This is the main point of entry for those interested in exploring the European Union (EU) and its many institutions such as The European Parliament, the European Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, Court of Auditors and associated agencies.

The European Union’s new Internet site is dedicated to the ‘Euro– one currency for Europe’. If you are interested in the EU’s future currency, as perhaps a specialist working on the technical preparation of the changeover, or simply an Internet surfer, this site is designed to bring you up-to-date information in the eleven languages of the European Union.

Homepages of the directorates-general and services of the Commission.

The Asia Urbs Programme is a cultural programme supported by both the development and economic funds of the Commission. Its main activity is to fund two-year development projects, or six-month studies, which seek to improve living and environmental conditions for those living in urban areas. As one of its aims is to strengthen 'decentralised cooperation', these projects must be designed and implemented by local governments in Asia together with others in Europe.

Task Force for the Accession Negotiations, (TFAN)

The Asia-Link Programme is a new initiative by the European Commission to promote regional and multilateral networking between higher education institutions in EU Member States and South Asia, South-East Asia and China. The programme aims to promote the creation of new partnerships and new sustainable links between European and Asian higher education institutions, and to reinforce existing partnerships.

The Asia-Invest Programme aims to promote business co-operation between companies in the European Union and Asia. It provides a range of grants and support measures to help companies research new markets, to do business in unfamiliar cultural environments, to meet and evaluate potential partners and to identify investment opportunities.

This website provides an overview of the training, mobility and career development opportunities covered under the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) for R&D. These opportunities are open to researchers of all ages and levels of experience regardless of nationality, and are one of the most visible means of developing and enhancing human resources in the European Research Area (ERA).

The Erasmus Mundus programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education which promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. It supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries. It also provides EU-funded scholarships for third country nationals participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for EU-nationals studying in third countries.

Bureau of Internal Revenue

Central Bank of the Philippines

Department of Trade and Industry
email : bps@dti.gov.ph

National Economic and Development Authority

National Statistical Coordination Board

Philippine National Statistics Office

The Official Website of the Republic of the Philippines

Philstar.com is a news and infotainment portal especially designed for the Filipino Global Community.

Our goal is simple: to keep Filipinos (wherever they are in the world) in tune with the events taking place in the Philippines, in sync with the needs and trends of the times, and in touch with the rest of the world.

Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's biggest and most respected newspaper.

This website is now the joint venture of the Inquirer and the country's leading broadcast media company, GMA Network, Inc. which operates Channel 7 in the Philippines.