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Helena Skeggs Settles Court Case On Second Day Of Trial
May 17, 2012
The Central London County Court in the Regency buildings of Park Crescent opposite Regent's Park
The latest London court case involving Helena Skeggs aka Pedroche being sued to return money has been stopped after a deal was struck.
Originally slated as to last 2 days, but which looked as if it would go on longer, the hearing was halted when Helena Skeggs' legal team requested a private meeting after the court adjourned for lunch on Tuesday.
[More]PHILIPPINE FORECLOSED PROPERTIES: UnionBank 185th Auction Of Luzon Properties
May 17, 2012
UnionBank of the Philippines will conduct another half-day Public Auction of real estate properties on 26 May 2012 (Saturday) at 29th Floor UnionBank Plaza, Meralco Avenue corner Onyx Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City 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 where is" basis.
[Full Detail, Photos & Minimum Bid Prices]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Head Housekeeper, Live-In, Weybridge, Surrey
May 15, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Housekeeper-Supervisor (Tagalog speaker preferred)
Location: Weybridge, Surrey
Start date: ASAP
Salary: £500npw
[More]UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS & NEWS
May 14, 2012
Visa and Immigration Appeals on the increaseImmigration delays and problems are not exclusive to non-EU travellers at London's Heathrow airport.
Processing delays, as well as refusals, are increasingly being experienced by migrants applying for visa extensions, indefinite leave to remain and UK Naturalisation or British Citizenship. And other fetures
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-In Nanny/Housekeeper, Barnes, South West London
May 14, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Shared & Sole Charge Nanny-Housekeeper (Tagalog speaker preferred).
Location: Barnes SW13
Start Date: 10th June 2012
Salary £350npw
[More]MISSING CHILDREN REPORT: Joesa Mae Garrido & Joshua Garrido
THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN FOUND
May 12, 2012
"Name of Missing Persons" :
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Joesa Mae and Joshua Garrido
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"Full Details For Publication" :
Children missing from Valenzuela City
Disappeared while shopping at a sari-sari store
[More]US Send Chinese Warning Shot Over Rules Of Sea Convention
May 12, 2012
Panetta: U.S. Leadership Needed in Law of the Sea ConventionBy Jim Garamone
WASHINGTON
The US Defense Dept has sent the Chinese a thinly veiled hint that it will not allow any country to impede the rights of passage through the South China Sea.
As the globe's preeminent maritime power, the United States has much to gain in ratifying the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (pictured above) said here this week.
[More]Crisis Won't Cut Off Pinoys' Social Security Benefits From Spain
May 11, 2012
An OFW Journalism Consortium news flash exclusive by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOMANILA-AN economic crisis plaguing Spain will not stop the enforcement of a social security pact between Spain and the Philippines.
Social Security System (SSS) Vice President Judy Frances See told the OFW Journalism Consortium the Spanish government has not fallen short in providing the social security benefits of Filipinos even if these Filipinos have returned to the Philippines.
[More]Criminality Is Political - Ongoing Burden Of An Industrial City
May 11, 2012
By Marlon Alexander Luistro - Filipino Connection
Killings still sow fears in Tanauan City, with suspects remaining at large.
TANAUAN CITY-IT'S 2012, yet things still remain the same in this Philippine industrial city: danger resides here.
This hometown of national hero Apolonario Mabini was then a first-class municipality, then a city in 2001. Its local government, earlier this year, became ISO 9000 certified and won a Seal of Good Housekeeping award from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
[More]OFW Trade Union Leader Deported From S. Korea
May 11, 2012
Migrante sounds alarm against illegal deportation of OFW trade union leader from South KoreaBy INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat
The global alliance of overseas Filipinos and families Migrante International expressed strong condemnation against what it said was the South Korean government's illegal deportation, political harassment and manhandling of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) and union leader Michel Catuira last April 30.
[More]Spratly's Dispute Reaches Fever Pitch
May 10, 2012
China, Philippines Intensify War of Words Over S. China SeaA recent flare-up between China and the Philippines about a disputed island has renewed tensions surrounding South China Sea territories. The spat has also highlighted a July deadline for agreement on a code of conduct in the sea between China and Southeast Asian nations.
