Recruits would like to bring their families as well By Merituuli Ahola – In October last year, Philippine nurse and mother of four, Helen Donesa, 45, was watching television when she saw an interview with a Finnish man who said that he had come to the Philippines to recruit Read more »
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Yes, we can wow the world
By Jim Paredes Consider that almost nine million Filipinos are now living abroad in practically every continent, in every region under every climate known to man, and under different types of political systems. Filipinos have invested their lives, established residence, intermarried with locals, begotten children, put up businesses and built Read more »
A little light, at sunset
Manila Times – A SMALL victory for the Filipino war veterans is the passage of the Filipino Veterans Equity Bill last week in the United States Senate. Recognition for the valor of Filipinos who fought for the defense of the United States and the Philippines during World War II Read more »
RP in mad scramble for world’s rice supply
The Philippines is left with no other choice but to buy whatever rice is available in the world market — even at a higher price. This is to ensure that there’s enough rice supply for the 88.57 million Philippine population, former Agriculture Secretary Senen Bacani said in an interview in Read more »
First US trip of Pinoy family leads to tragedy
By MARIA ALETA NIEVA The Dela Rosa family was looking forward to a memorable vacation abroad. They never imagined that tragedy would come their way on their very first trip to the US. Jose Ricardo, his wife Carmichelle and children Jose Gabriel “Gjay” and Alexa Marie were supposed to spend Read more »
Manila misses out on torch relay for Beijing
By ROY MEDINA abs-cbnNEWS.com Except for that event during the period leading to the 1964 Tokyo Games, Manila has yet to repeat its hosting of the Olympic torch relay, now winding its way down to Jakarta, Indonesia in Southeast Asia, Canberra in Australia, and back to mainland China.
