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                    [ArticleID] => 1514261
                    [Title] => October 31 deadline for overseas registration
                    [Summary] => 

This is the correct date - October 31 is the deadline for overseas registration!

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-23 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1436271 [Title] => Review of migration policies sought [Summary] =>

Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara has called for a review of the country’s migration policies to make them more responsive to the present needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFW).

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1373770 [Title] => Urgent calls related to elections [Summary] =>

"Overseas Filipinos initiated a petition to Congress and the DBM to ensure budget appropriations for overseas voting preparations. Can you endorse by signing on to the petition at change.org/OFWvotes?"

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 938195 [Title] => Important reminders [Summary] =>

May 13, election day, is fast approaching.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 864408 [Title] => Updates on OAV and US elections [Summary] =>

From migrant advocate, Ellene Sana, the happy news: 915,000 overseas Filipinos registered by the end of the registration period last October 31

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 691906 [Title] => A better world with and for migrants [Summary] => We welcome the news that parliamentarians from South and Southeast Asia who attended the Asian Parliamentarians’ Forum on Migrant Domestic Workers have united to work together for the welfare and protection of their domestic workers in terms of salary and more humane working conditions. [DatePublished] => 2011-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 500360 [Title] => Comelec rejects 4,302 overseas absentee voting applications [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has rejected 4,302 applications for overseas absentee voting (OAV) for the May 2010 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 452913 [Title] => News analysis: Overseas deployment can't fix Philippine laid-off problems for good [Summary] =>

MANILA (Xinhua) -- Relying on migration to solve the twin burden of poverty and unemployment is no longer an option for the Philippines, as the global economic crisis reduces demand not only for export goods but labor as well, analysts said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-29 19:28:35 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348959 [Title] => Text Appeal [Summary] => Cut up letters and paste them onto a piece of paper. Leave the note to your desired target, hide behind the post and wait for the results. This is so cute! Is this a death threat?
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133736 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1176310 [AuthorName] => BORED AGAIN By Maddie Llacer [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 321878 [Title] => Text messaging center established for OFWs [Summary] => Overseas Filipino workers who are in trouble anywhere in the world can now report their situation via text messaging to the Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and the Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs.

CMA executive director Ellene Sana said that an OFW who needs help or has questions can text "SOS " and send to +63 9209 OFW SOS (or +63 9209 639 767).
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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