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Speech delivered by Ambassador Luis T. Cruz during a round table seminar on ROK’s Immigration Policy Viewed from Inside and Outside : Transition to Multicultural Society, Jeju Island, 3 December 2011.

Distinguished guests, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me, at the outset, congratulate the CIFAL Jeju for organizing this seminar. Immigration policy is a matter that, I believe, needs to be treated with both urgency and care given the sensitivity of issues attendant to migration.

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A Filipino Christmas far from homebioclavid wiki kapslerbruger.site bioclavid til hunde

Lea Salonga and Charice Pempengco may be famous Filipina songstresses worldwide, but in one high school auditorium, migrant workers from the Philippines amazed the crowds with their vocal prowess during the first Filipino Christmas singing contest in Korea. The contest was an early holiday celebration for those away from their homeland.

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Christmas Message of Secretary Albert F. Del Rosario, Department of Foreign Affairs

Christmas is a time to pause, reflect, and refocus on the true essentials of life. It is a place we all seek to go back to and recapture childhood's magic and the bounty of everyday miracles.

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Filipinos Make Wave in South Korea’s Cultural Scene

Filipinos continue to thrive in South Korea multicultural landscape and dominate major competitions, with 2011 seeing a rise in awards handed out to Filipino nationals in various fields.

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Schedule of Korean Language Test for the EPS

The Human Resource Development of Korea (HRD Korea) in cooperation with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) will conduct the 8th Employment Permit System -- Test of Proficiency in Korean (EPS TOPIK) on March 18, 2012. Registration is until February 9. For more information, please visit the POEA website or visit the following link:

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COUNCIL DIRECTORS PASS BUDGET OF US$4.5 MILLION FOR THE ASEAN KOREA CENTER

Seoul 14 February. The Philippine Embassy in Seoul announced the approval of US$4.5 million operational budget of the ASEAN-Korea Center on 10 February. Now on its fourth year of operation, the Center has become ASEAN’s face in South Korea. It has completed 23 programs last year in the areas of trade, investment, culture and tourism promotion and public relations and information campaign.

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SPEECH OF SECRETARY IMELDA M. NICOLAS, Chairperson of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), Office of the President, “MOU Signing between the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO)”

Minister Kim Kum Lae of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Charge d’affaires Sylvia Marasigan of the Philippine Embassy, Director Insook Kang, other officials and staff from the Ministry and the Embassy, leaders of the Philippine community in Korea, Warm greetings from the Philippines!

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PH, South Korea Sign New Air Services Agreementbioclavid wiki bioclavid pris bioclavid til hunde

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines and South Korea have agreed to increase flights between the two countries amid growing demand for travel in the Asia Pacific region, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) said.

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Remarks by Philippine Ambassador LUIS T. CRUZ during the Seminar on Multicultural Society and Social Cohesion sponsored by Dong-a Ilbo, 1 June 2012, Korea Press Center

The Korean government started implementing multicultural policies in April 2006 when the government announced the Social Integration Support Measures for Marriage Migrant Families. In 2007, the Basic Act for Treatment of Foreigner Residents was passed, followed by the Multicultural Family Support Act in 2007.

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Message of Ambassador Luis T. Cruz, Philippine National Day Reception, 07 June 2012

The story of Philippine Independence is one that reverberates deep and far. Ours began with a passionate and deep-seated desire to be set free from colonial oppression - a desire that was fueled by the nationalistic fervor of our forefathers. This intense yearning for self-determination reached its climax on June 12, 1898 when the Republic of Philippines finally flew its flag as an independent country on equal footing with other nations.

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Remarks by H.E. Luis T. Cruz, AEP to South Korea, during the Dinner Reception of the DOT Travel Mart Presentation, Friday, 8 June 2012, Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul

It is a great pleasure for me to see both old and familiar faces tonight. The Republic of Korea has been the top source of tourists of the Philippines for six years running. That the Philippines is a choice destination among Koreans comes as no surprise: apart from proximity and the lower cost of quality living in the Philippines, many people are attracted to the myriad choices available at their fingertips when they visit the Philippines.

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Philippine Tourism Info Center Opens in Seoul

Korean tourists now have better access to travel information about the Philippines with the opening of a new DoT travel showroom center in the city center adjacent to Seoul City Plaza .

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PTIC Korea delegation set for IFEX Philippines 2013

A 30-man delegation organized by the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) Korea and the ASEAN Korea Center is set to participate in the International Food Exhibition Philippines (IFEX Philippines) on May 16-19, 2013 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City, Philippines. Representatives of leading Korean food importers, distributors and retailers and manufacturers of food packaging materials and equipment comprise the PTIC Korea delegation to the IFEX Philippines 2013. Essentially, the delegation will form part of a buying mission while a small contingent will make up a pool of experts expected to make presentations on food processing and packaging technology during the IFEX Philippines Forum.

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HOLY WEEK HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY, SEOUL WILL BE CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:

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Speech by Ambassador Luis T. Cruz at the 2013 Philippine Investments Seminar, 7 and 9 May 2013vagifem erfaringer vagifem 25 mg vagifem 10

Hon. Cheung Hae-moon, Secretary-General of the ASEAN-Korea Center, Honorable officials from the Philippines led by Director General Lilia de Lima of the Philippine Export Processing Zone Authority, Esteemed Korean partners, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,

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