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Husband and wife team Kyle and Tania Price recently invested in Maid Right, a leading residential cleaning franchise, and are now open for business.Their plan is to use Maid Right as a vehicle to empower people who want to build their own residential cleaning unit franchises. They also plan on offering top-notch cleaning services to homeowners who are too busy with lifes demands to spend their free time cleaning their house.

Were trying to set up partnerships with people in our community who have business aspirations like ours, Tania says. Community support has always been important to us and continues even now that we are business owners ourselves.

For the past month, the Prices have campaigned across the Charlotte area seeking those who want to be their own boss and achieve financial freedom. They have paired with Charlottes Spanish language newspapers and radio stations as well as other community newspapers and inspiration stations to help spread the word.

The Prices believe that establishing a strong community presence will not only enhance Maid Rights brand, but it will also help create growth in Charlottes small business sector. Maid Right allows Kyle and Tania to share their years of corporate business experience with others. Both recently left successful corporate careers to pursue their entrepreneurial dream of building a family business of their own.

Tania and I were attracted to Maid Right because the master franchising concept fits our skills and experiences and we get to work with people who would also like to build a business of their own, Kyle says. The benefit of this owner-operator model is that it also allows customers to have somebody they can count on to be there and deliver consistent quality work time after time because their business growth depends on it.

Kyle and Tanias goal for 2014 is for Maid Right to become a top-tier service provider and add unit franchisees to their team. If we do that the right way, we have the potential to be around for a long time, Tania says.

Maid Right cleans using professional-grade chemicals and their exclusive EnviroShield technology. EnviroShield is the brands exclusive total disinfecting spray process that kills up to 99% of bacteria and viruses like MRSA and H1N1. Maid Right also provides multiple touch points of communication between the customer and the owner-operator. In addition to phone and email, Maid Right customers are provided with an at-home logbook, which helps them communicate their unique cleaning needs to their Maid Right team.

Kyle and Tania have two sons, Tyler and A.J. Outside the office, Kyle helps coach their boys basketball teams and Tania helps coach girls basketball teams in their area. When they arent coaching, the Prices are still cheering their sons on and attending all their games.

Maid Right of Greater Charlotte is located in North Charlotte and currently services Charlotte, Concord, Lake Norman area, Ballantyne, Waxsaw, China Grove, Gastonia, and Fort Mill (SC). They can be reached at (704) 879-2176, emailed at tania.price(at)maidright(dot)com, or online via their Facebook page and website.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 27, 2014

Residents of San Francisco, who strive for flawless homes from top to bottom, will certainly be interested in AmericanHouseCleaning.coms new service area announcement that launches their maid services in San Francisco. Now, their knowledgeable and committed cleaning crew will clean homes and buildings in the San Francisco area.

AmericanHouseCleaning.com takes pride in their customers reliance and gratitude for their services. They believe in presenting services with comprehensive accountability, which makes residents of San Francisco extremely pleased with the companys entry into their area. The CEO of AmericanHouseCleaning.com is sure that his staff will uphold the same reputation and high standard that they always have had. He firmly believes that San Francisco residents will be completely satisfied with their dedicated home cleaning services.

We have been preparing for this launch for the past several months. We have appointed a completely dedicated team for house cleaning and each team member has been provided with proper training to carry out their tasks with efficiency and integrity, the CEO states.

Living in a hygienic and sanitary house is very important, not only to appear clean, but also for healthy and nontoxic living. In todays hectic society, a company like AmericanHouseCleaning.com may be the best solution to maintain a cleanly and healthy home. With their flawless reputation and a commitment to being the best they can be, residents of San Francisco can expect top notch cleaning for a healthy living.

AmericanHouseCleaning.com maintains a methodical cleaning process that puts emphasis on sanitation, and filth removal in every corner of the home. They not only wash floors and walls, but also clean glass surfaces, photo frames, home accessories, furnishes, etc. to help provide flawless cleaning to please the homeowners. Now, people in San Francisco will enjoy the same spotless cleaning. To learn more about their maid services please visit: http://americanhousecleaning.com.

