tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319676302011-11-28T09:06:57.377+08:00Welcome! You'll find here day to day development of taiwanpinoy.com website. You will also find some ideas that may or may not be added in taiwanpinoy site, and news that affects OFWs/OCWs in general. For those who have not come across TaiwanPinoy yet, www.taiwanpinoy.com is Filipino's resource site about working and living in Taiwan. Non-Filipino readers may also benefit from the insights, and enjoy high quality travel photos in the website. Welcome everyone!!TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-90330453890155395382007-10-15T23:31:00.000+08:002007-10-15T23:54:00.732+08:00

Note: I am posting as part of the Blog Action Day movement. This blog is one of thousands of blogs talking about the environment on October 15, 2007.My post may be almost late, as it's just a few minutes and Blog Action Day movement is over. So I'm going to make straight and simple. I got nothing much to write anyway, but I may make an outrageous claim.Save The Planet. It's everywhere. You'll

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We've learned that 9 years maximum working stay of foreign workers, commulative, is already in effect starting July 11, 2007.The effectivity of 9 years will have 2 fold effect, both desirable and not. Those who have exhausted their 6 years, they have 3 more years (of course). First timers will surely be sidelined for a while, since Taiwan companies will most likely opt to recall their old

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We've learned that 9 years maximum working stay of foreign workers is already in effect starting July 11, 2007.The effectivity of 9 years will have 2 fold effect, both desirable and not. First, those who have exhausted their 6 years, they have 3 more years (of course). First timers will surely be sidelined for a while, since Taiwan companies will most likely opt to recall their old employees,

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-79745473238300546712007-06-25T01:32:00.000+08:002007-06-25T02:18:10.694+08:00

Starting next month, July 1, 2007, Alien Residence Certificate (ARC) will be issued in a card with embedded microchip. Taiwan's National Immigration Agency (NIA) will implement moving to new ARC in two phases.In phase 1, all renewal and new applications of ARC will be issued with the card with embedded microchip. It will be effective from July 1 to Dec 31, 2007. Phase 2 will be implemented the

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Quick update here.I've been scouring the news of the past few days and I can't seem to find update of the 9 yr maximum working years. However, I was told by some manager who employs Filipino workers in their factory that the law isn't effective yet. It was just approved by the CLA, but haven't been signed yet by "upper" officials of the Taiwan government. I was also told reassuringly that it will

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Again, I've been in hibernation lately. Now we're back with a good news!On May 30,2007, the maximum working limit for foreign workers in Taiwan has been extended to 9 years from the previous 6 years limit.It is said that it is a compromise to the request of some 15,000 companies in Taiwan to totally remove the working-length limit. The 9 years limit is approved by the Legislative Yuan over

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-16675176185299132752007-04-13T22:29:00.000+08:002007-06-25T01:17:43.612+08:00

Days pass so quickly. I barely noticed it, it has been a month since my last post, and I haven't written anything eversince.Actually, I got lost, inside blogger.com itself.Few days after my last post, I intend to write again. But when I logged-in to blogger, everything is in Chinese! I can mutter a few Mandarin when I need to, and somehow decode about 200 Chinese character just enough so I don't

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How's everyone? Apologies for not posting for quite some time. I have been reassigned to a new job and it took me sometime to catch up. I have been spending up to midnight at work, and when I'm home, I simply have to sleep to work again the next day. Anyway, I was able to cover some events in Taipei recently (Lantern Festival, and Yanmingshan Flower Festival). Yanmingshan Flower Festival runs

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The 1st week of 2007 is over, and we have quite a few interesting things. Some are exciting, and we have a little disappointing one.First, we took part of the revelry in Taipei 101 for the 2007 New Year Countdown; second, THSRC is now finally in commercial operation. Third, and one that does not look like a good news, the release of visa for OFW coming to Taiwan is still slow.Each of these news

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-29835288979441982732006-12-31T03:10:00.000+08:002007-01-08T01:41:32.719+08:00

Happy New Year 2007 to all! It's the year of the pig.I also would like also to greet you with the Philippines' 3 Major Languages --Manigong Bagong Taon sa inyong lahat!Malipayong Bag-ong Tuig sa inyong tanan!Narang-ay nga Baro nga Tawen kanyayo amin!Of course we'd include a little lesson in Mandarin. In Mandarin, it is written asThe characters are read: Hsin Nyen Kuai Le ; and translated as Hsin=

