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)
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 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
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
The remains four Filipino peacekeepers who died in last month’s deadly earthquake in Haiti have arrived.
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
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.
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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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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
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The Pacific Gas and Electric Company-Filipino Employees Association (PGE-FEA) on Nov. 3 gave a $3,000 check to Ayala Foundation for “Ondoy” victims.