About American Housecleaning American Housecleaning Co. Inc. is a locally owned and operated full-service cleaning company. They have served a number of satisfied clients throughout the Bay Area since 1986. The company believes in delivering consistently superior results to individuals and businesses, real estate agents, property managers and office complexes.

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 25, 2014

MaidPro has, once again, bested its competitors by being the only maid services franchise to be named to Franchise Business Reviews annual top 50 ranking for 2014. MaidPro earns the highest ranking of any maid service overall in a comparative ranking that considers direct survey input from nearly 26,000 franchisees across 350+ brands for the second consecutive year. The results were announced recently at the International Franchise Associations 54th Annual Convention in New Orleans.

MaidPro also earned a call-out in FBRs Top Franchises 2014 Report for its recent introduction of a lower cost franchising option the MaidPro Select Model for entrepreneurs with less than $50,000 to invest. Generally speaking, we find lower-cost concepts tend to score a little better on the quality of life areas of our survey, FBR noted. MaidPros Vice President of Planning and Development Chuck Lynch said: Weve seen that lowering the minimum investment and offering additional financing has really helped potential franchisees to start a cleaning business, when in the past they would not have been able to do so.

For big trends, FBR noted that, By all accounts, 2014 is a great time to buy a franchise. Many franchise companies are coming off of their best years since 2007, franchise operators are seeing increased profitability and many economic experts have forecasted a much-improved economy.

To be named at all in FBRs annual Top Franchises Report, brands must score above a minimum benchmark for franchisee satisfaction, which is measured comprehensively across 33 different metrics, ranging everywhere from financial opportunity to the perceived honesty and integrity of franchisor. The higher the score, the higher rank.

One of the best ways to know if a franchise opportunity is really as good as it appears is to look at the companys franchisee satisfaction data, said FBR. Not all brands survey their franchisees, but those who do offer a wealth of information on the systems leadership, culture, training and support, financial outlook and franchise community.

We love winning in our industry and earning consistently high scores among the many hundreds of franchise opportunities available, said Lynch. But the real reason we participate every year in FBRs franchisee satisfaction survey is to gain objective insights into how we are performing and to give our franchisees opportunities to provide 100% open and honest feedback to us through a third party. We are a fast-growing brand, but do not want to grow at the expense of the things that have made us successful our personalized support and continuous investments in brand building, processes and systems that give our franchisees a competitive advantage. FBRs annual satisfaction survey helps us to gauge whether or not we are continuing to achieve that desired balance between growth and successful, happy franchisees.

To learn more about MaidPro franchise opportunities, visit: maidprofranchise.com/.

For Franchise Business Review's 2014 Top Franchises report, visit http://www.franchisebusinessreview.com/content/Top-Franchises-2014.

For Franchise Business Review's Top 50 Report, visit http://fbr50.com.

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The elderly woman spat at her regularly and in a fit of anger, the Myanmar maid retaliated and hit her.

The family found out about the assault on the elderly woman and reported it to the police.

The maid was jailed for four weeks as a result, said Ms Valli Pillai, a representative from foreign worker help group Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home).

Ms Valli, who has been a Home case management worker for five years, related the case which happened last year.

While such incidents are regrettable, observers said the case underscores the need for domestic maids to have more avenues to air their grievances.

Home's executive director Jolovan Wham told The New Paper: "Domestic workers get stressed out living and working together with Singaporean families 24 hours a day. Some also don't get salaries until they have finished paying back the loans to their agents back home.

"Others are also stressed because they are not getting enough days off," he added.

Psychologist Daniel Koh of Insights Mind Centre said a "combination of factors like different environment and cultures, and the stress from change" could trigger a breakdown.

