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The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) announces that the Special Board Examination for architects, certified public accountants, civil engineers, electronics engineers, registered electrical engineers, registered master electricians, and mechanical engineers will be held simultaneously in Al-Khobar and Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Doha,Sstate of Qatar and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 16, 17, and 18, 2010. This special board examination was in compliance with Executive Order No. 835 signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last October 6, 2009. To view the original post, follow the link below. Image via Wikipedia http://www.prc.gov.ph/articles.asp?sid=4&aid=3702

Before releasing the result of July 2010 Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists, the Professional Regulation Commission calrified the recent issue of the alleged sanction/blacklisting of  Filipino Physical Therapists in the United States. In a signed document posted on PRC's official website, PRC Charirman NICOLAS P. LAPEÑA JR clarified that "contrary to public perception, the suspension of the exam is not a ban nor a blacklist or a sanction as reported. Rather, it is a necessary action by the Federation of State Boards for Physical Therapy (FSBPT) to ensure that the next set of examination does not include compromised questions and this preparation can take at least a year to implement". Image via Wikipedia The said document also mentioned the result of the investigation as to the cause of the said suspension. To read the full document follow the link to the PRC news page. http://www.prc.gov.ph/articles.asp?sid=4&aid=3705

Image via Wikipedia If you want information about personal finance , you can easily key in any money related keyword to Google or Yahoo search and the list of result would be astoundingly long. Yes, personal finance advice is one of the most popular topics in the web. And because of its extreme popularity, you will surely find it hard to sort out which ones are credible and which ones were applicable to your situation. Now, with respect to personal finance in context to the Philippine setting, I found this blog really useful and practical. I was referring to the blog by Francisco J Colayco published through GMA news website. For those who don't know Mr. Colayco, he is the author of the bestselling book series " Wealth Within Your Reach - Pera Mo, Palaguin Mo! ” He is also an experienced business man and regularly conducts seminars on personal finance. He is also the chairman of Colayco Foundation for Education which aims to increase Filipinos' literacy regarding person...

Continuation of my bad experience from using Globe Tattoo. .. And here comes the next day. I loaded my Globe Tattoo with 100 pesos and registered. Guess what? NO REPLY, FAILURE REGISTRATION. I then decided to call globe and ask for an explanation and assistance. On my first attempt, a male agent picked the call and said that there’s currently a traffic surge on my location and that users may experience denied registration requests. He said that it will just take a few minutes and the system will normalize again. He advised me to try again later and ask an apology for inconvenience. OK, after five minutes, I tried again, same results. Ten minutes, same result. One hour after, same outcome. I called again. This time the agent told that there’s no problem in the system and I may just need to try again. I said that I keep on trying since the last time I called and with the same outcome. The agent then generated a report for investigation and gave me the reference number. He a...

I had this bad experience with Globe tattoo plug-it internet connection. Last week, I saw a billboard advertising Globe Tattoo’s latest promo: One Day Unlimited Internet Surfing for 50 pesos! At first glance, I found it very interesting. The reason is that one day unlimited surfing fits my internet usage. I think that one month unlimited internet is way beyond my needs. One day unlimited is just enough especially since I just use internet during weekends. With high level of excitement, last weekend, I loaded my Globe Tattoo with 60 pesos. When I tried registering, by typing SUPERSUF50 and then sending it to 888, I always receive a message saying that my request cannot be entertained for the moment and they requested me to try again later. I tried again several times and I got the same reply. I decided then to stop registering and let an hour pass before trying again. Two hours have already passed before I tried to register again. This time though, after sending the key message, I...

It was Monday morning. I opened my Gmail account and found a strange message: an email message from my Yahoo! mail account. The actual email message is shown below. Subject: RE hey, how are you ? Just received my iphone "3"gs 32gb from this website. www. deouer.com , much cheaper than others and genuine . if you would like to get one,you can check it out, Regards, (my name) Note : DO NOT ATTEMPT OT VISIT THE SITE MENTIONED IN THE SPAM MAIL ABOVE. IT CAN BE DANGEROUS. I immediately accessed my Yahoo! Mail and found out the disaster. Somebody had accessed my account without my knowledge and sent spam messages to ALL MY CONTACTS. Some of them even replied and asking if what I sent is really true. Of course, I replied and explained what happened. Image via Wikipedia To further the damage, I also found out that ALL MY MESSAGES, (Inbox, Sent, Draft, and Spam) has been DELETED. Also, my ENTIRE CONTACT LIST has been DELETED. How to Fix Hacked Yahoo Account? After realizi...

UPDATE : This is not a scam, as many commenters claim. But this is a SPAM, unsolicited text message. Below is the actual message I received from a person who introduced himself as Hector Gaylican. He used this mobile number: 09122549675. “Greetings! This is Hector Gaylican of COCOPLANS INC. We are proudly informing you that you are chosen as one of our lucky recipients who are entitled to claim a two year SCHOLARSHIP CERT. GRANT and FREE HEALTHWAY CARD plus RAFFLE COUPON. Your security claiming code is (MVS-26436-CCP) ABSOLUTELY FREE! You may claim your certificate on June 21 to 22, 2010 in our Makati redemption center. Please call @ Tel. # 8562317/8563145/8563854 between 10am-5pm. Thanks and God bless.” The above SMS message is more likely a scam since it has the elements of a scam such as: 1. It didn’t mention MY NAME! It is more likely that the scammer is targeting guessed mobile numbers. 2. It is a TEXT (SMS) Message and NOT A CALL. There’s more credibility in...