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	<title>OFW - Overseas Filipino News</title>
	
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		<title>97 OFWs repatriated from Kuwait arrive home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Kuwait]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 97 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were repatriated from Kuwait finally arrived home before dawn Monday. Radio dzBB&#8217;s Denver Trinidad reported the OFWs arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), and were welcomed by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration officials. OWWA administrator Carmelita Dimzon, who led the welcoming party, said her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RP post in Jeddah verifying if helper who jumped to death was Filipina</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine post in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Monday said it is still confirming the nationality of the domestic helper who reportedly jumped to her death last week to escape her employer. In a phone interview, welfare officer Nini Lanto of the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah told GMANews.TV they have yet to verify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prioritize OFWs from Iraq in Guam deployment — TUCP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A labor group has urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to prioritize overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) coming from Iraq when deploying laborers to Guam. In a statement, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said DOLE should give preference to some 6,000 Filipino workers who will move out of Iraq, as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOLE to Malaysia-bound jobseekers: Beware of online scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Filipinos seeking jobs in Malaysia should beware of an online recruitment scam, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Friday. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the scam involves a supposed &#8220;email&#8221; from the Malaysian immigration department seeking visa processing fees. “Such notices are a hoax and prospective workers for Malaysia should be very wary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinay DH in Saudi: My employer flat-ironed my arms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Filipina domestic in Saudi Arabia has accused her employer of inflicting flat iron burns on her. In GMA News’ “24 Oras&#8221; report, the 18-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) identified only as Ranya said her employer did not like the way she ironed clothes and so burned her arms with a hot flat iron. Ranya [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOLE repatriates 39 OFWs from Libya</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said it has repatriated 39 overseas Filipino workers from Tripoli, Libya after protracted negotiations to settle their complaints, such as delayed salaries and unsuitable accommodation. In a belated release on Friday, the DOLE said the workers were repatriated on August 22, after their company released the unpaid salaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POEA announces opening for Abu Dhabi EMTs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[UAE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration is announcing the hiring of 66 Emergency Medical Technicians for the National Ambulance Company in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The National Ambulance Company is offering an attractive employment package of: annual salary of 102,000 dirhams (AED), an end of year benefit of 21 days after every 12 months, Transport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 distressed OFWs from Saudi Arabia back in RP</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 15 distressed overseas Filipino workers from Saudi Arabia arrived home Thursday night, with little else other than bitter memories of their stay there. Radio dzBB on Friday reported the 15 arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport aboard a Brunei Airways flight before 10 p.m. Thursday. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration personnel welcomed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prolife priest is new rector of Filipino college in Vatican</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vatican]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A prolife priest and scientist was chosen by the Vatican as the new rector of the official residence of Filipino priests studying in Rome. The Vatican announced that Fr. Gregory Ramon Gaston, 45, will be the new rector of the Il Pontificio Collegio Filippino. “A scientist who has served on the Pontifical Council for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RP embassy advised Pinoys to keep a low profile in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine Embassy in Beijing has advised Filipinos there to keep a &#8220;low profile&#8221; as tension still exists between the Philippines and China over the August 23 hostage tragedy in Manila where eight Hong Kong tourists were killed. &#8220;Members of the Filipino community (are advised) to be more aware of their personal security, to keep [...]]]></description>
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