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As Filipino household service workers (HSWs) continue to be abused by their employers abroad, the Department of Labor and Employment on Wednesday bared its plan for an Internet-based, onsite monitoring of the profiles of overseas Filipino workers.
12:49:00 2010-02-10
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WASHINGTON DC, United States—Immigration enforcement takes a heavy toll on children, according to a recent study by the Urban Institute.
12:45:43 2010-02-10
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SYDNEY—Australian animal rights activists Tuesday welcomed a cruelty fine for British broadcaster ITV, after contestants killed and ate a rat on hit reality show "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!"
16:09:17 2010-02-09
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A health workers’ group has accused the military of torturing the 43 medical workers, including two doctors, who were arrested during a training seminar in Morong, Rizal last Saturday.
16:08:09 2010-02-09
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The military claimed on Monday that one of the 43 health workers arrested in Morong, Rizal, was involved in a foiled attempt to gun down an Army official, while the rest of those arrested had been previously held or charged.
15:24:14 2010-02-08
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Australia will provide P7 million (about A$175,000) to various projects that will help to promote and address human rights issues in the Philippines, particularly in Mindanao, the embassy said in a statement.
14:55:07 2010-02-08
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About a hundred farmers set up camp outside the gates of the San Miguel Foods Incorporated (SMFI) compound here to press for the immediate distribution of the remaining 94 hectares awarded to them by virtue of the March 2008 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the farmers and the food giant.
14:25:09 2010-02-08
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Relatives and colleagues of 43 people, including two doctors, a nurse and a midwife, are set to file petitions for writs of amparo and of habeas corpus before the Supreme Court on Monday for what they called illegal arrests of the health workers by a joint team of the military and police in Morong, Rizal.
05:16:30 2010-02-08
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I believe there is another kind of calamity that has been causing more havoc upon the lives of millions of Filipinos both here and abroad than the natural calamities that visit the Philippines regularly.
11:05:44 2010-02-07
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MEXICO CITY—Some 200 activists soaked in fake blood and with colorful banderilla stakes attached to their backs staged a symbolic "die-in" Saturday demanding a ban to bullfighting in Mexico.
09:39:20 2010-02-07
