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		<title>DFA Resorts to ‘Strategy of Extraction’ in Syria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will resort to “strategy of extraction” to repatriate Filipinos who are still in strife-torn Syria. “Based on new developments in Homs, we may need... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19602-dfa-resorts-strategy-extraction-syria.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DFA Won’t Raise Passport Fees This Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for those who want to renew or get for the first time a Philippine passport. There will be a freeze on passport processing fees this year, according to... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19460-dfa-wont-raise-passport-fees-year.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government OKs Private Guards on Ships to Protect Seamen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippines has given Manila-flagged merchant vessels the go-ahead to employ private security on board to protect Filipino seafarers from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean,... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19431-government-oks-private-guards-ships-protect-seamen.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DFA to Review OFW Deployment to Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN VIEW of the escalating violence in Iraq, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be assessing the security situation of Filipinos in the middle eastern country, the department said... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19407-dfa-review-ofw-deployment-iraq.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Than 100,000 Reacquired Pinoy Citizenship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 100,000 people have reacquired Filipino citizenship under the Dual Citizenship Law, the immigration commissioner said yesterday. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said 116,059 individuals have... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19401-philippine-citizenship.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Passport Schedule for March, April 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of Consular Affairs has announced the schedule of its Mobile Passport Services this March and April. Consular teams will be in the following areas on... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19372-mobile-passport-schedule-march-april-2012.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 PH Embassies, Consulates to be Closed; Palau Appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least 10 Philippine embassies and consulates will be closed down this year because of budgetary constraints, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). However, the DFA has not... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19335-10-ph-embassies-consulates-closed-palau-appeals.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Filipinos in Troubled South Sudan Asked to Leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised Filipinos to voluntarily leave South Sudan amid a deadly unrest in the northeastern African country. At the same time, Manila imposed a ban... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19148-filipinos-troubled-south-sudan-asked-leave.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DFA, Saudi Embassy to Meet on DH Ban Lifting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[PINOY DOMESTIC HELPERS / AU PAIRS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An official of the Saudi Arabia embassy in Manila on Wednesday expressed hopes that his government will soon settle issues on the ban in hiring Filipino household service workers (HSWs),... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19073-domestic-helper-ban-removal.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gov’t Adopts Measures to Protect Filipino Seamen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has come up with a plan to minimize the risk Filipino seamen face from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, according to the Department... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/19070-seamen-protection.html">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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