ANGELIQUE BLIN - THE FINAL CHAPTER
27 December 2010
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In the middle of December, closure of sorts finally came to the case involving Angelique Blin who traded as an immigration/visa advisor.
The Royal Court in Guernsey?closed the case against her as she could not appear to answer the charges as she had died.?The seven charges of deception with an alternate seven charges of theft were formally closed.
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COMPARING THE PHILIPPINES WITH TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
22 December 2010
A Migrant Sending Country's Search For A Long Term Filipino Vision
by Jeremaiah M. Opiniano, Institute for Migration and Development Issues (IMDI)
WHAT does the Philippines have to do with a southern Caribbean country named Trinidad and Tobago?
This former Spanish and British colony of 1.338 million people not only hosts an estimated 1,200 Filipinos (including 1,000 overseas workers),...
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BRITISH IMMIGRATION CAP: CRITICIZED RULE CHANGES RE-IMPLEMENTED
21 December 2010
British Government moves to slam doors?on High Court defeat??
After getting a drubbing in the High Court last week when two judges ruled that British Home Secretary Theresa May had been "unlawful" in changing the rules as they applied to Tier 1 and Tier 2 visas, the Home Office have moved fast to alter the rules again.
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3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE FOR SALE IN OLONGAPO
21 December 2010
Php 6-M - ?88,000 GBP FOR SALE?
Town/City Olongapo City
Province: Zambales
Property is for sale
Type of Property: Townhouse
Type of location is City
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WIKILEAKS & THE SANITARY NAPKIN PROMO
21 December 2010
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RG Blue Communications is a name that did not?mean much to anyone outside Pakistan. In fact, even in Pakistan it did not mean a lot - until now.
The small Karachi based advertising agency has got itself and its client massive global publicity for a product that still causes some red faces - sanitary napkins/towels.
Normal ads for this...
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TIER 4 STUDENT VISAS: CONSULTATION PERIOD ANNOUNCED
20 December 2010
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A press release from the British Embassy in Manila, sent out on the same day the Home Office got roasted in the High Court over the immigration cap, sets out the virtual position in respect of student visas - come to study, but go home at the end.
Labelled as a consultation exercise, it gives interested parties until 31...
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UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS
19 December 2010
London Views: The London Eye bathed in an autumn sunlight with County Hall & the Shell Building in the background - click to enlarge
Interim Immigration Cap Unlawful Rule High Court Judges
By Charles Kelly?
As reported yesterday by Immigration Matters the High...
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TRAINEE TERRORISTS PLANT A BOMB
19 December 2010
When you are planting a bomb, plant it and go.
Do not all try and get in on the act to start tamping it down.
Playing around with it can be rather foolish.
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UK IMMIGRATION CAP: FALL-OUT TO COME IN THE NEW YEAR
19 December 2010
Bernardo Baobaoen, one of the many Filipino care workers who went to view the Judicial Review in progress, with the banner he unfurled in the courtroom - click to enlarge image
The?temporary cap?limiting the number of skilled workers...
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UK GOVERNMENT'S TIER 1 & 2 IMMIGRATION CAP: HOME OFFICE ACTIONS UNLAWFUL SAY JUDGES IN SENSATIONAL VICTORY
16 December 2010
Home Secretary's actions declared unlawful say judges - Full judgement to be read out 2 pm Friday in the High Court
The media scrum of the world's press outside the High Court in London today was for the bail hearing of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, but added to the sense of drama for the Home Office's defeat over the immigration...
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MISSING PERSON: LILIBETH BANDA CEDRE
15 December 2010
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Name of Missing Person is: lilibeth banda cedre
Full Details For Publication: lilibeth banda cedre alias/nickname: beth age: 40 to 50 height: 54' to 5'6 last i've heard / knew she live somewhere in sangandaan caloocan city. i tried to find her to her to the said place but im failed to find her in that place because she...
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UK FIRM INKS DEAL WITH AIM, DLSU TO BOOST COMPETITIVE EDGE OF FILIPINO ACCOUNTANTS
15 December 2010
Manila
Filipino management accountants will have the opportunity to boost their competitive edge both here and abroad by obtaining their international qualifications without leaving Manila, as UK-based Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) teams up with two of the most prestigious institutions in the Philippines to offer its professional qualifications here in the country.
