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FuSE are to perform live at the O2 Dome

After battling it out in live heats across the country, FuSE, the British-Filipino band from London, have just made it through to the National Grand Final of Live and Unsigned! And they are now getting set to take to the stage at the IndigO2 in London on 10th July! (Video...

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CHINESE TURTLE POACHERS ARRESTED OFF PALAWAN?

Operatives of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) arrested nine Chinese fishermen for illegal poaching in Balabac Island, Palawan aboard a fishing vessel last Thursday.

The undocumented Chinese fishing vessel, with bow number 05022, was also seized after yielding two embalmed sea turtles and several bottles, which were suspected to contain meat of a giant...

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CHEAPER REMITTANCE PROGRAM DELAYED?

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) postponed to third quarter this year the full implementation on the use of its Philippine Payments and Settlement System (PhilPaSS), the settlement of remittance from Overseas Filipinos (OFs).

This, after members of the Association of Bank Remittance Officers, (Inc.) failed to fully migrate to PhilPaSS remittance system, thus, delaying...

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UK SEES REVERSE IN MIGRATION TREND FROM EU COUNTRIES

London

By Charles Kelly?

For the first time more Eastern European migrants, from countries like Poland, Latvia and the Czech Republic are leaving the UK than arriving, according to Home Office figures published this week....

But the?figures do not take into account the millions of Brits who live and work abroad,...

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Canada will host for the first time the showcase of the varied cultures and traditions of Filipinos dubbed as "Pinoy Fiesta: Unang Hirit sa Tag-init" slated on August 14.

Various Filipino associations are now mapping out activities that will be shown during the event which include among others the famous festivals in the Philippines, foods, cultural shows, among others, according...

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NVQ COLLEGES GET?PERMISSION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW AFTER JUDGE CRITICIZES BORDERS AGENCY

Judge says Home Secretary's decisions "make no sense" and "legally flawed"?

Intense lobbying from British universities, along with other scandals, had set the Home Office on a massive drive to close down independent colleges offering NVQ training by removing colleges ability to grant sponsorship of non-EU students.

This push...

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Cyber Sex Den Raided In Agusan?

Seventeen minors, mostly female, were rescued by joint operatives of the Caraga Police Regional Mobile Group and the Caraga Police Intelligence Group in Purok 8, Barangay Tolosa this city.

Supt. Francisco Dungo, Caraga Police Regional Mobile Group commander, said the raid at the residence of live-in partners, Jeneper P. Enga and Randy P....

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Appearing before the hearing of the House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms, former Assemblyman Homobono Adaza yesterday bared that a cabal of seven persons, four of whom are regional directors of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and who are in control of at least 14 out the 17 regions in the country, have connived to rig the May 10...

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Several Philippine ambassadors, including the one to London,?are packing their suitcases this week as their?appointments are over. In the wake of the Presidential election, in which Noynoy Aquino is?certainly the winner, political appointments are over and new ones will be made in their place.???

A total of twenty five envoys are being recalled, they include several top appointments in Europe,...

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NEW JUDGE TO HANDLE LACSON MURDER CASE?

The Supreme Court has designated Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina of the Manila RTC to handle the murder cases filed against Sen. Panfilo Lacson and several members of the defunct Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) in connection with the Salvador "Bubby" Dacer-Emmanuel Corbito killings last November 2000.

The designation was made in an administrative...

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Problems delay use of remittance system

Hardware and connectivity problems would delay the use of the central bank's electronic payments system for interbank remittance transfers to the third quarter.

The PhilPaSS Remit System was essentially initiated by the BSP and ABROI to eliminate the use of couriers in bank-to-bank crediting of remittances -- a mode of transfer that has proven...

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Anti-drug operatives arrested 15 suspects and seized a kilo of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in a raid at a ?shabu tiange? in Pasay City.

The raid, conducted by elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), came on the heels of the arrest of a rookie policeman and his asset for possession of illegal drugs.

Police officer Rodelio Rania of the...

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Anti-drug operatives arrested 15 suspects and seized a kilo of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in a raid at a ?shabu tiange? in Pasay City.

The raid, conducted by elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), came on the heels of the arrest of a rookie policeman and his asset for possession of illegal drugs.

Police officer Rodelio Rania of the...

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Anti-drug operatives arrested 15 suspects and seized a kilo of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in a raid at a ?shabu tiange? in Pasay City.

