UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS
31 August 2009
As East European workers leave UK in droves what effect will the exodus have on the Care Sector?
By Charles Kelly
?As Eastern European workers return home in droves, how will the care sector recruit sufficient numbers of staff to fill their vacancies for care workers, which are already on the Government?s official Shortage Occupations list?
Immigration figures...
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UK's FILIPINO CARERS FILE LEGAL CHALLENGE ON RULE CHANGES
31 August 2009
After all the wrangles over Filipino carers in the UK, another legal challenge is set to go before the High Court in London
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Kanlungan, an alliance of Filipino migrant organisations in the United Kingdom, is set to file a legal challenge at the British High Court to obtain a definitive judicial ruling on the eligibility of overseas migrant workers...
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NBI ARREST ABSENT SAN JUAN COP ON ESTAFA CHARGES
31 August 2009
Ex-San Juan police officer nabbed for swindling
MANILA
Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested in Guinobatan, Albay a former San Juan City police officer for his alleged involvement in various swindling cases in Metro Manila.
NBI Director lawyer Nestor M.Mantaring said Police Inspector Alvin N. Nisperos, formerly assigned to San Juan Police Station, Eastern Police District (EPD),...
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FAKE SWAT COPS IN P1.5-M HEIST
31 August 2009
Robbers posing as policemen steal P1.5M in Pasig
MANILA
At least 10 unidentified heavily armed men, wearing Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) uniform, struck anew in Pasig City on Sunday evening, holding at gunpoint the security guards of Ignacio Complex along A. Rodriguez Avenue before carting away more than P1.5 million.
Pasig police chief, Sr. Supt. Napoleon Villegas Jr., said...
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PESO RATES
31 August 2009
United States Dollar 48.9060
Japan Yen 0.5230
United Kingdom Pound 79.6190
Hong Kong Dollar 6.3098
Switzerland Franc 46.2250
Canada Dollar 45.0331
Singapore Dollar 33.9390
Australia Dollar 40.7177
Bahrain Dinar 129.7414
Brunei Dollar 33.8216
Indonesia Rupiah 0.0048
Thailand Baht 1.4388
United Arab Emirates Dirham 13.3153
Europe Union Euro 70.2095
Korea Won 0.0392
China Yuan 7.1584
Taiwan NT 1.4829
Malaysia Ringgit 13.8466...
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PALACE BLASTS BACK AT GORDON OVER ZTE ISSUE
31 August 2009
First Couple has nothing to explain on NBN-ZTE deal--Golez
MANILA
Malacanang insisted on Monday that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo have nothing to explain regarding the controversial NBN-ZTE deal after the Office of the Ombudsman cleared the First Couple from any charges.
Palace made the statement in reaction to Senator Richard Gordon?s pronouncement that the First...
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NPA's SUFFER IN SAMAR ATTACK
31 August 2009
11 NPAs either dead or killed in Samar attack
MANILA
Eleven communist New People?s Army rebels were either killed or injured following an attack of a military detachment in Basey town in Samar province on Sunday, a military spokesman reported Monday.
Maj. Armand Rico, spokesman of the Army?s 8th Infantry Division, said two government militiamen and a civilian, one Nelson...
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CHINA STARTS COAL TO GAS PRODUCTION
31 August 2009
China's first large coal-to-gas project under construction
CHIFENG
Construction of China's first large coal-to-gas project started in northern China Sunday to ensure a gas supply to Beijing and promote clean energy use.
Located in Chifeng city of the coal-rich Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, the project is designed to transmit four billion cubic meters of gas to the Chinese capital annually...
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MINDANAO's ENERGY CRISIS IS REAL
31 August 2009
Power crisis in Mindanao now a reality--DOE
By Lovely A. Carillo
DAVAO CITY
The Department of Energy (DoE) confirmed that the supposedly looming power crisis in Mindanao is already happening.
Energy Undersecretary Zamzamin Ampatuan said the foreseen power crisis was actually already existing and would get worse if the agencies and companies concerned were not able to provide a solution...
