COURTESY CALL. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo receives Turkey Special Envoy Solmaz Unaydin (left) at the Music Room of Malacañang Palace, on January 30, 2008. President Arroyo and Ambassador Unaydin discussed trade and security relations between the Philippines and Turkey.
Tamano, 37, installed as PLM President
Lawyer and educator Adel A. Tamano will be formally installed as the seventh president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) during an investiture ceremony at the Justo Albert Auditorium at 3 p.m. today.
The Canadian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippines to address the shortage of skilled workers in the Canadian province of British Columbia, the Canadian Ministry of Economic Development said yesterday.
Canadian Economic Development Minister Colin Hansen and Labor Secretary Arturo Brion signed the accord last Jan. 29. The agreement seeks to strengthen relations between British Columbia (BC) employers and Philippine recruiters.
"The British Columbia economy is growing at a rate faster than the...
Investors swarm $ 500-M RP bonds; 8 times oversubscribed
NEW YORK CITY (Reuters) — The Philippines on Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) sold 0 million of a reopened global bond due in 2032 at the price of 98.0, at the top end of its initial guidance, one of the banks leading the deal said.
Red Bull ties series
Red Bull survived a late comeback by Purefoods TJ Hotdogs to hack out a 93-89 win in Game Two of their best-of-seven semifinal series in the PBA Smart-Philippine Cup last night at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City.
Extreme northern Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rains. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
