Former Philippines President Joseph Estrada is seen in San Juan City Metro Manila in this June 30, 2007 file photo. Estrada is confident he will be acquitted of plunder charges when an anti-corruption court delivers its verdict within the next week or so. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo/Files
Displaying all posts for September, 2007
Filipinos fight to be recognized as U.S. vets
Jose Ginito is a Filipino American veteran of World War II. They lived in the Philippines, but they were members of the U.S. armed forces. More than 200,000 of them fought during World War II. Tens of thousands died before the final hard-won triumph over Japan. TYSON TRISH / Read more »
Slowing Inflation in Philippines – Points to Rate Cut
By CECILIA E. YAP and CRIS LARANO MANILA, Philippines — Inflation in the Philippines decelerated in August, with prices up 2.4% from a year earlier. That compared with a 2.6% rise in July, as increases in the costs of most commodities slowed.
Kobe Bryant in Manila
NBA Basketball star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers admires a passenger jeepney (modified jeep) which is decorated with his new ad for a popular sports apparel Nike during his one-day visit to Manila, Philippines Wednesday Sept. 5, 2007 to interact with school children and conduct basketball clinic Read more »
Philippine court orders temporary halt to imports of genetically modified rice
AP – MANILA, Philippines: A court has ordered a temporary hold on an application to bring genetically modified rice into the Philippines, pending a study of possible health and environment hazards, court documents and activists said Friday.
Community, Consulate Open Bank Account for Stranded Filipino Shepherdess
Rasheed Abou-Alsamh, Arab News – JEDDAH, 2 September 2007 — Filipino community members and the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah have helped set up a bank account for the Filipino shepherdess who worked in Al-Baha for 18 years without receiving a regular salary, following a report about her plight in Read more »
