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AGNES Pagaduan has spent more than half of her life working with Philippine Airlines. She has been working in the airline company for 29 years now and like any other ordinary employee, she started at the bottom before she achieved her dream position which is the Country Manager. She was assigned overseas in 2015 in Jakarta Indonesia as the country manager. This was her first assignment overseas. A year after, she was reassigned in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with the same position. This time she oversees the operations, logistics, develop new business, and ensure profitability. “Working abroad is a great opportunity for me as not everybody is given that kind of once-in-a-lifetime experience,” she said. Right after graduating in college, she started working in the same airline company. When asked…

RIGHT after she graduated BS Hotel & Restaurant Management in the Philippines, she has decided to carve her own destiny in Abu Dhabi, hoping to score a job in the hotel industry. However, after pondering for quite some time, she realized that it wasn’t the path she intended to push through. Irish Joy Perez has worked first as document controller for one of the biggest construction companies in the capital and other jobs before she co-founded and become the CEO of Instorya, a mobile app that aims to help users to easily create photo books. Among of her previous jobs in the UAE include being a personal assistant in the legal department of one of the major holding companies in Abu Dhabi and executive legal assistant to a public listed…

AS what the legendary Greek God Zeus said, a true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the size of his heart. Living with these words is the Kuwaiti-based Filipino Dennis Nama Rata who was one of the recipients of the 2018 Bagong Bayani Awards for Community and Social Services, worldwide search for exemplary overseas Filipino workers. The Filipino hero has now been working in the Middle East for six years now as aluminum technician cum steel welder. Get to know more Rata, the bagong bayani in Kuwait: Tell us more about yourself. To describe myself, I am God-fearing person and a loving and supportive family member. I came here in Kuwait in 2014 to work as an aluminum technician but I was assigned in the…

EVERY successful man’s story starts from their creative imagination of who they want to become. This is the case of UAE-based Filipino Ma. Luchille when she went back to the drawing board and kept improving herself while working and living abroad to chase after her dreams. Currently, she is working in the procurement department as a procurement associate in a luxury car dealership company, using her innate talent in negotiation, relationship and time management and strategic thinking skills to overcome all the challenges. While working full-time, she and her partner are already taking baby steps in stabilizing their business that offers perfect blends of personalized scents through LBE Fragrances. Get to know her more on how she follows her dreams and how she didn’t lose the last straw: Tell us…

TAKING care of animals has always been her passion. When asked about her future plans after her OFW journey, Senior Manager for Events at Rove Hotels Bianca Litonjua said she’s in the process of starting to build an animal sanctuary on some remote places in the Philippines and save the voiceless animals. The animal advocate makes it a habit to feed the stray cats and dogs in Dubai during her free time or day off. She has been in the UAE for 12 years now and managing all the events happening across the six places owned by the Rovel Hotels. Through the years, she has developed and nurtured her team and operations from the scratch. Get to know more Litonjua below as we exclusively interview her recently: Tell us more…

TONIKO Martinez is a single mom who has been living in Japan for over two decades. A self-taught artist, she preferred painting using acrylic and draw using colored pencils. Currently, she is earning from painting on bags with people’s faces and imaginary people as well. Art has always been a medium to express her struggles of being a single mom, balancing career and childcare. Martinez is presently working as a career adviser for a Japanese recruitment agency. Since she can speak six languages, she was assigned to be the person in charge of foreign applicants. “I have been drawing since I was five. My parents used to work in an international cargo ship. I and my brother were taken care of by our aunt who used to run a small…

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ONE of the reasons why Engineer Baby Boy Francisco Boton founded the biggest fraternity of mountain bikers in the UAE is to unite and reach out into the community, especially to those who are in need. To date, the organization has over 1,000 members with 12 different sub-groups. The founder and chairman of the UAE MTB Juemeirah was formally established in 2012, making them the only biking group accredited by the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai and authorized by the Dubai Sports Council. Aside from riding their bicycles off-road or over rough terrain, Boton’s group also promotes and encourages Filipinos to engage in biking and cycling and conducting a series of social and charity works in the host country and in the Philippines. Get to know more Boton personally: Tell…

FOR her, to be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive – and making everyone he touches a little bit better. Riyadh-based Cheryll de Guzman-Mortela is not only working in the four corners of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) as nursing retention officer, she is also actively immersing herself in helping organizations in the Philippines that help the youths and helping her kabayans in the Kingdom through financial literacy training so they won’t go back home empty-handed. Mortela has already spent almost two decades of her life living and working abroad. She also became one of the brains of Saudi Cardiac Nurses Group in Saudi which aims to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases in Saudi Arabia. Get to know her more with our Q&A…

For him, a vision without action is just a daydream and action without vision is a nightmare. Saudi Arabia-based Venecio Vocalos Legaspi needed to pursue and fulfil bigger dreams as his family with 11 siblings face the many challenges daily. Growing up with only limited means, the Waray had managed to graduate valedictorian in elementary; salutatorian in high school, and finally obtained a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, major in Accounting from the University of Eastern Philippines in 1988. Legaspi has now been working and living in Saudi Arabia for 27 years now and currently working as the Vice President, Head of Compensation and Benefits at the Bank of AlJazira. The provincial boy has made it to the top in the international area as the only Filipino who rose from…

