4
Jul

Drug Education for All

Author: jps61974

Drug education has become part of the Philippine curriculum since the late 80s. We were in high school when the subject was introduced. It was also the time the Philippine government recognized the need to educate the youth about the ill effects of using drugs.

The educational system was still doing great at that time because the incidence of drug addiction decreased for a while until it became a national concern in the mid-90s.

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26
Jun

This post is going to be a first of a series - Free Resume Templates in Microsoft Word format. The following are ready for download by jobseekers in the health sciences particularly Nurses and Pharmacists.

I hope this little project of mine in this blog will help some of you out there looking for a good resume that you can use in applying for a job.

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22
Jun

I have been developing websites for 6 years and posting articles on blogs for less than a year now. One critical factor in a site’s success is the reliability of the servers of its web host. My sites were deranked for keywords I have ranked high for many months because of a server error. One time my serer was down for a few minutes but those few minutes were the same moments in time when the Google and Yahoo bots came to crawl my sites.

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19
Jun

Learning How to be Patient

Author: jps61974

Today, it’s my schedule to renew my professional driver’s license at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Laoag City.  This is my fourth renewal in 10 years.  Driver’s licenses here in the Philippines are renewed every 3 years for the non-prof and prof types.

The only thing that makes me feel sick is the long queue at the booth.  Sometimes it takes a whole day to wait for the processing of a signed sheet of paper.

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19
Jun

AmOne Offerings

Author: jps61974

Life can be so difficult at times especially here in the Philippines where the rice and oil crises persist everyday.  Many Filipinos complain of price hike on almost about everything.  Every commodity increases in price but salaries remain the same.

In the United States, the economic situation is somewhat similar.  Recession is still very much alive in the United State.  Even the working class complain of things we Filipinos usually complain about - rise in home rental, insurance, oil  hike, tuition fee increase, etc.

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18
Jun

Thinking of My Dream Bed

Author: jps61974

My family and I have always had good beds. Some of these beds are cheap - made of wood, rattan or bamboo. Well, you might think it’s not comfortable to sleep on a bamboo bed but you are wrong. It’s so comfortable you will be able to sleep well (except perhaps with the presence of mosquitoes if you sleep outside your home, lol!)

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17
Jun

As a traveler myself, I know how important it is to have a ready transportation facility whenever I’m in another place especially outside the country. The same thing with my friends who are frequent travelers.  If you want to find out how some of my friends prepare their ride when they travel abroad, then read on.

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17
Jun

Entrecard is Down Again

Author: jps61974

Lately, Entrecard’s servers go down more frequently than in the past.  Is this because there are already thousands of new sites added to Entrecard’s database and thousands of bloggers sign in to Entrecard every minute?

This problem is annoying and has infuriated many bloggers whose advertisements (especially on expensive sites) cannot be reached by visitors to that site.

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17
Jun

Identify theft is very rampant nowadays with the advent of new technologies. These new technologies are used by unscrupulous individuals for self-serving purposes and innocent people are not happy being involved in cases of theft or spamming. Being a victim is not a comfortable position, you know.  Who wants to be victimized, anyway?

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15
Jun

As an educator myself, I know how important education is not only in molding a person but in nation-building. In the Philippines, recent reports about aptitude and number of children in school came in opposing directions this year.

According to ABS-CBN News, the good news is, the performance of students in national aptitude examinations has improved significantly these past five years. Good you might think. But read on…

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