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                    [Title] => An Italian espresso tradition
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Segafredo Zanetti brought the Italian espresso tradition to the Philippines by bringing in two world-renowned espresso masters from Italy and Japan.

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Migrant Filipino workers are paying “oppressive and burdensome” fees to send money back home to their families in the Philippines, a labor leader said yesterday.

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"This gives meaning to our previous call for bold and highly progressive market initiatives that will stimulate free competition and drive down excessive remittance charges," House Deputy Majority Leader Eduardo Gullas said in a statement.
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"Issues about children are very close to me personally, because my wife and I do not have kids. We’ve been married for 28 years and we don’t have and will never have kids," he shared.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1338154 [AuthorName] => Gian Carlo Vizcarra [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271637 [Title] => NMI, PNCC war continues [Summary] => How true is it that Next Mobile Inc. (NMI) is contemplating filing both criminal and administrative charges against officials of the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) for what is obviously a rigging by the latter of the results of its bidding for radio communications system for the South Luzon Tollways Group?
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271192 [Title] => Mar seeks probe into banks’ fees on OFW remittances [Summary] => Sen. Manuel Roxas II is seeking a Senate investigation on fees imposed by some banks on remittances of Filipino overseas workers that he described as "excessive."

Roxas is considering passing legislation to protect Filipino migrant workers from "possible abuses."

"The bulk of remittances is meant for low-income families, since two-thirds of our overseas Filipino workers come from the provinces. We must ensure that our OFWs and their families are getting the full value of their money," he said in a statement.
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Segafredo Zanetti brought the Italian espresso tradition to the Philippines by bringing in two world-renowned espresso masters from Italy and Japan.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 494250 [Title] => OFWs paying oppressive remittance fees - Herrera [Summary] =>

Migrant Filipino workers are paying “oppressive and burdensome” fees to send money back home to their families in the Philippines, a labor leader said yesterday.

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"This gives meaning to our previous call for bold and highly progressive market initiatives that will stimulate free competition and drive down excessive remittance charges," House Deputy Majority Leader Eduardo Gullas said in a statement.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297127 [Title] => The Imbestigador warns: Hindi namin kayo tatantanan! [Summary] => After doing 262 episodes for the five-year-old GMA public affairs program Imbestigador, host Mike Enriquez disclosed that his conviction in delivering his signature line "Hindi namin kayo tatantanan" is strongest when their show features varied forms of child abuse.

"Issues about children are very close to me personally, because my wife and I do not have kids. We’ve been married for 28 years and we don’t have and will never have kids," he shared.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1338154 [AuthorName] => Gian Carlo Vizcarra [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271637 [Title] => NMI, PNCC war continues [Summary] => How true is it that Next Mobile Inc. (NMI) is contemplating filing both criminal and administrative charges against officials of the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) for what is obviously a rigging by the latter of the results of its bidding for radio communications system for the South Luzon Tollways Group?
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Roxas is considering passing legislation to protect Filipino migrant workers from "possible abuses."

"The bulk of remittances is meant for low-income families, since two-thirds of our overseas Filipino workers come from the provinces. We must ensure that our OFWs and their families are getting the full value of their money," he said in a statement.
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