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	<title>PINOY OFW &#187; Philippine Government</title>
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	<description>Updating You On Overseas Filipino Workers Worldwide</description>
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		<title>P1.1 Billion in OWWA Funds Eyed for OFW Hospital Wards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overseas Filipino workers may be the modern heroes of Philippine society, but their contributions do not guarantee they will be given better treatment anytime. In fact, they and their families find themselves at the losing end in the health care delivery system.Here&#8217;s one remedy resurrected anew by a legislator in the Philippine House of Representatives.To [...]


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		<title>San Diego, National City California Sets July 14 as &#8220;Willy Gaa Day&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ABS-CBN NEWS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So how often does an envoy get an American city to name a day for him? For Ambassador Willy Gaa, the Philippine’s soft-spoken chief diplomat in the US, the answer is: 2. San Diego and nearby National City in California voted to designate last July 14 as “Willy Gaa Day”. Ambassador of the Philippines to [...]


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		<title>DFA: 6 Pinoys Rescued From Shipping Vessel Off Malaysia</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/2648-pinoys-rescued-malaysi.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GMANEWS.TV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Lastimoza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armando Espiritu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Labrador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FV Jiang Sheng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hajie Tolentino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey del Campo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joelan Ronas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At least six Filipino crewmembers were rescued after the Taiwanese fishing vessel they were on caught fire off Negri Sembilan in Malaysia last July 15. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that the six Filipinos and two Taiwanese were aboard the FV Jiang Sheng when it caught fire 15 nautical miles from Port Dickson. [...]


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		<title>Philippine E-passport Fee Lowest in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHILIPPINE STAR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DFA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fee paid for an electronic passport in the Philippines is one of the lowest in the world, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The DFA charges a passport fee of P950 or $21, an amount it said barely covers the actual cost of producing the new electronic passport (e-passport). A survey conducted in [...]


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		<title>POEA Sees Drop in PT Deployment Until 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/2560-drop-in-physical-therapy-deployment-until-2011.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ABS-CBN NEWS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DOLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filipino Therapists]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rosalinda Baldoz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) expects a drop in the deployment of physical therapists abroad over the next year. This after the Federation of State Board of Physical Therapy in the United States imposed a one-year ban on applicants from the Philippines, Egypt, Pakistan and India from taking the National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE), [...]


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		<title>Removal of Government Fees, OFWs ‘Litmus’ Test to P-Noy’s Political Will</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/2449-removal-of-government-fees-ofws-%e2%80%98litmus%e2%80%99-test-to-p-noy%e2%80%99s-political-will.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disgruntled due to numerous impositions of government fees and charges and the recent increase in passport renewal and replacement abroad, an alliance of Filipino migrants group in the Middle East today said the removal of unnecessary government-imposed fees and charges is OFWs litmus test to President Benigno Noynoy Aquino III. “The Aquino administration in its [...]


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		<title>Macau Filipinos Protest New Passport Fees</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/2242-macau-filipinos-protest-new-passport-fees.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-passport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Protests against the fees for the new Philippine passport are spreading and migrant workers associations of Macau and Hong Kong have joined an internationally coordinated action against it. However, speaking to Macau Daily Times, Macau’s Philippine Consulate General claimed that the new travel document brings more benefits for Filipinos and is less expensive than electronic [...]


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		<title>E-passport Application Cheaper in Philippines: DFA</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/2232-e-passport-application-cheaper-in-philippines-dfa.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHILIPPINE STAR</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[E-passport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The application and processing fee for e-passports being issued by the Philippines government is cheaper than those in other countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. According to the DFA&#8217;s official website, the $60 application fee of the country is lower than that of Malaysia, which charges about $88, and other countries such as [...]


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		<title>OWWA Western Visayas Needs 72 Scholars</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/2212-owwa-western-visayas-needs-72-scholars.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OWWA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration 6 is still accepting applications for its OFW Dependent Scholarship Program for the school year 2010-2011, the Philippine Information Agency said. Seventy-two slots have been allotted for Western Visayas under the program or 12 scholars for each of the six provinces in the region. Overseas Workers Welfare Officer III Noel [...]


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		<title>Government Presses for Responsive Programs for OFWs</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/2209-government-presses-for-responsive-programs-for-ofws.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MANILA BULLETIN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philippine Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migrante]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Benigno &#8220;Noynoy&#8221; Aquino III should press government agencies concerned with the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to come up with tangible results with lasting solution, Migrante said on Wednesday. Migrante made the remarks after President Aquino issued a directive to the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and other OFWs-concerned [...]


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