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Not So Good News
« on: October 03, 2007, 10:58:25 AM »
Desperate Housewives makes racist remark against Pinoys

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Desperate Housewives maligns Philippine med schools
http://ivanhenares.multiply.com/journal/item/21

This came from my Ateneo High School batchmate Dr. Chino Perez:


I don't really watch this show. Here's another reason why you shouldn't too!

BOYCOTT THIS SHOW!

[In the episode entitled. "Now You Know", Susan's character was questioning the credibility of a gynecologist and said, "Ok before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Cause I would just like to make sure that they're not from some med school in the Philippines. "]

- just recently posted by another Filipino doctor who watched the show in the US

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Did any Filipinos watch Desperate Housewives on 9/30/07???

I was watching it online today and they made a comment that was a bit disturbing to me. It was a scene when Terri Hatcher was being told by her GYN that she might be hitting menopause, and her reply was something like "Wait a minute, I need to check your credentials.. I have to make sure that you didn't get your degree from the Philippines."

This upsets me because there are a lot of medical professionals that have graduated from the Philippines. I don't think that a direct pun was necessary in this particular situation.

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Re: Not So Good News
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2007, 10:26:11 PM »
 What a horrible comments toward our Physicians not only in the US but all over the World.  Anyway, never watched this TV b***!

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Re: Not So Good News
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2007, 05:53:44 AM »
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2 firms pack up due to rising labor costs

By MA. ELISA P. OSORIO

The Philippine Star
www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=96437

Two electronics companies are pulling out their investments in the country and moving their operations to Vietnam as local labor costs continue to soar every year, an industry official said.

At a press conference, Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) board member and First Philec managing director Dan C. Lachica said Tokyo-based cordless phone giant Uniden and another company he refused to identify are abandoning local operations because of rising operating costs.

"We have to temper wage increases with realism. Now more companies are shutting down and moving to Vietnam," Lachica explained.

According to Lachica, the legislated annual increase of minimum wage is a serious concern of all companies especially since the peso continues to appreciate against the dollar.

He proposed following the example of other neighboring countries wherein there is no minimum wage and no mandatory increase.

When asked if they will ask the Congress to amend the law requiring the mandatory increase of minimum wage, SEIPI chairman and PSi Technologies Inc., chairman and chief executive officer Arthur J. Young said no. "This is a controversial matter," he said.

However, Young said they have discussed the matter with the National Competitiveness Council (NCC). The NCC is a collaboration of private and public sector working to make the Philippines an attractive investment site.

"Wage increases should be merit and productivity based. It should not be mandatory," Young noted.

"The increase in minimum wage should not be an annual thing. In other countries they change their minimum wage every three to five years," Ernesto Santiago, SEIPI executive director said.

In fact, another SEIPI board member and head of Maxim Philippines Operation GroupGeorge Rutland said it is difficult for their mother company to understand surprises in labor in the country.

"Our headquarters do not understand a country that surprises you with holidays and wage increases," Rutland noted.

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Re: Not So Good News
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2007, 05:56:31 AM »
Filipino-American doctor convicted of murder--reports

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Close this Dr. Noel Chua, a Filipino-American doctor, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to "life plus five years," reports have said.

The website, firstcoastnews.com, reported that jurors in Georgia gave out a guilty verdict after 12 hours of deliberations.

Jackonsville.com, website of the Florida Times-Union, also reported on Chua's conviction.

Chua was convicted of murdering Jamie Carter III through supplying him with painkillers. He was also convicted of violating Georgia’s Controlled Substance Act

The case has been followed closely by many Filipino-Americans. Several letters and opinion columns have been written in support of Chua.

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Re: Not So Good News
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2007, 06:09:35 AM »
What a horrible comments toward our Physicians not only in the US but all over the World.  Anyway, never watched this TV ****!

Me either, Bambi, so I can not possibly ban that show coz I don't watch it in the first place.

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