Long-term, job-generating foreign investments rose to new heights in November as the country preserved its image as a safe bet, data released this week showed, reports Inquirer.net. The 11-month foreign direct investment is already more than double the annual average in the last four years.
Dubai Police also honored a Filipina, identified only as Jean, for her honesty at her workplace, for returning Dh4,300 she found in an ATM on New Year’s Eve, reports Gulf News.
The Philippines is classified as overrepresented in the staffing of the United Nations (UN) but this has not stopped the UN from hiring more Filipinos, according to GoodNewsPilipinas.com.
The Philippines' very own raw dish in vinegar captivated food lovers and the world's top chefs who participated in Spain's important international gastronomy summit, Madrid Fusion, reports ABS-CBN News.
Survivor Kathy Elfstrom Cronquist (second from left), visiting the University of Santo Tomas for the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Santo Tomas Internment Camp. (Source: GMA News)
For three years during World War II, American Kathy Elfstrom Cronquist lived on the grounds of the University of Santo Tomas, which the Japanese occupiers had turned into a prison camp for over 4,000 American and British civilians living in Manila. Cronquist was one of the former prisoners of war who visited UST February 3, exactly 70 years since Filipino and American forces liberated the Santo Tomas Internment Camp (STIC) on February 3, 1945, reports GMA News.
Filipino care home owners in California recently met with the U.S. Wage and Hour Division in San Francisco to ensure compliance with state and federal laws. Many care homes have been investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor for labor violations, reports ABS-CBN News.
The Governing Board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has issued a resolution that would allow Filipino workers of international aid organizations to return to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, reports, ABS-CBN News.
Leaders of Filipino-American organizations lauded a bill that would amend the Immigration Act of 1990, which led to the naturalization of Filipino World War II veterans but did not apply to their spouses and children. The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) commended Congressman Mark Takai (Dem-Hawaii) for introducing the bill known as the Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2015 (HR 483), reports Inquirer.net.
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