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Deadline for abstracts: November 30, 2008
Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2009
Deadline for papers: May 31, 2009
The International League of Peoples’ Struggle Working Group on Teachers, Researchers, and other Education Personnel invites academics, scholars, researchers, education and social activists and progressive intellectuals to an international conference on “Education, Imperialism, and Resistance,” to be held in Shih [...]

Too often we have heard of the problem of health care  in our country, phrased  and  rephrased  in terms  of  the  exodus of doctors  and  nurses, the substandard allocation of the national budget for health, and even legal matters concerning  medical practitioners. It would seem  that  the  Filipino  doctor  is enmeshed in troubled times, and [...]

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2009 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library.
The grand prize winner shall win a cash prize of P25,000.00, a gold medal, and an opportunity to be published. Prizes will [...]

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is now accepting nominations to the 2008 Search for Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA) to give honor and recognition to the sacrifices and achievements of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and their families.
This award is a medium for highlighting the success of OFW’s and [...]

Applications are invited for 3-year PhD positions starting December 1 2008 or earlier, at the Department of Mathematics.
The positions should be within the research areas of the Department: Geometry, Applied Functional Analysis, Dynamical Systems and Discrete Mathematics. Example projects are: Iso-Geometric Analysis and Shape Optimization, The blood coagulation cascade, The structure of separated flows, [...]

I-Witness is holding the First I-Witness Docu-Making Competition! Grab this chance to showcase your skills in documentary production!

Participants must be:

College students (registered this semester in any undergraduate course in any school in the Philippines)
Individual entrants or a group with a maximum of four (4) members

Requirements:

Documentary must be of an INSPIRING THEME (an [...]

The Oliver Gurney Essay Prize
Prof. Oliver Robert Gurney (1911-2001) was a distinguished Assyriologist and Hittite scholar and former President of the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA). In order to commemorate his life and works, popularise Hittite studies, and to reward and recognise the achievement of young scholars in this field, the BIAA is pleased [...]

In line with this, the Socio-Cultural Committee proposes the following program and guidelines for the conduct of stARTright: The Temasek Foundation-NUS Model ASEAN Children’s Arts Festival and Competition.
In the Model ASEAN 2007 Socio-Cultural Committee, we believe that the quest for human rights awareness begins with the young. The journey towards an ASEAN community of caring [...]

FILIPINO ARTISTS below 50 years old are invited to join the China-ASEAN Youth Artwork and Creativity Contest 2008 to be held in Nanning City, Guangxi City, China in October.
The competition is part of the activities of the annual China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning City.
Participants may submit not more than two entries in either oil painting or [...]

Concept
The La Salle Institute of Governance in partnership with the EDSA People Power Commission and the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission invites all photographers to join Images and Inspirations: Good Citizenship Photo Essay Contest. The contest aims to (1) build general awareness on good citizenship; (2) mobilize support for the promotion and advocacy of good citizenship; [...]