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SEAIR ON THE EXPANSION PATH
31 August 2009
SEAir increases flights to Caticlan beginning October
By Lynda B. Valencia
MANILA
In response to rising demand, the Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAir) starting October 15 and onwards, will have 32 flights a day from 27 flights in Caticlan.
Avelino Zapanta, SEAir president, said this is in line with the company?s mission of helping the tourism development in the country, especially...
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CLARK GETS A HONG KONG PROMOTION
31 August 2009
International roadshow to be held in Hong Kong to promote Clark airport
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga
In a bid to promote the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) will embark on its first international roadshow in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR).
Dubbed as ?Via DMIA: Rediscover Clark and Subic, Philippines,? the roadshow will...
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GMA FLIES TO LIBYA WITH A SMALLER PARTY THAN TO AMERICA
31 August 2009
PGMA off to Libya with a very lean delegation
MANILA
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo left at around 12:10 a.m. Monday with a very lean delegation to attend the African Union (AU) Summit in Tripoli, Libya.
Accompanying the President in her Libyan trip are Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque, National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde...
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PALACE BLASTS BACK AT GORDON OVER ZTE ISSUE
31 August 2009
First Couple has nothing to explain on NBN-ZTE deal--Golez
MANILA
Malacanang insisted on Monday that President Arroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo have nothing to explain regarding the controversial NBN-ZTE deal after the Office of the Ombudsman cleared the First Couple from any charges.
The Palace made the statement in reaction to Senator Richard Gordon?s pronouncement that the First...
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EDSA BAN ON JEEPNEY's ONE STAGE CLOSER
31 August 2009
MMDA requests LTFRB to remove jeepney permits plying EDSA
MANILA
To further improve the flow of traffic in the 24-kilometer Efipanio De los Santos Avenue (EDSA), the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) asked the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to remove the permits issued to the jeepneys to ply on EDSA.
MMDA Executive Director Angelito Vergel De Dios, said...
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UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS
27 August 2009
Britain is the third largest investor in the Philippines says Ambassador Beckingham
By Charles Kelly
Many people forget that the British are a nation of migrants, travelling, settling and, in the past,?colonising almost every corner of the globe.?
It is estimated that around six million Brits are living abroad for more than one year at any given...
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CONTRACTOR ORDERED TO CLEAR SKYWAY GRIDLOCK
26 August 2009
MMDA gives Skyway contractor one week to ease traffic congestion at SLEX
MANILA
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Acting on orders of President Gloria Arroyo, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando gave the operator of the South Metro Manila Skyway Project (SMMSP) until one week to come up with ways to alleviate the grinding traffic congestion at the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)....
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PALAWAN GETS BACK TO NORMAL
20 August 2009
Business as usual for tourists, businessmen in Palawan
By Lynda B. Valencia
MANILA
Thereported encounter between the military and a breakaway group of theMoro National Liberation Front (MNLF) confined at the isolated area ofSitio Marabon, barangay Bancalaan, Balabac, Palawan has not impinged ontourism and business activities in Palawan and surrounding destinations.
Inaccessiblefrom Palawan?s center of tourism, Balabac is a remote... [More]
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CHECK MADE ON DRUGSTORES OVER PRICE REDUCTIONS
20 August 2009
BFAD to go after drugstores/pharmacies not complying with price cut
MANILA
The Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) vowed to go after drugstores and pharmacies that do not comply with the 50-percent price cut on essential medicines and those that refuse to issue receipts of purchase.
BFAD Director Nazarita Tacandong said in her advisory that such drugs stores and pharmacies... [More]
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EDSA JEEPNEY BAN
18 August 2009
LTFRB eyes jeepney ban on EDSA upon completion of MRT 3 - LRT 1 link
MANILA
Public utility jeepneys (PUJs) will no longer be allowed on Efipanio delos Santos avenue (EDSA) with the expected completion in 2010 of the Metro Rail Transit 3 and Light Rail Transit 1 link which will create a commuter railway loop traversing across Metro Manila's... [More]
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21 'GHOST's PAID FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS AT MANILA CITY HALL
18 August 2009
Lim orders probe on "ghost" consultants at the city Hall
MANILA
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Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim ordered on Tuesday the investigation of what appears to be a well-entrenched syndicate at the Manila City Hall which was busted following the arrest of two employees who have been allegedly collecting the salaries of 21 "ghost" consultants for the past one year and...
