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		<title>Mandatory Pag-IBIG coverage for OFWs dropped</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government’s savings and shelter financing agency has withdrawn its original plan to impose mandatory membership for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) as a requirement to process their employment papers, a Hong Kong-based group said Wednesday.
In a statement, the Hong Kong chapter of a women’s rights group said Pag-IBIG chief executive officer Jaime Fabiaña declared that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Mosley, Mayweather reach terms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines – “Sugar” Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have reportedly agreed to terms to fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title, according to a report by ESPN.com.
&#8220;Shane has signed. I sat with him [Friday] and we went through every provision of the contract and he signed,&#8221; Mosley&#8217;s attorney Judd Burstein told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teodoro grilled on Arroyo ties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines – Gilbert Teodoro found himself in the hot seat at a youth forum Friday when he and other presidential candidates were asked whether they would make President Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for anything anomalous that happened in her administration.
At the forum at the De La Salle University (DLSU)-Manila campus, moderator Ted Failon asked the presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger, Fil-Am planners coming to Manila</title>
		<description><![CDATA[California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with a group of Filipino-American experts on urban planning, will visit the Philippines next week to assist in the &#8221;heavy lifting&#8221; of the Philippine government&#8217;s reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts.
Executive Director Butch Meily of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation, which serves as partner of the Special National Public-Private Reconstruction Commission (SNPRC), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnitude-6 quake rocks Bicol Region &#8211; Phivolcs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A powerful predawn quake hit parts of Bicol and Southern Luzon on Thursday, but the Philippine Institute of Volcanology of Seismology said it was too far from land to cause damage.
Phivolcs seismologist Henremagne Penarubia said the quake was recorded at 2:49 a.m., with the epicenter traced northeast of Virac, Catanduanes in Bicol.
&#8220;Magitude-6.0, medyo malakas siya [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s Jobs unveils new tablet computer, the iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) &#8211; – Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Wednesday revealed the culture-changing company&#8217;s latest must-have device, a touchscreen tablet computer annointed the &#8220;iPad.&#8221;
&#8220;We want to kick off 2010 by introducing a truly magical and revolutionary product,&#8221; said Jobs, who underwent a liver transplant last year and was making just his second public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miriam blasts Enrile for &#8216;insulting&#8217; her</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines &#8211; Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago on Tuesday walked out of a Senate plenary session after criticizing Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and fellow senators who engaged in gutter talk during Monday&#8217;s floor debates on the ethics case of Senator Manny Villar.
In an impassioned speech, Santiago reminded her fellow senators that the rules of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York woman falls, rips Picasso painting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AFP) &#8211; – A significant Pablo Picasso painting was damaged after a woman attending art class lost her balance, fell into &#8220;The Actor&#8221; and tore it, The Metropolitan Museum of Art said.
The unusually large canvas, measuring 77.25 by 45.38 inches (196 by 115cm), sustained a vertical tear of about six inches (15cm) in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Niño task force activated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines &#8211; President Arroyo reactivated yesterday the El Niño Task Force and ordered the release of P1.7 billion to fund emergency measures to mitigate the detrimental effects of the dry spell on the fisheries and agriculture sectors.
The effects of El Niño could result in as much as P20 billion in economic loss in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pacman tickets sold out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines &#8211; They’re selling like hotcakes and Manny Pacquiao hasn’t placed his orders yet.
Tickets to the March 13 fight between the Filipino pound-for-pound champion and challenger Josh Clottey are out, and with still 50 days left before the big day, promoters might be forced to have a few thousands more printed.
According to ESPN.com, more [...]]]></description>
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