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		<title>Get Rid of Passport Fixers, Speed Up Passport Processing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MANILA BULLETIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Foreign Affairs Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA) was urged on Saturday to clean up its premises of fixers to speed up passport processing and appointments. A local recruitment official made the call, adding that the recruitment sector has received numerous complaints from applicants about the long wait in the processing of their [...]


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		<title>DOLE, POEA Failed to Curb Rampant Cases of OFWs Contract Substitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOLE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An alliance of Filipino migrant workers group in the Middle East today said the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) under the out-going Arroyo administration failed to curb the rampant cases of OFWs contract substitution victimizing thousands of OFWs especially those deployed in the Middle East. “Cases of [...]


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		<title>POEA Warns of Fake Internet Job Offers for Filipinos</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/1359-poea-warns-of-fake-internet-job-offers-for-filipinos.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MANILA BULLETIN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Illegal Recruitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POEA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) advised Monday desperate job hunters hoping to work abroad to use their judgment and common sense when applying for a job on the Internet to avoid being scammed or fooled. Hanz Cacdac, POEA deputy administrator, said many fake job offers posted on the Internet, particularly those for overseas employment [...]


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		<title>More Pinoy Nurses Choosing UK Over US</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/1314-more-pinoy-nurses-choosing-uk-over-us.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHILIPPINE STAR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Filipino Nurses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More and more Filipino nurses are now opting to work in the United Kingdom than in the United States, according to local recruiters. Citing data from the UK Borders and Immigration Agency, recruitment leaders yesterday said that the number of Filipino nurses deployed to UK in the past three years has already surpassed those deployed [...]


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		<title>POEA: Korea Hints at Hiring More Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GMANEWS.TV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job Vacancies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POEA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea may hire more workers in the manufacturing industry than as originally planned with the requisite Korean Language Test (KLT) set to be held anytime soon, the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) announced recently. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during her visit to South Korea in 2009. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreanet/ According to POEA administrator Jennifer Manalili, [...]


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		<title>OFW Deployment in 2009: 1.2 M From Jan to Nov</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/621-ofw-deployment-in-2009-1-2-m-from-jan-to-nov.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OFW Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POEA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The total number of deployed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reached 1,284,133 in various host countries from January to November 2009, according to data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Authorities (POEA). This is more than the 1,149,429 OFWs who went abroad in 2008 or an increase of 11.7 per cent. The records also showed a 19 [...]


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