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Filipino Success Stories.

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Services), Medical Care (Clinic), Publications (Magazines) and Real Estate. Mr. Rimando’s companies are not just companies, but for him, this is the heart of his family and the heart of every Filipino working for him. These companies have helped a lot of Filipinos to learn, thrive, and a way to provide a brighter future for themselves and their families. And even though it seems that managing all of these companies is not easy, he keeps his family, especially his wife, as his main inspiration.

“One of my biggest inspirations in life is my wife Mrs. Camille Joy FrancoRimando and our two adorable sons, Fadi Inigo Franco and Ford Isaac Rimando,” he said.

The Filipino Institute Group of Company is owned by Mr. Gabriel John Rimando, a renowned Filipino photographer, and businessman. Filipino Institute was established in 2015 and has been structured to empower overseas Filipino workers and even other nationalities in the Middle East by providing them with quality and affordable short-term certification courses and professional diploma programs, spearheaded by very skilled professionals who are motivated and passionate to share their knowledge. The institute provides an environment that is conducive to learning. Before Covid-19 struck, the Filipino Institute had 15 campuses across Dubai. The founder of the institute, Gabriel John Rimando is a visionary and as such, in the heart of his aim for the establishment of the institute is a vision that he has found

to be very vital to promoting the wellbeing of his people abroad. This vision of his is to provide an avenue where quality education is accessible to all. And also, to establish a collaborative vision for future professionals. What this means is that he is interested in bringing like minds together so they can make themselves better. There is a wise saying which says ‘Two heads are better than one.’ The Holy book even takes it further by saying, ‘Iron sharpens iron.’ This is what forms the basis for Gabriel John Rimando’s vision for founding the institute.

Due to continuous growth and unceasing support of the advocates of the institute, it has created a massive expansion not only in Education Industry but also through Food and Beverage Industry (Restaurants), Social Care (Cleaning

Therefore, as an entrepreneur and a father of all of his hardworking employees, his 4 most important advice to his fellow entrepreneurs is to rise above the competition by continuously improving your services to keep your edge over competitors and to be the best in the industry; Don’t be afraid to take risks because risk and losses are part and parcel of setting up a business, but this should not deter you from starting your own venture; Know the rules, “The rules don’t limit you. They give you the opportunity,” he said. And never stop learning and exploring other opportunities because “You need to constantly change. To evolve. If you do not change, you will get left behind. There is nothing constant here but change,” he added.

“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gain the courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”

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DIANNA G. LAYNO Editor-in-Chief

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ALLAN CARAGAO Senior Graphic Designer

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FILIPINO INSTITUTE: You’re Home of World Class & Accessible Education for Filipinos - Page 6

You’ll Always Feel Home With Caredant Home Health Care Center - Page 14

Filipino-Institute Development Corporation (FIDC): Your Real Estate Partner! - Page 28

KASOSYO MAGAZINE: Your Collection of Filipino Business Success Stories. - Page 40

FILIPINO INSTITUTE (Dubai Campus)

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Are you looking for the most accessible, convenient, and affordable institution to help you reach your dream? If you do, the Filipino Institute of the Philippines is offering educational programs from certificate to professional diploma courses.

The United Arab Emirates was considered one of the countries that has the most Filipino community population. As many of us know, the majority of Filipinos working in the Middle east are working in a wide range of industries from blue to white collar jobs.

It is undeniable that people who work in a white collar sector tend to be the ones who have the degrees but as our society innovates, education becomes more accessible to different ages and nationalities all over the globe. Due to the global innovation of the education sector, the Filipino Institute was founded to promote educational excellence and give every Filipino the opportunity to

establish knowledge and accessible education to every Filipino in the Middle East.

In 2015, Filipino-owned training Institute was structured to empower overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East by providing them quality and affordable short-term certification courses and professional diploma programs, spearheaded by very skilled professionals who are motivated and passionate to share their knowledge.

In a span of 5 long years, different struggles have come their way, but that did not stop them to always remember why they even started establishing the Filipino Institute. Now, the Filipino Institute has now been catering and producing more than 400,000 graduates in the middle east. The sweeping success experienced by the institute in such a short frame is a testimony to the good job they have done in the last five years. Thousands of Filipinos are being

empowered each year and graduated from the institute and thereafter.

Now, through real hard work, determination, and continuous commitment in giving quality education to students of Filipino Institute to produce globally competitive individuals, the F.I owned by Mr. Gabriel Rimando has now widened its initiative by establishing different businesses such as in the food chain industry, real estate, publication, and hospitality, and has branched out their first Filipino Learning Center in the Philippines.

If you’re looking for a way to pursue your dream career and to have convenient access to quality education, the Filipino Institute is continuously offering a wide range of short diploma and certificate courses. To know more about them, visit their official website at www. filipino-institute.com.

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FILIPINO INSTITUTE: You’re Home of World Class

& Accessible Education for Filipinos

Do you have a property to build? Sell? Redesign? Or just wanna have it cleaned? With FIDC, turning your residential and commercial projects sustainable and profitable is possible.

