Pinoy Life Abroad

OFWs in New Zealand urged to invest in Philippines

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (via PLDT) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo urged today overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) here to become overseas Filipino investors (OFIs) by investing in their home country to
further spur commerce and development.

The President made the pitch in her meeting with members of the Filipino community this afternoon at the official residence of Ambassador to New Zealand Bienvenido Tejano at 5 Bristol Place in Karori, Wellington.
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Peacekeeper from Philippines injured in East Timor clash

MANILA ? The Philippine Mission to the United Nations announced that a female Filipino police officer serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor Leste was reported injured in a civil disturbance in the capital Dili on 20 May 2007.

In his report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Hilario G. Davide Jr., identified the injured peacekeeper as Jimeli Valera Acuna, 32, of Taytay, Rizal, and a member of the Philippine police contingent serving with the UN Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT).
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Invest in the Philippines, Arroyo tells Filipino workers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan ? From Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to Overseas Filipino Investors (OFI).

This is the vision of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for OFWs as she urged the Filipino community in this East Asian nation Friday to invest in real state, the stock market, government bonds and treasury bills, and other small and medium enterprises back home to help the government sustain the country?s economic growth
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