Ang Buwan ng Agosto ay ang pag-gunita sa kaarawaan ni Pangulong Manuel L. Quezon, ang Ama ng Wikang Pambansa. Karaniwang nagkakaisa ang buong bansa sa okasyong ito. Binibigyang-diin ang pagmamahal sa ating wika. Pinahahalagahan at pinayayaman pa natin ito. Nakikiisa ang mga Pilipino sa paggamit ng Filipino sa pagpupulong, sa pagsulat, at sa talakayan.

At pagtatapos ng buwang ito ay nais kung magbigay pahalaga sa pamamagitan ng isang hamon sa ating lahat na bagamat nasa ibayong dagat tayo ay atin pa ring tangkilikin ito at gamitin. Ang inyong lingkod sa kasalukuyang nag-mumunimuni kung anong katha, paksa ng sulatin ang gagawin bilang pagpupugay sa ating sariling wika.

Ang inyong mungkahi ay akin pong inaanyayahan.

"I prefer a country run like hell by Filipinos to a country run like heaven by Americans. Because, however bad a Filipino government might be, we can always change it." Manuel Luis Quezon

at ngayo'y Pilipino na ang namamahala, sana di pa huli ang lahat...

Got this from an e-mail forwarded by a friend...

A filipino man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, "What are all those clocks?" St. Peter answered, "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock will move." "Oh," said the man, "Whose clock is that?" "That's Mother Teresa's. The hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie." "Incredible," said the man.

"And whose clock is that one?" St. Peter responded, "That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abe told only two lies in his entire life."

"Where's Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's clock?" asked the man. The Philippine President's' clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan."

Postscript:
As for me, I bet where's the senator's', congressmen's, militants' & politician's' clocks are? I had a good guess, it's in the kitchens and mess halls..They are used as exhaust fans as well and some are fitted as lawn mowers blades. hehehe.. How's that, a good deduction right?

Since the creation of this blog, it undergone many make-overs and probably more to come..

Now it has more features like the Latest Philippine News at the right top and the Breaking News Links from Yahoo. & Inq.7 thanks to the new web technology.

Also it has a Forex Currency Converter and World Time Links to serve you and for enhanced browsing.

And the usual interactions like the Shoutbox and Comments section.

We are hoping to serve you better..
Thank you for surfing by..

Desertpinoys..( wala pa akong tulog)

Number of runaway Filipino maids doubles
excertps from Gulf News..
read more..

The number of runaway maids seeking shelter at the Philippine Labour Office in Dubai has doubled in a month, from the usual rate of 30 plus to more than 60, straining the shelter's capacity.

Vicente M. Cabe, labour attache at the Philippine Consulate General, told Gulf News the reason for the increase was due "to a combination of many factors".

He said it could mean that more Filipinos were aware of their rights and know where to go when they got into trouble.

"Maybe they know that we can help send them home," he said.

Another was that many cases were not being resolved timely enough to accommodate newcomers at the shelter, he added.

Other reasons included the growing Filipino population in the UAE. Consulate figures placed the number of Filipino expatriates in the country at more than 200,000, with the figure growing at one per cent monthly.

Whatever the reason, Cabe said the Consulate General was concerned over the increasing number of runaway maids seeking help.

"It's always alarming to us whenever there is an increase," he said.

Cabe said the most common complaints the office received from the maids were unpaid wages and mistreatment.

"tabi-tabi po, bato-bato sa langit ang tamaan 'wag magagalit."

Got an e-mail from a friend. Hope this may also interest you(its worth voting for).

Did you know that the Philippines' coconut geotextile (coconet) for soil
erosion control has been chosen as one of the 12 finalists in Newsweek and BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) World Challenge? The World Challenge is basically a competition/search designed at identifying groups or individuals all over the world whose projects have contributed great impact at grass roots level.

A documentary about Philippine Coconut geotextile or coconet industry will be shown on the BBC World cable channel on September 24 around 8:30 GMT and will also be featured in the August 29 special issue of Newsweek.

The World Challenge already offers a tremendous exposure and publicity to our flourishing Philippine coconut geotextile industry and to our Philippine coconut fiber exporters.

To vote, please open
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk and click the picture of Philippine coconet.

Please help us campaign for more voters by forwarding this message to
your co-worker, friends and relatives. Voting is open until 16 October 2005.

Can you spot the difference or there is no difference at all? It's for you to decide..

(actual news article from Gulf News)

Maid plunges to her death from flat on seventh floor

18/8/2005 Abu Dhabi:A Filipina housemaid plunged to her death from a tower building in the city centre yesterday, police sources said.

Police said she fell from a seventh floor apartment of a building on Istiqlal Street. Residents told Gulf News the accident happened at about noon and the woman died on the spot.

When contacted, there was no response from the family she worked for. However, residents believe the woman slipped and fell while working on the balcony of the apartment.

The Philippines Embassy said she was aged 34. end

Yun lang po ang sabi nila.(ngyeek)

Housemaid dies after jumping from 15th floor

13/7/2005 Sharjah: A 24-year-old Filipina housemaid died after jumping from a 15th floor window of a building in Sharjah, a police source said.
Police said the incident happened at about 2pm last Wednesday at a building in Al Nahda opposite the Sahara Centre.

According to police investigations the housemaid jumped from the window of her room following a dispute with the family she worked for.


The Lebanese family told police the maid had to look after their four-year-old child and the child had told his mother the maid had beaten him. The maid was shouted at and she locked herself in her room.

The housewife's husband was called to help in the dispute. When he reached home he saw a woman's body had been covered up by police outside their building. It was the housemaid's body.

An Indonesian housemaid, who works in the same building, said she used to see the Filipina housemaid playing with the child under the building.

Another Filipina housemaid in the same building said she had heard the housemaid had been having financial problems and was unhappy.

"She worked for the family for one year in this building. I think she used to work for them before they came here but I'm not sure," she said.

Police are investigating the case to find out the reason behind her death, they added the maid was not on the family's sponsorship. end


Philippine Embassy/OWWA-POLO, whats your status report? (wala siguro)

"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men" Abraham Lincoln

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