Housing, schools, business establishments, hospitals, leisure & entertainment building purposes will never be possible if not because of real estate development. One of the reasons why a hamlet city has become so progressive and sustainable is because of Real Estate Development projects.

While some real estate developers tend to do it for profit, some real estate developers become so obsessed with turning one small city into an enormous cosmopolitan city where people can enjoy and be proud of their hometown.

As part of the Filipino Institute Group of Companies’ (FIGC) initiative, the FIDC or Filipino Institute Development

Corporation was established primarily to provide sustainable, modern, clean, and well-constructed housing and commercial projects that you and your family will surely love.

It is not a secret that constructing your own house or developing a commercial project takes a lot of effort, time, money, and on top of that, you will not always be sure of the quality that your contractor will produce.

Due to such a dilemma, FIDC has strictly studied, evaluated, and formulated every aspect of their services from architecture, to construction, rentals, and up until making every space livable, profitable, and health friendly through well-cleaned services to provide solutions to these recurring problems.

With FIDC, they ensure that every family who wants to build a home will only receive a highly-architectured,

constructed, and clean home without spending a lot of effort, time, and financial expense. On top of that, the FIDC aimed to produce sustainable and high-quality commercial projects such as roads & highways, manufacturing plants, bridges, airfields, waterworks, railroads, and other types of projects that help develop a sustainable, livable, and profitable city. And lastly, is to help every property owner to easily make their properties safe and profitable.

Are you ready to turn your projects into more sustainable, modern, and profitable properties? If you do, FIDC will help you build your residential or commercial projects without you having the need to stress out of your time and budget. For further details you may reach them at their official facebook page FIDevCo.

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SECOND HOME NURSERY: You’re Child Second Home for Nurturing Learning

A school is your child’s second home, and as part of your children’s cognitive and early years foundation. If you’re a Filipino living in Dubai and want to engage your children with active learning activity, enroll them at Second Home Nursery.

The Second Home Nursery was established to provide exceptional learning and fun learning activities that will help your children nurture their brain development by playing and

exploring active learning activities that will help them develop their creative and critical learning areas.

Other than the Second Home Nursery’s initiative to provide exceptional learning, one of its initiative is to provide further knowledge to every parents the importance of having an appropriate practiced of EYFS and the relevance of providing quality, safe, and nurturing environment for every young children that will lead them to be a happy and

well-adjusted children of tomorrow.

With Second Home Nursery, nurturing your children has made it easy and fun. Enroll your kids now and let them feel the exceptional education and nurture that they deserve. For more info, book your walk-ins at M02 Al Mamoora Bldg. Al Rigga, Deira Dubai, UAE or make your inquiries at www.facebook.com/ FIkidschool.

KASSANDRA LEBRILLO OFFICE MANAGER

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Who says that Journalists can only work on prints? They say that being a journalist is a dying profession, while some people say that people in this industry have the lowest pay range. But, with Ms. Kassandra Lebrillo’s experience, she’s a living proof that people in the media industry can do it all!

From being a journalism graduate student, Ms. Kassandra was given a wide opened opportunity to be the executive secretary of the Filipino Institute Group of Companies’ President & Founder Mr. Gabriel John Rimando in the year of March 2021. After a year of consistent dedication, and proving that his skills are the right fit for the role, Ms. Kassandra was promoted to be the Overall Office Manager.

Started from office organization, operation, filing, controlling correspondence, designing filing systems, reviewing and approving supply requisitions, and assigning and monitoring clerical functions, all of these are the usual office responsibilities that Ms. Kassandra has. And by doing such, she shared that it helped her improve his skills more, and for her to develop his leadership skills too. Other than that, she also shared that she used to get different roles and responsibilities each and that is what makes it more memorable for her.

“My most memorable experience as an Office Manager and a leader at the Filipino Institute is getting variable roles each day,” she said.

Lastly, her advice to future leaders like her is “to believe in your own goals and abilities in the face of discouragement from others and learn from mistakes rather than being discouraged by them,” she added.

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Develop Your Child’s Learning & Sportsmanship With FILIPINO LEARNING CENTER

Are you looking for the perfect school where your children can learn, have fun, and develop sportsmanship skills? If you do, the Filipino Learning Center provides the Daycare, Sports Camp, Workshop such as Music, Instrument,Dance, Guitar, Piano that they deserve!

As part of Filipino Institute Group of Companies’ (FIGC) success, it has now branched out its campus in the Philippines, and is now running for six months and continuously striving to provide excellence in each of its students by developing their cognitive and physical skills through daycare learning and sports camp such as swimming, basketball, volleyball, badminton, and taekwondo.

The Filipino Learning Center is a start-up Philippine campus of the Filipino Institute that provides educational services such as Daycare for children ages 3-6 years old, and sports camp that caters ages 4 years old up to 20 years old.

In a span of a couple of months, the Filipino institute has now completed its staff from Customer Service Support department, to Accounting, Creatives, Daycare, Sports Camp, and now, as it

expanded its services, the Filipino Learning Center is now offering music and dance camp that will definitely make your children discover and develop their talents to shine.