FLIGHT attendants by nature have genuine concern for others. It may be because of the nature of work, but they always have the biggest concern. Before embarking as an Economy Supervisor Cabin Crew for flydubai, Cheneil Jordana Monreal has already been responsible for the comfort, safety and welfare of her family members since she is the eldest daughter in the family. Monreal can still vividly recall 10 years ago when she was hired by the government-owned budget airline as a cabin crew. “It has been almost 10 wonderful years of working in this company that I consider my second home in the UAE,” she added. Before going to Dubai, she was part of a dance group in the Philippines that aims to inspire and spread the love for the Philippines…

Filipino educator Rex Venard Bacarra has predicted that he wouldn’t make it in life due to the never-ending unfortunate events. Before working as the dean of General Education at the American College of Dubai and a recurring Digital Faculty consultant at the prestigious McGraw Hill, he recalled on his Facebook post how he became homeless for three years while juggling odd jobs in wet markets and professional jobs. “I came from a poor province in the Philippines. During my time, it was normal for my generation to risk being in the capital of my country, Manila, to seek the proverbial greener pasture,” he retold, noting that he was only 19 at that time. The educator described his family in a capsule: his mother, a teacher, died when he was 6,…

HE believes that every journey can herald a betoken light of destination. Josh Yugen went to the UAE in 2007 to work as a sales and marketing executive for a trading company but his love for writing prevailed. While working full-time, he worked for big and distinguished magazines and publications such as ITP, Motivate and Prestige Publishing. He became the one of the features writers for En Route Middle East Magazine and eventually became their features editor. Yugen calls it a ‘lucky day’ when he was hired as the first Filipino English editor for Dubai’s DRFE under DTCM or Dubai Retails and Festivals Establishments. While working in the Dubai government, he was also busy building an empire. And while building an empire, he met his first Emirati partner for his…

HEALTH professionals across the world are receiving the lion’s share of public recognition for their life-saving role in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. Just like any frontliners, UAE-based Red Cloud Decaleng Capuyan is also in the thick of the battle, still hopeful, whatever the cost. The Filipino nurse is serving under the COVID-19 Response Project, which he considers as the highlight of his career, to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. “This COVID-19 pandemic has brought us into a new world that will forever affect humankind. We’ve witnessed stories of survival, triumph and self-realization from those recovered patients, ordinary citizens and brave frontliners,” he said. Getting to know more Capuyan: Tell us something about yourself. I am a proud Igorot from the Cordillera Administration Region. I…

THE way to the top is quite hard sometimes but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Living in Dubai for over a decade now, Divina Singian Jimenez has achieved big responsibilities that pushed her out of her comfort zone. She has come a long way since she arrived in the city, a place she considers ‘a land of opportunities.’ From working as a simple site secretary, she is now a part-owner of a milk tea outlet in Dubai while working a full-time deputy general manager for a leading steel trading and construction supply company. After finishing her bachelor’s degree in Finance and Managerial Accounting, she immediately got married and worked as a bookkeeper in a multi-purpose cooperative pharmacy in a government-owned hospital while his husband worked as a musician. Admittedly, their…

A GOOD photographer has an eye for detail, but a great photographer like Oscar Rialubin has all the combined desirable qualities every great photographer should have – because it shows to his resume. The Filipino based in UAE is an award-winning photographer known for shooting urban landscape and architecture. Currently, he is working as a photographer and a videographer for a private company. From a long list of accomplishments, few of his recent photos were awarded as first place on the Focus On The Story Awards 2019, bronze for Tokyo International Foto Awards 2019 for Architecture-Building category and one of the winners in Qatar Ramadan Photo Contest 2019. After finishing his bachelor’s degree in architecture in the Philippines, he started his career as architectural designer/renderer before working as a 3D…

IF there are only a few words to describe her, it would be a pessimistic person. She always looks at the bright side and answering all the opportunities knocking at her door. Rouchele R. Esteban is a licensed midwife, turned doctors’ assistant, turned sales lady, turned flight attendant at one of the biggest airline companies in the world. “Now, my present job as a flight attendant gives me the opportunity to travel across the world, provide service to travelers while enjoying the best of traveling,” she said. Before working abroad, she worked as a sales lady first at two popular malls in the Philippines. After passing the licensure exam for midwifery, she got engaged with various medical centres and hospitals in the Philippines while working non-stop from assisting prominent specialists,…

A message from Mr. Gabriel John Rimando Filipino Institute Founder and President You did not only brave a storm. You definitely braved a pandemic. Despite all the hurdles, you were able to fulfill your dreams and goals – be educated and use the time to be productive. May your new achievement unlock many doors for you. A message from Mrs. Camille Joy Franco-Rimando Filipino Institute CEO We may never have physical graduation rites, but we are so proud of you. Congratulations on your achievements. Wishing you all the best for your future endeavors. FILIPINO INSTITUTE BATCH 3 TOP STUDENTS…