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Nanny/Housekeeper, Parsons Green, West London
May 10, 2012
Job Title: Daily Sole Charge Nanny-Housekeeper (Spanish spks adv -must have good English too)
Location: Parsons Green SW6
Start Date: mid - end August 2012
Salary £450 - £500npw
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Nanny/Housekeeper, Live-In, Acton, West London
May 10, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Nanny-Housekeeper (Tagalog speaker preferred)
Location: Acton W3
Start Date: 15th July 2012 - trialling end of June 2012
Salary £320 - £350npw
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Nanny/Housekeeper, Live-In, Notting Hill, London
May 10, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Dog-Friendly Nanny-Housekeeper (Tagalog speaker preferred) Own basement
Location: Notting Hill Gate
Start Date: Mid - End June 2012
Salary £300 - £400npw
Summary of the position here...
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Nanny/Housekeeper Live-In, Chelsea, London
May 10, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Nanny-Housekeeper (Tagalog speaker preferred )
Location: Chelsea SW3
Start Date: ASAP - late May 2012
Salary £350npw
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-In Nanny/Housekeeper, Putney, South West London
May 9, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Dog-Friendly Nanny-Housekeeper(Tagalog speaker preferred). Separate entrance.
Location: Putney SW15
Start Date: End June 2012
Salary £300 - £350npw
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UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Hotel Room Attendant, Earls Court, London
May 9, 2012
Type of Work Offered is: Hotel Room Attendant
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Location is: Earls Court, London
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Details: Room attendant required for 3 star hotel in Earls Court, London for immediate start....
Butuan Fire Horror As 17 Die In Department Store
May 9, 2012
BUTUAN CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- A fire which allegedly started on the third floor of a three-storey building killed 17 sales ladies of a jeans store in the southern Philippines.
According to reports, the fire started at around 3:45 a.m. where the three-storey building where establishments such as NOVO Jeans Store, Smart Wireless, Saint Peter's Office, Ayala Life Insurance, Digi-Life cell phone store, Western Union, and a badminton court were housed.
Senate Approves Crime Treaty With Britain & China
May 9, 2012
Senator Loren Legarda (pictured above), Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, announced Tuesday that the Senate has officially approved, by its concurrence to the executive ratification, three treaties--the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with the People's Republic of China (PROC), the MLAT with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Consular Agreement with PROC.
[More]Travel To The UK By Filipinos Continues To Grow
May 8, 2012
UK Border Agency offers new services for visa applicantsTourism & Business Visas Usage Increasing
The UK is welcoming greater numbers of Filipino visitors to its shores. Approximately 22,000 visitor visas were issued to tourists, family visitors and business travelers in 2011 - 8% more than 2010 and 16% more than 2009.
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-In, Child Friendly Housekeeper, Golders Green, London
May 8, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Child-Friendly Housekeeper (Tagalog speaker preferred)- Own Top Floor
Location: Hampstead Garden Suburb - Golders Green Tube
Start Date: 1st June 2012
Salary £290npw for 45 hours...
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-in, Housekeeper/Mother's Help, Esher, Surrey
May 8, 2012
Job Title: Live - in Wonderful Housekeeper/Mothers Help needed in Esher!
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £350pwn
[More]China Threatening A Tougher Stance Over Islands Dispute With Philippines
May 8, 2012
China Escalating Maritime Dispute With Philippines
China says it is ready to respond to "any escalation" by the Philippines, as a tense, month-long standoff continues over a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea
[More]UK Immigration Matters & News
May 4, 2012
British NHS is a free ‘world' health service campaigners warn
The UK Government has written off £35million of free treatment for ‘health tourists' over the last eight years.
General Practitioner (family doctors) or GPs have far too much freedom to register sick foreigners, regardless of visa status, who may not be entitled to expensive British healthcare, campaigners said today.
