Archive for February, 2009


The Simpsons animator is Emmy-winning Filipino

February 20th, 2009

Meet Jess Espanola, the Emmy award-winning assistant director of the popular animated TV show, The Simpsons. He is also the first native Filipino to win such a prestigious award, deemed as the television counterpart of the Oscars.
Espanola, 49, won for the episode, “Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind,” which was broadcast on December 16, 2007 [...]


Award Wining Manager in Dubai

February 7th, 2009

Filemon Samiley of Makati decided to work abroad to seek greener pastures and improve his skills.He first worked in Abu Dhabi as a Supervisor. While working, he took a qualifying exam to be a Manager or Supervisor in Dubai and successfully passed the test.
His passing mark paved the way for greater employment opportunities. The qualifying [...]


Top Filipino salesman in Saudi

February 7th, 2009

Perlito, or Pupung as friends call him, thought he will be able to get his dream job right after graduating in college. However, the ambitious lad from Negros Oriental realized that most of the companies where he had worked failed to satisfy him. He was seeking for more.
Nonetheless, when a window of opportunity opened, he [...]


Microsoft launches project for Filipino software start-ups

February 7th, 2009

Microsoft Philippines recently launched BizSpark, a program that intends to provide development tools to Filipino software start-up companies at no upfront cost.
The project’s beneficiaries will be identified by Microsoft’s local partners such as the the Commission of Information and Communications Technology (CICT), the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), the newly-formed National ICT Conference of the [...]


Pinoy cooks up Obama pandesal in California

February 5th, 2009

Call it any way you want - gimmickry in enterprise or hilarious hard sell - but a businesswoman has concocted the “Obama Pan de Sal,” her way of paying tribute to the first US President of color.
The Obama Pan de Sal is available in two kinds: the plain, bite-size rolls and the buns stuffed with [...]


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