President Benigno S. Aquino III formally installed Rear Admiral Edmund Castor Tan as the new Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant replacing Admiral Ramon C. Liwag in ceremonies held at the PCG headquartes in Port Area, Manila on Tuesday.

President Benigno S. Aquino III said on Tuesday that the construction of the Philippine Academy for Aviation Training, Inc. (PAAT), a new aviation training center here, would help in the government’s quest to improve and reform the country’s aviation industry to be at par with world standards.

The Philippine Embassy in Oslo invites nominations for the 2nd Migration Advocacy and Media Awards (MAM) 2012 in recognition of the significant role of the media in the promotion and advocacy of migration and development.

The Philippine Embassy, together with the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and the EDSA People Power Commission (EPPC), is inviting all Filipinos in Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, as well as Friends of the Philippines to watch the live-streaming of Bayanihan ng Bayan: Anong Taya Mo Para sa Bayan (“Coming together for the Philippines: What Can You Give/Offer Your Country”) via

The Norwegian Embassy in Manila has posted an advisory on its website warning prospective visa applicants about bogus and unscrupulous people or companies posing as visa agents who demand “show money” among other things from the prospective applicant and promising jobs which are supposedly waiting for the latter in Norway.

The Philippine Embassy in Oslo has received complaints that various unlicensed, unaccredited and informal Norwegian Language Schools/Courses are proliferating in the Philippines, enticing many Filipino professionals, especially nurses, to pay unreasonable fees for language classes that are staffed by unlicensed and/or untrained teachers for the chance to land well-paying jobs that are supposedly a

The Aquino government continues to work harder to chart the country to a higher growth trajectory amid the latest survey by the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch showing that global fund managers have increased their position in the Philippines, making it the third most preferred
market in the world.

It must indeed be "more fun in the Philippines," as the new Department of Tourism slogan says, because a recent survey ranked the Philippines as the 8th world's friendliest country for expatriates.