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The Global Volunteer Network's partner organisation in the Philippines is a newly established NGO. Their objective is to assist and develop local Filipino communities through education, integration, research and volunteerism. Their programs are nationwide, assisting local communities with their basic needs, focusing on children.
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By the end of 2004, the Philippines had adopted all the international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) and revised international accounting standards prescribed by the IASB. These standards are now embodied in the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) and Philippine Accounting Standards (PAS). Both the SEC and the BSP agreed to the adoption of the IASB-prescribed standards in 2005, although certain primary regulators--such as the BSP for the banking system--may allow limited exceptions, subject to full disclosure. For example, a BSP circular to implement the Special Purpose Vehicle Act deviates from generally accepted accounting principles by allowing banks to book losses arising from the sale of non-performing assets on a staggered basis. To encourage consolidation, the BSP has ... allowed merging institutions to stagger provisions for bad debts. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and firms that are not publicly listed, that are not debt/securities issuers, that are not engaged in fiduciary activities, or that are not public utilities or essential public service providers are exempt from the new accounting and financial reporting standards, pending issuance by the IASB of standards for SMEs.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov 03, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR) will host its first Analyst Day at its manufacturing facility in the Philippines on Thursday, November 9, 2006. Opening remarks will be webcast live on Wednesday, November 8th at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time and can be accessed through SunPower's website at http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/. The one-hour program will be archived on the SunPower website for two weeks.
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Cebu - ... known as the Queen City of the South, Cebu is the first established indigenous settlement discovered by the west in the Philippines. For a short time before the re-dedication of Manila, Cebu City served as the capital of the far eastern territory claimed by Spain.
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In field trials, Bt corn yields were 24 percent higher in Brazil, up to 41 percent higher in the Philippines, and between 9 and 23 percent higher in China. Second-generation biotech corn -- such as the newly approved variety in Canada and the United States that wards off rootworm -- will produce even more gains with $1 billion in annual benefits to the United States alone.
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Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines and claimed the archipelago for Spain in 1521, but stayed for only a few days. Christianity was established in the Philippines only after the arrival of the succeeding Spanish expeditionary forces (the first led by Legazpi in the 16th century) and the Spanish Jesuits, and in the 17th and 18th centuries by the conquistadores.
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