Inaugural Speech of President Benigno S. Aquino III

(In Filipino with an English translation)?

June 30, 2010

Quirino Grandstand

His Excellency Jose Ramos Horta, Former President Fidel V. Ramos, Former President Joseph Estrada, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and members of the Senate, House Speaker Prospero Nograles and members of the House, justices of the Supreme Court, members of the...

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Listings of forthcoming events in the UK & Ireland

Filipino Events In The UK

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A new economic reality is expected after the financial mishaps over the past couple of years. Various solutions have been proposed and are in experiment around the world; higher taxes, cuts in public spending.

A radical rethink on capitalism, socialism and other theories abound. One model that may be considered is the 2 cows format. ?

SOCIALISM

You have...

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POINTS BASED SYSTEM APPEAL SUCCEEDS?

By Charles Kelly

The appeal against the Home Office interpretation of the Points Based System has succeeded in the Court of Appeal.

The case is Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719. The question now is where this leaves the Home Office/UK Border Agency on the many Judicial...

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has released its list of foreclosed and acquired properties.

This is reproduced below, and there is also a link for downloading in PDF format.

Complete description of the properties is available at the Asset Management Department, Rm. 313, Five-Storey Building, BSP Complex, A. Mabini St., Malate Manila or you may call the following numbers:...

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Three day seafarer's expo kicks off in Manila

A three day ?ITF Expo' begins tomorrow next to Manila's Luneta Seafarers' Center, heart of the Philippines seafaring community. From Wednesday to Friday 23 to 25 June 2010 the ITF and its Filipino maritime unions will invite seafarers to share knowledge about their needs and their lives at sea, offer them information...

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The following is important information regarding the issuance of the new electronic passports.

This begins July 1st 2010, and contains details of the new features in the passports as well as requirements for getting them issued.

ADVISORY:????????????? Philippine Embassy in London to Issue Electronic Passports (ePassport) Starting 01 July 2010

Effective 01 July 2010, the Philippine Embassy in London...

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By Sarx Lanos??

A sperm whale (balyena) measuring 45 feet, weighing 20 tons approximately, was found dead Sunday, June 20, 2010 by fishermen at the shoreline of Barangay Tebanban, Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental.

The Coast Guard - Davao Oriental headed by Lt. Ramil Palabrica had contacted ENRO, PENRO, DA, BFAR and local officials on what they are going to do...

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London

By Charles Kelly?

As the US, UK and Australia compete for international students, fears of bogus applicants abusing visa systems persist, but recent research suggests fraud risk levels could be low, the Guardian reports.

Threat from bogus students and visa fraud is low according to new evidence

New study shows that restricting UK visas...

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MIGRANT HERITAGE COMMISSION'S 5TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S BALL

BIGGEST FIL-AM Community Gala in the US capital region Celebrating 104th Year of Filipino Migration to the U.S. and 112th Anniversary of Philippine Independence

When : 26 June 2010, Saturday, 5;30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Where: Washington Marriott Wardman Hotel
2660 Woodley Rd. (corner Connecticut Ave.), NW, Washington D.C. 20008

For more information,...

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Pigeons, unlike raptors, are not noted for their bravery so would not stay anywhere where there was a lot of action and movement.

As...

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Forthcoming Filipino events in the UK

Information supplied by the Philippine Embassy in London

Attached is the Updated Matrix of Upcoming Events & Advisories.??

Please forward these and disseminate these information to your family, friends, colleagues and neighbours.

June and July are fiesta season, so there a lot of events going on.

If you have an event for OFW's or?Filipinos...

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Angelique Blin, who trades as an immigration/visa adviser under the name of Overseas Angels, has been ordered confined to a psychiatric hospital on the Channel Island of Guernsey for treatment and tests.

Blin, 49 and a resident of Guernsey, is facing trial for theft and fraud?and her trial was adjourned last Tuesday after defense lawyers argued she was unfit to...