The raid, conducted by elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), came on the heels of the arrest of a rookie policeman and his asset for possession of illegal drugs.

Police officer Rodelio Rania of the...

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The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) here explained that it will continue to implement load shedding due to power shortage that is being experienced during peak hours.

In its notice to the public, Ceneco explained that although the maintenance work of the Palinpinon Geothermal Plant was already completed last April 26 still there remains a power shortage.

Meantime, the unavailability...

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Two Pasay City policemen are in danger of being dismissed from the police service for allegedly attempting to extort P200,000 from two students they arrested for possession of one stick of dried marijuana leaves at a checkpoint last May 16.

2 Pasay cops face dismissal for extort try?

20 houses lost in QC fire

Julia Clarete debunks Baron...

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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will continue to hunt Sen. Panfilo Lacson despite his alleged closeness to leading presidential candidate Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, an official of the agency said.

The NBI issued the statement yesterday following speculations that Lacson, a known ally of Aquino, could be free from murder charges against him. Lacson who is still hiding...

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A former Filipino employee at the Japanese Embassy in Manila has been placed on the international wanted list by Japan authorities for allegedly issuing counterfeit Japanese visitor visas, a report said.

Ex-Pinoy worker at Japanese Embassy on Interpol list?

Beijing plans curbs on number of foreigners working in China

Beijing is planning to introduce its first-ever immigration laws in...

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The British Royal Family is today trying to come to terms with a major corruption scandal showing the divorced wife of Prince Andrew accepting a forty thousand dollar bribe in cash?and a further?half million pound?bribe in a wire transfer?to arrange access to the Prince for businessmen. (See the video below)

Prince Andrew is Britain's Special Representative for Trade & Investment,...

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By Charles Kelly

Employers issuing Tier 2 certificate work permits in error risk losing UKBA sponsorship and wrecking migrant worker?s lives

Employers are risking?fines and the loss of their Tier 2 sponsorship by issuing ?Certificates of Employment? (formerly known as a work permit) to unqualified or unsuitable migrant workers, says Immigration Adviser Evelie Padadac.?

During her consultations with candidates and...

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German school in Panabo offers education for P50 a month for poor children

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Davao City (20 May) -- A German-run school in Brgy. Gredu, Panabo City, Davao del Norte, offering kindergarten and elementary education, is now accepting enrollees for this coming school year.

Heinrich Maria Heumann, project director of the Community Welfare Service Lotus Foundation, Inc., the...

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The Filipino Cultural Affairs Committee in cooperation with the Filipino Community Network

Dublin City Council, Dublin Fire Brigade, The Garda Dept, The Dublin City Parks, And our Media Partner ABSCBN

Have joined once again to bring you another big event in St Anne Park, Raheny, Dublin

The 7^th Filipino day In Ireland

Over the past couple of weeks you...

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SOME GOOD NEWS FOR STUDENTS - THEY WILL GET E-PORTFOLIO's BACK - SKILLWISE & OFFICIAL RECEIVER ENABLE RETRIEVAL OF COURSEWORK AT NO COST TO STUDENTS?

DETAILS OF NVQ TRAINING SCANDAL OFFICIALLY REVEALED - COMPANY WAS A COMPLETE FRAUD

Precision Training, along with the very shortlived non-existent sister company Aspire Training, were formally wound up at a hearing in London's High...

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by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO

OFW Journalism Consortium

MANILA-IS Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III his mother's son when it comes to overseas labor export?

Aquino, set to become the 15th Philippine president, may opt to follow-through with his mother's institutionalization of the economy's resilient force: overseas Filipino workers.

Under his mother, the late President Corazon Aquino, government hand in the deployment...

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by RUBEN JEFFREY G. ASUNCION

OFW Journalism Consortium

QUEZON CITY-NINE groups claiming to represent overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the House of Representatives failed again in the recently held party-list elections, initial results show.

Analysts say this is expected as voters were overwhelmed by the number of groups with the apparent...

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Reminder to foreigners living in the Philippines?

Foreigners in?the Philippines?must secure electronic identification card (I-Cards) from the Bureau of Immigration (BI)?to avoid being declared as illegal aliens, an immigration official said.

The BI have issued a reminder that the I-Card is mandatory under the Philippine Immigration Act of 1920, as amended, that all aliens who are staying in the...

