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		<title>Nominations for 2009 Model OFW Family of the Year Award now accepted</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA-CAR) is now accepting nominations for the regional search for 2009 Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA). 
The search for the MOFYA is an annual award-giving project designed to give recognition to outstanding Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) families. It also promotes the best practices of OFW families in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RP condemns ‘inhumane’ Jakarta bombings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine government has condemned the twin bombings in Indonesia’s business capital on Friday and voiced support for its Southeast Asian neighbor in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo conveyed President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s condolences to the Indonesian people especially to the families of the nine killed in the bomb explosions at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipina is California’s upcoming songbird</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At eight, Filipina-American Apryle Dalmacio was already playing guitar when other girls her age were still dressing up their Barbie dolls. 
The guitar was a gift from Dalmacio’s mother who had an inkling that Apryle would grow up as a musically gifted child. 
“Apryle was the loudest baby (in the hospital). You could hear her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicol OFWs now enjoy Philhealth out-patient benefit package</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As PhilHealth carries on its mandate to provide affordable quality health insurance for all Filipinos, it also offers significant outpatient services to our Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). 
PhilHealth, by virtue of the agency&#8217;s circular No. 13, s. 2007, has stepped up its Enhanced Out-Patient Benefit Package (OPB) for members of the Overseas Workers Program (OWP) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RP Embassy opens temporary office in Dublin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine Embassy has opened its temporary office at a business center in Dublin, Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
A report from Philippine Ambassador to Ireland Ariel Abadilla said the temporary office is located at the Fitzwilliam Business Center, Suite G03, 77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.
&#8220;Its temporary business hours are from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 OFWs bound for Afghanistan turned back at NAIA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eleven Filipino workers bound for Afghanistan were stopped at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport this week, Vice President Noli De Castro said Thursday.
De Castro said the workers were intercepted by the Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment (Tfair) before they could fly to Afghanistan.
The Philippine government banned deployment of Filipino workers to Afghanistan in 2007 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino seafarer with A(H1N1) dies in HK</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Filipino seafarer infected with the A(H1N1) virus has died in Hong Kong, the Philippine Consulate General reported Thursday.
In a statement, the consulate said the 42-year-old seaman from La Union province in the northern Philippines was infected with both A(H1N1) influenza and the bacterium Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA).
The consulate did not identify the seaman, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine overseas remittances up 3.7 pct in May</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Remittances from overseas Filipino workers coursed through banks hit a record high of 1.48 billion U.S. dollars in May, as the demand for skilled Filipino labor remains high amid the global economic downturn, the Philippine central bank said Wednesday.
Remittances recorded in May were 3.7 percent higher from the same period last year, the central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comelec issues calendar of activities for automated poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filipino voters abroad can vote from April 10 to 3 p.m. of May 10, 2010 (Philippine time), while voters in the country can vote from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. of May 10, 2010.
This highlighted the schedule of activities for the 2010 elections that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved.
&#8220;Casting of votes by overseas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge rejects Filipino nurses’ NY bias claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GARDEN CITY, New York — A federal judge has rejected discrimination claims filed by 26 Filipino nurses in New York.
The nurses said they were forced to quit their jobs at nursing homes in New York City and suburban Long Island. They said agreements made about working conditions before they left their homeland were not honored [...]]]></description>
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