Overseas Job Fair: For Canada & Other Countries

There will be an overseas job fair for Canada and other countries on May 1, 2008 in Abellana National School, Osmena Blvd., Cebu City.

POEA Director Evelia Durato and Cebu City Labor Employment Officer Fidel Magno are encouraging applicants to pre-register so they can identify the available skills in Cebu and the Visayas and Mindanao.

The collated list of skills will be used by POEA to invite Manila-based placement agencies with approved job orders for Canada to come to Cebu and recruit local applicants.

You can pre-register with DMDP (Department of Manpower Development and Placement) of the Cebu City government in the 2nd floor of the New Ramos Public Market in F. Ramos St., Cebu City.

Please stay tuned to DYAB AM, 1512 khz, for more updates.

Unfinished Business: Pacman v. Dinamita

Official weight: Pacquiao, 129 lbs; Marquez, 130 lbs

ABS-CBN Updates: Click here

Spitzer's Downfall

Resigning over reports he paid for a $2,000-an-hour prostitute, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaves behind his political post but could face legal trouble from the stunning sex scandal.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer's Girl

This undated image obtained from a MySpace webpage shows a woman identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre. The New York Times reported that the name of the woman identified as 'Kristen' in court papers alleging that Gov. Eliot Spitzer paid more than $4,000 for prostitutes' services is Dupre. The Times also reported that the woman, born as Ashley Youmans, legally changed her name to Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro and is now known as Ashley Alexandra Dupre.(AP Photo)

P162M Lotto Pot

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said that no one won the P162,248,428.88 grand prize in its Superlotto 6/49 draw Thursday night.

Because of this, PCSO said the jackpot for the next Superlotto draw on Sunday night will be increased by another P13 million and may fall between P174 million-P175 million depending on ticket sales.

The winning combination for the Superlotto draw Thursday was 02-04--6-26-29-40 (in any order).

Superlotto draws are held Thursdays and Sundays.

Kapamilya Relief Campaign for Talisay City Fire Victims

We are launching another Kapamilya Relief Campaign, this time for the hundreds of fire victims in Tabunoc, Talisay City.

Nearly 1,000 people lost their homes when a large fire struck Tabunoc, Talisay City, Cebu on Tuesday, March 5, ABS-CBN's DYAB Abante Bisaya reported.

The blaze in Barangay Tabunoc started at around 4 p.m. Tuesday, the fifth day of Fire Prevention Month.

The fire burned down around 200 houses made of light materials. No one was reported injured.

Victims were evacuated to Tabunok’s sports complex. Some of the victims were students who lost their study materials for the final examinations this month.

Please bring your donations to ABS-CBN Broadcast Complex in Jagobiao, Mandaue City; or Barangay Hall in Mabolo, Cebu City; or Wow Travel and Tours outlets in EMall, Robinson's, Gaisano Mactan and Birthen sa Regla Parish.

Romulo Neri's Corruption Chart

Romulo Neri’s cluttered booty capitalism chart. Neri focuses on six captive industries, revolving around Alcantara, Aboitiz, Razon, Tan, and Gokongwei. The bubbles are, apperently, his view of “circles of influence.”

Marcos' Chief Guard Speaks Out

For the first time, Irwin-son of Gen. Fabian Ver and commander of President Marcos's guards-tells of the last hours in Malacanang in February 1986. Exclusive to abs-cbnNEWS.com. (More)

22 Years After Marcos

Monday marks 22 years since the fall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos and although the economy has improved the lives of many, politics remains dominated by money, patronage and corruption, analysts say.

With the media often drawing comparisons between Marcos and the current President Gloria Arroyo, analysts believe people have become disillusioned with a political system that is fundamentally flawed and only benefits the few.

Will Gloria Survive?

Blogger Mon Casiple suggests,

Malacañang is scrambling for the initiative. Mobilization by friendly LGU units are being planned, sprinkled by a few pro-GMA NGOs and church personalities. A media offensive has been launched–against Lozada, JDV, the opposition, and even against Vice-President Noli de Castro. The de Castro media attack seeks to prevent a possible de Castro defection that can fundamentally undermine GMA’s chances of survival.

Kapamilya Relief Campaign: Samar Flood Victims Need Help

Some 2,000 evacuees took temporary shelter inside the Catarman Cathedral when a sudden rise of water occurred in the early morning of Friday (December 29) in some of the barangays in Catarman, Northern Samar. Immediate food and clothing assistance to the evacuees was administered by the church and private groups and individuals. (SamarNews)

DYAB Cebu Launches Relief Campaign For Samar Flood Victims

Kapamilya Relief Campaign: DYAB Abante Bisaya and ABS-CBN Cebu are now receiving donations for the Samar flood victims. Please bring your donations to the ABS-CBN Broadcast Complex in Mandaue City.

Arroyo's Cabinet

President Arroyo's message in these pictures: I am in control and my cabinet is with me.

Jun Lozada's Prayer After the La Salle Mass Initiated by Former RP Pres. Cory Aquino

When the prayer, "Today I start the Change I Want to See," was recited to Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. before his testimony at the Senate on the NBN scandal, he felt that the world became silent, "and these are the only words that I could hear:"

"Lord, let me be the change I want to see

To do with strength and wisdom

All that needs to be done

And become the hope that I can be.

Set me free from my fears and hesitations.

Grant me courage and humility.

Fill me with spirit to face the challenge

And start the change I want to see.

Today, I start the change I want to see.

Even if I’m not the light, I can be the spark.

In faith, service and communion

Let us start the change we want to see,

The change that begins in me."

Job Fair For Canada

Canada Jobs Update: DYAB Cebu is now working with DOLE, POEA, DMDP and KBP Cebu Chapter for the possible holding of a Job Fair for the 54,000 job vacancies in British Columbia, Canada to make it more convenient for the applicants and the accredited placement agencies. For more updates, please tune in to DYAB Cebu 1512 khz or subscribe to DYAB Cebu Email Group by sending a blank email to dyab-cebu-subscribe@googlegroups.com

Malacañang Declares War Against Lozada

In an apparent act of retaliation against Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada Jr., Malacañang on Wednesday called for the investigation of the Senate witness for "anomalies" in his office during his term as head of the Philippine Forest Corp. (PFC). (More)

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.