Filipino overseas workers in Dubai have joined hands in a fundraising event that draws thousands of OFWs in the city and raised roughly P4 million for the victims of typhoon in the Philippines.
The noble project, “walk for a cause” Giothon “Alay ng Buhay Project” saw its participants trooped to the Safa Park in Dubai to [...]

Babaylan Austria is a group of Filipino women based in Austria. It was formed in 1996 and its objective is to promote Filipino women’s empowerment and ensure the members full participation in the development processes through sharing of experiences, information and resources.

Cathy Babao is a mother, and an advocate of children’s health. She has lost one of her sons to a congenital heart disease. She helped raised a fund last year to purchase ventilator for Hannah Cordoviz, a child with breathing impairment, Babao do this by running.
This year, her 10-year old son motivated her to organize [...]

Six individuals from Burma, China, India, Philippines and Thailand, will receive this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award. The announcement was made by the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF).

In his recent column, Forbes editor and columnist Michael Maiello writes about the rising inequality in the American society.
He cites how Thomas F. Cooley, dean of New York University’s Stern School of Business discussed the issue of the “beleaguered middle class.” Cooley cites that the middle class share of the US economy hasn’t been [...]

Efren Peñaflorida didn’t have to do spectacular things. He didn’t jump from tall building or rescue a cat from the tree, but Efren, Filipino, received citation from international news agency CNN as a modern-day hero.
When he started his mission, Efren wasn’t thinking much of getting any recognition – much less from CNN. He just wanted [...]

One quality that cannot be taken in the lifestyle of the Filipinos is being a “shoppaholic.” Shopping Malls are in the system of the people. Whether they have to buy something important, watch movie, have lunch or just to have coffee, Malls usually is the first thing that pops-up in the minds of the [...]

Teresita Sy-Coson, the daughter of the well-know shopping mall person, Henry Sy Sr. is tying up with Robert John L. Sobrepeña, Chairman of the Fil-Estate Land, Incorporated (FELI), for a development project in Nasugbu, Batangas, the Nasugbu Harbor Town.
The Nasugbu Harbortown will be sitting on a land with a size of 216 hectares that will [...]