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One of our relatives just came back to visit from Canada, and she is looking to recruit people to work with her in Alberta. I said no thank you, since my Hispanic (adopted) son already was working in nearby Alaska, along with other Hispanics and Filipinos, and he said if he changed jobs, he preferred

Sometimes making peace just makes things worse, as can be seen in the Philippines. President Arroyo has been under a lot of pressure by Muslim countries and the United States to make peace with the remaining Moro (Muslim ethnic) group in Mindanao.

With all the worries about burning coal or oil to make electricity, some countries are turning to technology to harvest other sources. Here in the Philippines, the government has announced that it plans to build a tidal power generator near Cebu to help generate electricity for our central islands.

Akruti net profit surges as co eyes cheaper land (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) July 29th, 2008 MUMBAI, July 29 (Reuters) - Real estate firm Akruti City Ltd's quarterly net profit more than trebled as more projects hit the market, but a top official said on Tuesday it has stopped buying land, expecting high prices to cool.

President Arroyo is due to give the state of the nation report next week, and years of controversy and scandals are catching up with her. The latest polls show that she has a low approval rating and a credibility gap: a recent GMA poll notes that only 14% of the public expect her to tell the [...]

Last week, Human Rights Watch issued a paper on the mistreatment of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. It should be noted that such abuse is not limited to Saudi, nor only with Arabs. Last week a maid accused a former Philippine envoy to the United Nations of taking her passport away and keeping her locked up.

Weeks after 800 plus people lost their lives, questions about the ferry and about it’s cargo continue to linger here in the Philippines. The first question is why did the ferry leave port when Manila was under a Signal one and the destination port was under a Signal two.

It is a full two weeks since the ill-star MV Princess of the Stars fell on its side and ended bottom up some 100 meters from the shoreline of San Fernando, Romblon after being allowed to mistakenly sail into the eye of Typhoon Frank.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Sulpicio Lines, owner of the vessel, which sank in the Philippines has sued the weather bureau for inaccurate weather forecasting. Sulpicio Lines Inc, owner of a sunken vessel that killed more than 800 people, filed a 3-million-peso (US$66,882) civil damage suit against the

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