ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc.’s (AFI) Adopt-Your-Hometown School campaign involves Filipinos overseas to assist in the improvement of the quality of schoolchildren in their communities of origin. Scores of Filipinos overseas (from the United…
Category: Press Releases
Confab on OFW donations set Aug 1-2 in UST
HONG KONG-based domestic worker Thelma Unite sings self-composed songs to raise funds for public elementary schools in her hometown of Ballesteros, Cagayan. Members of the US-based network Federation of Mindanao Associations in…
Art In The Park
Paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture and other works of art by Filipino contemporary artists will be available in the affordable art fair – Art in the Park – organized by Museum Foundation of…
MoneyForex-Leading the Way in Forex Trading
MoneyForex is a commission-free online currency trading broker which offers online forex trading with all major currencies and cross trades. Acknowledged as one of the world’s premier online currency trading broker, MoneyForex…
How much is eBay?
News like YouTube sold for 1.6 billion USD to Google, eBay acquired Skype for 2.6 billion often get all of us so excited and usually make us start to wonder about how…
STAC-J launches Tuloy-Aral Kompyuter (Batch 18)
by RJC Have you always wanted to learn about computers and the internet at the time and place convenient to you? Don’t fret, TAC-K is the answer! TAC-K or the Tuloy Aral…
ADB and Japan dishonor Kyoto — Greenpeace
7 May 2007, Kyoto, Japan — Greenpeace expressed shock at the statement delivered by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board Chair, Japan’s Finance Minister Koji Omi, on the penultimate day of the…
Greenpeace, SolarGeneration youth challenge governments
Bangkok, 1 May 2007 – “The message is clear: we must choose clean and safe energy solutions–anything else is a betrayal to the earth’s future generations.” Greenpeace and SolarGeneration youth issued this…
MFMCP to manage Philippines fund for Aizawa
THE MUTUAL FUND MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (MFMCP), a member of The ATR KimEng Group, is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to act as the investment…
Kaalagad Releases Guide for Voting
Kaalagad Katipunang Kristyano an ecumenical communitarian movement that promotes biodiversity, gender mutuality, economic equity and pluralism yesterday released a guide for choosing a candidate. Kaalagad chose ten (10) issues and urges voters…
BPI Search for 10 Outstanding Expat Pinoy Children
Expat Pinoys are truly deserving of their titles as the country’s modern-day heroes. They are living showcases of the endearing characteristics of Filipinos, bringing honor to the country through the diligence and…
‘Rice deities’ descend on Department of Agriculture
Manila, 16 April 2007 — Greenpeace activists dressed to symbolize the bul-ul, a traditional Ifugao rice guardian, carried out a sit-in protest at the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) doorsteps in Quezon City…
Maps show RP on road to climate change catastrophe
Manila, 4 April 2007–The Philippines is on its way to a major climate change catastrophe–that is, unless the government takes urgent and ambitious action to avert a disaster that will put millions…
STAC-J Press Release: Congratulations!
Congratulations to the organizers of the “Annual Research Forum for the Graduates” CONGRATULATIONS to the members of the executive committee of the Science and Technology Advisory Council –Japan Chapter (STAC-J) and the…
Text power, blog, used in campaign against GMO rice
Manila, 16 March 2007–Hundreds of text messages stating “I love my rice GMO-free” kept Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap’s phone busy from 12 noon to 1 PM of March 15….