The number of Filipino nurses who applied for work in the United States have declined during the first three months of 2008, compared to the same period last year.
Data provided by Catanduanes Representative Joseph Santiago indicated that only 4,686 Filipino nurses took a US-administered exam from January to March 2008, lower than the 5,076 who [...]
The impending 0.15% Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) on all international transfer will surely hit the OFWs once again.
Migrante, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers’ organizations, said the impending documentary stamp tax (DST) imposition on all international transfers, including OFW remittance, is but another scheme of state exaction burdening OFWs and families.
Migrante spokesperson John Monterona told [...]
The result of the Chemical Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Chemical Engineering in Manila this April 2008 is now available.
Among the 122 successful examinees, the following got the the Top 10 highest grade:
Levi Layague Miranda, Adamson University — 81.80%
David Sonorio Renolayan, University of the Philippines-Los Baños — 80.30%
Johann Alcantara Cruz, [...]
3,218 OFW children contest on the 100 OWWA scholarship slot. This mean that the OWWA scholarship examinee should be on the top 3.10% when the 2007-2008 EDSP OWWA scholarship exam result is released to able qualify to the scholarship grant.
A total of Three Thousand Two Hundred Eighteen (3,218) children and other beneficiaries of Overseas Filipino [...]
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) informed that another Canadian province wants to attract Filipino workers. According to DFA, the mayor of Kingston Canada, Mayor Harvey Rosen expressed his goal to make the town of Kingston a key destination for migrant workers, specifically Filipinos.
The mayor relayed this during the recent visit of Philippine Ambassador to [...]
