by Jherlyn Meneses/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – President Gloria Arroyo said soaring oil prices is hurting the country’s fight against widespread poverty, despite high economic growth last year.
“We are aware that no matter how much improvement there is at the top of the economic ladder, many of our people still struggle mightily. The high price of gasoline [...]
March 13, 2008
Rising Oil Prices Inhibit Fight Against Poverty – GMA
March 13, 2008
Canada
by Cynthia Flores/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – Brad Pe- Pres. Arroyo and everyday titclerc reported the disappearance of his two Filipino workers to Canadian immigration authorities Monday. He filed a complaint to Federal officials stating that two Filipino staffers he recruited recently on a two-year work permit quit after working only a few weeks in his auto [...]
March 13, 2008
Home at Last: Filipina stranded in Saudi for 20 yrs finally returns
by Cynthia Flores/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – Sixty-six year-old Leonora Somera, a former bus driver helper in Manila, had been stranded in Saudi Arabia for 20 years. She left the Philippines in her 40s, expecting a better future filled with good fortune for her and her young daughter. She came back more than 2 decades later, with [...]
