Invitation: Pinoy At Its Best, 2 September 2011, Friday, 2-5pm, Philippine Embassy, London
31 Aug 2011
DUTERTE TO FRONT THE NPA
30 Aug 2011
Duterte is new NDF resource person
By Ben O. Tesiorna, Correspondent
DAVAO CITY - Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was offered by National Democratic Front Philippines chair Luis Jalandoni to become one of their resource persons in the peace...
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Seven Filipinos Awarded Prestigious UK Scholarships
26 Aug 2011
Seven Filipinos have been awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarships by the UK Government this year.
British Ambassador Stephen Lillie congratulated the scholars during a send-off reception at his home on 25 August. “Britain is a centre of global excellence in...
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FORECLOSED PROPERTIES: UnionBank Vis/Min Auction 17 September
26 Aug 2011
Can Family Dependants Of Tier 4 Students Work While Studying In The UK?
25 Aug 2011
The answer might not be as straightforward as you think.
The have been several changes to the points based system this year which affects international students changing or renewing their visas.
According to UKCISA, if your dependants made their...
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Mayroon Bang May Utang Sa Inyo Sa Inyong Visa/Work Permit Application?
24 Aug 2011
Paid for a British work permit or visa with a rogue agent?
Humingi ba kayo ng refund at ayaw kayong bayaran?
Ibinalik ba ang inyong mga orihinal na dokumento?
Maaari namin kayong tulungan na habulin sila sa legal na pamamaraan...
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Naval Build-Up Begins With First Delivery From US
23 Aug 2011
Philippine President Benigno Aquino is to welcome the arrival of the Pacific nation's newest warship at an official ceremony.
Mr. Aquino and other high-ranking official were to inspect the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard cutter...
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Home Office Can Revoke British Citizenship As Well As Deny It For Civil & Criminal Offences
23 Aug 2011
The Home Office and the Home Secretary has the power to revoke British Citizenship under the 2006 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act.
Increasing numbers of British nationals are being stripped of their citizenship under Home Office powers introduced in the wake...
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New Clothing Tests Implicate Global Brands In Release Of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Says Greenpeace
23 Aug 2011
Greenpeace activists executing a protest today at the Marikina River in Metro Manila © Alanah Torralba / Greenpeace - more photos below
Marikina City/Beijing, 23 August 2011
The latest research into toxic water pollution released today by Greenpeace International...
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PHL Gov't To Hire 12,500 Nurses This Year - Drilon
22 Aug 2011
The government is planning to hire an estimated 12,500 nurses for new nursing positions this year, a work in progress that aims to cut the surplus of nursing graduates in the Philippines, Senator Franklin Drilon said Sunday.
Drilon, chairman of...
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Overseas Filipinos Being Tapped To Improve MSME Sector In PHL
22 Aug 2011
By Jeremaiah Opiniano
MANILA-THE Department of Trade and Industry included overseas Filipinos in the recently-launched 2011-2016 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Plan.
The inclusion of overseas Filipinos comes as the DTI's Philippine Trade Training Center began its weekly training...
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Taxes Should Drop On Imported Spirits After WTO Rules Against PHL
17 Aug 2011
British Ambassador Stephen Lillie welcomed the ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Philippine taxes on liquour imports.
Premium brand imported labels like Johnnie Walker should come down in price if the gov't accepts the WTO ruling: Photo Credit Mattes...
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OFW's Being Shortchanged In Latest Budget
17 Aug 2011
OFW's Provide $18USD-Billion In Remittances But Will Get Less Than 1% In The 2012 Budget
Photo Credit: Migrante International
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) raked in USD $18 billion remittances by yearend 2010 but will only get less than one...
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FORECLOSED PROPERTIES: PNB Sale In Cagayan de Oro City 25 August
17 Aug 2011
The Philippine National Bank are holding an auction of foreclosed properties situated in Misamis, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao, Surigao and Agusan.
