Another good news mentioned by President Arroyo in her 8th State of the Nation Address (SONA) has just turned into bad.
The Social Weather Stations (SWS) disclosed Thursday that the gains in self-rated poverty in 2007, due largely to a 7.3% economic growth last year, had been wiped out in June 2008 .
Fifty-nine percent of Filipinos, [...]
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Overseas Filipino workers based in Dubai had differing opinions as President Arroyo delivered her eighth State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday afternoon in Quezon City.
ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau chief Dindo Amparo reported that it was lunchtime when OFWs in Dubai watched Mrs. Arroyo’s SONA.
A group of high school students from Bauan, Batangas province recently showcased the Philippines’ rich culture in Illinois, US.
Five overseas Filipino workers died following a road accident in Al-Batha town in Saudi Arabia, near the border with the United Arab Emirates.
The fatalities were identified as Marcelito Obon, Roberto Hornilla, Antonio Reyno, Johnny Gregorio and Ronald Valdez.
MANILA, Philippines - Unidentified men shot dead a rice trader and his wife just as they arrived at their home in Davao City from the public market Monday night.
Radio dzBB’s Davao affiliate reported that two children and a worker of the victims were wounded in the incident, with one of the children reportedly in serious [...]