Other than that, As of 2023, the Filipino Learning Center produced over 100 of students and are now continuously enrolling themselves as they experienced the quality learnings and productivity that they had.

If you’re looking for a school suitable for your kid’s cognitive, sportsmanship, and talent and skill development, the Filipino Learning Center is right around the corner! Visit us at 2nd Floor, Lot 27 Blk 46 Pontiac Corner Datsun St. Fairview Quezon City, or call us at (02)7117-6769 for landline users and 0960-873-8987 for mobile users.

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KIMBERLY F. KAGAOAN

While most people aren’t comfortable with sudden career shifts. Perhaps fear of failure, fear of what others think, losing progress, and fear of making the wrong choice must be the following factors why most people aren’t convinced for a career change.

From working in the hospitality industry as a concierge for 4 years, a memorable

yet challenging twist of fate was given to Ms. Kimberly Kagaoan. Last year 2022, he was given the most important role of his career as campus manager of the 1st Filipino Institutes academic campus in the Philippines, the FILIPINO LEARNING CENTER.

She shared that her most memorable experience as a manager is how she handles the company’s workflow. It’s a

new thing for her since she hasn’t really had experience being the one who handles every difficult situation that the institution has.

“We really started from scratch so it was really hard for me to manage things at first, but with the help of my subordinates and other team from UAE, we are now fully operational despite the small enrollees that we have. We are still working on how to expand our network and hope that this institution will soon be well known throughout the Philippines,” she said.

On top of her managerial difficulties in managing the institution, she shared that as an Admin Manager, she strongly believes that leadership is a life-long learning journey which she enjoys, and learning that every person has a different culture, behavior, attitude has helped her to improve the work culture and collaboration within the office setting.

“In my case, I had to build some sort of personal connection with my team in order to emotionally connect with them, and that helped to crucially balance my team’s overall productivity and mindset in respect to the organization’s goals and vision,” she added.

With all of her efforts, hard work, and determination to manage the Filipino Learning Center and to provide leadership to her team, her greatest advice to future leaders is to learn active listening. She shared that listening is a leadership skill. Your team is your lifeline as well as your eyes and ears. Learn to listen to what others are saying and to understand how to put it into practice.

Health is wealth they say, and as part of taking care of yourself, you’ll be able to take good care of your loved ones too! If you’re looking for a friendly health care provider with highly trained staff, CAREDANT Home Health Care will soothe your healthcare needs!

CAREDANT Home Health Care Center was established primarily to provide homecare and health related medical care to different organizations, clinics, institutes, and business companies. By providing such services, one of the goal of CAREDANT is to build high quality medical services and patient-client services efforts through long-term goal such as providing a caregiver center,

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develops a community of social caregiver, and an evolutionary initiatives that innovates the principles of giving long term healthcare for individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole.

Physical care is not only necessary for children but for all ages, and by that, CAREDANT Home Health care is proud to provide health services from childcare, mother and newborn care, elderly care, clinical, hotel babysitting, caregiving services, and caregiving services such as physiotherapy, stoma care, intramuscular injection and etc. Other than that, as covid-19 spread global risk especially to working individuals, the CAREDANT

Home Healthcare has expanded its healthcare services by providing Covid-19 PCR Test.

If you’re looking for the perfect familyfriendly health center to provide you with quality health services, CAREDANT Home Health Care Center is the right one for you.

Visit their official website at info@ caredant.com | www.caredant.com or pay them a visit at Clinic #504,AlZarooni BldgAlRigga,MetroStationExit2Dubai,UnitedArabEmirates.

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You’ll Always Feel Home With CAREDANT HOME HEALTH CARE CENTER

Health is wealth they say, and as part of taking care of yourself, you’ll be able to take good care of your loved ones too! If you’re looking for a friendly health care provider with highly trained staff, CAREDANT Home Health Care will soothe your healthcare needs!

CAREDANT Home Health Care Center was established primarily to provide homecare and health related medical care to different organizations, clinics, institutes, and business companies. By providing such services, one of the goal of CAREDANT is to build high quality medical services and patient-client services efforts through long-term goal

such as providing a caregiver center, develops a community of social caregiver, and an evolutionary initiatives that innovates the principles of giving long term healthcare for individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole.

Physical care is not only necessary for children but for all ages, and by that, CAREDANT Home Health care is proud to provide health services from childcare, mother and newborn care, elderly care, clinical, hotel babysitting, caregiving services, and caregiving services such as physiotherapy, stoma care, intramuscular injection and etc. Other than that, as

covid-19 spread global risk especially to working individuals, the CAREDANT Home Healthcare has expanded its healthcare services by providing Covid-19 PCR Test.

If you’re looking for the perfect familyfriendly health center to provide you with quality health services, CAREDANT Home Health Care Center is the right one for you. Visit their official website at info@caredant.com|www.caredant.com or pay them a visit at Clinic #504,AlZaro oniBldgAlRigga,MetroStationExit2Dubai,UnitedArabEmirates.

