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Long before the New Year revelries, new Gilas Pilipinas coach Tab Baldwin has made known one of his fondest wishes for 2015 – win the gold medal for the country in the FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China.

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Long before the New Year revelries, new Gilas Pilipinas coach Tab Baldwin has made known one of his fondest wishes for 2015 – win the gold medal for the country in the FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China.

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 President Barack Obama was more than a little envious when he got up to toast U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Wednesday.

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The Philippines is eyeing China, Malaysia and Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar as new market for its banana exports, Agriculture Undersecretary for special concerns Berna Romulo-Puyat said yesterday.

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There has been a rise in the number of overseas Filipino workers who end up in brothels and work as prostitutes in the Middle East, an official of a migrant workers' group disclosed today.

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We are here at the family-oriented Sunway Lagoon Resort hotel some 45 minutes from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and about 30 minutes from the center of the city of KL, as we continue our mini-series on Kenya’s establishing a niche for itself in Olympic and international track and field distance running and marathon.

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Roselle Nava was one of the singers during the ‘90s whom I believed in. From among her star-studded batch on ABS-CBN’s Ang TV that included Claudine Barretto, Jolina Magdangal, Rica Peralejo, Lindsay Custodio, Victor Neri and Angelu de Leon, Roselle stood out as the most outstanding vocalist.

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Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said over Radio Mindanao Network yesterday that the latest assessment on Iraq shows that it is still risky to deploy workers in that war-torn country.

"First and foremost is the safety and welfare of overseas Filipino workers," he said.
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According to a statement released by former President Fidel Ramos, "there is no need for now to evacuate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia."

Ramos attributed this lack of urgency for evacuation to "the easing up of tension that was triggered by the United States-inspired proposal to use force to dismantle the capability of the Iraqi government to produce weapons of mass destruction and effect a regime change in Iraq."
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"The consensus of the senators is for a law that is broad and comprehensive in reach and this is the reason for the inclusion of green card holders," explained Angara, the committee chairman.

An earlier proposal sought to exclude green card holders "because there is the clear intent to give up their Filipino citizenship."
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Long before the New Year revelries, new Gilas Pilipinas coach Tab Baldwin has made known one of his fondest wishes for 2015 – win the gold medal for the country in the FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China.

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Long before the New Year revelries, new Gilas Pilipinas coach Tab Baldwin has made known one of his fondest wishes for 2015 – win the gold medal for the country in the FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-01 13:36:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 729450 [Title] => Obama 25 minutes late for UN luncheon [Summary] =>

 President Barack Obama was more than a little envious when he got up to toast U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-22 08:06:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 628265 [Title] => Philippines eyes China, Malaysia, Middle East as new export market for bananas [Summary] =>

The Philippines is eyeing China, Malaysia and Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar as new market for its banana exports, Agriculture Undersecretary for special concerns Berna Romulo-Puyat said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 545451 [Title] => Group alarmed over rise in number of prostituted OFWs [Summary] =>

There has been a rise in the number of overseas Filipino workers who end up in brothels and work as prostitutes in the Middle East, an official of a migrant workers' group disclosed today.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-01 14:13:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 457121 [Title] => Training tips from Kenya [Summary] =>

We are here at the family-oriented Sunway Lagoon Resort hotel some 45 minutes from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and about 30 minutes from the center of the city of KL, as we continue our mini-series on Kenya’s establishing a niche for itself in Olympic and international track and field distance running and marathon.

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Roselle Nava was one of the singers during the ‘90s whom I believed in. From among her star-studded batch on ABS-CBN’s Ang TV that included Claudine Barretto, Jolina Magdangal, Rica Peralejo, Lindsay Custodio, Victor Neri and Angelu de Leon, Roselle stood out as the most outstanding vocalist.

[DatePublished] => 2008-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1283883 [AuthorName] => Dot Ramos Balasbas-Gancayco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262307 [Title] => Ban on Pinoy workers’ deployment to Iraq stays [Summary] => Malacañang is bent on banning Filipinos from working in Iraq despite claims that they would lose jobs to other nationalities.

Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said over Radio Mindanao Network yesterday that the latest assessment on Iraq shows that it is still risky to deploy workers in that war-torn country.

"First and foremost is the safety and welfare of overseas Filipino workers," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178623 [Title] => FVR: No need to evacuate Pinoys in tension-filled Middle East [Summary] => Evacuation is an option, not a necessity.

According to a statement released by former President Fidel Ramos, "there is no need for now to evacuate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia."

Ramos attributed this lack of urgency for evacuation to "the easing up of tension that was triggered by the United States-inspired proposal to use force to dismantle the capability of the Iraqi government to produce weapons of mass destruction and effect a regime change in Iraq."
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148627 [Title] => Absentee vote bill gains ground [Summary] => Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday that the Senate committee on suffrage and electoral law has endorsed a draft committee report allowing green card holders to vote in national elections under a proposed absentee voting law.

"The consensus of the senators is for a law that is broad and comprehensive in reach and this is the reason for the inclusion of green card holders," explained Angara, the committee chairman.

An earlier proposal sought to exclude green card holders "because there is the clear intent to give up their Filipino citizenship."
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