Filipina nurse hits the jackpot in Abu Dhabi raffle draw

 News
Oct 122017
 

An overseas Filipino worker became a millionaire after winning the Big 10 Millionaires Series 184 raffle draw in Abu Dhabi.

Filipina nurse Leilani Quijano del Rosario hit the jackpot of the monthly raffle draw conducted by Big Ticket at the Abu Dhabi International Airport Arrivals area.

Del Rosario was the lone woman among 10 new millionaires awarded Dh1 Million each, or about Php14 Million.

The OFW who has been working in Abu Dhabi for 14 years said “her win was ‘unexpected’ though she regularly bought tickets for the draw,” according to an Expat Media report.
The 47-year-old nurse has also revealed she will use her winnings for the education and living expenses of her three children, and pay off loans in the Philippines.

She also said she will share her cash prize with 15 friends and will only keep Dh200,000 for herself.

Del Rosario joins the major winners list of the longest-running raffle draw in Abu Dhabi which has been giving out cash prizes and luxury items for 25 years.

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Mom puts up bounty for missing daughter in Tacloban

 News
Dec 062013
 
Mom puts up bounty for missing daughter in Tacloban

Photo of missing 9-year-old Kassandra Mae Villanueva posted on her mother’s Facebook account on November 14. Her mother, Jella Yu, is putting up a P20,000 bounty for Kassandra, who went missing after Supertyphoon Yolanda struck their house in Tacloban City last November 8. MANILA, Philippines— “I know how to make  bubble. I can swim a little.” This  was  nine-year-old Kassandra Mae Yu-Villanueva’s last message to her mother on Facebook  a day before she disappeared when  Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) struck Leyte on November 8. Still missing almost a month after, her mother Jella Yu has now come to terms that Kassandra might have already  joined her  younger  sister, Shamel Anne Jella Yu, who perished  from the typhoon. All Jella wants now is to  find  Kassandra’s  body. The 34-year-old mother, who is working in Abu Dhabi, is putting up a P20,000 bounty for those who can  find  her eldest daughter. “We also distributed pictures  of my daughter in Tacloban. I also put up a reward to whoever can find  her body. Hope you can help me  spread  the  pictures of my daughter  please,” Jella’s status on Facebook read. From Abu Dhabi, Jella travelled 24 hours to Manila and then to Cebu before she could finally  reach  Tacloban City,  one of  the areas severely hit  by  the  typhoon, to personally look for  her two daughters, whom she  left under the care of her elder sister, Jenny, and their  67-year-old mother Salome. Jella said her mother and other relatives  also perished from the  typhoon. Mother, Read More …

AS PHILIPPINES BOOMS, OVERSEAS WORKERS EYE RETURN HOME

 News
Jun 092013
 
AS PHILIPPINES BOOMS, OVERSEAS WORKERS EYE RETURN HOME

Mateo Ragonjan took a leap of faith in August last year. The executive sous-chef of a seven-star luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi packed his bags to take up a similar job back home in the Philippines. He is one of a small group of like-minded Filipinos returning to jobs back home, a sign of confidence in an economy that for decades has seen millions leave in search of better prospects overseas. Ragonjan now helps run a 300-man kitchen that caters to guests and high-rollers flocking to Manila’s newest and most luxurious casino resort, one of 400 overseas Filipinos who came home to work at the hotel. “The Philippines is booming at the moment, so I thought it was the right time to go back,” Ragonjan, 41, said on a break from his 10-hour shift at the Solaire Resort & Casino in Manila Bay, developed at a cost of $1.2 billion. The Philippines economy is leaving behind its reputation as a regional laggard. It reported annual GDP growth of 7.8 percent in the first three months of the year, outstripping China to make it Asia’s fastest-growing economy. Earlier this year, the government secured an investment grade credit rating, reducing its borrowing costs, while the stock market has reached a series of record highs this year. Returnees like Ragonjan are just a trickle compared to those still leaving the country, but the hope is that the more the country can draw the diaspora back to the Philippines the more that the entrepreneurial Read More …

Etihad to launch flights between Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam

 Economy
Jan 302013
 
Etihad to launch flights between Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam

MANILA, Philippines – Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will launch daily flights between the airline’s home-base of Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The new EY77 and EY78 services will begin on May 15, 2013 and carry the KL code of Dutch national carrier, KLM. The daily flights will complement KLM’s current service between Amsterdam and Abu Dhabi which will increase to daily from the summer and carry Etihad Airways’ EY code, ensuring that the two airlines can offer a combined double daily service. Speaking at a press conference in Amsterdam, James Hogan, president and chief executive officer of Etihad Airways, and Peter Hartman, President and chief executive officer of KLM, also disclosed details of the expansion of the codeshare agreement between the two airlines. Hogan said: “We are delighted that Amsterdam will become a part Etihad Airways’ global network from May 15. The Dutch capital joins a group of 17 leading European cities that Etihad Airways flies to including Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, London and Paris. The double daily service between Amsterdam and Abu Dhabi will benefit passengers looking to travel from the Netherlands to Abu Dhabi and beyond to destinations like Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia.” “This is indicative of Abu Dhabi’s growing importance as a global hub. In addition to Amsterdam, Etihad Airways will also launch flights to Sao Paulo, Washington DC, and Ho Chi Minh City in 2013,” he added. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: Read More …