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Muslim guerrillas said Sunday that they were ready to enter into peace talks with Philippine president-apparent Benigno Aquino III after years of little progress under his predecessor, hoping that his strong electoral mandate can bolster negotiations to end one of the country's decades-long rebellions.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, however, said his group would reserve its expectations on...

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Most of us are aware of the very old fairly tale by Hans Christian Andersen in which two weavers promise an emperor the finest suit of clothes imaginable, but from a fabric invisible to anyone who is unfit for his position or "just hopelessly stupid".

Well, in the fairy tale it turns out that nobody wants to admit that they...

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5 more Filipino "drug mules" now face trial in Thailand after being arrested carrying drugs in transit. They could face the death penealty as they were carrying around 5 kilos of heoin and "shabu".?

The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok strongly warned Filipinos to be wary of accepting and carrying packages or items to Thailand in exchange for money.

The Embassy...

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Through its most recent financial learning campaign held at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central monetary authority has reinforced the improvement of the Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFWs) remittance environment as one of its major advocacies.

At the top of the BSP's initiatives to help OFWs is the promotion of financial learning among them and their families through financial learning...

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In London, an unholy alliance has taken place with the largest party, the Conservatives (Cons) leading a coalition with the smaller Liberal Democrats (LibDems). the first coalition for seventy years.

In Manila the situation is likely to be the opposite.

Noynoy Aquino is almost certain to be installed as the next President of the Philippines. Who is likely to lead...

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BIR-RR 3 suspends another Tuguegarao business enterprise

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Tuguegarao City (14 May) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Tuesday shut down a business enterprise in Tuguegarao City for tax violations under the Oplan Kandado program.

BIR Deputy Commissioner Gregorio Cabantac and Regional Director Thelma Milabao personally padlocked CAS Enterprises, a wholesaler and supplier of general...

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3 killed, 2 wounded in Mayoyao hacking incident

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Mayoayo, Ifugao (15 May) -- Two persons were killed while two others were wounded when a person believed to have mental illness ran amok hacking people around him last May 11 in barangay Guinihon here.

Deputy Provincial Director for Operations, PSupt. Davy Vicente Limmong identified the suspect as...

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Leyte court sentences forest law violator; orders DENR to dispose confiscated items

Tacloban City (May 16) -- The Regional Trial Court Branch 36 in Carigara, Leyte recently ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to dispose a seized motorboat, two (2) boat keels and 24 pieces of Lauaan lumber without legal documents.

The court also meted penalty to Santiago...

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Kalayaan is a registered (reg. no. 1103847) established in 1987 to provide advice, advocacy and support services in the UK for migrant domestic workers.?They are NOT involved in helping people to come to the UK from another country.

Migrant domestic workers are people who have entered the UK legally with an employer on a domestic worker visa to work...

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FACE GLOBAL CRACKDOWN

London

By Charles Kelly?

Bring the old system back are the calls, where ECO?s are allowed to scrutinise applications and interview candidates and most of the problems would be solved overnight. The BBC reports that "unscrupulous" recruitment agents who bring overseas students into the UK are being targeted in an international initiative.

The British...

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Following in the footsteps of his mother, Corazon Aquino, Benigno ?Noynoy? Aquino (above), an opposition senator, is poised to become the Philippines? next president. He has built up a seemingly unassailable lead in tallies of votes cast in a tense election held on May 10th.

As when his mother took power from the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, his supporters...

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Foreclosed and acquired properties for sale by the MVSM

To purchase any of the MVSM acquired assets listed below, a minimum down payment at 20% of the selling price is required. They can give up to 20 years to pay for the balance, with a fixed interest rate of 15%. Do take note that all prices below are negotiable and...

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UnionBank of the Philippines will conduct another half-day Public Auction of real estate properties on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at Delas Alas Room 2nd Floor Philippine Columbian Sports Club, Plaza Dilao, Paco, Manila at 9:00 AM.

Just bring PhP 20,000 show money (cash or manager?s check) to qualify to bid for each property. The sale is on ?as...

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British Ambassador Stephen Lillie?congratulated the Philippines?on the successful national elections held on 10 May.?He said,?"I observed elections in Metro Manila, ?and other members of the Embassy observed in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.? We were struck by the dedication of the election officials and the enthusiasm of the voters. Through their high turn-out at the elections, the Filipino people have demonstrated...

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