The auction will take place August 25 at the Mallberry Suites Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City at 2pm.
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UNIONBANK: Sale Of 116 Cars
16 Aug 2011
The UnionBank are holding a sale of used cars.
Bids are invited and all vehicles can be inspected prior to bidding.
There are a total of 116 cars offered for sale.
Full details of how to bid, vehicle location, terms and...
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Special Report: Philippines - The Unhealthiest Of Poor Countries Part 2
11 Aug 2011
LGUs try enterprise to cure shortage in health funding
They put up common funds among towns or charge socialized fees in public hospitals
By MARYA SALAMAT
Bulatlat.com
Maggie de Pano Fellow
MANILA - When devolution proved to be too...
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Special Report: Philippines - The Unhealthiest Of Poor Countries Part 1
11 Aug 2011
Despite the promises of devolution, funding for health services is unable to keep up with local needs
High profile/High publicity projects such as the army offering free medical care on a flying visit cannot hide the problems of chronic underfunding...
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New Modus Operandi: Some Recruiters Now In Cahoots With Employers
11 Aug 2011
A MIGRANT group warned Filipinos who wish to go abroad that some recruitment agencies, many with legal papers, are in cahoots with foreign employers to victimize the workers.
According to John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator, he learned about...
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Oil Slick Threatens Sarangani Bay & Shoreline
11 Aug 2011
SARANGANI
Report, photos & video by Ben Jason Tesiorna
Oil slick is seen Thursday, August 11, in the vicinity where MV Bulk Carrier 1 sank Tuesday night after colliding with foreign cargo vessel HS Puccini off Matil Pt. in Lumatil,...
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Personal Safety In Riot Situations
11 Aug 2011
Stratfor's Vice President of Tactical Intelligence Scott Stewart discusses personal safety during mob violence situations while using the recent London riots as an example.
Stratfor is a US based security company, the advice is from an American perspective, but...
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Two Ships Collide In Sarangani Bay, 2 Killed, 21 Survived
10 Aug 2011
With list of survivors, The scene of the mishap is approximately 3.5 to 4 nautical miles South West off Matil Point in Barangay Lumatil, Maasim
One of the 21 rescued crew members arrive at Makar Wharf aboard a Coast Guard...
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UK RIOTS: London Quiet, Looting In Birmingham, Manchester & Other Cities
10 Aug 2011
London was quiet for the first time Tuesday after three straight nights of riots, but violence broke out in the northern city of Manchester.
Reports plus videos and statement by British Ambassador to the Philippine Stephen Lillie, as well...
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New Zealand Exporting Toxic Waste To Philippines
9 Aug 2011
Quezon City
Official Information Act documents recently passed on to Greenpeace New Zealand and published in Philippine media yesterday revealed that New Zealand has exported at least 50,000 tonnes of toxic wastes to the Philippines and South Korea since...
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Fil-Am Youths At UN Youth General Assembly
9 Aug 2011
New York City: The Washington, DC-based Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC) for the first time sent its Youth Envoys for Unity and Service to the 9th Annual UN Youth General Assembly in New York City on August 3-5, 2011.
Thirteen young...
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Looting & Destruction Out Of Control As London Ablaze
8 Aug 2011
Black gangs and anarchists organize attacks using Facebook & Twitter
Violence has broken out in two more British cities, while London endures its third straight night of rioting.
Police in Birmingham and in Liverpool report fires and looting. A Liverpool police...
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Filipino Events In The UK
8 Aug 2011
Listing of Filipino events in the UK, supplied by the Philippine embassy in London.
This is a big section, with a lot of notices of interest to Filipinos in the UK and Northern Ireland, including lists of fiestas in the coming...
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Small UK Colleges Going For University Status
7 Aug 2011
The educational sector is going through a massive shake-up, which should benefit international students as prices for degree and masters courses are reduced by up to 40%.
Smaller higher education institutions in England would be able to gain university status,...
