Migrants give new swing to golf in Philippines
A decade after a regional property bubble burst, the country?s golf industry swings to fresh hits every summer, courtesy of moneyed Filipinos from the United States.
Lack of health access harms Filipina migrants
The lack of access to health facilities in host countries aggravates the maltreatment already suffered by some Filipina migrant workers, making them more vulnerable and unattended to.
Philippines: Moro groups urge junking of Human Security Act
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — “We appeal and call the attention of the upper house in the senate as well as lawmakers in the Congress to question the Human Security Act in the Supreme Court, as these unlawful and inhuman law approved by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as this was set to be implemented this coming July 2007 (next month) after she signed it last February 2007,” Abubakar Uy said Suara Bangsamoro Secretary General in Southern Mindanao Region.
Is Philippines ready for nuclear power?
The government apparently thinks so. A Philippine Star report says that the "government has identified 10 areas in the Philippines where nuclear power plants could be built and has begun a program to train nuclear scientists to man such facilities."
Italian priest kidnapped in Zamboanga
The military said today that an Italian priest has been abducted in Zamboanga Sibugay, in the southern Philippines, according to this report. The report identified the priest as John Carlo Bossi, parish priest of Payao town.