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Davao-Bangkok airlink
The timing is bad given the dim prospects of the travel industry due to rising cost of fuel. However, I believe local tourism industry players should strike the iron while it is hot. The recent air ag...
Madrid 2011
I am elated that the World Youth Day festivities ended successfully in Sydney yesterday. I now pray for the safe return of Pope Benedict XVI to the Vatican and young participants to their respective c...
Model OFW Family
Ron Lionel Bartolome, Regional Director of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) wrote to me to announce the 2008 Search for Model OFW Family of the Year Awards. Now on its fourth year, t...
Back online 4
I’m up early this morning to prepare for another busy day. I will speak at the Davao Christian Leadership Breakfast Forum at 7 a.m. at the Grand Men Seng Hotel. This would be my sixth appearance...
More awards
After our executive director at Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation - Mayan Villalba - was named as the Philippines Social Entrepreneur of the Year last month, we reaped two more awards recently...
Heroes
I delivered a privilege speech at the City Council yesterday which created quite a stir. I got mixed reactions. I would elaborate on Saturday when I appear as guest at ABS-CBN’s noontime radio s...
$8,000 bond suspended
Here’s good news to Engr. Caloy Carreon, OFW in Singapore, who expressed his concern to me via an SMS over the new POEA requirement for foreign companies to post $8,000 bonds for direct hiring o...
Outstanding Pinoys
Kudos to two of my friends, truly outstanding Pinoys: Walden Bello who is this year’s Outstanding Public Scholar named by the International Studies Association for his achievements in combining ...
