The Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) Committee of the Philippines is now accepting applications for scholarship grants under its Enhancement Training Sponsorship Project (ETSP). The ETSP is a program funded by Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) participants who are undertaking alternative arrangements in lieu of the two-year home country residency requirement of the EVP.

Selfless devotion, compassion and sacrifice - these are the qualities of Filipino nurses which inspired an administrative assistant, a human resources manager and a sales executive to write three interesting compositions which won the recently concluded Heralds of Care Essay Writing Contest sponsored by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas through the Presidential Task Force on NCLEX.

This is to inform the Philippine Embassies and Consulates and concerned individuals and organizations that the deadline for submission of nomination and endorsement forms for the Year 2010 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas is on 30 May 2010.