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OFW News FeedsExporters keep projected growth in exports despite strong peso (Sun Star)DESPITE the minimum growth of exports, at only 1.6 percent, last June, exporters have stuck to the 11 percent overall-growth for the whole year.
Horticultural Sciences (AgNews)September 04 2007 Flower Power: Leading Horticulturist to Focus on Floriculture Future COLLEGE STATION – Anna Ball will address the future of the U.S. floriculture industry Oct. 10 in Room 102 of the Horticulture and Forest Sciences Building at Texas A&M University in College Station.
THE SEPARATIST: The Twilight of the Ayatollah (Minda News)KYOTO, Japan (MindaNews/4 Sep) -- What a way to end a political career -- arrested by the Dutch police for murder and now facing the prospect of another long jail term. This was not how many of his diehard followers imagine the final years of Jose Maria Sison, Filipino communism's Grand Ayatollah.
DATELINE MANILA (Gulf Times)Special peso-dollar exchange rate is on anvil for OFWs By Julmunir I Jannaral A PROPOSED special peso to dollar exchange rate was given yesterday by a group of overseas Filipino contract workers to the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines.
US State Dept Daily Press Briefing: 04 Sep 2007 (Scoop.co.nz)Secretary Rice’s Schedule / Steps for Removal from State Sponsors of Terrorism List / Mugabe Government’s Policies Cause Serious Economic Hardship / Bombings in Rawalpindi / Chinese Hacking Pentagon Computers / Discussions on Missile Defense.
Wake Forest University to recast immigration debate (Wake Forest University News Service)Wake Forest University will address one of the United States’ most hotly debated issues—immigration—at a three-day conference Oct. 3-5. Titled “Immigration: Recasting the Debate,” the conference is the first event in the university’s 2007-2008 Voices of Our Time speaker series.
BOTSWANA-SOUTH AFRICA: IOM to open second reception centre for undocumented migrants (AlertNet)Source: IRIN The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is establishing a second reception centre in Zimbabwe to provide a 'soft landing' for undocumented Zimbabwean migrants being deported from neighbouring countries.
1st 'Ber' month signals X'mas is nearThe "ber" season is off the starting blocks as Filipinos join the rest of the world in counting 111 more days to Christmas.
Free shuttle services at Manila AirportsConvenience and transport through Manila's airport terminals is here as the Manila International Airport Authority launched free shuttle services for all airport users, including passengers running after connecting flights and employees rushing for time-in.
Filipino actors star in Off Broadway Play 'Insiders'Two Filipino Actors, Luis Pedron and Antonio Alvaira will star in the Off Broadway Play "Insiders."
Pananatili ni Malu Fernandez sa 'Standard' ikinagalit ng OFWs (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)Nagbuhos na naman ng galit sa e-mail at blog ang overseas Filipino workers nang malaman nila na tuloy pa rin ang column ni Malu Fernandez sa "Manila Standard Today."
Newspaper says apology enough, will keep Fernandez (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)The editorial board of the "Manila Standard Today" newspaper said Tuesday that the apology issued by Malu Fernandez prompted management to retain her as society columnist despite criticisms over her remarks against overseas Filipino workers.
Letter from Europe: Sicilians losing faith in United States (International Herald Tribune)Grand and triumphant tales of their emigrant forefathers no longer resonate amid gnarled olive groves and unemployment lines. Now the talk is of a different America, where money rules and not everyone is welcome - and of Sicilians staying home.
Manila broadsheet draws flak over anti-OFW columnist (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)Overseas Filipino workers are determined to boycott a Manila newspaper which continues to print the articles of a columnist who they said wrote anti-OFW statements.
America No Longer Welcomes Poor, Yearning Masses, Sicilians Say (Bloomberg.com)Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Beneath the precious fruit of an olive tree planted in 1776 outside the mountain hamlet of Sambuca di Sicilia, Giovanni Di Bennardo mops summer dust from his brow and explains how he'll make it to America.
Wage board grants pay hike to minimum wage earners in CalabarzonThe wage board in Region IVA or Calabarzon has issued a new wage order granting daily pay hikes to private sector minimum wage earners in the region, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today said.
America No Longer Welcomes Poor, Yearning Masses, Sicilians Say (Bloomberg.com)Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Beneath the precious fruit of an olive tree planted in 1776 outside the mountain hamlet of Sambuca di Sicilia, Giovanni Di Bennardo mops summer dust from his brow and explains how he'll make it to America.
RP narrows trade gap forecast (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)The government expects a trade deficit this year of $6.6 billion, narrower than an earlier forecast of $7.2 billion, but wider than last year’s actual shortfall of $4.5 billion, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) shows.
PSE chief woos OFWs to play stock market (The Manila Times)The Philippine Stock Exchange is lobbying for changes in the antimoney laundering law that would allow overseas Filipino workers to invest in the stock market.
Labor productivity in RP at region’s low end (The Manila Times)LABOR productivity in the Philippines stands at the low end of Southeast Asian countries, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO) said.
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