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                    [Title] => Workers protest hike in SSS, PhilHealth premiums
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Filipino workers took to the streets in a bid to stop the impending increase in the premiums of the Social Security System (SSS) and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1189001 [Title] => Palace shrugs off OFWs’ ‘Zero Remittance Day’ [Summary] =>

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are free to push through with their reported plan to stop for one day their remittances to their families here to protest the multibillion-peso pork barrel fund scam, Malacañang said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9648/t4lv.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955448 [Title] => Pinoy cultural group performs in Thailand [Summary] =>

A group of cultural dancers from the University of the Cordilleras staged a performance early this month in Bangkok, Thailand, showcasing the cultural heritage of the Cordilleran people.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-18 18:19:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Campus [SectionUrl] => campus [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224695 [Title] => Pinoys in HK rally vs Bush [Summary] => HONG KONG (AFP) — Anti-war activists and migrant groups marched to the United States consulate in Hong Kong yesterday to protest the arrival of US President George W. Bush in the Philippines.

Some 50 protesters waved placards and chanted slogans objecting to a planned meeting between Bush — "the world’s number one terrorist" — and President Arroyo during his whirlwind visit to Manila on Saturday.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199650 [Title] => 900 Pinoys denied work in HK after government ban [Summary] => HONG KONG (AFP) – Some 900 people from the Philippines have been denied work in Hong Kong after President Gloria Arroyo’s decision to suspend the deployment of Filipina maids to the city to protest wage cuts, a Filipino workers group said Wednesday.

"Since the implementation of the ban on contract processing on March 10 by President Arroyo, there have been more than 900 would-be migrant workers denied contracts to work in Hong Kong," said Eman Villanueva, secretary-general of United Filipinos in Hong Kong.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187953 [Title] => DOLE chief goes to HK to tackle $750 levy on Filipino workers [Summary] => Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said yesterday she will travel to Hong Kong next week to urge officials not to tax Filipino workers there.

Several pro-business and pro-Beijing political parties in Hong Kong have urged their government to impose a levy of up to HK$750 (US$96) per month on domestic workers who earn a minimum monthly wage of HK$3,670 (US$471).

The move is aimed at boosting opportunities for local workers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184588 [Title] => Foreign maids in HK plan fight vs tax [Summary] => HONG KONG (AFP) – Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are planning a series of initiatives to fight plans to tax them for working in the territory, a spokesman said yesterday.

"We are planning a series of campaigns including dialogues with government officials and political parties proposing" to tax some 240,000 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, said Eman Villanueva, spokesman for United Filipinos in Hong Kong, which led a protest march on Sunday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173151 [Title] => Stop military operations, HK Pinoys ask gov’t [Summary] => HONG KONG (AFP) – A group of Filipinos in Hong Kong staged yesterday a protest outside the Philippine consulate and demanded an end to Manila’s war against groups branded as terrorists.

"This war has put our families in grave danger," said Connie Bragas-Regalado, chairwoman of United Filipinos in Hong Kong, and some 50 other activists.

"It has made the escalation of human rights violations a certainty," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149582 [Title] => Bill sa HK wage cut ibinasura na [Summary] => Daan-daang overseas Filipino workers ang nagmartsa sa masikip ng kalye ng downtown Hong Kong kamakalawa bilang pasasalamat sa lokal na pamahalaan nang tuluyang ibasura nito ang panukalang minimum wage cut.

Ang nagbubunying mga domestic helpers ay kumakanta habang iwinawagayway ang pula at dilaw na streamers na may nakasulat na "Victory for Migrant Workers."
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 144033 [Title] => RP maids in HK to get government help [Summary] => President Arroyo dispatched Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas to Hong Kong yesterday to lobby against a 20 percent cut in minimum wages for maids in the special administrative region, where some 152,000 Filipinos work as domestic helpers.

Presidential Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao said Sto. Tomas was sent on the special mission in response to requests of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for Malacañang’s official representation with Hong Kong authorities.

