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Homeless Pinoy Team Snubbed by Philippine Consulate in Italy?

I just read this piece from the Manila Bulletin about RP's post (calling on Philippine Consulate officers in Italy ...) in Italy snubbing a contingent of Filipino players who were officially entered into the 7th Homeless World Cup (Milan, Italy).

Why? Did they perhaps mistook homeless Pinoy to be the equivalent of TNT (tago ng tago or illegal immigrant)? But even if thqat were the case, embassies and consulate offices of the Philippines around the whole are bound to help their nationals...

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Are Filipino Employers/Philippine Jobs Discriminative?

I came home for a visit to the Philippines and while here I thought to check job boards and classifieds to see what the local employment environment is like these days.

There's a lot of IT work, mostly in software and hardware programs, a ton of call centre jobs both in Metro Manila and Cebu despite the cutback in US client spending; there's also more and more translation and English language tutoring work available which was not quite as prevalent over five years ago.

One thing I've...

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Overseas Absentee Voting Registration

Do you still hold a Philippine passport, or a Filipino currently holding dual citizenship? The overseas absentee voting registration has started last February 1st (2009) and is ongoing until August 31, 2009. Absentee voting starts from April 10 through May 10, 2010.

Though a lot of people are skeptical about the credibility of official election results, it is still imperative that as Filipinos residing overseas, we exercise our rights to vote and voice our opinion on national...

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