http://www.philstar.comThe Filipino Global Community(c) 2009, philstar.com. All rights reserved.15<div> MANILA, Philippines - Two young Filipinos are seeking an opportunity to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark next month if they win a contest on climate change.http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=524199&publicationSubCategoryId=205Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:32:27 GMTNewspapershttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=524199<p>MANILA, Philippines - A 62-year-old Filipina immigrant in Pago-Pago, American Samoa, was among those killed when a 7..9 magnitude earthquake hit the US territory of American Samoa and its outlying islands this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed yesterday.</p>http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=510807&publicationSubCategoryId=205Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:05:31 GMTNewspapershttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=510807<p>MANILA, Philippines - Twenty-two Filipino seamen who were held hostage on board cargo vessel M/V Irene at the Gulf of Aden by Somali pirates from April 14 to Sept. 14 arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport yesterday afternoon.</p>http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=509768&publicationSubCategoryId=205Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMTNewspapershttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=509768http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8884/met3k.jpghttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=509768<p>National Labor Union (NLU) appealed yesterday to President Arroyo to veto the amended version of Republic Act 8042 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Workers Act if it is approved by the bicameral conference committee of Congress.</p>http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=509031&publicationSubCategoryId=205Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMTNewspapershttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=509031By Perseus Echeminada<p>Migrante International, the militant support group of overseas Filipino workers dared yesterday President Arroyo to rescue other stranded workers in other countries and not use the repatriated workers from Saudi Arabia in her publicity.</p>http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=507975&publicationSubCategoryId=205Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMTNewspapershttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=507975By Reinir Padua<p>Overseas Filipino workers have started an online protest against the plan to impose a 5-centavo tax on every text message.</p>http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=505412&publicationSubCategoryId=205Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMTNewspapershttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=505412<p>The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is spearheading the celebration of the International Day of Democracy on Sept. 15 with the theme &ldquo;Democratization, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.&rdquo;</p>http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=504250&publicationSubCategoryId=205Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMTNewspapershttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=504250