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Providing excellent healthcare is one of the top most priorities of CAREDANT Home and Health Care Center, and in order to provide such quality healthcare to its patients, its facility must be organized and run by friendly, reliable, and well-experienced managers.

Mr. Marvin Duculan Fernandez is a registered nurse with 10 years of clinical home care and management experience in the United Arab Emirate. With his 10 long years of experience in the field, he shared that a lot of obstacles and challenges have come along his way. But despite those circumstances, he remained strong, professional, and used his strong passion in giving excellent healthcare his greatest motivation to thrive in his profession, and that made his work bearable, manageable, and memorable.

“Our team was built with respect and love and compassion. Every day we help each other grow and for me that is one of the sweetest and memorable experiences being a leader of this team,” he said.

He also shared that, leading a team especially medical professionals in a Home Health Care Center is undeniably challenging at times. You need to have the right amount of passion, dedication, hard work, and perseverance. And his greatest advice to future leaders and healthcare providers is to “stay humble and always think of the greater good,” he added.

MARVIN DUCULAN FERNANDEZ, R.N.,

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ST. CATHERINE NURSING SCHOOL: You’re Best Nursing School in UAE

Want to pursue your dream as a nurse?

If you do, St. Catherine might give you the opportunity of being a nurse that you’ve been dreaming of.

Nurse must be one of the top in-demand types of jobs all over the world, and admit it or not, us Filipinos have the largest population of nurses especially abroad. Canada and other parts of Europe are the top countries that usually employ Filipino nurses and caregivers. Compared to the Philippines, us Filipinos have the nature to take good care of our elders even while foreign nationalities find it more convenient if they’ll have

someone who can look after their elders and even children during work hours.

Due to that, the need to have a sustainable and reliable nursing school that will provide high quality medical learnings to its students. Through this goal, St. Catherine was established with its initiatives to ensure that every nursing student learns only in a medical environment that meets international standards. It reaches out to the communities it serves through various initiatives that train future medical professionals.

Now as St. Catherine continues to provide effective, reliable and sustainable nursing and caregiving learning to its students, they are proud to showcase that they have been producing and continuously producing nursing students all over Dubai.

Get that nursing degree and be one of our modern heroes of today! If you’re looking for a suitable nursing school, St. Catherine Nursing School is the right one for you. For inquiries, you may pay them a visit at Office 303 Al Zarooni Building, Al Rigga, Deira, Dubai.

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One of the foundational pillars of both society and the economy are the health services. But delivering universal access to healthcare is severely hampered by the global shortages and unequal distribution of skilled medical staff. Individual and societal health, as well as economic growth and development, are significantly improved by social health protection and equal access to highquality healthcare. The World Health Organization defines a health system as all institutions, individuals, and activities whose principal goal is to advance, restore, or sustain health. This covers actions that affect the factors that affect health as well as more direct actions that enhance health. Health care that enhances the lives of all citizens will enhance a nation as a whole because health is a fundamental human right.

With CAREDANT Home Health Care Center & St. Catherine School of Nursing, they are both focused on giving not only excellent learning education to aspiring nurses abroad, but to provide exceptional health care services for people of all ages.

If you’re looking for the perfect health center to cater your health care needs, or a school where you can learn the ins and out of the medical field, CAREDANT Home Health Care Center & St. Catherine School of Nursing got it all for you.

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Kusina Natin `To! You’re Kitchen of Authentic Filipino Cuisine in Dubai

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Are you an OFW who craves authentic Filipino foods? If you do, “Kusina Natin ‘To” will serve you Filipino dishes that will surely satisfy and fulfill your Filipino tummies.

Who would say no to Tapsilog, Sizzling sisig, and other silog meals? You can’t deny that these types of Filipino foods are one of the most consumed meals in the Philippines. It gives a one of a kind taste experience that every Filipino will surely love to try over and over again.

In the United Arab Emirates, and other foreign countries, you cannot deny the

fact that most Filipinos living abroad tend to experience quite a culture shock when it comes to food. Due to these excruciating adjustments, the “Kusina Natin To” was primarily established to end the cravings of every fellow Filipino living in the UAE.

“Kusina Natin To” was re-managed by Mr. Gabriel Rimando as part of his initiative to provide Filipino vibes of cuisine to every Dubai tourist, OFWs and Filipino families who stayed for good in the United Arab Emirates. And Last February 14, 2022, the restaurant officially opened its doors to every

Filipino who wants to feel and taste the original kitchen of a Filipino family.

As Kusina Natin` To started to grow, one of the things that makes it more special and popular is its wide range of authentic Filipino foods from Silog meals, to sizzling meals, and salo-salo meals.

Experience Filipino home with Kusina Natin ‘To with their fiesta like meals from breakfast to salo-salo meals. Visit them at Shop 4, Al Badaa Oasis Building, Al Satwa, Dubai.

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Best K-BBQ: Bulgogi Grille Korean Bar & Restaurant

Bottle up! And grilled that Korean BBQ well done with your family and friends. For as low as P199, you can experience and taste premium Korean Barbeque like no other.

