Archive for July, 2008

Dial before you dig – A costly incident

Parties involved in the costly incident of a broken fiber-optic cable communication backbone were pointing fingers to each other, trying to evade any blame on the incident.
The broken fiber-optic cable have cause a communication blackout in Queensland causing failures in land-basedtelephone, mobile phone, bank transactions, internet and other online dependent businesses.
The affected groups are planning to file [...]

Tips to Pinoy Jobseekers

There were incidents of Pinoy working overseas being exploited in Australia. One of the most celebrated one is the case of the forty (40) Filipino welders which was treated like dogs. They were underpaid, no overtime pay, overcharge on rental and transportation, got sacked when they joined the union, etc.
To prevent similar incidents from [...]

50,000 Jobs for Filipinos

South Australia will be hiring about 50,000 skilled Filipino workers to be deployed to differenct South Australian companies.
Recent visit of Deputy Premier Kevin Foley to the Philippines have signed on a memorandum of understanding between the Philippines and Australian government to streamline the immigration process.
The agreement was modelled to a similar agreement previously signed between [...]

Queensland Communication Blackout

The state of Queensland today experience a communication blackout due to an accidental damaged fiber-optic cable in Gold Coast. Landlines and mobile phones experience a blackout this morning due to this incident.
The significant of this incident is that anybody who wants to paralise communication, internet or bank transactions just need to focus on the communication [...]

Pinoy sa Australian Idol

Many Australian Filipinos are trying their best to pass the auditions of Australian Idol.
The Australian Idol television show will air in a few weeks time.
We wish you all the best. Yes, the Filipino can!