[More]Minutes Of The Organizational Meeting For The 114th Independence Day London Thanksgiving Mass & Salo-Salo
May 4, 2012
Minutes of the Organizational Meeting for the
114th Independence Day Thanksgiving Mass and Salo-Salo
Held 9 March 2012, 5.30 pm, Bldg 6, Philippine Embassy, London
[Full Details]
MISSING PERSON: Grace Quibael Elizalde
May 8, 2012
Architects missing person report generates massive interest
The missing person report submitted to Balita Pinoy a week ago on architect Grace Elizalde has generated a lot of interest.
Placed up on May 2, it has got initially what looked like a response from Elizalde herself, further comments were made on the posting itself by readers suggesting that something more was behind both the disappearance of herself and her four children.
We have emailed Grace Elizalde and are waiting a response to that email for answers to ceratin questions
[Read The Report & The Comments]
Pressure Grows To Halt Philippine Military Human Rights Abuses
May 3, 2012
US must press Philippines military to stop abuses
by Carlos Conde
Carlos Conde: Image courtesy Human Rights Watch
When the US defense and foreign-affairs secretaries met with their Filipino counterparts...this week in Washington, the growing concerns about China's ambitions in the region were surely discussed.
But if the US wants a professional partner in the region, it should make public any discussions about the continued lack of accountability that plagues the Philippines' armed forces and make it known that impunity for human-rights abuse perpetrated by soldiers and officers is an obstacle to closer ties.
[More]Building A Fence To Hide The Poor; PHL Gov't Under Fire
May 3, 2012
Philippines: Officials Hide Poor From Development Meeting
New Fence Blocks Asian Development Bank View of Slums
Top photo of Ayala Avenue in Makati is what the gov't would like...ADB's visitors to see; not the rather less salubrious places such as in the lower photo - hence the Manila Wall
(Manila) - The Philippine government built a fence that prevents participants to the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) annual meeting in Manila from seeing a slum, Human Rights Watch said today. Some of the poor families hidden from view are beneficiaries of apoverty reduction program financed by the bank.
UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-In Housekeeper/Nanny, West Hampstead, London
May 3, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Housekeeper-Nanny (Eastern European/Irish spks adv)
Location: West Hampstead
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £270 - £350npw - flex on experience
[More]Schengen Agreement Looks Like Collapsing
May 3, 2012
Interior Ministers of Germany and France are raising the issue of the return of border controls within the Schengen area for consideration of their colleagues from other EU countries. It seems that the principle of "Europe without borders" has stopped working because of the huge influx of refugees from Africa and Asia. The unity of the EU is cracking at the seams, but there is no other obvious way to stop the flow of illegals.
[More]China Flexing Its Muscle In The South China Sea
May 3, 2012
In Hong Kong, Chinese Maritime Militarization on Display
By Henry Ridgwell
The Yuncheng 571 frigate docks at Hong Kong's Victoria harbor for a five-day visit, and following just behind is the Haikou 171 destroyer. Officially it is the 15th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong by the British; in reality it is displaying China's growing blue water naval power.
[More & Video]The Few Filipinos Who Are At Home In Valladolid, Spain
May 3, 2012
Written by Jeremaiah Opiniano
Texts and photos by Jeremaiah Opiniano
VALLADOLID, Spain-SPANIARDS coming from this place, like a former king and some Augustinian priests who became bishops in Manila and Cebu during the 17th century, conquered Filipinos and their land about four centuries ago.
But today at Spain's former seat of power and the capital of the Castilla y Leon region, a small pack of Filipinos -around ten - quietly made this quiescent city their home.
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Part-Time Nanny/Housekeeper, South West London, Barnes
May 2, 2012
Job Title: Daily Part Time Sole & Shared Charge Housekeeper-Nanny (20 hours)
Location: Barnes SW13
Start Date: ASAP - latest mid May 2012
Salary £200npw
[More]MISSING PERSON: Rowena Pascual Martin-Delada
May 2, 2012
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ROWENA PASCUAL MARTIN -DELADA
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MISSIN PERSON: Cal Cui
May 2, 2012
The submitted value of field named "Name of Missing Person(s)" is:
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Cal Cui
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MISSING PERSON: Joselito Quizon
May 2, 2012
The submitted value of field named "Name of Missing Person(s)" is:
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Joselito"lito" Quizon
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MISSING PERSON: Vernon Cabuenas
May 2, 2012
The submitted value of field named "Name of Missing Person(s)" is:
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VERNON CABUENAS
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US Promises Support To Philippines Over Scarborough/Spratly's Issue
May 1, 2012
The Press Conference - left to right: Philippines Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton & US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Photo: US State Dept
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington remains committed to Philippine security, but that the U.S. will not take sides in the country's ongoing maritime standoff with Beijing in the South China Sea.
