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The judiciary was asked yesterday to take advantage of Indonesia’s pronouncement that executions are not its priority and speed up the case of human trafficking against the alleged recruiters of convicted drug smuggler Mary Jane Veloso before a court in Nueva Ecija.

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A Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines official said he hopes that the apology of Bureau of Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina for the agency's policy in opening and taxing overseas Filipino workers balikbayan boxes was sincere.
 
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An official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said on Monday that he acknowledges and respect the decision of many Filipino workers to stay in strife-torn Libya.

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More Filipinos are likely to seek employment abroad where they may be exposed to abuses because of lack of job opportunities at home, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

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A bishop has assured that the Filipino sentenced to death for drug charges on Dec. 8 in China has been given last sacraments by Church officials there.

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Former President Joseph Estrada yesterday told other presidential candidates not to lie or make empty promises to the public just to get ahead because it is unfair to the people and is a sign of desperation.

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Church officials today admitted that they could not stop devotees of the Black Nazarene from touching and kissing the religious image with the belief that they would be cured of their illnesses.

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Councilor Edgardo Labella, chairman of the committee on laws, said "the knee-jerk effort to transform our beleaguered OFWs into 'supermaids' seems to remind us of the humiliating effect spurred by a certain western dictionary not too long ago when the same, wittingly or unwittingly, defined a Filipino as a household servant.
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                    [Title] => SC asked to speed up case vs Veloso recruiters
                    [Summary] => 

The judiciary was asked yesterday to take advantage of Indonesia’s pronouncement that executions are not its priority and speed up the case of human trafficking against the alleged recruiters of convicted drug smuggler Mary Jane Veloso before a court in Nueva Ecija.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-20 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151121/supreme-court-9.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1496282 [Title] => Bishop: BoC chief's apology must be sincere [Summary] =>
A Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines official said he hopes that the apology of Bureau of Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina for the agency's policy in opening and taxing overseas Filipino workers balikbayan boxes was sincere.
 
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An official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said on Monday that he acknowledges and respect the decision of many Filipino workers to stay in strife-torn Libya.

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More Filipinos are likely to seek employment abroad where they may be exposed to abuses because of lack of job opportunities at home, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

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A bishop has assured that the Filipino sentenced to death for drug charges on Dec. 8 in China has been given last sacraments by Church officials there.

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Former President Joseph Estrada yesterday told other presidential candidates not to lie or make empty promises to the public just to get ahead because it is unfair to the people and is a sign of desperation.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 538226 [Title] => 'There's no stopping devotees from kissing Black Nazarene' [Summary] =>

Church officials today admitted that they could not stop devotees of the Black Nazarene from touching and kissing the religious image with the belief that they would be cured of their illnesses.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-06 14:23:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354207 [Title] => 'Supermaid' program could worsen Filipino tag as helpers [Summary] => A city councilor expressed fears that the government's "supermain" program, aimed at upgrading the skills of Filipinos interested to work as domestic helpers, might just exacerbate the definition given to Filipinos as "household servants".

Councilor Edgardo Labella, chairman of the committee on laws, said "the knee-jerk effort to transform our beleaguered OFWs into 'supermaids' seems to remind us of the humiliating effect spurred by a certain western dictionary not too long ago when the same, wittingly or unwittingly, defined a Filipino as a household servant.
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