Filipinos love Barbeque! Whether in the streets, in a birthday party, family occasions, or beach bond with friends, grilling barbecue completes every filipino taste buds!

In the Philippines, grilling foods must be one of the top tier styles of cooking especially for tender marinated pork or beef. Grilling gives an exceptional charcoal smoke flavor that makes barbeque tasty and juicy to the bone!

If you’re around the circle of Tomas Morato, or happen to roam around with your family and friends within the

Cosmopolitan area of QC, Bulgogi Grille is waiting for you to try their premium marinated grilled pork, chicken, and beef that will surely make you wanna come back for it over and over again due to its exquisite marinating ingredients.

With Bulgogi Grille, you’ll get the satisfaction of the grilled barbeque that you’ve been craving for. For as low as P199, you’ll get the taste of premium grilled pork, chicken, and beef plus Unli refill of lettuce, kimchi, japchae, fishcake and much more. And because of its heart-warming and welcoming spot, Bulgogi Grille serves as one of the best spots for every family, friends, and organizations who wants to celebrate occasions such as family gathering, barkada bond, or even corporate team building.

Are you ready to satisfy your craving? Create best keeping memories with your family and friends. What are you waiting for? Visit Bulgogi Grille Korean Bar & Restaurant at the following branches from North to South!

• Quezon City, MAIN Branch Address: Unit 3 CTTM Square Timog Avenue, Corner Tomas Morato Ave 1100 Quezon City, Philippines

• Cavite Branch Address: San Agustin Tower Mall, Trece Martires Cavite City.

• Valenzuela Branch Address: 570 MacArthur Hwy, Valenzuela, Metro Manila

Filipino Success Stories. MARK ANTHONY DELA CRUZ

Cruz strived his way up to the top and now working in the culinary industry for 17 long years. Due to his consistent effort, hard work as an employee and as a leader, he managed to produce highly trained and competitive individuals in the F&B industry. Other than that, he became a professional personnel in guest accommodations and conducting training by learning and applying standard procedures until he became a certified trainer from front and back of the house. As part of his success, he became the manager of the Kusina Natin `To restaurant branch in Dubai and is now the Head manager of all the restaurants of Filipino Institute Group of Companies (FIGC) in the United Arab Emirates, as well as here in the Philippines.

“According to him, his most memorable experience as a manager was when I saw that I can effectively influence my colleagues, which makes them highly trained individuals in the F&B field. I want to inspire them to be the next future leader, and to be at their very best,” he said.

And to set as an example, Mr. Mark Anthony’s advice is that you should always think in every situation or problem there is always a solution, believe in yourself because if you don’t believe in yourself, how will your trainee believe in you?

On top of that, for him being a leader is a big responsibility but if you have dedication to your main goals and put in a lot of effort and passion. A successful leader is not about the recognition of having a great status in life. It’s how you influence your trainee to become a great leader.

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rom a hardworking restaurant dishwasher, to food and beverages manager. Mr. Mark Anthony Dela

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FIGC Real Estate & Cleaning Services

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Filipino-Institute Development Corporation (FIDC): Your

Do you have a property to build? Sell? Redesign? Or just wanna have it cleaned? With FIDC, turning your residential and commercial projects sustainable and profitable is possible.

Housing, schools, business establishments, hospitals, leisure & entertainment building purposes will never be possible if not because of real estate development. One of the reasons why a hamlet city has become so progressive and sustainable is because of Real Estate Development projects.

While some real estate developers tend to do it for profit, some real estate developers become so obsessed with turning one small city into an enormous cosmopolitan city where people can enjoy and be proud of their hometown.

As part of the Filipino Institute Group of Companies’ (FIGC) initiative, the FIDC or Filipino Institute Development

Real Estate Partner!

Corporation was established primarily to provide sustainable, modern, clean, and well-constructed housing and commercial projects that you and your family will surely love.

It is not a secret that constructing your own house or developing a commercial project takes a lot of effort, time, money, and on top of that, you will not always be sure of the quality that your contractor will produce.

Due to such a dilemma, FIDC has strictly studied, evaluated, and formulated every aspect of their services from architecture, to construction, rentals, and up until making every space livable, profitable, and health friendly through well-cleaned services to provide solutions to these recurring problems.

With FIDC, they ensure that every family who wants to build a home will only receive a highly-architectured,

constructed, and clean home without spending a lot of effort, time, and financial expense. On top of that, the FIDC aimed to produce sustainable and high-quality commercial projects such as roads & highways, manufacturing plants, bridges, airfields, waterworks, railroads, and other types of projects that help develop a sustainable, livable, and profitable city. And lastly, is to help every property owner to easily make their properties safe and profitable.

Are you ready to turn your projects into more sustainable, modern, and profitable properties? If you do, FIDC will help you build your residential or commercial projects without you having the need to stress out of your time and budget. For further details you may reach them at their official facebook page FIDevCo.

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Get Your Love Ones Free from Viruses with SAINT ZITA CLEANING SERVICES

Get rid of the germs and viruses inside your home or your office spaces. Get it cleaned and highly sanitized with Saint Zita Cleaning Services, LLC.

