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                    [Title] => Dinky testifies PhilHealth cards used to swing votes for GMA
                    [Summary] => Former social welfare secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman disclosed yesterday that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) participated in the distribution of health cards to indigent families to swing votes for President Arroyo in the May 2004 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2005-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280479 [Title] => DFA kinalampag sa bangkay ng 4 na pinugutang Pinoy [Summary] => Maging ang tatlong Kongresista ay humiling na rin sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na gawin ang lahat ng paraan para maiuwi sa bansa ang bangkay ng apat na Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na pinugutan ng ulo sa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) noong nakalipas na buwan.

Ayon kina Reps. Mark Cojuangco, Antonio Cuenco at Ernesto Gidaya, marapat lamang na ‘kalampagin’ ang DFA para magpadala ng apela sa pamahalaan ng KSA.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280246 [Title] => 4 Pinoy sa Saudi pinugutan [Summary] => Apat na OFW na sinasabing nakapatay sa kapwa Pinoy ang pinugutan ng ulo sa Saudi Arabia ngunit ang kanilang mga bangkay ay ipinagkakait na ibigay sa kanilang pamilya.

Ayon kay Maita Santiago, sec-gen. ng Migrante International, sinadya umanong itago sa mga mamamahayag ang ginawang pagbitay kina Sergio Aldana, Miguel Fernandez Jr., Wilfredo Bautista at Antonio Alvesa.

Ang apat ang itinuturong responsable sa pagpatay sa biktimang si Jaime dela Cruz.
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Former militant labor leader-turned-lawmaker Rep. Crispin Beltran of the party-list group Anakpawis declared yesterday that as soon Duque is issued the appointment, he will file an "affidavit of opposition" before the Commission on Appointments (CA).
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Ayon kay Maita Santiago, secretary-general ng Migrante, isang alyansa ng mga manggagawang Pinoy na hindi makatarungan na ipataw sa mga OFW ang mga pinansiyal na problema ng NAIA.

Sinabi ni Santiago na labag sa isinasaad ng section 35 ng Migrant Workers Act ang planong paniningil ng NAIA sa mga manggagawang Pilipino.
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Cimatu said Filipinos could work in the three biggest US military camps in Iraq, provided US authorities agree to boost the workers’ security. These are Camp Victory in Baghdad, Camp Anaconda in Balad and Camp Taji, located between the two cities.

Cimatu said that despite the security situation, demand for Filipino workers in US bases in Iraq was very high.
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Protests marked the celebration as militant groups were stopped by anti-riot police about a block from the heavily guarded embassy as they took turns in slamming Washington.

As scores of anti-riot policemen tried to keep the militant groups at bay, thousands of pro-US marchers cheered by waving "Happy Birthday, America" signs.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196468 [Title] => Foreign maids in HK march today vs tax plan [Summary] => Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong will join today maids from other Asian countries in a march to protest a HK$400-levy on their salaries expected to be announced on March 5.

Organizers from the Asian Migrant Coordinating Body, a coalition of domestic helpers from different countries, said more than 5,000 maids are to take part in what is expected to be the biggest rally against the levy.

The new measure imposes HK$9,600 levy on every standard two-year contract for foreign maids, resulting in a HK$400 monthly deduction from the current minimum wage of HK$3,270.
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                    [Title] => Dinky testifies PhilHealth cards used to swing votes for GMA
                    [Summary] => Former social welfare secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman disclosed yesterday that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) participated in the distribution of health cards to indigent families to swing votes for President Arroyo in the May 2004 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2005-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280479 [Title] => DFA kinalampag sa bangkay ng 4 na pinugutang Pinoy [Summary] => Maging ang tatlong Kongresista ay humiling na rin sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na gawin ang lahat ng paraan para maiuwi sa bansa ang bangkay ng apat na Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na pinugutan ng ulo sa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) noong nakalipas na buwan.

Ayon kina Reps. Mark Cojuangco, Antonio Cuenco at Ernesto Gidaya, marapat lamang na ‘kalampagin’ ang DFA para magpadala ng apela sa pamahalaan ng KSA.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280246 [Title] => 4 Pinoy sa Saudi pinugutan [Summary] => Apat na OFW na sinasabing nakapatay sa kapwa Pinoy ang pinugutan ng ulo sa Saudi Arabia ngunit ang kanilang mga bangkay ay ipinagkakait na ibigay sa kanilang pamilya.

Ayon kay Maita Santiago, sec-gen. ng Migrante International, sinadya umanong itago sa mga mamamahayag ang ginawang pagbitay kina Sergio Aldana, Miguel Fernandez Jr., Wilfredo Bautista at Antonio Alvesa.

Ang apat ang itinuturong responsable sa pagpatay sa biktimang si Jaime dela Cruz.
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Former militant labor leader-turned-lawmaker Rep. Crispin Beltran of the party-list group Anakpawis declared yesterday that as soon Duque is issued the appointment, he will file an "affidavit of opposition" before the Commission on Appointments (CA).
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255061 [Title] => P550 airport terminal fee sa OFWs binira [Summary] => Binatikos ng Migrante International ang plano ng pamunuan ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) na ipasa ang problemang pinansiyal nito sa pamamagitan ng paniningil ng P550 airport terminal fee sa libu-libong overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Ayon kay Maita Santiago, secretary-general ng Migrante, isang alyansa ng mga manggagawang Pinoy na hindi makatarungan na ipataw sa mga OFW ang mga pinansiyal na problema ng NAIA.

Sinabi ni Santiago na labag sa isinasaad ng section 35 ng Migrant Workers Act ang planong paniningil ng NAIA sa mga manggagawang Pilipino.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250916 [Title] => OFW redeployment in Iraq proposed [Summary] => Special envoy to the Middle East Roy Cimatu recommended to the government yesterday that Filipino workers be redeployed in selected areas in Iraq where their security could be guaranteed.

Cimatu said Filipinos could work in the three biggest US military camps in Iraq, provided US authorities agree to boost the workers’ security. These are Camp Victory in Baghdad, Camp Anaconda in Balad and Camp Taji, located between the two cities.

Cimatu said that despite the security situation, demand for Filipino workers in US bases in Iraq was very high.
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Protests marked the celebration as militant groups were stopped by anti-riot police about a block from the heavily guarded embassy as they took turns in slamming Washington.

As scores of anti-riot policemen tried to keep the militant groups at bay, thousands of pro-US marchers cheered by waving "Happy Birthday, America" signs.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196468 [Title] => Foreign maids in HK march today vs tax plan [Summary] => Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong will join today maids from other Asian countries in a march to protest a HK$400-levy on their salaries expected to be announced on March 5.

Organizers from the Asian Migrant Coordinating Body, a coalition of domestic helpers from different countries, said more than 5,000 maids are to take part in what is expected to be the biggest rally against the levy.

The new measure imposes HK$9,600 levy on every standard two-year contract for foreign maids, resulting in a HK$400 monthly deduction from the current minimum wage of HK$3,270.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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