MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 11, 2013) – The Philippine Embassy in Abuja held the third Business Seminar dubbed as “Look Better, Develop your Career” and was attended by at least 60 participants, including overseas Filipino workers, among others.
The event was highlighted by the presentations of Wede Wallace Edherue, entitled Dress for Success: The Key to Your Financial Future. Edherue touched on personal and career development, dealing with job interviews and starting a business.
Edherue is the founder of Wallace and Associates, a real estate and property management company based in Maryland, U.S.A, and the International Rainbow Foundation in Liberia.
Evelyn Bariyat Abrakson demonstrated techniques on facial care and face make-over. Abrakson is the owner of the Bariatsbrushstrokz in Abuja and has participated in the Theory and Practical Application of Aribase Make-up Glasgow in England.
Officer-in-Charge Anita dela Cruz acknowledged the presence of the guests and speakers, and mentioned that Ambassador Alex Lamadrid is on official travel to the Philippines to attend a very significant conference. She hoped that the participants will attend the Embassy’s next seminars.
The organizer of the event, Economic and Information Officer Nadjefah Mangondaya emphasized that the main objective of the Embassy in conducting business seminars is to encourage OFWs to avail of the Reintegration Program of President Benigno Aquino. She distributed a news article entitled “Labor Department Encourages OFWs to Avail of Government Loan and Start a Business”.
Another highlight of the seminar was the showing of the video on Pag-IBIG Fund services and disseminating of information kits to OFWs.
Mangondaya informed the OFWs that there are around 50 workers in Nigeria who were registered since the Embassy started the Pag-IBIG campaign in Nigeria in 2011.
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