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Prostitution science from the U.N.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:11:35 GMT

The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous work, and sometimes even the flesh trade, a United Nations official said.
Source: Classical Values

Philippines: TV Ads of Presidential Candidates

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:31:47 GMT

There will be a presidential election in the Philippines next year. The election season has already started with candidates filing their certificates of candidacies in government election offices throughout the country.
Source: Global Voices Online

Philippines: GMA seeks binding deal in Denmark

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:22:15 GMT

PRESIDENT Arroyo plans to push for a “binding and legal” agreement that would save the world from catastrophic climate change should she attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) next month, Malacañang announced on...
Source: EcoEarth News

Global warfare: US military operations in all major regions of the World

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:00:10 GMT

Global Warfare USA: The World is the Pentagon's Oyster On January 20, a changing of the guard occurred in the United States White House with two-term president George W. Bush being replaced by former freshman senator Barack Obama.
Source: UK Indymedia Newswire

The real plot behind Italian arrests

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:55:45 GMT

On June 12, 2009, US and Italian investigators arrested some persons on charges of stealing phone services from companies around the world and using the illegal profits thus earned for funding terrorism.
Source: Rediff

Asia's Rice Culture Threatened

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:27:30 GMT

“Every really successful system of agriculture…..must be based on the long view, otherwise the day of reckoning is certain.” [Sir Albert Howard & Yashwant Wad; The Waste Products of Agriculture; 1931; page 3] Importance of rice in Asia Rice is Asia's...
Source: The Market Oracle

Mama Mary one, Modern Theologians Zero

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:58:55 GMT

All Catholic Filipinos have a devotion to “Mama Mary”. It’s a cultural thing. Americans tend to be individualistic in their approch to religion, so tend to parse Bible verses.
Source: Blogger News

'They want some certainty ... and so do we'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:47:19 GMT

If you stay at the sprawling 320-hectare Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, there is a good chance the person making your bed is a migrant worker from Ecuador or the Philippines. That's because Canadians don't seem to want the $12-an-hour jobs.
Source: Toronto Star

Quoted in 'Hitachi Laboratory Equipment Donation Extends Nationwide'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:38:04 GMT

said in PR-Inside.com:

Hitachi is impressed by the highly skilled workforce in the Philippines. Through the Integrated University Program, we like to think that we are helping to develop the tremendous potential of these future scientists and engineers

Quoted in 'A New Smile and a New Life for Children'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:04:09 GMT

said in Khaleej Times:

We are extremely grateful to the Dubai Duty Free Foundation for such a significant contribution and we look forward to working with them to roll out the three year programme which will ultimately change the lives and fortunes of thousands of children in the Philippines.

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, is greeted by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during his courtesy call at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:54:14 GMT

Philippine National Police officials led the blessing of police assets including rubber boats which will be deployed to provinces to be hit by Typhoon Lupit at the police headquarters in Manila on October 21, 2009.

Bizarre Foods - Philippines 1/6

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