By ESTRELLA TORRES
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has alerted embassies and consulates in the 27 member-states of the European Union (EU) of the possible mass deportation of close to 100,000 undocumented Filipino workers in those countries after the EU Parliament adopted the draft on implementing tougher moves to ease out foreign illegal migrants in the union. [Continue reading...]
GMANews.TV
MANILA, Philippines - To mark their debut in Makati City, the first locally made electric jeepneys (e-jeeps) will offer free rides to the public in their first week of operation starting Tuesday. A statement on the Makati City website said the jeeps will mainly service office employees in both Legazpi and Salcedo Villages in Makati. [Continue reading...]
By CHER S. JIMENEZ - abs-cbn news online
SAN FRANCISCO—His voice reverberates in a downtown San Francisco train station as passersby, residents and visitors make their way to the Bay Area Rapid Transport (BART), the city’s main subway system. [Continue reading...]
MANILA (AFP) — The rugged Willy Jeep has been given a new lease of life by a small factory in Manila reproducing the iconic World War II vehicle for a growing international market nostalgic for the past. [Continue reading...]
By GREG RUSHFORD
FROM TODAY’S WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA
June 26, 2008
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo took a whirlwind tour of the U.S. this week. At every stop, she boasted that her country’s economy is on the move, having enjoyed an impressive 7% growth rate last year. Tomorrow in New York, Ms. Arroyo will woo well-heeled potential investors at a $5,000-a-table luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria, where she is expected to give an upbeat presentation on Philippine infrastructure financing and ongoing privatization efforts. [Continue reading...]
By Linette C. Ramos
Sun.Star Staff Reporter
IN Clinton High in North Carolina, American students are learning about Cebuano culture and way of life, and are raving about Cebu’s beaches, the Sinulog, otap, dried mangoes and danggit. Students, who have never heard of the Philippines, much less about Cebu, even learned to use the Philippine currency and other Philippine-made materials in their Math and science classes. [Continue reading...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama released the following statement on the visit of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the United States:
“I welcome the visit this week of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her delegation to the United States. President Arroyo’s visit is an opportunity to strengthen our historic alliance, and to discuss a host of issues of mutual interest. [Continue reading...]
Trina Lagura, abs-cbnNEWS.com - The head of a presidential task force overseeing the mothballed Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 is hoping that the Philippine International Air Terminals Corporation (PIATCO) will no longer block the opening of the controversial terminal. [Continue reading...]
Deportation of Pinoys looms • E-jeeps to debut with free rides in Makati • Shadowy trails: Stories of the undocumented • Philippine firm brings old WWII jeeps back to life • Powering Down the Philippine Economy • Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
Bo Sanchez
Preacher in blue jeans
Haring Liwanag
Jim Paredes - My musings and random thoughts.
Pinoy Penman
The continuing chronicles of Jose Dalisay Jr., aka Butch Dalisay.
Blogkadahan
Rebels without because.
The Alvarado Project
Highlights the Filipino American community and the work of a Filipino American artist-photographer, Ricardo O Alvarado.
Immigration Updates
Atty. Gurfinkel writes a weekly column, "Immigration Corner," which is published in numerous newspapers in the US.
One Nation, Overseas
Need (hired) help? Try the Philippines, the forerunner of tomorrow's distributed economy, supplying nurses, teachers, techies, and sailors to the global village.
By David Diamond