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The quake in Southern Taiwan yesterday, Dec.26, caused only 2 fatalities and 42 injured but Taiwan and the rest of the world now face disrupted telecommunications. The quake damaged almost 60% of undersea telecommunication cables; call handling capabilities in and out of Taiwan has been reduced to almost 50%. The impact is being felt in Japan, china, Hongkong, Phils, US, Europe, Middle East,

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First: On Dec.24, THSRC has been given the green light to operate commercially. Fares are not officially anounced yet. There are speculations that tickets will cost 30% cheaper than air ticket, and 50% more expensive than bus fare. That rounds to about NT$1200.Second: Two strong quakes hit Taiwan between 8:00 and 9:00 PM yesterday, Dec.26. There are two major tremors measuring 7.1 and 7.0

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It would have been a real Merry Christmas but I was just a witness of an incomprehensible manner of a "kapwa Pinoy" AGAINST another a few minutes before Noche Buena.I just witnessed how some Dormitory Matrons repressively treat OFWs. Many OFW's in Taiwan has to endure some difficult treatment sometimes (many times?). I don't know if I am at the wrong place at the wrong time. But I guess I was at

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Finger printing for Pinoys (all foreigners actually) for their Alien Residence Certificate (ARC) will be reduced to left and right thumbs only. The old rule is to finger print all of the left and right hand fingers, much like the Philippine's NBI does. We knew that Taiwanese government workers are efficient and quick people (much the opposite of what we have in the Philippines) and they're still

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Sen Tan Jie Kuai Le! That's Merry Christmas in Mandarin, the most widely spoken language in the world. I could sense your eyebrow raising on that claim. Yes, English is only second to Mandarin in the number of speakers. If ever your teacher once told you that English is the most widely spoken language, not really. Well, not necessarily false. It may be, if we count the number of countries with a

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-51387634696246058202006-12-09T16:42:00.000+08:002006-12-09T17:04:21.554+08:00

Seems that TaiwanPinoy.com is one of the most read site about the subject "Pinoy" and "Taiwan". The planet's 2 biggest search engines says it...Google:Yahoo:

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A few days back we visited Taipei 101 yet again. But we didn't settle on the outside taking shots and straining our necks looking up and down. This time we have to bid goodbye to $US100 for a ticket on the earth's fastest elevator ever (well, at least for now), and shot up to the buildings 89th floor where the Observatory Deck is. And yes, shot up, literally.Taipei 101 has the world's fastest

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Last week there was a flurry of news of the about-to-be operation of Taiwan's High-Speed Rail. It was said that THSR will finally open to the public on the last week of December, this year. But, commonplace with high-risk public utilities like it, some safety concerns are raised (by the Taiwan Government) because of some derailment accidents during the trial runs. The Taiwan Government imposed a

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We've just been on the weekends in Ilan, on the Northeast Coast of Taiwan. Beautiful scenery, tasty food, and friendly people....awesome place. Plus, we had a taste of passing through the world's 5th longest tunnel (at 12.5km) on our way back to Taipei. Great weekends!Now that I'm sober, I realize I haven't made a substantial job in uploading photos from Taichung to TaiwanPinoy site and we have

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This news maybe a little late. But I'm just curious how informed our DOLE Officials are. Read the complete news in newsflash.org. What is intriguing is that the news says a DOLE official said:"After a three-year contract, foreign workers, including Filipinos, are no longer allowed to return for employment in Taiwan"...Three years? That was so years ago. At present the maximum allowed by Taiwan

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-71129503168338005592006-11-20T01:03:00.000+08:002006-12-12T00:08:54.056+08:00

Do you know what a Milefo is? Milefo is simply The Laughing Buddha. You've seen it many times, usually a few inches high. How about a few storeys high? We've been recently in Taichung, the 3rd largest city of Taiwan (after Taipei and Kaoshiung), and home of the largest Laughing Buddha (sample pic below). Keep tab on taiwanpinoy.com, Taichung photos are coming very soon.

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I have this very interesting file sitting on my hard drive for some months now whose source I can't recall, I figure it's good to share it. I suppose it is not copyrighted, if so I surmise I could be forgiven for posting it in the spirit of keeping the Filipino spirit alive. Read on, feel good, smile....THE BETTER SIDE OF THE PHILIPPINESThe following was written by INTEL General Manager Robin

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Have you heard of social bookmarking? Well, maybe you are familiar with bookmarks already. We're talking about the bookmark feature of your browser wherein your browser stores or remembers a URL ( webpage address ). Since your browser has storedxxx