Clinton made her comments in Washington during talks with top diplomatic and defense officials from Manila.
[More & Video]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-In Housekeeper/Nanny, Clapham, South London
May 1, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Sole Charge Nanny-Housekeeper - driver essential
Location: Clapham SW12
Start Date: April/early May 2012
Salary £400npw
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-In Housekeeper, Central London
May 1, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Child Friendly Housekeeper for Formal Household
Location: Sloane Square, SW7
Start Date: ASAP
Salary £10 net per hour minimum
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-In Housekeeper, Buckinghamshire
May 1, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Housekeeper + useful to drive
Location: Princes Risborough, Bucks
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £350npw
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Live-In Housekeeper/Cook, Bedford & London
May 1, 2012
Job Title: Live In Child & Cat-Friendly Housekeeper-Cook
Location: Bedfordshire & London
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: Live-In £300npw - £350npw
[More]Running Round The Rock In Aid Of The Bahay Bata Center
May 1, 2012
Running Round The Rock in aid of the Bahay Bata Centre
On July 28th, Sarah Faraday is about to complete her first ultra, running 48 miles around the entire coastline of Jersey in aid of the Bahay Bata centre in the Philippines, which is an amazing centre working with street children, many of whom have been affected by the sex industry. The centre and school do an amazing job with not much money. Her aim is to raise at least £2,000 for them and establish a livelihood programme so that a small amount is long lasting and has maximum benefit for each child.
[More]London Embassy Warning On Telephone Scam
May 1, 2012
ADVISORY ON NEW TELEPHONE SCAM
The Philippine Embassy in London advises all Filipinos in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that unidentified individuals or groups are engaging in a new telephone scam meant to fraudulently obtain money from relatives in the Philippines of Filipinos residing and/or working in the UK.
[More]Philippine Position On Bajo de Masinloc (Panatag)
May 1, 2012
BACKGROUND ON THE BAJO DE MASINLOC (PANATAG) INCIDENT
Bajo de Masinloc is an integral part of the Philippine territory. It is part of the Municipality of Masinloc, Province of Zambales. It is located 124 nautical miles west of Zambales and is within the 200 nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Philippine Continental Shelf.
[More]Canada Provides $1 Million To Central Mindanao
May 1, 2012
Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is providing CDN$ 1 million (approx. PhP 43 million) in assistance to residents of Central Mindanao.
[More]MISSING PERSON: Joepet Campos Mendioro
May 1, 2012
The submitted value of field named "Name of Missing Person(s)" is:------------------------------
Joepet Campos Mendioro
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NYC Alarmed by Spike In Teen Pregnancy
May 1, 2012
"This is an emerging major crisis of the current generation."
The National Youth Commission today expressed alarm over the recorded increase in teenage pregnancy reported by the UNFPA. According to the international body, teenage pregnancy in the Philippines increased by 70% over the past 10 years.
[More]Britain To Increase Diplomatic Posts Across Asia
May 1, 2012
UK Foreign Secretary promotes further EU engagement with Asia-PacificBritish Foreign Secretary William Hague recently reiterated the UK's heightened focus on Asia, and encouraged the rest of Europe to be more engaged in the region through championing free trade agreements, sharing expertise in specialist areas and being active on foreign policy issues in Asia.
[More]UK DOMESTIC VACANCY: Nanny/Housekeeper, Live-In, Kensington, West London
April 30, 2012
Job Title: Live-In Nanny-Housekeeper (Bulgarian/Russian/Spanish/Tagalog spks adv)
Location: Kensington W8
Start Date: ASAP - Latest mid May 2012
Salary £350npw
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