Last March 19, our company, Tristar, conducted the Quarterly Safety Meeting (QSM) where our heavy duty truck drivers were reminded by our Group HSEQ Manager M.S. Sridhar to drive safely during Ramadan. We also had Dubai Policeman Omar...
I missed joining my work colleagues who participated at the Al Noor Training Centre for Persons with Disabilities ‘Superhero Walk for Inclusion 2023’ last March 4. I was not feeling well due to a cough viral infection....
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD). The theme for this year is ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’. The United Nations (UN) recognizes and celebrates the women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative...
Last Friday, February 24, I planted my second mangrove tree in the UAE. My colleague, Raj Rajasekar, who is the vice chairman of our company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Committee, and I attended the One Million...
We conducted a Zoom session last February 18 afternoon for our CFC Community in the UAE on updates of the products and services offered by the Social Security System (SSS) and the Home Development Mutual Fund or...
People do not just celebrate Valentine’s Day in February. They also celebrate reunions. Perhaps February is the month where global airfares are at the lowest as there are many reunions in the Philippines.
I had been writing every week about reintegration at the start of 2023. I’m sure you, dear readers, would like to read another topic this time. How about retirement? Well, retirement will eventually come for sure. I...
In my previous columns about reintegrating back into Philippine society, most of those I interviewed said it took them some time to adjust to the daily life in the homeland. But with my three friends or ‘brothers’...
I am writing this for couples who are living and working together overseas and who are already planning to reintegrate back into Philippine society. I am thankful that my subject, ex-Gulf News reporter Janice ‘Jaja’ Ponce de...
This is my 3rd weekly column for 2023 and again my topic is about reintegration. You see by May 28 this year we would have been living and working in the UAE for 22 full years. We arrived...
