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A protester holds a sign as they demanded scrapping of the 12 percent value added tax on oil and repeal of the Oil Deregulation Law during a rally just outside the venue of the Philippine Energy Summit in suburban Manila on Tuesday Jan. 29, 2008. The summit brings together stakeholders in the energy sector to address the impact of continued high oil prices on the Philippines economic

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May mga Pinoy na nakatuklas na at kasalukuyang naglalaro ng War Games Soft Air dito sa Roma. Isang grupo na bumuo ng batalyon ng mga Pilipino laban sa batalyon ng mga Italyano. Para sa kanila isa itong larong may kakaibang karanasan, magandang ehersiyo sa katawan at pagpapahalaga sa ganda ng kalikasan. Masusubukan daw dito ang bilis ng galaw ng katawan, disiplina, pagkakaisa, tiwala sa sarili at

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The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) second session on the Philippines comprehensively takes up the following issues:Violations of civil and political rights, especially extrajudicial killings, massacres, enforced disappearances, torture, illegal detention, attacks on worker actions, bombings, strafings and forced mass evacuations.Violations of the economic, social and cultural rights of the

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Valentines Day is a very special day to all the men, women and lovers all over the world and Filipinos in Cyprus are no different.A group of very talented Filipinos, the "Filipino Hatid Saya" (Kapisanan ng mga Mang-aawit na Filipino in Cyprus) as they are affectionately called, presented a very special show to celebrate Valentines Day for fellow Filipinos and their friends and families. The show

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The series of free medical and dental check up being conducted by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) and Overseas Workers’ Welfare Office (OWWA) here in Milan continues as the government strengthened its outreach program. The initiative which is being done every other Sunday in the different Filipino communities here is being made possible thru the help of Express

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Sept. 20 - Isang pagtitipon ang ginanap noong nakaraang linggo, ika-17 ng Setyembre sa tanggapan ng Embahada ng Pilipinas. Ang okasyon ay isinagawa sa pakikipagtulungan ng Philipppine Embassy at Ms Zita Obra, Presidente ng Asosasyon ng Sangguniang Pilipino (ASF), na siyang namuno bilang tagapagsalita sa hapong iyon. Dumalo ang ibat-ibang Pangulo ng Filipino Association at mga miyembro ng ilang

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Tulad ng maraming pinoy isa ako na nagmula sa kahirapan. Dahil sa pagsisikap at tiyaga masasabi ko sa aking sarili na ako’y isa sa mga nagtagumpay! Sa ngayon, pilit pa ring nakikipagsapalaran bilang isang manggawa sa France.Taong 2000 ng lisanin ko ang sariling bayan. Ako’y napadpad sa France sa tulong ng aking kamag-anak. Tulad ng karamihan, dahil sa kakulangan ng kaalaman sa lingguwaheng

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The Former Philippine Honorary Consul Madam Vanthoula, a constatine leader, appeared before the filipino communities to explained her resignation. It took place last Sunday, Sept 10. 2006, at the Holy Cross Parish Church Nicosia, Cyprus during the filipino mass. It was attended by Minister, Counselor, and Genreal Consul Eleanor L. Jaucian, Social Welfare Jocelyn Hafal from Phil. Embassy of the

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by Jocelyn RuizAll Philippine Embassies in different parts of the world and a lot of filipino people are busy for the preparation of the incoming event of the Philippine Independence Day. This is a commemoration and celebration of establishment of soverign of rights, freedom and liberty. It will celebrate the 108 years of social freedom of its origin done and gained by different filipino heroes

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To All our Kababayang Pilipino: Mabuhay! I am Jocelyn Ruiz, a journalist of AKO AY PILIPINO from Rome, Italy doing two newspapers for EUROPE AND ITALY regarding the needs of Filipino migrants, activities, news, projects, announcement etc. I would like to invite you to share and collaborate with me to publish any situations of your organizations, associations, Filipino communities, or any group

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by UMANGAT-MIGRANTE PARTYLIST Rome, Italy Sandaang taon na ang nakararaan ng ideklara at ipagdiwang ang natatanging araw para sa uring manggagawa na siyang lumilikha ng yaman ng bawa’t bansa,sandaang taon ng pagpapanday at pagpa-patatag ng ating kaisipan sa pamamagitan ng mga tunggalian at ng mahabang karanasan. Muli ay ating gugunitain ang makabuluhang araw ng paggawa,araw na kung saan ay

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by Fr. Czar Emmanuel AlvarezRome, ItalyThe first thing that came to my mind was Qoheleth's famous verse: "there's nothing new under the sun" (qoh 1:9). surprisingly GMA herself quoted almost the entire chapter from the same biblical book (qoh 3) during her speech at the "libingan ng mga bayani", where she went to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the EDSA 1986 revolution. And now the same

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ni Jocelyn RuizRome, ItalyDagok sa bansang Pilipinas nagtuloy-tuloy. Maraming trahedya ang naganap. Maraming buhay ang nawala. Maraming luha ang tumagas. Marami ang nasaktan at patuloy na nasasaktan. Lubog na nga bang talaga ang Pilipinas? Wala na nga bang pag asa na maiahon ito sa kahirapan na ngayon ay umaalingasaw sa bawat bibig ng maraming Pilipino? Totoo bang nasa putik na tayo ng kagipitan?

