3rd Novena

This week's novena is sponsored by Juliet Germain and the rest of the Tabungar family. The novena will be in San Francisco, CA. There is word that the novena has been moved from the original date of Saturday, June 7 to Sunday, June 8, 2008 !!!

Please take note of this, and confirm with the host family before heading out to the novena for ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL!

.... go out and support your local novena!

Improving Basay

After a recent conference in Cebu City, Cebu, it has been established that JICA, Japan International Cooperation Agency has set a deal to work with the Basey Water District to help finance the very much needed improvements for a properly functional water district.

The grant by the Japanese co-op will fund, the SMALL WATER DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT!

As the cleaning up of illegal structures by the seawall has already started, and with the water district reaching a milestone in improvment plans... lets just all hope that the citizens of Basay will also help out and support these steps to reach a BEAUTIFUL and CLEAN Basey !!!!

JICA's website: http://www.jica.go.jp/english/

Filipino Nurses, Outlook Doesn't Seem to Bright!

From a high of 13,822 deployed new hires in 2001, deployment decreased to 8,528 in 2006. Significant drops in deployment of new hires happened in the following receiving countries:

· Saudi Arabia: from 5, 626 in 2004 to 2,886 in 2006;
· United Kingdom: from 800 in 2004 to 139 in 2006;
· US: from 373 in 2004 to 133 in 2006;
· Kuwait: from 408 in 2004 to 191 in 2006;
· Qatar: from 318 in 2004 to 38 in 2006;

read the entire article: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=120293

a great read, and brings a wonderful insight on how the hype of nursing as the #1 major/course for college students to take can actually affect an increase of unemployment for the Philippines.