number and imagine a space between the two digits (in this example we will use 52:

5_2

Now add the two numbers together and put them in the middle:

5_(5+2)_2

That is it - you have the answer: 572.

If the numbers in the middle add up to a 2 digit number, just insert the second number and add 1 to the first:

9_(9+9)_9

(9+1)_8_9

10_8_9

1089 - It works every time.

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