Filed under: Announcements, News | Tags: 15th Year, Alumni, Damers, Damers 1994, Notre Dame of Gre, Notre Dame of Greater Manila, Reunion
REUNION DATE MOVED TO DEC 19 AND OTHER UPDATES
We will be MOVING the date of the reunion to DECEMBER 19 instead of the DECEMBER 12 which has been previously agreed upon. This development came upon ocular inspection of the venue in New Manila, with the owners saying someone else already got the Dec 12 sched. So we will be moving the event a week later.
Batch mates, baka naman meron sa inyo pwede mag-volunteer for any of the materials needed for the event. We really NEED your help. Paki-fill in na lang yung mga fields or pledge by posting feedbacks on this. Not to mention your MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS (as for the BATCH MATES LIVING ABROAD). By the end of the month all the materials needed SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE already for the month-end meeting. More to come.
Salamat.
Damers ‘94 Organizing Committee
Oh no.. here we go again…
Govt protests
Baldwin’s joke
May 19, 2009MANILA – THE Philippine government on Tuesday said it was demanding a formal apology from Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin over a joke he made about getting a Filipina mail-order bride.
The joke, made during a May 12 interview with US talk show host David Letterman, had sparked outrage among politicians and Filipinos around the world, the government said.
Manila’s consul-general to New York, Ms Cecilia Rebon, had been asked to send a letter to the producers of the show and to Baldwin ‘to express deep concern over the derogatory remark’, the foreign department said.
But wait.. there’s more to this story..
At least three members of the Philippine Senate have also demanded that Baldwin publicly apologise, stressing that the mail-order bride business was outlawed here.
Who are these three senators? Let me check it out… Sen. Ramon Revilla.. hold on. Senator Ramon Revilla? As in Senator Ramon Revilla? Really?
Revilla even went to say “Let him try to come to the Philippines and he’ll see mayhem.“
What can I say.. that’s a challenge to an ass-whooping from a man with integrity.
But what are Filipinos really crying foul for? Is it another racial slur? Is that another derogatory remark against Pinoys? Is that a remark from Alec Baldwin in a State of the Union? Or are Filipinos just being overly-sensitive (again) to statement like this (again) that makes us feel lesser than others (again).
Are Filipino politicians using incidents like this (again) to “emphatize” (again) to the Filipino masses?
The fact is that Alec Baldwin, an American actor, said this remark in the David Letterman Show. That’s it.
He also said “Russian mail order brides” right? Did they complain?
I guess things like this hurts only if it’s true.
Someone asked this question via email:
Bakit po kailangan na ngayon na i-notarize ng DFA ang mga NSO certificates (ie birth, marriage, death, etc)?
Buti sana kung photocopy lang yun, pero original galing din sa NSO.
When in fact, ang gagawin lang din naman ng DFA e i-verify sa NSO ang document na NSO din ang nag-issue.
Isn’t that the purpose of NSO (National Statistics Office)? Now if you are issued with a certified NSO document, isn’t that enough to say that your document is legit? How come DFA must notarize NSO documents to renew passports?
Someone can answer this?
Filed under: Announcements, News | Tags: Filipino, OFW, Philippine Embassy, Pinoy, PinoyIT, Singapore, SSS
P R E S S R E L E A S E
Embassy of the Philippines
Singapore
Philippine Embassy
20 Nassim Road, Singapore
13 April 2009
NEW PAYMENT DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF OFW MEMBERS
The Philippine Embassy wishes to remind the public that the Social Security System has extended the deadline for the payment of SSS contributions of Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) pursuant to Social Security Commission Resolution No. 406-s. 2006 dated 27 September 2006 which took effect on 15 November 2006.
The contributions for the months of January to December of a given year may be paid within the same year and contributions for the months of October to December of a given year may also be paid on or before the 31st of January of the succeeding year, or the next working day if it falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday.
However, in case of advance payments, only the contributions applicable to the month(s) prior to the contingency entitling the member or his beneficiary to any benefit from the SSS shall be considered in the computation of such benefit, while the rest shall be refunded in case of a final claim or credited to his future accounts, in accordance with the existing rules.
According to SSS, no contribution paid retroactively shall be used in the computation of any benefit arising from a contingency that preceded the date of payment of the retroactive contribution.
For more information, please visit www.philippine-embassy.org.sg
Filed under: Announcements, Events | Tags: Beauty Pageant, Filipino, OFW, Singapore, UPAAS
Mutya ng Pilipinas - Singapore 2009
You could be if you are:
- A single woman and never been married
- At least a high school graduate
- Not less than 5′5″ tall
- 18 to 25 years of age
- Of good moral character
- Of Filipino ancestry with at least 1 pure Filipino
grandparent in your direct or maternal bloodline
For more details please contact the following:
U.P. Alumni Association – Singapore (UPAAS)
thru Ms Denise Simbol, PR & Media Head
contact: +6596739447
email: denise.simbol@gmail.com
Deadline for submission of application is on May 10, 2009