He added: "We don't know if these maids already have any underlying issues. They usually don't have anybody to talk to at work and as with all things, there is only so much one person can take."

Ms Joanne Lee, director of maid agency JL Employment Services, said maid agencies here do their best to work with their foreign counterparts to screen the best available maids for work here.

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(MENAFN - Arab Times) Several lawmakers have expressed their anger over the killing of a Kuwaiti girl by an Ethiopian housemaid in Sulaibikhat on Sunday, calling on the Interior Ministry to immediately take the necessary action. According to the lawmakers, the ministry should not just stop the recruitment of Ethiopian maids but also deport all those currently working in the country.

They expressed condolences to the family of the victim and urged all Kuwaiti families to terminate the services of their Ethiopian maids regardless of the cost. MP Talal Al-Jalala pointed out the people of Kuwait were shocked by the news on the brutal killing of the Kuwaiti girl who belonged to a prominent family. He asked the concerned authority to impose death penalty on the maid who admitted the crime, indicating the media must be allowed to cover the implementation of the punishment to serve as a deterrent to others.

The lawmaker stressed the need to oblige housemaids to undergo tests regularly to ensure they are not suffering from any psychological illness. He said this is the responsibility of Social Affairs and Labor Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh, in coordination with the Ministry of Health. He also emphasized the need to conduct a study on domestic workers who commit crimes to look into patterns like nationality, age and other factors to help the State take a decision on stopping the recruitment of housemaids from a particular country based on the results of the study. He also suggested imposing tougher punishment on 'killer' maids and to open a special file for maids in Kuwait. He clarified he has no intention to discriminate the housemaids or downplay their role, because his aim is to guarantee the safety of citizens and residents.

Commenting on the same issue, MP Humoud Al-Hamdan asserted the number of crimes involving foreign communities, particularly the Ethiopians; has been increasing at an alarming rate. He asked the government to take precautionary measures before allowing maids to enter the country; such as ensuring they have no mental or psychological problem, and are free from infectious diseases. He also underscored the importance of organizing public awareness campaigns in different languages to familiarize the expatriate workers on the local culture and nature of the Kuwaiti society, as well as ways of dealing with people from all walks of life.

Moreover, MP Abdullah Al- Tamimi holds the domestic worker offices accountable for the inappropriate procedures in hiring housemaids, especially those from Ethiopia. He underlined the need to lay down rules and regulations in recruiting housemaids that must be followed by these offices. He said the security statistics he studied recently revealed that most expatriates accused of committing murder came from Ethiopia, especially the women.

He added the Interior Ministry must deport these housemaids as soon as possible to prevent such crimes. He also urged all Kuwaiti families to end contracts with Ethiopian maids, if they have, in spite of the huge financial losses; stressing the Interior Ministry should quickly take the necessary measures to repatriate Ethiopian domestic workers. He argued this is not the first time that an Ethiopian is accused of murder as a number of such cases had earlier been recorded.

MP Khalil Al-Saleh asked the government to stop the heinous act of the Ethiopian community and it should not be lenient towards them to prevent recurrence of killings. He added the murder of a young Kuwaiti girl on Sunday is a heinous crime which should not go unpunished, especially since this is the 11th time an Ethiopian is involved in a murder or attempted murder case. Al-Saleh disclosed more than 80,000 Ethiopians are currently living in Kuwait and most of them are domestic workers. He then applead to Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Sheikh Sabah Al- Khalid Al-Sabah to stop domestic worker offices from hiring Ethiopian maids.

MP Saleh Ashour asserted this incident is not new to us and its repetition indicates failure in the government. He asked the Ministry of Interior what steps it has taken to curb the rising number of murder cases. MP Safa Al-Hashem sympathized with the young Kuwaiti girl's family, asking the government why Indonesian laborers have been banned from entering Kuwait while members of a community implicated in several murders are allowed to stay in the country. She said the number of murders committed by Ethiopians totaled 11.