Asian Institute of Management & De...
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DINDONG DANTES YOUTH AMBASSADOR NATIONAL ARTS MONTH
14 December 2010
NCCA National Committee on Dance head Shirley Halili Cruz and former Executive Director Cecile Guidote Alvarez officially announced Dingdong Dantes as youth ambassador National Arts Month.
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PINOY SLAVERS JAILED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN US COURT
14 December 2010
Florida couple sentenced in forced labor conspiracy to exploit Filipino guest workers
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
Sophia Manuel and Alfonso Baldonado Jr., owners of Quality Staffing Services Corporation, a labor contracting service, were sentenced Friday in West Palm Beach for conspiring to hold approximately 39 Filipino nationals in forced service to work in country clubs and hotels in Southeast Florida...
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ARE YOU WORKING IN A UK CARE HOME?
13 December 2010
Are you a care worker in a care home in the UK?
Are you being abused, exploited or otherwise treated badly?
A major news organization wishes to hear your story, full confidentiality assured, your identity will not be revealed without your permission.
If...
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UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS & NEWS
12 December 2010
British MP's Voice "Profound Concern" Over Home Office?Plans To Bar Foreign Students
London Scenes: The?Norwegian Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square; a gift from the City of Oslo to London for help in the Second World War. Photo Credit: Laura Bittner
By Charles Kelly
Members of the UK Parliament express alarm as the Home Secretary announces plans to close the...
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UNIONBANK's FINAL LIST OF FORECLOSED PROPERTIES FOR AUCTION
12 December 2010
Details of one of the last auctions of foreclosed properties in 2010 have been made available.
UnionBank's auction on 18 Dec in Pasig lists the following, P20K show money per property, 10% deposit, with credit terms available up to 15 years - 13% interest for the first 3 years then 15% for the remaining term.
Contact details immediately below -...
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SAVE THE PHILIPPINE EAGLE
12 December 2010
HELP SAVE THE PHILIPPINE EAGLE
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MANILA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Dec. 13-24
The Philippine Eagle Foundation's long-time partner, Caltex, will be running a fundraising campaign for the Philippine Eagle Foundation (& other charities) at selected Caltex stations in Manila from December 13-24, 2010. For every P500 peso fill up, Caltex will...
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UNIONBANK AUCTION OF FORECLOSED PROPERTIES: 18 DEC 2010 IN PASIG
11 December 2010
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The Union Bank of the Philippines will be conducting its 163rd Special Public Auction on the 18th of December 2010.
Photos & details of properties below.
The auction will be held at the 29th Floor of Union Bank Plaza Meralco Avenue cor. Onyx & Sapphire Roads, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.
The auction will start at exactly 9 a.m.
Contact?for...
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FILIPINO EVENTS IN THE UK
11 December 2010
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London Scenes: Valves for the 90 inch beam steam engine (the largest in the world)?at Kew Pumping Station?museum in west London
Details of events in the UK supplied by the Philippine Embassy in London
Click Here To List Your Event...
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UK TIER 2 CERTIFICATES OF SPONSORSHIP: DEADLINE IS 24TH DECEMBER
10 December 2010
Tier 2 Arrangements For The January Exceptional Consideration Panel for CoS Release
London Scenes: Carnaby Street, the heart of the origin of "Swinging London" in the 1960's
By Charles Kelly?
The UK Border Agency has issued the following announcement on Tier 2 Certificates of Sponsorship:
Sponsors submitting a request for an initial or additional allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship for...
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UK CARE WORKERS COURT CASE: TOP LAWYERS TO COMMENCE BATTLE
10 December 2010
Top legal brains go head-to-head over UK Care Workers/Immigration Cap fight
The Judicial Review over the immigration cap has got two of the best legal?wizards in Britain leading the fight as the English Community Care Association (ECCA)?takes on the...
