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What will Philippine officials and diplomats miss if they skip a trip to Hong Kong to avoid new visa restrictions?

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                    [Title] => Pioneer Insurance bags award
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Pioneer Insurance has been recognized as the Best Insurer in the Philippines the 2009 Euromoney Insurance Awards.
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By Fr. Gary Thurman

(Pastor Gary Thurman, husband of my niece Marilie Fernandez, is in charge of the Church of the Holy Name in Hong Kong and the chaplain for all prisons in the Special Administrative Region or Hong Kong. As parish priest and prison chaplain, he writes about pathetic stories he has encountered with our overseas Filipino workers.)



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Ayon kay Pangulong Arroyo, inatasan na niya ang Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) na suspindihin muna ang pagpoproseso ng mga kontrata para sa mga domestic helper patungong Hong Kong dahil sa ipinataw na pagbabawas ng HK$400 sa sahod ng mga domestic helper doon.


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Ayon kay Danilo Flores, general manager at country head ng Philippine National Bank (PNB) sa HK, ang bayad sa pagpapadala ng pera ay maaring tumaas hanggang HK$40 o P160 mula sa dating HK$20.


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Ayon kay Pangulong Arroyo, inatasan na niya ang Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) na suspindihin muna ang pagpoproseso ng mga kontrata para sa mga domestic helper patungong Hong Kong dahil sa ipinataw na pagbabawas ng HK$400 sa sahod ng mga domestic helper doon.


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