More job opportunities in the US, according to POEA

The United States may really be on the rebound. The Philippines Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said there will be more jobs in the US this year. Employment opportunities in the US would be mostly in the construction and oil industries, POEA said.
US is once again opening its doors to foreign workers, more than a year [...]

January 2, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Career, Corporations, Employment, Government, Job Opportunities, OFWs, Opportunities, Philippines, economy  One Comment

iRemit to provide remittance services to OFWs in Europe

The largest Filipino-owned non-bank remittance company has further widen its customer base of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
iRemit was able to secure license to do business in Europe.
The remittance company stated in its disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange advising them of the registration of iRemit Europe in the general list of financial intermediaries as a [...]

November 26, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Corporations, Customer Service, OFWs, Philippine business news, Philippines, e-commerce, economy, finance, money  No Comments

Republic Act 9505 or the PERA Act of 2008

A new law that hopes to encourage Filipinos to invest more of their savings in high yield products has been signed recently. The PERA Law or Personal Equity and Retirement Account will be implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) next year.
BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr., one of the signatories of the implementing [...]

October 22, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Government, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, finance, investments, money  No Comments