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WIKILEAKS & CHINA's INTERNET PANIC
9 December 2010
China and its Double-edged Cyber-sword
Wikileaks' exposes by Julian Assange have brought to the fore China's real fears over the internet. Photo credit: Espen Moe
By Sean Noonan
A recent batch of WikiLeaks cables led Der Spiegel and The New York Times to print front-page stories on China's cyber-espionage capabilities Dec. 4 and 5. While China's offensive capabilities on the...
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UK TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON STUDENT VISAS
9 December 2010
Government lays down plans to reform UK student visa system and launch public consultation
By Charles Kelly?
Immigration Minister Damian? Green (pictured above) has announced a new public consultation of the reform of the student visa system today and promised ?tougher entrance criteria, limits on work and an end to students staying in the UK to look for a job'....
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BISON MANAGEMENT IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS
8 December 2010
IMMIGRATION CONSULTANCY
We provide Work Permit and Visa Consultancy Services to Employers and Applicants and are OISC registered at Level 3.
EMPLOYERS
Need help with Tier 2 Sponsorship?
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Contact Bison UK for advice on becoming a Tier 2 Sponsor.
EMPLOYERS & APPLICANTS: If you would like us to assess a particular case, please fax the file with a covering...
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HIGH COURT BATTLE STARTS 15 DECEMBER OVER IMMIGRATION CAP
7 December 2010
A?Battle Royal is set to commence?on the 15th December in London's High Court? (above) when a major challenge to the British government's immigration policy will take place.?
A Judicial Review is to be heard which will put the Home Office in the firing line over the way the?immigration cap has been put into place.?
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HOSPITAL SEX FIEND JAILED
7 December 2010
Filipino man found guilty of rape gets 9 years in British Court
Photo source: Thames Valley Police
Oliver Balicao (pictured above), a?37-year-old?Pinoy nurse,?who had been found guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl in Oxford in 2004 last month was sentenced to 9...
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DUBLIN'S NOVEMBER FILIPINO DIARY
6 December 2010
An Irish-Filipino perspective on life in Ireland, the UK and Europe by John Ferris, the Honorary Philippine Consul in Dublin, taken from various news sources during November 2010.
All is not sweetness and light in the Emerald Isle as a second bailout of billions of Euros?had to be agreed to keep the Irish economy afloat. The photo above is (reputedly)...
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UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS & NEWS
6 December 2010
UK Immigration Cap Already In Place For Care Industry
By Cynthia Barker
London Views: Battersea Power Station, built in 1938 ceased operating in 1983 but a series of financially disastrous business schemes have left it empty and forlorn. An iconic landmark, it is a listed UK building and on the World Monuments Watch - click to enlarge
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FIL-BRIT GETS INTO SEMI-FINALS OF MISS TEEN GREAT BRITAIN
5 December 2010
Fil-Brit Sophia Juliette Woodleigh (pictured above), has won a place in the semi-final of Miss Teen Great Britain 2011. Sophia from Ealing in west London?has beaten off competition from across Great Britain to be named as one of the semi-finalists.
Sophia of mixed filipina/european origin says, "I am so happy to be a semi finalist. I am blessed to have...
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CAPITAL SERVICES' HIGH VALUE PROPERTY LIST
5 December 2010
Capital Services Group has released a list of high value properties for sale. These are mainly for serious investors.
There are 5 lists below, and although at first glance it looks as though they are just repeated, closer perusal will show each list is different.
If interested, contact Vermalyn Marino
Sales Officer, REI / REO
E-mail:
Capital Servicing Advisors,...
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UK'S STRINGENT NEW IMMIGRATION CONTROLS REVEALED BY HOME SECRETARY
5 December 2010
British Home Secretary Theresa May has set out the stringent controls on immigration to the UK. Photo Source UK Home Office
A number of new measures will strictly control the numbers that can come to the UK and work from outside...
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EU TRYING TO TAKE OVER UK IMMIGRATION LAWS
5 December 2010
UK & Canadian Immigration News
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London Views: See if you can spot London; a satellite image from NASA?of frozen Britain. This week unprecedented frozen weather in November hit the UK causing chaos, 7 people reported dead; click photo to enlarge
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