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                    [Title] => Tension in the Middle East and our OFWs
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This may be an international issue, but it does have a lot of local concerns for the Filipino people, especially about our Overseas Foreign Workers  who are working in the Middle East.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-07 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1436359 [Title] => Palace reiterates call for OFWs in Libya to come home [Summary] =>

Malacañang yesterday reiterated its call to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Libya to return home as soon as possible.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-22 11:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1645031 [AuthorName] => Patricia Lourdes Viray [SectionName] => Pinoy Worldwide [SectionUrl] => pinoy-worldwide [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150322/libya-philippines-alert-level-ofws-evacuation.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1355693 [Title] => Gov't verifying report of Filipinos recruited as fighters in Middle East [Summary] =>

The government is verifying a report that some Filipino Muslims were being recruited as fighters in conflict-affected countries in the Middle East.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-09 19:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 924381 [Title] => Phl gov't agencies urged not to refer to Sabah as part of Malaysia [Summary] =>

The Foreign Affairs Department today urged all government agencies not to refer to Sabah as part of Malaysia due to an existing Philippine claim over the resource-rich territory now controlled by the Malaysian government.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-26 20:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 858119 [Title] => Riyadh embassy: Renew passport early, use online system [Summary] =>

The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has advised overseas Filipino workers and other frequent travelers to renew their passports as early as  nine months before its expiration, the Foreign Affairs Department said on Tuesday. 

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-10 13:36:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422137 [AuthorName] => Jovan Cerda [SectionName] => Pinoy Worldwide [SectionUrl] => pinoy-worldwide [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856373 [Title] => House passes bill expanding overseas voting law [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives has passed a bill amending the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003, allowing more overseas Filipinos worldwide to cast their votes in Philippine elections. 

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-05 15:03:09 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422137 [AuthorName] => Jovan Cerda [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 839243 [Title] => Pinay inmate, 22 OFWs repatriated from Kuwait [Summary] =>

Overseas Filipino worker Minerva Tayag has been granted repatriation by the Kuwaiti government after serving more than five years in jail for murder charges, the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait reported Friday to the Foreign Affairs Department. 

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-17 15:46:54 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422137 [AuthorName] => Jovan Cerda [SectionName] => Pinoy Worldwide [SectionUrl] => pinoy-worldwide [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 785330 [Title] => Century-old plundered church bells returned to Philippines [Summary] =>

Two bells taken away by American soldiers from a church in Bulacan more than a century ago were officially turned over to the National Museum by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 682951 [Title] => Aquino leaves for ASEAN summit in Indonesia [Summary] =>

President Benigno S. Aquino III left for Indonesia this afternoon to attend the 18th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders' Summit on May 7 to 8.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-06 20:04:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 658445 [Title] => Phl designates acting foreign secretary [Summary] =>

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Erlinda Basilio has been designated as the department's acting secretary until Alberto Romulo's successor to the post is formally appointed by President Benigno Aquino III, the Foreign Affairs Department announced today.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-18 22:01:10 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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