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OFW REMITTANCES AT A RECORD HIGH
17 August 2009
June 09 remittance posts record high inflows of US$ 1.5B; totals US$ 8.5B in H1 of '09
By Joann Santiago
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The record-high of nearly US$1.5 billion Overseas Filipino (OF) remittances in June 2009 alone is a testimony of earlier projections that inflows would remain resilient this year amid the global downturn.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on...
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MIGRANTE ACCUSED OF FAKING 'TORTURE' VIDEO
16 August 2009
Purported video of tortured Filipina a "hoax", says DFA
By Gloria Jane Baylon
MANILA
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) this weekend debunked as a hoax a video clip showing a woman being tortured to death, and brought to the attention of Philippine authorities because the woman could be a Filipino worker.
A group of self-described concerned Filipinos in the... [More]
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LIM ACCUSES PRIVATE HOSPITALS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST POOR PATIENTS
13 August 2009
Lim tells Manilans to report if they are rejected by city-run hospitals
MANILA
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Mayor Alfredo S. Lim on Thursday appealed to Manilans seeking help from the city-run hospitals to report to his office or hospital directors anyone who would turn them away or claim that there are no doctors or medicines available.
During a recent dialogue with residents from...
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MORE OFW's SIGNING UP TO VOTE
13 August 2009
Influx of absentee voters seen as registration deadline creeps closer
By Gloria Jane Baylon
MANILA
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The Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat (OAVS) registers at least 2,000 Filipino migrant workers daily for the May 2010 elections.
OAVS even expects a larger daily turnout of overseas absentee voters as the August 31 deadline draws closer.
The secretariat has registered 171,790 voters as...
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FAKE QUALIFICATIONS OF PANGASINAN HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES
9 August 2009
12 personnel of Pangasinan under probe for falsified credentials
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan
Twelve personnel of the provincial government, most of them employed at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital in San Carlos City, are facing administrative cases for possession of spurious or falsified documents.
Provincial Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued said in the case of PPH personnel, this stemmed from the verification made by... [More]
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SUSPICIOUS DEATH INVESTIGATED AS EMBASSY EMPLOYEE FOUNG DEAD IN K.L.
7 August 2009
RP embassy staffer found dead in Kuala Lumpur
MANILA
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A Filipino social welfare officer attached with the Philippine embassy in Malaysia was found dead today at his residence in Kuala Lumpur.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Finardo G. Cabilao, who has been at the job since 2008, failed to report for work since Wednesday, prompting Ambassador Victoriano...
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HEART PATIENTS MAY BE TREATED WITH FISH OILS
6 August 2009
Fish oils may treat heart disease: study
LOS ANGELES
The omega-3 fatty acids found in certain fish not only prevent cardiovascular disease, but may even help treat it, a new study suggests.
The study, published in the Aug. issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, involved four trials with almost 40,000 participants that show benefits of omega-3... [More]
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BOFFINS DISCOVER MALARIA's ORIGINAL SOURCE
4 August 2009
U.S. scientists report original source of malaria
WASHINGTON
Researchers have identified what they believe is the original source of malignant malaria: a parasite found in chimpanzees in equatorial Africa, University of California Irvine (UCI) said Monday in a press release.
UCI's biologist Francisco Ayala and colleagues think the deadly parasite was transmitted to humans from chimpanzees perhaps as recently as... [More]
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5,000 BARRED FROM TRAVEL IN FIRST SIX MONTHS
1 August 2009
Filipinos barred from traveling abroad reach 5,000
MANILA
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it barred a record high of nearly 5,000 Filipino travelers from leaving the country in the first six months this year as part of its intensified campaign against human trafficking.
In a report to BI Commissioner Marcelino Libanan, BI immigration regulations chief Gary Mendoza said...
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