random points

• Taiwan = 6th in the list of the
  Philippines' foreign trading partner;
  7th largest foreign investor in the country;
  around 170,000 Filipinos work and live in Taiwan
  Source: The Manila Times
• NCR minimum daily wage = 362 pesos
• Non-wage benefits = e.g. shuttle services, transporation
  allowance, rice rations, income tax exemption
• Top rice exporters in the world
  1. Thailand
  2. India
  3. Vietnam
  4. US
  5. Pakistan
• PAG-IBIG Fund =
  biggest housing loan provider in the Philippines
• World Telecommunication and Information Society Day =
  http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sgsm11566.doc.htm