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Repeaters pull down nurse board passing rate

Repeaters pull down nurse board passing rate
Clarie Bontol, nursing board topnotcher, pose with officials of the Iligan Medical Center College of Nursing.(Photo by : Richel V. Umel)
By Veronica Uy First Posted 14:21:00 02/02/2010

Filipino voters overseas may still have to resort to manual voting after some host countries indicated they were not keen on having large crowds assemble in one place.

Asean prepares own ‘Marshall Plan’

Asean prepares own ‘Marshall Plan’
ASEAN website
INQUIRER.net First Posted 10:12:00 01/12/2010

Asean is preparing its own Marshall Plan, the United States program in post World War II to rebuild and create an economically stronger Western Europe to repel the threat of internal communism, the Asean Secretariat said Tuesday.

UK commits fixed ratio for aid in perpetuity

UK commits fixed ratio for aid in perpetuity
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INQUIRER.net First Posted 11:07:00 01/19/2010

The United Kingdom became the first European Union country to publicly announce that it would allot starting 2013 almost 1 percent of its income to foreign aid, the UK embassy here said in a statement.

4 Filipino peacekeepers home from Haiti

4 Filipino peacekeepers home from Haiti
The remains four Filipino peacekeepers who died in last month’s deadly earthquake in Haiti have arrived.
INQUIRER.net First Posted 12:55:00 02/02/2010

The remains of the four Filipino peacekeepers who died in last month’s deadly earthquake in Haiti arrived Tuesday morning.

2 win UN-backed Arab culture award

2 win UN-backed Arab culture award
Unesco formally recognizes Arab or Islamic calligraphy as a purveyor of art and culture. AFP
By INQUIRER.net First Posted 09:27:00 01/19/2010

An Iraqi poet and calligrapher and a Polish publisher and academic have been awarded the United Nations-backed Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture for 2009, the UN office here said Tuesday.

Repeaters pull down nurse board passing rateAsean prepares own ‘Marshall Plan’UK commits fixed ratio for aid in perpetuity4 Filipino peacekeepers home from Haiti2 win UN-backed Arab culture award

Overseas Absentee Voting

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Possible automated vote for Singapore, HK

Posted February 4, 2010 10:27:00
The Commission on Elections is still studying the possibility of automated voting for Filipinos in Singapore and Hong Kong, Commissioner Armando Velasco said. Full story
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Celebrate Valentine's Day without overspending

Posted February 9, 2010 02:12:00
Valentine's Day is coming up and I'm a bit hesitant to take my wife out to a nice dinner and concert as we have been doing so for the past five years. Full story

Blogs

Living Abroad

The math of putting an OFW in the Senate

Posted on January 21, 2010

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Overseas Pinoy

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Helpline gets a question from a nurse who wants to gain some work experience.

But instead of getting paid for work done in this private hospital that accepted me, I pay them P3,000 every month to “train” me. And I’m not the only one.Full Question and Answer
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Announcements

ABS-CBN LDD offers TFC subscribers free 20-minute calls to the Philippines

REDWOOD CITY, CA, December 10, 2009 – For the holiday season, ABS-CBN International’s Long Distance Direct (LDD) brings back its offer of free 20 minutes worth of calls to the Philippines exclusively to all TFC subscribers in the U.S. The offer is valid from December 1 to 31, 2009. Full Story

Tambayan

Soneto kay Pacquiao

Ang suntok mo ang humango sa dagok ng kahirapan sa 'yo at ng iyong pamilya, at mga kaibigan at mga kamag-anak, at, kababayan.. Full Story