Germs and viruses are one of the top tier reasons why you and your family get sick and worse, hospitalized. As Covid-19 spread all over the globe, it spread massive awareness and fear to everyone too.

Covid-19 is a communicable disease that spreads through various reasons, and one of them is through surface areas that an infected person touches. By that, many people including working individuals and frontline workers tried minimizing the risk of infecting other people by practicing social distancing at their offices, and worst, even at their home.

With such a situation, reliable and proper sanitization becomes more important either for residential, malls, and other organizational establishments just to make everyone in there safe and free from viruses.

As part of the FI Group of Companies, they established the Saint Zita Cleaning Services LLC. Part of Saint Zita’s initiative is to provide affordable yet quality cleaning & sanitization services that will keep your space clean and virus free by using bio-safe hospital grade disinfectants that are safe for kids and pets, quality full body PPEs, and only with the team of professionals in this field.

If you want to have your spaces cleaned, sanitized, and virus free, you need someone who’s expert in that field. With Saint Zita’s services, their highly trained employees will ensure that you will expect only the best type of cleaning services that you will surely love.

Booked their services now! For more details, visit their official website at www. saintzita.com or walk them a visit at the following branches listed below:

Dubai: 604 Al Zarooni Building, Rigga, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi: Burj Al Arab Bldg., Office 303 same Bldg., EMAX Showroom Hamdan St., Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al Ain: Bldg. 176 Block A, 1st Floor Same Bldg. of Subway Restaurant, Khalifa St., Tower Center- Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Sharjah: 11th floor 1102, Belresheed Tower 1, Corniche Street Buhaira, Al Majez Area, same Building NMC Medical Sharjah

Qatar: Al Manara Building, Mansoura 3rd Floor, Rooms 6-9 and 21, Lulu Express & Woqood Petrol, B Ring Road, Doha, Qatar

Bahrain: 3rd Floor, Room 304 Bakara Building, Road 1802, Block 318, same building of Discovery Islam, Manama, Bahrain

Philippines: 2nd Floor, Lot 27 Blk 46 Pontiac Datsun Sts. Quezon City, 1118 Metro Manila, Philippines

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Energetic, Enthusiastic, Tireless, and Strong interest for growth, these are some of the characteristics that a manager must have, and with Ms. Estrella Bacus’ long term experience managing different roles since she landed in Dubai in 2002, she can confidently say that she has these characteristics which helped her not only manage Saint Zita, but managed to lead her team as well.

Ms. Estrella, with her General Science Major and Masters degree, worked as a secondary teacher in the Philippines for 15 years. But as a twist of fate, she had an opportunity to work in UAE as a Liaison officer at Ghodousi Medical Center and PRO works for 5 years, and later on became a sales & marketing manager for a craft & general trading LLC for 4 years. As a twist of fate, working different roles for several years, Ms. Estrella found her new home as a company manager for Saint Zita Cleaning Services owned by her fellow “kababayans” Mr. Gabriel John Rimando & Mrs. Camille Rimando.

ESTRELLA BACUS MANACAP

She shared that, being the manager of Saint Zita for 2 years now has given her the opportunity to unlock more of her skills not only as a manager, but as a leader as well. On top of that, she also shared that dealing with staff’s different behaviors are what makes her work a challenging one. According to her, it took a lot of dynamic attitude, team collaboration, respect, and excellent supervision in order for the team to thrive.

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FIGC Publication

Filipino Success Stories.

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DUBAI VIBES: Making Yourself Experience the Luxurious Vibes of Dubai!

With UAE’s world-class tourism and magnificent tailored destination, you will definitely love to visit one of the richest countries in the world, Dubai.

Dubai is considered to be the richest city in the United Arab Emirates, and labeled as one of the top richest countries in the world. With its luxurious lifestyle, worldclass destinations, and one of a kind beaches, a lot of tourists are keeping this City on their bucket list.

Yet, no matter how beautiful and rich UAE is, you cannot deny that traveling to such countries isn’t easy as it is. You need a passport, accommodation, and of course money to experience Dubai. Due to this, some foreign nationals, especially Filipinos may not easily enter Dubai as a tourist.

As part of FI Group of Companies’ success, the FIGC mainly launched and produced its first ever magazine named Dubai Vibes with its initiative to feature different parts of Dubai from its hospitality, success stories of expats, down to their lifestyle in terms of wellness, fashion, leisures and travels.

Since its launch, the Dubai Vibes magazine rapidly grew online and became one of the top go-to sites for anyone who wants to have a glimpse of Dubai’s luxurious escapade, and wants a further overview of how Dubai is considered to be one of the top business hubs and tourist-friendly in the world.

Till then, the Dubai Vibes magazine produced over 10,000 copies for its monthly releases and proudly distributed across GCC that reached over

10,000,000 as of 2022 and has 100,000 readers every month. What’s more amazing is that the Dubai Vibes magazine can be seen both online and in print editions where ages of 14 and above can easily grab one. On top of that, the Dubai Vibes magazine became popular not only for the Emirates but for tourists who need travel itineraries, look for the best food hubs, and different entertainment sites to top up their bucket list.

