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		<title>Overseas remittance transfers up, reaches $1.7 Billion in March</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs) coursed through banks rose in March 2012 by five percent year-on-year to reach $1.7 billion, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. said in a statement. The continued increase in remittance flows in March brought the first quarter level to US$4.8 billion, higher by 5.4 percent than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Buhay OFW’ on illegal recruitment scams</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN her efforts to inform and protect the public, broadcaster and civic maven Marissa Del Mar tackles the issue of the growing number of recruitment scams nationwide in her public service program dedicated to OFWs Buhay OFW today Now on its 3rd season, the hour-long program airs on TV5’s news channel Aksyon TV 41. Recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OFWs mostly young but getting ‘older,’ says NSCB</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young Filipinos still make up the bulk of Overseas Filipino workers but there is a “very slight trend” showing that OFWs are getting older, according to a report by the National Statistical Coordination Board. The report, “The Pinoy Diaspora: Where do our OFWs come from and where do they go?” posted on the NSCB web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinoy culture, cuisine featured in Canada festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pinoy art, dance, food and film took center stage recently during the Asian Heritage Month in Gatineau City in Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday. Now on its 10th year, visitors experience for the whole month of May the rich history of Asian Canadians and their contributions to Canada&#8217;s growth and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladeshi carpenter faces trial over gang rape of Pinay in UAE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bangladeshi carpenter faced a United Arab Emirates (UAE) court on Thursday for allegedly taking part in the kidnapping and gang-raping of a Filipina in November 2010. According to a report of Khaleej Times on Friday, the 26-year-old Bangladeshi was charged with kidnapping, rape, robbery, and impersonating a public officer. Court records showed that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinoys in UAE star-struck with Jessica Sanchez</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in the United Arab Emirates, Filipino expatriates are star-struck with 16-year-old Filipino-Mexican belter Jessica Sanchez as she made it to the final three of reality show American Idol&#8217;s Season 11. Many Filipinos in the UAE are praying that Jessica emerge as the grand winner, according to a report Thursday on news site Gulf News. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinoys worldwide can vote for Jessica Sanchez through Facebook?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Idol official website clearly says that only residents of Continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands can vote for contestants. However, on Facebook, some fans of Filipino-American-Mexican contender Jessica Sanchez posted this on their walls: FILIPINOS IN THE PHILIPPINES &#8211; Just VOTE between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divided US Congress passes domestic violence bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republican-led United States House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill on Wednesday to renew the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, despite a White House threat to veto the measure on the grounds it is inadequate and would undermine existing law. Republicans insisted their measure would bolster needed protections to combat domestic abuse. They also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Nations criticizes Canada for letting some of its citizens go hungry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A United Nations official criticized Canada on Wednesday for allowing some of its people to go hungry, but the government dismissed him as a &#8220;patronizing academic&#8221; and said there are more pressing food concerns in other countries. &#8220;Canada has long been seen as a land of plenty. Yet today one in 10 families with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captain of stricken Concordia ship with Pinoy crew members unfit to serve, court says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italy&#8217;s top appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, was unfit to command the cruise liner which ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January, causing at least 30 deaths. In a written explanation of its decision to maintain a house arrest order against [...]]]></description>
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