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ePassports only by appointments from Mar 8

ePassports only by appointments from Mar 8
The new consular building has moved to Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City.
By Veronica Uy First Posted 11:23:00 03/07/2010

Starting tomorrow, March 8, all applications for electronic passports (ePassports) will only be accepted and processed via the appointment system at the new consular building on Macapagal Boulevard, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a news release.

Suu Kyi to be barred from party, polls
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and India's Mahatma Gandhi on an Indian protester’s shirt. AFP

Suu Kyi to be barred from party, polls

Agence France-Presse First Posted 12:07:00 03/11/2010

YANGON, Myanmar—Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi faces exclusion from her own party and is barred from standing in polls this year under the military junta's new election laws unveiled Wednesday.

European rights chief slams idea of burqa ban
A woman wearing a niqab, the Islamic full veil, gives a phone call in a street of Lyon, eastern France. AFP

European rights chief slams idea of burqa ban

Agence France-Presse First Posted 12:47:00 03/08/2010

STRASBOURG, France—Banning the full Islamic veil would not liberate oppressed women, a European rights chief said Sunday, and could lead to them becoming even more alienated in society.

Filipinos in Canada to double in 20 years

Filipinos in Canada to double in 20 years
Canada is home to a lot of Filipinos.
Agence France-Presse First Posted 09:31:00 03/10/2010

OTTAWA, Canada—Canada's ethnic makeup will greatly change in the next 20 years as the number of non-Europeans or "visible minorities" rises to nearly one-third of the population, a government agency said Tuesday.

Romulo wants more Filipino UN peacekeepers
Romulo troops the line with Undof Force Commander Maj. Gen. Natalio Ecarma III and Lt. Col. Leodevic Guinid. ELMER CATO

Romulo wants more Filipino UN peacekeepers

By INQUIRER.net First Posted 10:41:00 03/08/2010

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo wants more Filipinos participating in the United Nations peace operations, as he outlined his plan to strengthen the country’s peacekeeping body and acquire equipment for the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.

ePassports only by appointments from Mar 8Suu Kyi to be barred from party, pollsEuropean rights chief slams idea of burqa banFilipinos in Canada to double in 20 yearsRomulo wants more Filipino UN peacekeepers

Overseas Absentee Voting

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First automated overseas voting in HK and Singapore set April 10

Posted February 24, 2010 16:45:00
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is gearing up for the conduct of the first automated overseas absentee voting in Hong Kong and Singapore come April 10, an official said Wednesday. Full story
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Facing foreclosure?

Posted March 15, 2010 22:46:00
Q: Our family is in dire straits now. We bought a house from a developer five years ago, paying the downpayment and borrowing the rest of the amount from the bank. Since the global financial crisis hit, our company suffered losses and I lost my job late last year. Full story

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Living Abroad

What links Scots and Filipinos?

Posted on March 11, 2010

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Overseas Pinoy

Mich Dulce is this year’s winner of the International Young Creative Entrepreneur award for fashion at the London Fashion Week. BRITISH COUNCIL WE INVITE YOU to send in your photos and profiles to be featured online. Share your thoughts, visions and experience with a global audience and give our Global Nation new cause for pride. Email to: veronica.uy [at] inquirer.net

Public Service

Helpline gets a question from a nurse who wants to gain some work experience.

But instead of getting paid for work done in this private hospital that accepted me, I pay them P3,000 every month to “train” me. And I’m not the only one.Full Question and Answer
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Please send your questions on problems concerning overseas employment, human trafficking, illegal recruitment, visas and passports to globalnation@inquirer.net. We will try to get hold of the government official or expert

Announcements

Miss You Like Crazy to hit screens in 8 U.S. cities

REDWOOD CITY, CA, March 15, 2010 – Hot on the heels of a record-setting box-office triumph in the Philippines, Star Cinema’s Miss You Like Crazy - starring the country’s number one love team, John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo Full Story

Tambayan

Soneto kay Pacquiao

Ang suntok mo ang humango sa dagok ng kahirapan sa 'yo at ng iyong pamilya, at mga kaibigan at mga kamag-anak, at, kababayan.. Full Story