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by Fr. Alberto M. Guevara, Jr., CSRome, ItalyMy opinion, as a Chaplain/Parish Priest of the Mission for the Filipino Migrants in the Diocese of Rome, regarding the proclamation of the 1017- State of National Emergency, I think it is not the ultimate solution yet in order to pacify the situation in our country. It is a fundamental human right of every person- Filipino citizen to seek for justice,

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by Ermie de la CruzRome, ItalyI do not agree to the State of Emergency because we can't easily judge anyone without having proofs that they have committed a sin or done reckless thing against the law. How about those ugly people or faces? How can we be sure that they are bad ones? What right do we have to judge nor arrest someone we don’t know. I think that is very unreasonable and discriminative

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Sunod sunod na dagok ang kinakaharap ng bansang Pilipinas patunay na lamang na talagang ang Pilipinas ay lubog na sa kahirapan at ganun din sa pagbagsak ng ekonomiya. Sa mga trahedyang naganap, hirap ng buhay, at ngayon nga ay itong State of Emergency ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Mahirap magsalita ng tapos pero ang ganitobng klase ng pangyayari ay naulit lamang ng naulit pero walang

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ni Edgardo Bonzon11:30 ng Feb 24, inihayag ng Pangulong Arroyo ang Proklamasyon 1017 na nagbibigay sa kanya ng kapangyarihang magpadakip sa sinuman nang walang mandamyento ng hukuman, pagbabawal ng lahat ng asemblea ng mga mamamayan kasama na rito ang mga miting at rally at sistemetikong supresyon ng mga karapatan ng mga mamamayan na lumahok sa mga kolektibong pagkilos na laban sa kanyang

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ni Angel SyKatulad ng palaka na nasa kawali, unti unti na namin nararamdaman ang init ng E-VAT.Kanina lamang sa pagkaubos ng amin LPG lubha akong nagulantang na kinakailangan ko ng magbayad ng mahigit limangdaan piso para sa isang 11-kilo cylinder ng LPG, dahil daw sa E-VAT at sa patuloy na pagtaas ng LPG sa pangdaigdigan merkado. Umaayaw ang puso at isip ko pero ano ang aking magagawa, kung di

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VATICAN CITY, OCT 28, 2005 (VIS) - Made public today was the Holy Father's Message for the 92nd World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which will be celebrated on January 15, 2006, and has the theme of "Migrations, sign of the times." The text has been published in English, French, Italian and Spanish: Extracts from the message are given below: "One of the recognizable signs of the times today is

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by Fr. Stephen Cuyos, MSCcrossposted at www.stephencuyos.comWhen was the last time you offered something at a Holy Mass? What was it? Like most people, you probably offered an amount of money. Have you ever considered offering something unique or special? And did you do it? This afternoon, I concelebrated at a Mass in which a broom, a dustpan, and a dictionary, among other things, were presented

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by Fr. Stephen Cuyos, MSCcrossposted at www.stephencuyos.comAccording to the Bible, three wise men from the East traveled far and wide to find Jesus by following a star. They brought with them three gifts and after giving them to Jesus they returned home changed men. According to tradition, the relics of these wise men are found in the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.Together with 35 other Filipinos

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by Sr. Melanie Grace D. Illana, mscsService to the immigrants is one of the responsibilities of the Church. Our immigrant brothers and sisters deserved her welcoming heart as well as moral and spiritual support. Thus, they need somebody to journey with them as they continue to search for their greener pastures. This reality has moved me when I did my 26 day mission-exposure in Reggio Calabria

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ni Angel SyPwede ba magbakasyon bilang Filipino, pwede ko bang maranasan kahit sa sumandali lamang na maging first class citizen?Lubha na akong napapagod maging Pinoy! Nakakalungkot isipin na sa kanilang pag kukulitan sa Pulitika, lalong nagdarahop ang inang bayan, bumaba ng 75% ang mga namumuhunan sa Pilipinas sa taon na ito.Ang ibig sabihin nun ay milyon milyon pinoy ang walang trabaho.Kasi sa

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The team members of Radyo Pilipino Ng Vaticano (RPV). Front row, from left to right: Sr. Tess, Fr. Stephen, Fr. Albert, Remy and Jocelyn. Back row, from left to right: Ermie, Rommel, and Sr. Gloria.

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The Pastoral Situation1. As a people we seem to have passed from crisis to crisis in one form or another. For many analysts, reinforcing these crises are ambivalent cultural values such as palakasan, pakikisama, utang na loob, and family-centeredness. As Bishops we have long contended that the crises that we have suffered are basically moral – the lack of moral values in ourselves, in our

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