The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development, launches a five-year, P622-million ($10.6 million) partnership with Unilab Foundation to train Filipino workers to meet the evolving requirements of the high-tech manufacturing sector. Joining the inauguration of Amherst Laboratories Training Facility in Biñan, Laguna, one of the facilities that will provide skills support and training for Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development Alliance beneficiaries are US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson (third from right), Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual (second from right) Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. (right) and Unilab Inc. chairman of the board Clinton Andrew Campos Hess (fourth from right).