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OAV: www.politicalarena.com

As part of the education drive for the Overseas Absentee Voting, the Department of Foreign Affairs signed an MOU with an internet website/portal known as www.politicalarena.com on 11 January 2010.

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TIN Required for Driver’s License in the Philippines

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) signed a Memorandum of Agreement on 25 November 2009 requiring applicants of a driver’s license in the Philippines to also present a Tax Identification Number (TIN).

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Philippines Resumes Registration for EPS Language Test

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) will resume registering Filipino workers who want to work in South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS).

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Urban planners need to remember that leisure activities are just as important as the parks and streets they take place on

Urban planners have addressed the issue of population growth all over the world. In countries like Korea and Japan high-rise residential areas are sprouting here and there to accommodate more people in major cities. “New towns” are established on the outskirts of crowded cities that are equally accessible and self-sufficient in many aspects.

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DFA Hails Success of “Operation Homerun”

06 May 2010 - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) lauded the success of the "Operation Homerun", which resulted in the neutralization of an international drug trafficking organization. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-led operation took place in the Philippines and neighboring Asian countries. Working with foreign law and drug enforcement authorities, the operation led to the arrest of nine male Nigerians, one female Thai, one female Malaysian and two Filipinas, as well as the seizure of two kilograms of cocaine and one kilogram of heroin in China.

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Migrant Worker in Korea Wins Essay Writing Contest on Rizal

27 May 2010 – Philippine Ambassador to Seoul Luis T. Cruz announced today that Mr. Christian Romero, an employee of the Samsung Corporate Research and Development Institute, won the embassy-sponsored essay-writing contest held from February to April 2010 as part of activities to commemorate the 149th anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal’s birthday on 19 June 2010.

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Migrant workers to get free vocational training

Migrant workers here will be able to receive free vocational training from state-designated institutes nationwide. The program is part of government efforts to improve the job skills of foreign workers mostly employed by small-scale labor-intense manufacturing firms.

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Inaugural Speech of His Excellency President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III,

His Excellency Jose Ramos Horta, members of the diplomatic corps, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, Former President Jose Valdez Ramos, Former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and other members of the Senate, Speaker Prospero Nograles and other members of the House of the Representatives, members of the Supreme Court, special envoys and members of the diplomatic corps, local government officials, distinguished guests, mga minamahal kong kababayan.

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Philippine Embassy to Begin Issuing ePassport on 01 Augustbioclavid wiki bioclavid modic bioclavid til hundevagifem erfaringer vagifem 25 mg vagifem 10

Filipinos residing in South Korea may now apply for the Philippine electronic passports, or e-passports, at the Philippine Embassy in Seoul effective 01 August 2010. The ePassport is a highly secured and enhanced Machine Readable Passport. The ePassport system reduces identity theft by storing the biometrics and signature of the passport holder and recording his thumb marks.

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Seoul, 14 September 2010 – Former Pres. Fidel Ramos donated several items, including books, photographs, videos and a replica of a uniform used by soldiers of the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK), to the Korean War Memorial Museum in a ceremony marking the 60th Anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.

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FVR exhorts international youth to build on legacy of peacevagifem erfaringer vagifem 25 mg vagifem 10

South Korea, 15 September 2010 – Former President Fidel V. Ramos called on the youth not only to remember the past but to build on the legacy of peace made possible by those who fought the Korean War, during a lecture delivered before 300 international students at the Catholic University of Korea (CUK) in Bucheon City.

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In South Korea, FVR Leads Rites Honoring Filipino Veterans

South Korea, 17 September 2010 – Ushered by the sounds of bugle at the Philippine Monument in Goyang City, former President Fidel V. Ramos led a wreath-laying ceremony paying tribute to the Filipino soldiers who fought in the Korean War.

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Two Filipinos from South Korea Receive 2010 Presidential Awardsbioclavid wiki kapslerbruger.site bioclavid til hunde

Professor Emely Abagat and Sister Lucia Olalia, active leaders of the Filipino community in South Korea, are among the twenty-four (24) awardees to be conferred the 2010 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations overseas.

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WELFARE OF KOREAN STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL ASSURED

14 January 2011--The Department of Foreign Affairs received assurances from Philippine immigration authorities that the 70 South Korean children who were enrolled in an English language school in Lemery, Batangas are under proper care by Filipino teachers-custodians in their school premises and are free to move about.

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Employment Permit System receives UN Public Service Awards

The EPS is recognized as the best system in preventing and combating corruption in the public service this year.

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