Cash sent home by overseas Filipino workers rose in line with expectations in April this year, which became the earliest month in history that saw remittances exceed $2 billion, documents from the central bank showed. Growth in remittances fell off March’s high but still stayed at a healthy pace, keeping up with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) official forecast for 2015, reports Inquirer.net.
American scientists discovered over 100 new marine species in the Philippines during an underwater expedition held recently. An article published in the California Academy of Sciences website said scientists from the academy started their multiyear exploration of the Coral Triangle's biological treasures, with the Philippines as one of its focus areas, reports ABS-CBN News.
Some US lawmakers have proposed a bill that will confer an American Congressional Gold Medal for Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers in the United States and the Philippines who fought during World War II, reports GMA News. Introduced by a bipartisan and bicameral group of legislators, the bill acknowledges the dedicated service of over 260,000 Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers who fought side-by-side with their American counterparts.
The Wichita, Kansas community has been rocked by the murder of the Filipina owner of a popular restaurant. Tanya Tandoc, the owner of Tanya’s Soup Kitchen, was found dead last Thursday in the basement of her home. The suspect is Tandoc’s housemate, 47-year-old Curtis Mitchell.Police said Mitchell made a 911 call late last Thursday night in which he confessed to the dispatcher that he killed Tandoc in a "crime of passion," reports ABS-CBN News.
Filipino workers in the United Arab Emirates will have more variety in the airwaves after another radio station for Filipinos was launched there last June 6, reports GMA News.
Wow 107 FM, a 24-hour entertainment channel, caters to Filipinos in need of commentary, music, and news delivered in Tagalog similar in style to radio stations in the Philippines. Before Wow 107 FM's launch, Tag 91.1 was the only Tagalog-language radio station in the UAE.
Philippine economic growth is expected to hold steady until 2017 as the country continues to enjoy the fruits of its big working-age population and stable fundamentals, the World Bank said. Cheap fuel prices and strong recovery by major trading partners such as the United States and Japan would give the Philippines a welcome boost, reports Inquirer.net.
Canadian families looking for caregivers or nannies will have a harder time, thanks to the federal legislation that is capping overseas applications. Between December 2014 and March 2015, the federal government only approved 92 of the 880 applications for the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) which an employer needs to obtain before hiring caregivers, reports the Filipino Post.
The Philippines rose by nine notches to rank 51st among 102 countries in the Rule of Law Index 2015, which measures how the rule of law is experienced in practical, everyday situations by ordinary people around the world, according to the latest study conducted by the nonprofit World Justice Project (WJP), reports Inquirer.net.
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