Banning Majority of the MPs support the idea of banning Ethiopian housemaids from entering the country due to the number of murder cases involving members of the community - more than other nationalities. In another development, Al-Hashem said she is confused by the response of the minister of health to her queries about the High Council of Medical Specialists, complaints of doctors and the number of doctors. She said the minister's response was, "The concerned parties declared the unconstitutionality of the submitted query." The MP asserted the minister is digging a grave for his political career due to his answer. She threatened to submit an interpellation request if the minister does not answer properly by the end of March, asserting that her queries are constitutional. On another issue, Al-Hashem disclosed a report has revealed that the losses incurred by Kuwaiti Stock Exchange since its establishment reached KD 5 billion.

She said every time she submits queries to the minister of commerce and industry regarding the issue, the standard answer she receives is, "My obligation towards the stock market is supervision only." Al-Hashem asserted the law gives the minister authority to ensure the stock market reaches its target, wondering if he is waiting for losses to reach KD10 billion. She added she has started taking the necessary steps in this regard and if the minister does not take proper action, she has no recourse but to present a grilling motion against him. Furthermore, the Legal and Legislative Committee on Sunday rejected request of the Public Prosecution to lift the immunity of MP Mohammed Tana.

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Claudine Barretto's former personal assistant, Dessa Patilan, speaks with reporters shortly after being released from Marikina City Jail on Monday. ABS-CBN News

MANILA -- The former personal assistant accused by Claudine Barretto of robbing her was released from jail Monday, with the help of the former actress' estranged sister, Gretchen.

Nineteen-year-old Dessa Patilan, who stayed at the Marikina City Jail for 10 months, emotionally faced reporters upon her release and thanked Gretchen for posting the P60,000 bail.

"Salamat po sa kanya, dahil kahit ganito lang po ako, tumulong pa rin po siya sa akin. Nagpapasalamat ako sa pag-bail niya sa akin," she said.

When Patilan was asked for her message to Claudine, her legal counsel, Atty. Alma Mallonga, offered to share a recent a conversation she had with her client.

Mallonga said she had asked Patilan whether she is still angry with Claudine for putting her in jail.

Recalling her answer, a tearful Patilan said, "Dati po, meron [akong galit na naramdaman sa kanya]. Wala na po [ngayon]... Si God na po bahala sa kanya."

Patilan was imprisoned in May last year after being accused by Claudine of stealing from her a watch worth P1.8 million and several jewelry amounting to P8.5 million earlier that month.

Four months later in September, Patilan filed a countercharge against Claudine, who she also accused of theft in relation to the same incident in May.

In her complaint, Patilan demanded from her former employer P13,550 in damages, P50,000 in moral damages, P50,000 in exemplary damages, as well as the monetary cost for legal services.

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Mar 17 2014 Nepal's Deputy Premier Meets Qatar's Ambassador ,Qatar News Agency (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) HE Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Bam Dev Gautam met with HE Qatar's Ambassador to Nepal Ahmad Jassim Al-Hamar. Talks during the meeting covered ... Mar 17 2014 Carnegie Mellon Qatar Celebrates 10th Anniversary Tomorrow ,Qatar News Agency (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Carnegie Mellon University celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its Qatar branch tomorrow at an official anniversary event, the university said today. The event will ... Mar 17 2014 Three Palestinians Injured in Clashes with Israeli Soldiers ,Qatar News Agency (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Three Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers last night in the town of Bait Ummar, north of Hebron in the West Bank. Palestinian sources said ... Mar 17 2014 King of Bahrain to Visit Pakistan Tomorrow ,Qatar News Agency (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain will begin on Tuesday a three-days state visit to Pakistan. The King of Bahrain will hold talks with Pakistan's President ... Mar 17 2014 Iran to Discuss New Plan to Resolve Syrian Crisis ,Qatar News Agency (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Iran has devised a 4-aricle plan to resolve the Syrian crisis. Speaking to ... more...

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