Former fighter pilot pens RP aviation history book
Wings Over the Philippines, a book on the history of aviation in the Philippines, has recently launched at the Philippine Consulate General Office in Sydney. The book was written by Tony Dedal, a fighter pilot in the Philippine Air Force’s 5th Fighter Wing during the 1950s, now living in Australia. Consul General Maria Theresa P. Lazaro commended Dedal for his initiative and labor in writing the book… [...]
A delegation from the Philippines’ Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be in Australia 3-14 November for a mission to appraise the needs of Australia for skilled Filipino workers, the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney reported.
The delegation, headed by Labor Undersecretary Rosalinda Baldoz, former administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), will comprise representatives from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and DOLE officials for international labor affairs and labor studies.
They will visit Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Cairns.
POEA is the Philippines’ peak agency that regulates the hiring of Filipinos for overseas employment. OWWA provides programs that look after the welfare of expatriate Filipino workers. TESDA sets standards and provides the official certifications for technical skills.
The demand for certain categories of Filipino skilled workers prompted the Philippine Department of Labor to study a systematic and streamlined procedure for providing temporary stay workers for the Australian market, as well as to set into place the programs and services that will look after their welfare. #
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Two bowlers each scoring a perfect 300 in the same game are highlights of the recent 2008 NCAA-UAAP Alumni Tenpin Bowling Challenge Cup tournament. Joe Baduria, of FEATI, scored the first 300 in lane No 1. Only minutes after in lane No 2, Alex Rivera, of University of the East, followed with a 300 of his own. FEATI and UE were playing each other. [...]
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