philippines news

• Miguel Syjuco: Ilustrado.

... epic a saga of revolution in the Philippines, which spans generations and explores a people's e...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010

• Nations and technology getting bolder.

...No doubt fresh news will emerge at the forthcoming Paris Air Show, but... by the air forces of Belgium and the Philippines. . China is developing two drones in a slightly li...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 3, Juin 2011

• Swiss philanthropy: generosity isn't just a popular concept in Switzerland. Last year, Swiss residents backed up their convictions by donating some SFr 700 million to charity. Swiss News spoke with three Swiss-based charities to learn more about the services they provide, their inceptions and how they are organised.

.... Island Kids Philippines is just over a year old but has already helped nea...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2008, Avril 2008

• Export Quality Management Programme

Quality is a prerequisite for successful market access and increasing revenues from export, but meeting technical requirements in the international marketplace is a challenge for many exporters. According to ITC research, approximately 80% of the problems faced by exporters are in the area of technical barriers to trade and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. ITC's Export Quality Management Program has developed an integrated approach to overcoming these challenges with a two-part strategy that includes capacity building through training programs and advisory services to enterprises, conformity assessment bodies and policy-makers. There is also a need for small and medium enterprises to implement basic quality-control measures to enhance their export readiness. In Bangladesh, ITC inter...

... authority for fisheries in the Philippines was strengthened to enable it to maintain its reco...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 3, Juillet - Juillet - Juillet 2010

• Prospects for Skills-Based Export Growth in a Labor-Abundant, Resource-Rich Developing Economy

In an integrated global economy, specialisation in trade is an increasingly prominent strategy. A labor-abundant, resource-rich economy like Indonesia faces stiff competition in labor-intensive manufactures; meanwhile, rapid growth in demand for resources from China and India exposes it to the 'curse' of resource wealth. This diminishes prospects for more diversified growth based on renewable resources like human capital. Using an international panel data set we explore the influence of resource wealth, foreign direct investment and human capital on the share of skill-intensive products in exports. FDI and human capital increase this share; resource wealth diminishes it. We use the results to compare Indonesia with Thailand and Malaysia. Indonesia's reliance on skill-intensive export...

... in the region (Thailand, the Philippines and India) and its level is much lower than that i...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 4, Décembre 2008

• Do you Maria, Masha, Mariko, Mandisa.

Swiss citizens marry foreigners at roughly double the rate for Germans or Austrians. There are many reasons why so many Swiss marry foreigners. One, foreigners comprise only 19% of the entire Swiss population. Two, the Swiss are wealthy enough to travel frequently to other lands and are exceptionally at ease with foreign languages. Three, there is a tendency among Swiss women to marry foreigners to help them from some dangerous situation in these foreigners' countries.

... Asians, among them women from the Philippines, have come to Switzerland as "mail-order brides," ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 1999, Octobre 1999

• Life's tough.

... continent, men and women from the Philippines are working hard to earn money for their families ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2003, Juin 2003

• Brown water boats; several navies around the world have spent the past five years looking hard at their capabilities to perform riverine operations. Despite having arguably languished in importance during the intervening years following the Cold War's cessation and the 9/11 attacks on the united states, riverine combat operations are experiencing a renaissance.

... with anti-terrorist operations in the Philippines and the continuing conflicts in Latin America wher...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 1, Février 2010

• Cracking Switzerland's best-kept secret: as solid and secure as the Alps: this was the reputation of Swiss banking secrecy. But even the toughest mountain can crack. Similarly, a banking secrecy law can be overturned. See how U.S. authorities shook the very foundations of Swiss bank UBS, alarmed and galvanised the Swiss government, shattered world-renowned Swiss confidentiality--and brought about the end of an era.

... Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos from the Philippines kept millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts. T...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

• Where everybody knows your name: Lugano's only Irish pub has undergone a facelift to suit a broader clientele, while retaining the charm that has made it a favourite hangout for university students and Ticinese alike.

... Arabia for two years, and then in the Philippines, before my family moved to Switzerland," he said. ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2008, Avril 2008