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MP's Call On UK Gov't To Scrap Tier 4 Student Visa Rules

By Charles Kelly

A cross party group of MP's have signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling on the UK Government to abolish ?flawed and rushed' legislation brought in by the previous administration requiring overseas students wishing to study English in Britain to first pass an English...

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There is one big fly in the ointment of reform and clean government promised by the soon-to-be installed administration of Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III: his vice-president Jejomar (JesusJosephMary) Binay.

The oft-elected mayor of the Makati district, Manila's business hub, Binay surprisingly prevailed over Noynoy's running mate Manuel "Mar" Roxas in the recent polls. Thus...

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Foreclosed properties for sale

The properties listed below are offered by the Security Bank

Details include size, location and indicative prices

Prices are subject to change w/o prior notice

All offers are subject to Management approval

Only brokers/agents duly recognized by the buyer (in writing) are entitled to the 3% commission

For any inquiries:

Please email us or call (02)888-7350...

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Auction of properties in Metro Manila, North & South Luzon

June 26 2010 ? Saturday ? 9:30 AM
Podium 4 Lobby, RCBC Plaza,
Ayala Avenue corner Buendia Avenue, Makati City

For inquiries, please call:

RCBC Savings Bank - Retail Asset Management Division

Red / Alex / Jerome - 687-0839 ?

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Jocelyn Dulnuan who was murdered 3 years ago in Canada

Two South American immigrants, Cristian Figueroa, 37, and Fabian Loayza-Penaloza, 40, showed no emotion when?a jury?returned a?verdict of guilty last?Friday?in a Canadian court?on?a charge of murdering Filipina Jocelyn Dulnuan, 27, during a robbery at her employer's mansion.

The murder, in the suburb of Mississauga in Toronto, happened in 2007...

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A driver, arrested by the NBI and reported to have escaped, was later found murdered and hidden cemented into an oil drum in General Santos City.

Habal-habal driver cemented inside drum, thrown into ravine

FBI happy with RP authorities for extraditing several US fugitives?

FBI cites BI for success in catching US fugitives

Makati drugs police shoot robber spotted doing...

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A 230mph (375kph) supercar is being given away free of charge.

Is there a catch?, well only six of them, as that is all the number of? cars being built by Strand Craft, a Swedish design bureau. Buy a yacht, the car comes free.

The SC 122 is extravagant to say the least at $25-M each. There is no...

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Nichola & Salim Shivji - owners of Precision Training

Insolvency Service Issues Its Statement On Precision Training Scam

Normally, the British government and its departments are the essence of restraint; they never shout from the rooftops, and any pronouncements are extremely limited to bald statements of the facts.

Two examples come to mind, in the declaration of war in...

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Anger over student visa restrictions boils over in the House of Commons

By Charles Kelly

A cross party group of MP's have signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling on the UK Government to abolish ?flawed and rushed' legislation brought in by the previous administration requiring overseas students wishing to study English in Britain to first pass an English test.?...

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Angelique Blin arrives for her Royal Court trial with defence counsel Advocate Peter Ferbrache. (Photo credit?Steve Sarre of the Guernsey Press)

The trial in Guernsey of Angelique Blin, who trades under the name Overseas Angels as an immigration adviser,?on fraud and theft charges?was spectacularly adjourned Tuesday?after the jurats (jury) were split on evidence of possible mental health problems and Judge...

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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has started repatriating the first batch of 274 stranded household service workers in Kuwait.

The repatriation cost will be shouldered by Kuwaiti authorities.

The DFA's Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs (OUMWA) reported that the first batch of household service workers, totalling 67, arrived last June 6 and 7.

A team from...

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Below is a table of listings of properties in the Philippines?for sale by the RCBC

1. Sale shall be on an "as-is, where-is" basis.
2. Prices still subject to bank's approving body.
3. Prices subject to change without prior notice.
4. Bank reserves the right to reject any offer.

For inquiries, please call (02) 894-9908 or (02) 894-9000 local...

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?The growing number of victims of human trafficking and contract substitution throughout the world pose a major challenge to the next administration. Increasing poverty has driven many Filipinos to clutch at empty promises of bogus recruiters and human traffickers,? said Susan Ople, president of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center.

