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	<description>The continuing saga in our fight for OFW recognition and empowerment can only be achieved through a unified collective effort among our ranks - BongA</description>
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		<title>Are YOU running for Public Office in 2010?</title>
		<link>http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/are-you-running-for-public-office-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a leader in you?  Do you have what it takes to win an election?
Here’s your chance to discover yourself, become a potential leader, learn from the experts and know the basics of running an electoral campaign.
The Ateneo School of Government (ASoG)  is hosting a Leadership and Campaigns Seminar, in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=4460909&post=2605&subd=ofwempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rural bankers try carving niche in OFW market</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rural bankers try carving niche in OFW market
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO  (OFW Journalism Consortium)
[Reporting from Ibaan municipality, Batangas and Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Some of the names were changed to protect against probable harm from persons scouring the news for potential victims]
LINDA has a problem with money: she has lots of it.
Her worries are less [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=4460909&post=2593&subd=ofwempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pass the Senate and House Bill amending R.A. No. 8042</title>
		<link>http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/pass-the-senate-house-bill-amending-r-a-no-8042/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[OFW Advocacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philippine lawmakers are expected to arrive in Riyadh on November 5, 2009. They are on their working trip to Middle East for a series of consultation meeting with Filipino Community, Philippine Embassy officials and Philippine government agencies overseeing the plight of OFWs.
They are members of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs (COWA) to conduct [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=4460909&post=2576&subd=ofwempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Father and Child</title>
		<link>http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/father-and-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I submit the article below to be published without conditions nor royalties. I am dedicating a photo entry that won 2nd place in the recent Singapore Sun Festival to the Filipinos afflicted by the typhoons. May they find strength in the fathers of families as they rebuild their lives.
&#8211;Christopher J. Tuason
I am an OFW who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=4460909&post=2562&subd=ofwempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Job Opening</title>
		<link>http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/job-opening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology-KACST, an independent scientific organization, fully supported and funded by the government of Saudi Arabia  is urgently  in need of the following:
Male Secretaries/Administrative Assistant  
Qualifications:
 1) Male/Filipino with TRANSFERRABLE IQAMA  
2) Not more than 35 years old
3) Proficient in typing and good at spelling, punctuation, grammar, and oral communication
4) Good interpersonal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=4460909&post=2556&subd=ofwempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The law and reality of your contract</title>
		<link>http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/the-law-and-reality-of-your-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[OFW Complaints]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expatriates working in Saudi Arabia are in an unenviable situation. All of us have fixed term contracts which we sign before taking up an assignment in the kingdom. We just assume that once the contract is extended, we have another term of stay in the kingdom.
I have mentioned in the past the importance of going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=4460909&post=2516&subd=ofwempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From the OFW Diaries</title>
		<link>http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/from-the-ofw-diaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 24, 2009,  this news item (excerpt below) appeared  at ABS-CBN News online: 
Arroyo brings home distressed OFWs from Saudi Arabia
 (abs-cbnNEWS.com 09/24/2009 6:55 PM)
MANILA- President Arroyo arrived on Thursday bringing home 119 distressed overseas Filipino workers from Saudi Arabia after seeking the intercession of the king of Saudi Arabia.
After a long wait the distressed OFWs were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=4460909&post=2486&subd=ofwempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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