He denied accusations that the President was "selling out" Filipina maids by backing the pay cut. [DatePublished] => 2001-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Workers protest hike in SSS, PhilHealth premiums
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Filipino workers took to the streets in a bid to stop the impending increase in the premiums of the Social Security System (SSS) and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1189001 [Title] => Palace shrugs off OFWs’ ‘Zero Remittance Day’ [Summary] =>

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are free to push through with their reported plan to stop for one day their remittances to their families here to protest the multibillion-peso pork barrel fund scam, Malacañang said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9648/t4lv.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955448 [Title] => Pinoy cultural group performs in Thailand [Summary] =>

A group of cultural dancers from the University of the Cordilleras staged a performance early this month in Bangkok, Thailand, showcasing the cultural heritage of the Cordilleran people.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-18 18:19:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Campus [SectionUrl] => campus [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224695 [Title] => Pinoys in HK rally vs Bush [Summary] => HONG KONG (AFP) — Anti-war activists and migrant groups marched to the United States consulate in Hong Kong yesterday to protest the arrival of US President George W. Bush in the Philippines.

Some 50 protesters waved placards and chanted slogans objecting to a planned meeting between Bush — "the world’s number one terrorist" — and President Arroyo during his whirlwind visit to Manila on Saturday.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199650 [Title] => 900 Pinoys denied work in HK after government ban [Summary] => HONG KONG (AFP) – Some 900 people from the Philippines have been denied work in Hong Kong after President Gloria Arroyo’s decision to suspend the deployment of Filipina maids to the city to protest wage cuts, a Filipino workers group said Wednesday.

"Since the implementation of the ban on contract processing on March 10 by President Arroyo, there have been more than 900 would-be migrant workers denied contracts to work in Hong Kong," said Eman Villanueva, secretary-general of United Filipinos in Hong Kong.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187953 [Title] => DOLE chief goes to HK to tackle $750 levy on Filipino workers [Summary] => Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said yesterday she will travel to Hong Kong next week to urge officials not to tax Filipino workers there.

Several pro-business and pro-Beijing political parties in Hong Kong have urged their government to impose a levy of up to HK$750 (US$96) per month on domestic workers who earn a minimum monthly wage of HK$3,670 (US$471).

The move is aimed at boosting opportunities for local workers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184588 [Title] => Foreign maids in HK plan fight vs tax [Summary] => HONG KONG (AFP) – Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are planning a series of initiatives to fight plans to tax them for working in the territory, a spokesman said yesterday.

"We are planning a series of campaigns including dialogues with government officials and political parties proposing" to tax some 240,000 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, said Eman Villanueva, spokesman for United Filipinos in Hong Kong, which led a protest march on Sunday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173151 [Title] => Stop military operations, HK Pinoys ask gov’t [Summary] => HONG KONG (AFP) – A group of Filipinos in Hong Kong staged yesterday a protest outside the Philippine consulate and demanded an end to Manila’s war against groups branded as terrorists.

"This war has put our families in grave danger," said Connie Bragas-Regalado, chairwoman of United Filipinos in Hong Kong, and some 50 other activists.

"It has made the escalation of human rights violations a certainty," she said.
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Ang nagbubunying mga domestic helpers ay kumakanta habang iwinawagayway ang pula at dilaw na streamers na may nakasulat na "Victory for Migrant Workers."
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 144033 [Title] => RP maids in HK to get government help [Summary] => President Arroyo dispatched Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas to Hong Kong yesterday to lobby against a 20 percent cut in minimum wages for maids in the special administrative region, where some 152,000 Filipinos work as domestic helpers.

Presidential Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao said Sto. Tomas was sent on the special mission in response to requests of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for Malacañang’s official representation with Hong Kong authorities.

He denied accusations that the President was "selling out" Filipina maids by backing the pay cut. [DatePublished] => 2001-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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