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Updated: 49 weeks 6 days ago Exporters keep projected growth in exports despite strong peso (Sun Star)DESPITE the minimum growth of exports, at only 1.6 percent, last June, exporters have stuck to the 11 percent overall-growth for the whole year.
THE SEPARATIST: The Twilight of the Ayatollah (Minda News)KYOTO, Japan (MindaNews/4 Sep) -- What a way to end a political career -- arrested by the Dutch police for murder and now facing the prospect of another long jail term. This was not how many of his diehard followers imagine the final years of Jose Maria Sison, Filipino communism's Grand Ayatollah.
DATELINE MANILA (Gulf Times)Special peso-dollar exchange rate is on anvil for OFWs By Julmunir I Jannaral A PROPOSED special peso to dollar exchange rate was given yesterday by a group of overseas Filipino contract workers to the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines.
Pananatili ni Malu Fernandez sa 'Standard' ikinagalit ng OFWs (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)Nagbuhos na naman ng galit sa e-mail at blog ang overseas Filipino workers nang malaman nila na tuloy pa rin ang column ni Malu Fernandez sa "Manila Standard Today."
Newspaper says apology enough, will keep Fernandez (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)The editorial board of the "Manila Standard Today" newspaper said Tuesday that the apology issued by Malu Fernandez prompted management to retain her as society columnist despite criticisms over her remarks against overseas Filipino workers.
Manila broadsheet draws flak over anti-OFW columnist (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)Overseas Filipino workers are determined to boycott a Manila newspaper which continues to print the articles of a columnist who they said wrote anti-OFW statements.
RP narrows trade gap forecast (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)The government expects a trade deficit this year of $6.6 billion, narrower than an earlier forecast of $7.2 billion, but wider than last year’s actual shortfall of $4.5 billion, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) shows.
PSE chief woos OFWs to play stock market (The Manila Times)The Philippine Stock Exchange is lobbying for changes in the antimoney laundering law that would allow overseas Filipino workers to invest in the stock market.
Labor productivity in RP at region’s low end (The Manila Times)LABOR productivity in the Philippines stands at the low end of Southeast Asian countries, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO) said.
RP to protect Dutch citizens (The Manila Times)The Philippine government will ensure the safety of Dutch diplomats and their nationals here in the country, Foreign Affairs Spokesman Claro Cristobal said.
Atong paid ‘blood money’ for Lacson (The Manila Times)The government has an affidavit from Charlie “Atong” Ang saying he paid the families of the killed Kuratong Baleleng gang members millions of pesos in behalf of Sen. Panfilo Lacson—a charge Lacson vehemently denies.
De Castro backs fixed forex rate for OFWs (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)Vice-President Noli de Castro has agreed to endorse a letter from overseas Filipino workers to President Arroyo that seeks to establish a preferential foreign exchange rate for legitimate OFWs that is above the 10-percent prevailing market value.
RP banks to develop special remittance system for OFWs (Saipan Tribune)Major banks in the Philippines have vowed to develop special remittance system for all Overseas Filipino Workers around the world in support of OFW reintegration RP banks to the Department of Labor and Employment's National Reintegration Center for OFWs.
The Malu Pit (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)I’m jumping into the Malu Fernandez melee just as it’s supposed to be ending with her apology and her resignation from the publications she wrote for. A triumph for overseas Filipinos and bloggers, it has been hailed.
Migrante refutes VP’s claim on economic boom (The Daily Tribune)A local migrant workers group yesterday discredited Vice President Noli de Castro’s assertion that the growing number of overseas Filipino workers was proof of an economic boom, saying the rising number of OFWs underlines a worsening Philippine economy.
Arroyo off to Kuala Lumpur for bilateral meet (9:16 p.m.) (Sun Star)MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo left Thursday afternoon for Kuala Lumpur (KL) to join their 50th Independence Day celebration, boost bilateral relations between the Philippines and Malaysia, and check on the conditions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) there.
(4th UPDATE) RP posts best growth in 2 decades; GDP data questioned (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)The economy grew 7.5 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, topping market estimates, as private and government consumption boosted growth to its strongest level in two decades, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced.
Lost job for insulting maids (Little Speck)Journalist The Filipino columnist 'insulted' her country's maids and was hounded out of her job. AFP. Aug 30, 2007 Manila - A lifestyle writer has been hounded out of her job by death threats and hate mail after she wrote a travel piece many readers found insulting to millions of Filipinos who work abroad.
AUSTRALIA: Australian government refutes report on abused temp workers (AsiaMedia)The Australian government yesterday reacted angrily to claims that unscrupulous employers were exploiting foreign workers who entered the country on temporary labour visas.
A selective deployment for Filipino maids (The Manila Times)The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has welcomed the drastic drop in the number of Filipino domestic helpers deployed abroad.
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