Enjoy your travel by experiencing the vibes of the most luxurious and one of a kind vibes of Dubai! Grab your copy now on their official website www. dubaivibesmagazine.ae.com or follow them on their socials at Dubai Vibes Magazine on Facebook and Instagram.

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Feel The Warming Stories Of Our “Kababayans”

All Over The World With THE FILIPINO GLOBAL MAGAZINE

Are you ready to get inspired? All over the world, Filipino OFWs want nothing but success. If you’re an OFW, get inspired by your fellow Filipinos’ success story with Filipino Global Magazine.

Travels, foods, luxuries, and opportunities, these are the things that every OFWs are looking forward to experiencing when they travel abroad. On top of that, most OFWs mainly took risks for a chance to give their family a brighter future. In the United Arab Emirates, it is undeniable that the population of Filipinos in the UAE is big enough to form a community. And most of them are working individuals either domestics and some are in the corporate world.

With The Filipino Global Magazine, they primarily encourage and uplift Filipinos by sharing incredible success stories of our fellow Filipinos living abroad, travel guides for travelers, and advertisements from various Filipino owned food and service businesses throughout the UAE through informative video interviews. And since its release from year of 2020, The Filipino Global Magazine (TGFM) was distributed to the Filipino community in the UAE and can be found at a variety of places such as hotel lobbies, tourist attractions, EXPOs, and Filipinoinspired restaurants, as well as on all Filipino Institute campuses.

Due to its unique platform and initiatives, The Filipino Global Magazine (TGFM) quickly became popular and spread with

300,000 followers on its socials such as Facebook, Instagram, and Official website, while its print edition is publicly available monthly all over Dubai to be an inspirational guide for Filipino residents in UAE and a pilot for Filipino visitors looking for the best travel destination, accommodation, and restaurant. The print edition also provides Filipino success stories in different fields and businesses.

Would you like to have your copy? Visit their official website at www. theglobalfilipinomagazine.com or pay them a visit at Office 301 Royal Plaza Building, Deira Dubai. United Arab Emirates

Filipino Success Stories.

" Your jour ney to the world of great food "

FOOD TRIP MAGAZINE: Your Monthly Dose of Only The Best Food Hubs!

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Are you looking for the best spot to chill and dine with your family and friends? If you do, the FOOD TRIP MAGAZINE will be giving you the best recommendations from soups, side dishes, and main course up until that delicious desserts!

As they say, “you are what you eat”. And with foods, a lot of bodily natures are being activated such as having a good mood on a daily basis, having a wellbalanced metabolism, and gives you time to relax, and a way of bringing people together. Either grilled, stewed, sautéed, fried, or baked foods - you definitely love food and for sure, foods are the most important ingredients in keeping your bonds with family and friends still.

With Food Trip Magazine, they initially dream of expanding your culinary horizons – and bring out the connoisseur in you – by connecting with the masters of the kitchen. The Food Trip Magazine strongly believes that going to your favorite restaurant with family and friends is one of the great ways to catch up with one another.

Since its release, hundreds of food hubs in the UAE, starting from streets to fancy restaurants have been featured in Food Trip Magazine’s monthly releases. On top of that, one of the things that makes the Food Trip Magazine’s popular is because of their reliable honest reviews for different food hubs that they’ve been to.

With Food Trip Magazine, you’ll never

be worried anymore about thinking and looking for the best food hubs to bring your families and friends. They ensure that every delicious food that they put on the table will only be serving your tummy with good appetizing meals and bonding with your loved ones will never be boring.

Either you’re a restaurant owner or just wanna explore new exciting food hubs to dine around the luxurious UAE destination, the Food Trip Magazine is the right one for you. Enjoy the Food Trip Magazine’s monthly releases, get your copies at https://foodtripmagazine. com

Filipino Success Stories.

“Kasosyo

“Mga natatanging kwento ng inspirasyon.”

sa Negosyo, Kasosyo sa Tagumpay”

Kasosyo sa Negosyo, Kasosyo sa Tagumpay!

KASOSYO MAGAZINE: Your Collection of Filipino Business Success Stories

Are you an entrepreneur who wants to stand out and take your business to the next level? Wanna learn how to manage your business like a pro? If you do, the KASOSYO Magazine will help you learn everything about the ins and outs of business, as well as to provide inspiration to fellow entrepreneurs by sharing different unique success stories of our Filipino entrepreneurs.

The KASOSYO Magazine is a Filipino business magazine and one of the Filipino Institute’s Group of Companies (FIGC). The Kasosyo Magazine was established and launched late last year 2022 to showcase unique inspirational success stories of every Filipino

entrepreneur who thrive and uses their incredible success stories to inspire fellow Filipino entrepreneurs to take their business to the next level.

Through the KASOSYO Magazine’s initiative, they visualize to be one of the top tier Filipino business magazines well-known in providing the spotlight that every Filipino entrepreneur either small or big deserves; and by serving as a medium of inspiration for every Filipino entrepreneur to stand out and sell their brands or services.

