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Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Gary Olivar today said growth in foreign direct investments (FDI), which is measured more in actual dollars, reached nearly the ideal eight percent a year enough to sustain development in the long term, since President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assumed office nine years ago. FDI last year also amounted to $1.9 billion, higher ... Full story

A group of 13 Philippine seafood companies organized by the Department of Agriculture (DA) will be participating in the International Boston Seafood Show at the Boston Conference and Exhibition Center from March 14 to 16, 2010. The participating companies and their respective products are as foll ows: NEW PARTICIPATING COMPANIES 1.    Universal Canning, Inc. - Canned seafoods ... Full story

The Silliman University National Writers Workshop is now accepting applications for the 49th National Writers Workshop to be held 3-21 May 2010 in Dumaguete City. This Writers Workshop is offering fifteen fellowships to promising young writers who would like a chance to hone their craft and refine their style. Fellows will be provided housing, a modest stipend, and a subsidy to partially defray costs of their ... Full story

The following November 2009 PRC Nursing Board Examinees garnered the 10 highest scores in the aforementioned exams : Clarie Morales Bontol of Iligan Medical Center College, Inc. (87.80%) Bryan Noel Cueto Asis of Lyceum of Batangas (87.60) Dickson Araza Laude of St. Scholastica's College of Health Sciences-Tacloban (87.00) Sarah Beth Zapanta Bendoy of First Asia Institute of Technologies & Humanities (86.60), Cyrel Alexandra Infistan Diolazo of Arellano University-Manila (86.60) Cliff ... Full story

In the remaining five months of her term, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will keep her attention focused on the economy, education, and environment (3Es). Her goal, the president told Joe Taruc in an interview on radio station DZRH this morning, is to uplift the lives of Filipinos and earn First World status ... Full story

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo conferred today the Order of Sikatuna, Rank of Datu with Gold Distinction, on Kristie Ann Kenney, outgoing US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Philippines. The American lady diplomat merited the honor for her outstanding contribution to advance bilateral relations between the Philippines ... Full story

Crispulo Icban Jr., editor in chief of the Manila Bulletin, will replace the late Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde in an acting capacity. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made the announcement at the lunch she hosted for the Malacañang Press Corps at the Palace. “Like Cerge, Jun is first and foremost a journalist,” the President said of the new Cabinet secretary. Icban is the ninth press secretary under President Arroyo. ... Full story

The prestigious HSP Huygens Programme is open to excellent students from all countries. It is aimed at talented students who want to come to the Netherlands in the final phase of their bachelor’s studies or during their master’s studies. PhD applications can only be accepted from excellent students with the Chinese, Croatian ... Full story

Australia Level 23 Tower 2 RCBC Plaza Ayala Avenue, Makati City (63-2) 757-8100 Austria 4th Floor Prince Building, 112 Roda St. Legaspi Village, Makati City (63-2) 817-9191; (63-2) 817-4992 Bangladesh 2nd  r. Ayala Wing BPI Bldg., 106 Paseo de Roxas cor. Perea St., Legaspi Village, Makati City (63-2) 817-5010; (63-2) 817-5001 Cambodia Unit 7-A 7th Flr. Country Space Bldg. Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City (63-2) 818-9981 Canada Level 6-8, Tower 2, RCBC Plaza 6819 Ayala Avenue, Makati City (63-2) 867-0001; (63-2) 867-0002 Chile 17th Flr. Liberty Center Building 104 H.V. de la Costa ... Full story

The massacre in Tarlac's Hacienda Luisita five years ago—where seven farm workers were felled by government bullets and scores suffered injuries—is a tragic testament to the peasants' continuing plight of landlessness and poverty. Particularly in Luisita, peasants have for two decades been denied the essence of land reform—genuine land distribution. This, as the Cojuangcos persist in implementing the stock distribution option (SDO) despite justified calls for ... Full story