WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The status of benefits to Filipino Veterans of World War II was a prime topic recently when Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K.

Boxer Manny Pacquiao has been told not to return to the Philippines because of a swine flu epidemic in the U.S.

Qatar companies will have jobs for 37,000 Filipinos in the next few years, Philippines President Gloria Arroyo said during a visit to the Middle Eastern nation. I am glad to hear that there are 37,000 more job openings here for Filipinos, Arroyo said Saturday.

Cheaper medicines bill signed into law in Philippines MANILA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo Friday signed into law a bill which aims to make prices of medicines affordable to the people.

Text of report in English by Philippine newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirer website on 25 March BAGUIO CITY -President Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes to "actively secure" new investors for the country's deepwater gas field to bankroll a long delayed gas-piping project that will power up ordinary houses and fuel the country's mass transport system.