Philippines – Fewer Filipino nurses sought work in US in 09 (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Fewer Filipino nurses sought work in US in 09 (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
As the United States still had to allow the massive influx of foreign nurses to its shores due to a severe lack of nurses, the number of Filipinos that sought to enter America s nursing profession plunged by 26 percent in 2009, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said in a statement Sunday.

IBM opens Cebu facility to serve Visayas, Mindanao customers (BusinessWorld Online)
CEBU CITY — IBM is seeking to expand its services to the Visayas and Mindanao with the opening of a global delivery center in Cebu, its second in the Philippines.

Arroyo still for Teodoro, says Palace (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Malaca ang Sunday sought to distance President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from Sen. Manuel Villar amid speculations that she was backing the Nacionalista Party s presidential candidate instead of the administration s own standard-bearer.

Arroyo s rivals unfazed by her stature and power (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Two independent candidates contesting the bid of President Macapagal-Arroyo to represent Pampanga’s second congressional district said they were not intimidated by her stature and power.

Arroyo s deputy spokesman a foreigner (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
SURPRISE, surprise, the most talkative of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo s many spokespersons is not even a Filipino but an American citizen.

Detained Health Workers Denounce Philippine Government (New York Times)
The families and colleagues of 43 health workers detained over the weekend denounced the Philippine government on Sunday and accused the police and military of framing the suspects.

Corrected: Philippine campaign starts as race tightens (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Corrects poll rating in paragraph 7 to 5 percent from 4 percent

Philippine campaign starts as race tightens (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Philippine politicians begin campaigning on Tuesday in a wide open race for the presidency, with voters looking for a clean face after the scandal-plagued administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Arrests of 43 suspected Filipino rebels questioned (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
A human rights group protested Sunday the arrests of dozens of suspected communist guerrillas accused of bomb-making near the Philippine capital, saying that those detained were in fact volunteer health workers.

Philippine campaign starts as race tightens (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
MANILA, Philippines – The latest opinion poll shows two opposition lawmakers are neck-and-neck for the May 10 presidential election, but analysts say it is too early to establish a two-horse race because voters have yet to hear detailed policies from the candidates.

Kin to seek habeas corpus for arrested doctors (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
(UPDATE 2) The relatives of 43 doctors and health workers detained by the military supposedly because of their links with the communist National People’s Army are filing a petition for habeas corpus before the Supreme Court on Monday, one of the relatives said.

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