Ople, who recently received the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Achievement...

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It's official in an unofficial manner,?Senator Benigno ?Noynoy? Aquino III and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay?are the winners?as president and vice-president.

Congress have completed their canvass after eight days and will officially declare the winners on Wednesday.

Aquino?got 15,208,678 votes as opposed to former president Joseph Estrada, who got 9,487,837 votes, a clear majority of 5,720,841 votes.

Manny Villar got 5,573,835,...

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PHILIPPINE EMBASSY

LONDON?

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Award-Winning Play Bayan-Bayanan to be Staged in London on 12 and 13 June

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(London, 4 June 2010) - As part of the celebrations commemorating the 112^th Anniversary of Philippine Independence and Philippine Cultural Heritage Month, the Philippine Embassy in London and the Karakoa Theatre Ensemble are pleased to announce the special staging...

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What secret?or secrets of the House of Representatives under Speaker Prospero Nograles would escape public scrutiny, amid Congress's failed effort to ratify the Freedom of Information Act (FOI)?last Friday? A report by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has been looking into the FOI fiasco and Congress' failure to pass the act.?

Many have asked that question after noting...

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Will the new Aquino administration look to Estonia's rebuild of its economy as an example of what can be achieved? - Estonian Finance Minister?J?rgen Ligi (above) has been the architect of what many have said is the model of what is needed to get a country back on its feet?

London

Can Noynoy's new administration follow the Estonian?example??...

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Mayor Celso Lobregat is chairman of the Crisis Management Committee (CMC), which was convened to find ways and means in seeking the speedy and safe release...

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The latest asset disposition program of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is in progress of reposessed properties,?open to both GSIS members and non-members, both individual and institutional, offers a guaranteed 6% interest rate compounded annually, the lowest there is in the market. The program also offers a repayment term of up to 30 years, giving home buyers more flexibility....

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UnionBank of the Philippines will conduct another half-day Public Auction of real estate properties on Saturday, June 19, 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 is...

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Just to remind you of?the Independence Day Thanksgiving Mass today at 3.00 pm at the Our Lady of Victories Church, 235a Kensington High Street., London W8 6SA.

Attached are details of our Mass.

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Below is a list of foreclosed properties for sale by the PhilMay Property arm of Maybank.

Read the basic terms as well, contact numbers are there to check details?

If you are interested on any of the foreclosed properties on the list, please take note of the reminders below:

1. Prices are negotiable
2. Prices are subject to change without prior notice...

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JEEPNEY KILLS 15 GOING OVER RAVINE?

Fifteen persons died and another 15 were injured when a minibus fell into a ravine in the mountainous northern Philippines, police said yesterday.

The minibus was driving on a narrow dirt road in the northern Mountain Province on Tuesday when it swerved and fell into a 250-foot ravine, said provincial police chief Senior...

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Philippine Generations launch London based Philippine Independence Day World Cup Tournament?

Date: From 10am Saturday, 12th June 2010, Paddington Recreation Ground, London

Over 80 people from all nationalities will be competing in Central London to celebrate Philippine Independence on 12th June 2010, by becoming the Philippine Independence Day World Cup Champion.

Philippine Generations are bringing together the World's number...

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The Ombudsman has stuck to its line in its investigation of the scuttled $329-million National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with Chinese firm ZTE Corp., getting President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo off the hook a second time and pinning Romulo Neri down on his alleged involvement in the scandal.

In a resolution, the Obmudsman said there was...

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To celebrate the opening of its new Madrid office, BPI held an inauguration ceremony graced by Philippine Consul General Celia Anna M. Feria, select staff from the Philippine Embassy in Madrid, leaders from the Filipino community and a handful of excited OFWs.

"BPI has always been committed to aiding our overseas brethren by bringing them excellent and convenient services...

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Defense counsel Redemberto Villanueva earlier asked QC Regional Trial Court Branch 221 to treat findings of his doctors secret following a "media circus" triggered by his...

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