Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Loyalty pays off
An OFW worth emulating. The following article is taken from inq7.net. All rights reserved by inq7.net.
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Loyalty pays off for Filipina in Singapore
First posted 07:43am (Mla time) Aug 17, 2005
By Leila B. Salaverria
Inquirer News Service
PERSEVERANCE and loyalty have its rewards.
For the last 13 years, Filipina Jourgina Dagoplo has been working as a domestic helper in Singapore for the same family. Now, she is moving up with the help of her long-time employers.
Dagoplo has been offered a two-year job as technician at well-known electronics firm IBM, according to Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas.
Dagoplo landed her new job after graduating from Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education, which she attended with the help of Dr. Richard Ng and his family, who paid for her tuition.
She attended night classes at the institute for two years and graduated from an electronics course this July.
As IBM technician, the 32-year-old Filipina from Mindanao will be earning twice her 520-dollar salary as domestic helper and will be working from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Singapore-based labor attaché Merriam Cuasay said Dagoplo has applied for her change of work permit from Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower. After the approval of her permit, she will start working at IBM.
But despite having a new job, Dagoplo will continue to stay at the Ng residence, said Cuasay. Dagoplo told the press in Singapore that she would continue to do household chores in her free time as a show of gratitude to the family who sent her to school.
Sto. Tomas praised Dagoplo for her hard work and trustworthiness and said she should be emulated.
“Dagoplo has apparently exhibited industry, honesty, and other remarkable traits that won for her the trust and affection of her employers who supported her quest for higher education to uplift her life and her status. Her story should inspire other OFWs [overseas Filipino workers] to aim for a better life while working abroad,” she said in a statement.
Sto. Tomas said the country’s labor offices overseas would also devise programs to encourage OFWs to pursue educational activities abroad for their personal advancement. ¶ 10:16 PM
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Loyalty pays off for Filipina in Singapore
First posted 07:43am (Mla time) Aug 17, 2005
By Leila B. Salaverria
Inquirer News Service
PERSEVERANCE and loyalty have its rewards.
For the last 13 years, Filipina Jourgina Dagoplo has been working as a domestic helper in Singapore for the same family. Now, she is moving up with the help of her long-time employers.
Dagoplo has been offered a two-year job as technician at well-known electronics firm IBM, according to Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas.
Dagoplo landed her new job after graduating from Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education, which she attended with the help of Dr. Richard Ng and his family, who paid for her tuition.
She attended night classes at the institute for two years and graduated from an electronics course this July.
As IBM technician, the 32-year-old Filipina from Mindanao will be earning twice her 520-dollar salary as domestic helper and will be working from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Singapore-based labor attaché Merriam Cuasay said Dagoplo has applied for her change of work permit from Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower. After the approval of her permit, she will start working at IBM.
But despite having a new job, Dagoplo will continue to stay at the Ng residence, said Cuasay. Dagoplo told the press in Singapore that she would continue to do household chores in her free time as a show of gratitude to the family who sent her to school.
Sto. Tomas praised Dagoplo for her hard work and trustworthiness and said she should be emulated.
“Dagoplo has apparently exhibited industry, honesty, and other remarkable traits that won for her the trust and affection of her employers who supported her quest for higher education to uplift her life and her status. Her story should inspire other OFWs [overseas Filipino workers] to aim for a better life while working abroad,” she said in a statement.
Sto. Tomas said the country’s labor offices overseas would also devise programs to encourage OFWs to pursue educational activities abroad for their personal advancement. ¶ 10:16 PM