On top of that, the Kasosyo Magazine aimed to share, inspire, educate, and to establish a common goal between the

Kasosyo and its future partners by creating a professional & profitable relationship with future business partners through ads and promotions that leads them to their business tagline “kasosyo sa negosyo, kasosyo sa tagumpay!”

If you have a unique, inspiring, and worth sharing business success story, share it and get it featured with Kasosyo Magazine. Send your stories at kasosyomagazine.fip@gmail.com or visit us at nd Floor, Lot 27 Blk 46 Pontiac cor Datsun Sts. Fairview Park , Quezon City, Philippines

Filipino Success Stories.

RYAN NAMIA

Publications Manager

Producing high quality and compelling prints must be one of the most memorable moments a writer can have. And With Mr. Ryan Namia’s experience, he can proudly say that even though he’s an overseas writer, he continuously champions his reader’s hearts by showcasing the success stories of OFWs abroad.

He received his Journalism degree in 2015 and has been writing since 2016. And since then, Mr. Ryan’s career flourished due to his consistent passion for writing to inform, inspire, and showcase our fellow Filipinos’ success stories abroad. On top of that, he also shared that, him being the head writer of The Global Filipino Magazine who features OFWs success stories, it gave him a once in a life-time opportunity to raise the Philippine flag a top notch further in the International Arena.

“Being the publications manager of three magazines--The Global Filipino Magazine, Dubai Vibes Magazine, Food Trip Magazine, and Kasosyo Magazine-allowed me to explore my talent in writing further and be a versatile one,” he said.

As his greatest advice to his fellow leaders and future leaders, “Don’t be afraid to take risks if you desire to grow professionally,” - he added.

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ROSE LILY VALDEZ

CREATIVE MANAGER (FIGC)

Without creativity, everything is plain and dull. And with every business, having a vivid presentation of its brand consists of one of a kind talent, skills, and imagination to put everything together until it produces an image of a business entity.

Ms. Rose Lily Valdes started as a librarian, and is now the manager of the creatives department of the Filipino Institute Group of Companies (FIGC). She shared that as someone who’s been

leading a team for almost a year, she recalled that the best memory that she has is that whenever she shares her knowledge with her colleagues, it gives him a sense of fulfillment knowing and seeing his team getting that knowledge that they need to improve their skills and as an employee as well.

And by that, she shared that the most important reminder that you should remember as a leader is to have a good management style for you and for your people.

“Commit to helping your staff accomplish their own goals. Act like a leader before you become one. Learn to delegate. Adapt your management style to each team member. Be an active listener,” she said.

Filipino Success Stories.

Get Rid Of Dull And Boring Moments Only

With F-I STUDIOS!

It’s time to capture your best moments and burst your best shot. If you’re looking for the best team to capture your most memorable life events, get it captured with F.I Studio.

Photography is the combined magic between art and science that humanity had seized throughout all its history. Photography can really bring you closer to people around the world as images are a universal language anyone can understand and be touched by. Plus, you have the chance to capture crucial events in-the-making.

With great film and photography, No corner will be dull, no sky will be flat &

gloomy especially when you’re looking for that perfect shot. Either it’s in the streets, in a café, the faces you know so well will become the most desirable subject inside your lenses.

With F.I Studios, they ensure to only photograph your most desirable moments, and make everything magically possible with their creativity and talent in producing high quality and compelling Visual Content for Corporate, Commercial and Entertainment Purposes.

To make it more vivid, the F.I Studios are consistent in making high quality produced videos and photographs that

help them have strong, solid and healthy relationships with marketing companies, event planners, hotels and conference centers which serve both the private and public sectors.

If you’re looking for a fully equipped team of professionals in Film and Photography for your special occasions, the F.I Studious are delivering a world class experience with every project they produce. Check their official website at https://www.facebook.com/ filipinoinstitutestudios or pay them a visit at M03 Ali Bin Salim Building, Deira Dubai United Arab Emirates.

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THAN DUMAS

FI Studios Manager

Being a studio manager doesn’t only talk about your prior experience in that field, but on how imaginative and creative you can be. It is a huge responsibility in which you have to ensure to only produce high quality and compelling outputs for a brand, a company, or certain public figure.

Mr. Than Dumas shared that as a studio manager of the Filipino Institute Group of Companies (FIGC), he is mainly incharge of the conceptualization of video and image content for the FIGC’s platforms, starting from storytelling up until to production. He ensures to only produce and deliver high quality, creative, and visually engaging video and photo content to establish the identity of FIGC. As the head of the multimedia team, he creates content not only for the academic department of the company, but to its group of companies too such as promotional materials for the F&B (restaurants), Saint Zita & FIDC (real estate & cleaning services) and as well as to the company’s health care department, St. Catherine School of Nursing and CAREDANT Home Health Care Center.

“It also gives me the honor to be part of the production team, where we feature some of the successful Filipinos in the country and big names in the showbiz industry,” he shared.