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Bride And Groom Charged Following Sham Marriage Raid In Northern Ireland
7 Aug 2011
Latvian's & Pakistani's Arrested Over Bogus Marriage Scams
By Charles Kelly
The UK Border Agency reports that a bogus ‘bride and groom' arrested as they prepared to take their wedding vows have been criminally charged with immigration offences.
Following an...
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Flawed Criminal Case Sees Diplomat Cleared & Foreign Office Red Faced
5 Aug 2011
A marathon and costly eight week criminal case at London's Southwark Crown Court of a British diplomat has left the Foreign Office with egg on its face after he was cleared
What now transpires to have been an attempt to forestall...
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FORECLOSED PROPERTIES: UnionBank's Auction 27th August 2011 In Pasig
5 Aug 2011
The UnionBank are holding their latest auction of foreclosed/repossessed properties on the 27th August 2011 in Pasig, continuing the bargain offers they are getting a reputation for holding.
These properties are mainly located in Metro Manila & Central Luzon. One thing...
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Managerial Position In NHS & Election In British Politics See Two Pinoys Achievements Recognized
3 Aug 2011
The Philippine Embassy in London held a brief ceremony to formally recognize two exemplary Filipinos in the United Kingdom, namely clinical charge nurse Junjun Medran CSM and East Grinstead Town Councillor Danny Favor with their families.
At the Embassy ceremony, Chargé...
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Fil-Brit Actress Gets Additional Recognition For Artworks
3 Aug 2011
To celebrate the 65th anniversary of Philippines-United Kingdom bilateral relations, the Philippine Embassy in London hosted a two-week exhibition entitled, "An Actor's Art", on July 5 to 15 by multi-talented Filipino-British artist Rebecca Grant.
It was the debut art...
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McLaren GT Racing Quietly Satisfied With Debut At Spa
3 Aug 2011
The development programme for the new McLaren MP4-12C GT3 saw McLaren GT enter three cars into the Total 24 Hours of Spa in Belgium over 30-31 July 2011.
Impressive lap times, successful integration of a future McLaren GT customer into the...
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Revelations Of Secret Meeting By WikiLeaks Leave Moro's On The Hop
3 Aug 2011
Secret meeting held between MILF & US a month before Ampatuan/Maguindanao Massacre
Top level meeting between MILF & US held in Maguindanao one month before the massacre excluded Arroyo's administration
Details of a secret meeting held in October 2009 between the Moro...
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FORECLOSED PROPERTIES: August list of available properties issued by AsiaTrust Bank
3 Aug 2011
AsiaTrust Bank have just released a list of foreclosed properties for sale.
In addition to the list, which is for Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Central Luzon as well as Isabela and South Cotabato there are intriguingly membership shares in Subic Bay...
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Racist Remarks Hurt Pinoys In Greece
3 Aug 2011
An OFW Journalism Consortium news flash exclusive
Anti-Semitic Greek composer says Greece is the "Filipina" of the financial institutions imposing financial controls as country slides towards fiscal default
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
MANILA—FILIPINOS in Greece, for nearly a month, are...
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Cotabato City Motorcycle Bomb Kills One, Injures Seven
2 Aug 2011
Quezon Avenue rocked by bomb blast - updated at bottom, 2 dead
COTABATO CITY
A bomb hidden in what is suspected...
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Malaysia Steps Up Immigration Controls
2 Aug 2011
Through biometrics, Malaysia calls on legal foreigners to be counted 
An OFW Journalism Consortium news flash exclusive
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
MANILA-FOR days now, and ending on July 31, the Malaysian government is encouraging legal migrant workers -including Filipinos-...
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More Brownouts To Hit Mindanao
2 Aug 2011
by Franklin P. Gumapon
DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 2 (PIA) -- Starting on Monday, Aug. 1, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has implemented a Mindanao grid-wide power load curtailment due to insufficient generation from power plants.
This...
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