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Keelung Pics now on TaiwanPinoy.com. See it now!If you want a more specific destination, get it here: Keelung Harbor, Taiwan's 2nd biggest seaport. Heping Island Park Shiandong Cave Baimiwang Fort Jungjeng Park

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Good news. A representative of TECO in Manila has confirmed that there is no ban of Filipino workers (OFW/OCW) in Taiwan. The representative said that the delays are caused by fake documents of applicants making verification longer, but will be back to normal once the problems are solved. It is consistent to the recent denial by CLA of the news released by the Philippines' Association of

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Here's a little late news, excerpt from INQ7 today (11/04/06, http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=30445 ) The PASEI (Phil Association of Service Exporters Inc.) is asking POEA to implement a “ladderized” salary system to Filipino domestic workers instead of 100% salary increase from $200 to $400. PASEI proposed $200, $300, $400 salaries depending on

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-75916074697844746992006-11-14T20:58:00.000+08:002006-11-15T02:11:25.889+08:00

Recently we added links to websites that may be of interest to all Pinoys in Taiwan. The list will be updated as we gather more information. For now, TaiwanPinoy.com has links to the sites listed below. Check it out here. If you know any links that may be useful to Pinoys in Taiwan, please email to taiwanpinoy@yahoo.com. Taiwan Information LinksGovernment Information Office, Taiwan Information

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Here's another news from a Philippine online news that hopefully put to rest the rumors that Filipinoes are banned in Taiwan.DOLE Sec. Arturo Brion released a statement that Taiwan's Council Labor of Affairs (CLA) confirmed that there is no imposed ban to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW).Read the full news excerpt here ( in Tagalog ): http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/nov1206/ba2.htmBy all means it's

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The two conflicting news elicits disconcerting feeling about what the agency in the Philippines are up to. The CLA got nothing to lose should they not bother denying, and CLA's question is only about the legitimacy of documentations of Fil workers which does not take much to comply to.If the news is a reaction from CLA's recent move to impose tighter control on visa approvals, it sounds like an

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-22219201803416255502006-11-14T00:43:00.000+08:002006-11-15T02:14:59.874+08:00

(please read previous post "Taiwan shuts doors on Filipino workers" if you haven't done so).Which is which now? Here's another news excerpt contradicting published ban of Fil workers by Taiwan CLA (Council Of Labor Affairs). Also note that few days ago, TaiwanPinoy posted news about some changes of Taiwan's rule regarding acceptance of Fil workers -- particular interest is the change of visa

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-1163355277510014822006-11-13T02:10:00.000+08:002006-11-15T02:22:43.602+08:00

Got this news last week via email from a friend. It is published in ABS-CBN News website. Please read the complete news in the URL provided. Can't post the whole content here for fear of website plagiarism or copyright infringement and the like.Filipino domestic helpers and other skilled workers will be barred from working in Taiwan starting next year. Last week, Taiwan’s Council of Labor

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-1161627677244755342006-10-24T02:07:00.000+08:002006-11-14T01:09:55.289+08:00

We've been out for almost 2 months. Well, www.taiwanpinoy.com is back. The site was redesigned, and now packs more information about working and living in Taiwan.Check out the updated Taiwan Helpline, Answers to Frequent Questions, and as promised, our Travel Photos. It's a no click photo viewing, surely you'll love it. Our photo gallery now has Taipei photos only, and pics from Keelung (Taiwan's

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-1155310363516315892006-08-11T23:01:00.000+08:002006-11-13T02:13:46.285+08:00

We've partially covered Taipei. We already have high resolution pics from major tourists spots, except Yangmingshan Park and Snake Alley in Wanhua District.We are adviced that the best time to get to Yanmingshan is on the spring when flower attractions come to full bloom. So, we'll wait for spring then.How about Snake Alley? Well, probably many has heared of it yet. Wanhua District is where the

TaiwanPinoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577166508851980247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967630.post-1154966483433003442006-08-07T23:57:00.000+08:002006-11-13T02:13:46.137+08:00

To build TaiwanPinoy's Virtual Tour section, we decided to tour Taiwan. Yes friends, we're touring Taiwan!!We'll bring you high resolution pics from all over Taiwan, exclusively in TaiwanPinoy! Every destination will be posted in this blog. See you there!!!

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Alright! Here it is folks! Finally...:) I needed several tries to finally upload this snapshot. Nothing much really. Just a more organized layout. TaiwanPinoy is still a work in progress.Keep tab on us...

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We are supposed to post here a screenshot of the new TaiwanPinoy site, but I am getting "connection reset" message. It persists even if I have resized the image. Sorry folks, need to figure it out...

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