Beware of colorum reviewers: Philres

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By Katlene O. Cacho

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

WHILE the real estate industry offers promising career opportunities, aspiring real estate practitioners should be cautious in choosing which review centers to enroll in, an accredited organization for real estate service practice said.

This is to protect them from “fly-by-night” operators or firms that are only after profit and have no regard for the quality of the review session, said officials of the Philippine Institute of Real Estate Service Practitioners Inc. (Philres Inc.)-Mandaue chapter.

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Philres Mandaue City interim president Hilario Escudero III said these review centers should be accredited with the Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC) as mandated by the Real Estate Service Act of the Philippines.

In a resolution released last Sept. 26, the Professional Regulatory Board for Real Estate announced that it will no longer accept requests or applications for accreditation to conduct Real Estate Review and Seminars without approval of the PRC.

All applications should be submitted to PRC’s Standards and Operations Division for evaluation and endorsement to the board.

Jose Ma. Gianzon, Philres-Mandaue chairman for advocacy and bantay colorum committee, said reviewees should ask PRC for a list of accredited review centers.

“(If they don’t, they will end up) wasting time, money and effort,” said Gianzon.

He said the group will also keep an eye on unscrupulous and unlicensed real estate practitioners.

The PRC has tapped Philres to act as integrated professional organization for real estate service practice.

Philres Inc. has over 3,000 members nationwide. The Mandaue chapter records some 170 members.

Escudero announced that they will be holding a 12-day (every Saturday and Sunday) Real Estate Brokers Review and Seminar starting Oct. 20 in Benedicto College in A.S. Fortuna, Mandaue City.

The whole-day activity will be conducted by PhilRES Inc.-Cagayan de Oro City under Philres chairman Pilar Torres-Banaag, who is also an accredited lecturer.

Malunde Bentulan, Philres-Mandaue interim executive vice president, said this is an opportune time for college graduates or professionals to become licensed real estate practitioners without taking the four-year real estate management course,.

Bentulan said that as soon as all universities and colleges adopt the curriculum, only graduates of the course can take the licensure examination.

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Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on October 17, 2012.

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New York mayor hails outstanding Filipino-Americans

By Cristina DC Pastor
TheFilAm.net

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NEW YORK—‘It was like waiting for the ball to drop on New Year’s Eve.’

Roland Ubaldo

Filipinos in New York and elsewhere celebrated on Facebook the victories of former fashion model Bessie Badilla, U.S. Marshals spokesman Roland Ubaldo and nine others in the first The Outstanding Filipino Americans in NY awards honoring 12 notable Filipinos in the region.

A presentation of awards will be held Oct. 29 at Carnegie Hall. Badilla won in the Arts & Culture category. Ubaldo garnered the highest votes in Public Service.

Pulitzer Award-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, whose controversial coming-out as an undocumented immigrant was both cheered and criticized, won the Courage of Conviction award versus Catherina Cenzon DeCarlo, a Mt. Sinai Hospital nurse who refused to participate in an abortion procedure for religious reasons.

The voting, which started on July 18, ended midnight of October 8, as family and friends scrambled to ‘Like’ the nominees’ photos on the TOFA-NY Facebook page. It was a tight race for votes in some

categories.

The rest of the winners are:

Business & Entrepreneurship

Bessie Badilla

Grace Hufano-Labaguis

Community Service & Advocacy

Philippine Forum

Entertainment

Sounds of Manila

Fashion & Style

Jerry Sibal

Food & Restaurants

Rena Avendula

Health Care

Dr. Lorna Bayes

LGBT & Advocacy

Michelle Manangan

Media & Publishing

Don Tagala

Youth & Sports

Filipino School of New York and New Jersey

Jose Antonio Vargas

“Thank you to the organizers for the honor of being nominated among the finest talented Filipinos in New York,” Badilla said in a statement. “I salute my co-nominees Michael Dadap, Roz Li, Philippine

American Friendship Committee, Philippine Fiesta and The Philippine Independence Day Council, and I challenge them to continue sharing their talents and showcasing the true Filipino spirit through Arts and Culture.”

Comic Air Tabigue, who lost by only one point to Sounds of Manila band in the Entertainment category said, “The dream is over…LOL…but it was an honor just to be nominated for this award.”

Philippine Consul General in New York Mario de Leon and business and community leader Loida Nicolas Lewis will award the winners on October 29 at Carnegie Hall in a simple ceremonies to be hosted by singer Mig Ayesa and TV reporter/journalism professor Ernabel Demillo.

The 12 winners will be jointly honored with Heritage Awardees Lea Salonga, the Filipino American Human Services Inc., the Filipino Reporter newspaper, Filipino American National Heritage Society Metro NY,Filipino American National Heritage Society New Jersey, and the dancing team of youngsters Craig & Samantha.

Lea Salonga

“New York has always been proud to be a city of promise and opportunity for people of every background, including generations of Filipino Americans,” said Mayor Mike Bloomberg in a message to the awardees. “We take this opportunity to honor the men and women who contribute to our city’s amazing energy and spirit.”

Kiran Ahuja, executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders, said in a separate message: “I applaud TOFA-NY for giving recognition to individuals and organizations that have raised the profile of Filipino Americans in a unique and positive way.”