In December 2007, eOFW.net wrote about OFW Pamilya Centers at Robinson’s Malls. It’s a cluster of OFW related services delivered at the mall.

We’re glad to see that SM has followed suit with the Global Pinoy Center. Below is a press release from SM Super malls about the Global Pinoy Card of SM Super Malls.

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Good News to all SM Advantage Members!
 
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Thousands of skilled overseas Filipino workers (OFW) are expected to be employed in Australia next year with the scheduled signing of a labor agreement next month, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said Sunday.

Roque said he would flying to Australia on January to sign the agreement for the hiring of thousands of Filipino professionals.

He said the agreement that would be inked with Southern Australia would open good quality and high-paying jobs to Filipino workers.

“Those who would qualify for the jobs would get at least $4,000 monthly salary and there would be no placement fee,” Roque said.

The government had earlier reported that Australia is expected to hire about 300,000 Filipino workers in the next three to five years.

Besides Australia , Roque said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is also exploring possible new markets for Filipino professional workers.

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MANILA – Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. has slashed its call and text messaging rates to major foreign destinations in an effort to keep Filipinos connected to their loved ones overseas.

Overseas call rates have been reduced to as low as P2.50 per minute in selected countries, the Philippines’ second-largest telecommunications firm said in a statement released Friday. International calls usually cost $0.40 or roughly P20 per minute.

Both prepaid and postpaid subscribers of Globe and Touch Mobile can avail of this promo by using the tipIDD card, which offers the following rates: Continue reading this post…

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Overseas Filipinos can now send “pasalubong” to their loved ones every time they remit through BPInoy at BPI Express Remittance Center (BERC) or any of its remittance tie-ups. This is made possible through the BPInoy Real Thrills Program, an automated rewards program that gives equivalent credits for remittance transactions.

“BPInoy understands the Expat Pinoys’ need to connect with their loved ones in the Philippines. BPInoy Real Thrills enables Expat Pinoys to bring joy to their families even when they are far away by sending them ‘pasalubong’ for free,” says Teresita B. Tan, BPI Senior Vice-President and Group Head of the Overseas Banking and Channels Services Group.

The Real Thrills program is BPI’s rewards program for its clients. The program is active all throughout the bank’s network of services from credit cards, savings accounts, and even loans. The BPInoy Real Thrills program specifically caters to Overseas Filipinos.

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Filipinos abroad can help our kababayans who were devastated by Typhoon Ondoy by sending donations through the Philippine Red Cross or through Paypal through TXTPOwer.org.

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Filipinos are more adept in business than any other culture in the world. They devise more and more ways for you to earn money, and by doing so, giving you unlimited ways of earning sideline cash.

Recently, the Philippines has also been renowned to be the world’s “Texting” hub wherein more and more Filipinos daily send a huge amount of text messages than any other country abroad today. And with that huge amount of text messages, some of the best Filipino management and marketing groups like ADI telecommunications, have come up with some of the best and finest promotions and opportunities available today when it comes to mixing business with telecommunications. They have come up with the Enegosyo proposal to offer to anyone who wish to start their own prepaid reloading business.

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