Cuba offers medical scholarship

The Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) will award one medical scholarship to a Filipino student for school year 2010-2011, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) news.

To qualify, the applicant must be a high school graduate with outstanding academic background, and must possess a valid passport. Read more

UST Singers win in Poland

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) Singers did the country proud again by winning all the major prizes in the recently concluded 6th International Choir Festival Mundus Cantat in Sopot, Poland.

According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) news, the festival was held from May 19 to 23. Other participating choirs were from France, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine and host Poland. Read more

100 assistant pharmacists wanted in KSA

The Ministry of Interior, King Fahad Medical College, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is hiring 100 male assistant pharmacists.... Read more

Cooks needed in KSA

Saudi Arabian Airlines-Catering is hiring 12 cooks in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).... Read more

Cheaper remittance transactions by Q3 2010 — BSP

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will benefit from a cheaper remittance processing fee of P50 by the third quarter of this year, said the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in a media release.

The settlement of remittances through the Philippine Payments and Settlements System (PhilPaSS) Remit System will be completely operational by the third quarter. Read more

Berkeley University awards Chief Justice Puno

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) awarded the prestigious Elise and Walter A Haas International Award to outgoing Supreme Court of the Philippines Chief Justice Reynato S Puno last May 16.

According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) news, Puno is the first Filipino to receive the prestigious award, which honors an international alumnus or alumna who has a distinguished record of service in his or her country. Read more

1,886 accountants pass board exam

A total of 1,886 out of 4,772 examinees passed the Certified Public Accountant Licensure Examination this month.

According to news from the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), Gecel Gabucan Codera of the University of San Jose-Recoletos topped the exam with a rating of 93.14%. Read more

Two young Pinoy inventors win in US science contest

Two Filipino boys clinched the first prize in the grade 4-6 division of the ExploraVision Awards 2010 in the United States (US).

Richard Ira and Brian Niguidula, grade 6 students of Scofield Magnet Middle School in Stamford, Connecticut, won for their Community Algae BioReactor. Read more

OFW movie musical to be released

A movie musical on an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) deployed in the Middle East as a nanny will soon be released.

According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, “Emir,” which is directed by Chito Rono, is about an Ilocana who journeys from Paoay to the Middle East, serving as a nanny in a royal household of a fictional emirate. Read more

How 2 Come to the UK | By CHARLES KELLY

Employers issuing Tier 2 work permits to unqualified migrants

LONDON, the United Kingdom–Employers are risking fines and the loss of their Tier 2 sponsorship by issuing certificates of employment (formerly known as a work permit) to unqualified or unsuitable migrant workers, says Immigration Adviser Evelie Padadac. ... Read more

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