<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>OFW Journalism Consortium &#187; 2006 News Packet</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.ofwjournalism.net/category/newspacket/2006newspacket/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net</link>
	<description>Overseas Filipino Workers&#039; consortium for news and updates</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:36:56 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Failures in gov&#8217;t lending project for OFW groups cited</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/failures-in-govt-lending-project-for-ofw-groups-cited/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/failures-in-govt-lending-project-for-ofw-groups-cited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candice Cerezo, OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Makati Business Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OFW Botica loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OFW Groceria loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OFW Groceria Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Social Fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[QUEZON CITY — THE bankruptcy of roughly 200 government-funded livelihood groups of overseas Filipino workers and their families reveals major errors in a project that an OFW leader and a government report said was used solely for the 2004 elections. “Their promise to us is that there will be an OFW Groceria loan, followed by [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/failures-in-govt-lending-project-for-ofw-groups-cited/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stranded Pinoys in Lebanon still traded, NGO says</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/stranded-pinoys-in-lebanon-still-traded-ngo-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/stranded-pinoys-in-lebanon-still-traded-ngo-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isagani de la Paz, OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afro-Asian Migrant Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanlungan Centre Foundation Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations Development Programme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[QUEZON CITY—FILIPINO workers, mostly women, in Lebanon are still being traded for new employees after getting sidetracked from work when fighting broke out in September, advocates said. Echoing the report of Catholic congregation Daughters of Charity Sister Amelia Asiedu-Torres, nonprofit Kanlungan Centre Foundation Inc. said migrant workers unable to flee during the shooting war between [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/stranded-pinoys-in-lebanon-still-traded-ngo-says/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Firms tap singing-frenzy OFWs for biz expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/firms-tap-singing-frenzy-ofws-for-biz-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/firms-tap-singing-frenzy-ofws-for-biz-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Alzona and Isagani de la Paz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Pop Music Philippines Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property Ventures Group (IPVG)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philippines Tonight Show on Metro Plus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA—BOXER Manny Pacquiao’s endorsement of a portable music-video microphone proves the Filipinos’ penchant for singing and reflects the market is deep and wide. But Butch Albarracin remains unimpressed. He said revenues from the domestic market is proving to be unreliable for his entertainment-focused business. Albarracin, founder of the Center for Pop Music Philippines Inc., is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/firms-tap-singing-frenzy-ofws-for-biz-expansion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Paroled Pinoy&#8217;s past, present polish Parol parade</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/paroled-pinoys-past-present-polish-parol-parade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/paroled-pinoys-past-present-polish-parol-parade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremaiah Opiniano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bayanihan House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filipino-American Development Foundation (FADF)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South of Market (SoMa)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA—PAROLED convict Rico Reimigio’s hands grip different sets of bars symbolizing a freedom only he could taste: bamboo strips for his first parol, the Filipino Christmas lantern. On his face is a genuine smile, also the first time this reporter sees on Reimigio, the former thug feared while stomping the streets of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/paroled-pinoys-past-present-polish-parol-parade/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>UN body sings &#8216;diaspora investment&#8217; tune</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/un-body-sings-diaspora-investment-tune/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/un-body-sings-diaspora-investment-tune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Alzona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-10-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade and Development Report 2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA—LATE as they are, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is singing a familiar tune: that remittances could be a development tool. Calling it “diaspora investment,” the Unctad has urged countries largely benefiting from the inflow of currency to tap its potential other than further pushing consumption. The Unctad noted the urgency of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/un-body-sings-diaspora-investment-tune/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Study to link remittance, Filipino spirituality</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/study-to-link-remittance-filipino-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/study-to-link-remittance-filipino-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremaiah Opiniano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-10-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2004 Asian Development Bank’s study Enhancing the Efficiency of Overseas Filipinos’ Remittances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northside Community Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philippine Studies University of San Francisco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, California, USA–CRISANTA Allas’s arm shot forward to stop the roll of an empty softdrink can –one of several garbage the 78-year-old Filipino picks up so she can send money to her daughter in Manila. Allas, a staff of the Northside Community Center here, is one of several hundred elderly Filipinos coming out of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/study-to-link-remittance-filipino-spirituality/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Teacher culls bar-girl work to flay US anti-trafficking policies</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/teacher-culls-bar-girl-work-to-flay-us-anti-trafficking-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/teacher-culls-bar-girl-work-to-flay-us-anti-trafficking-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremaiah Opiniano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-10-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Action for Women Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trafficked? Filipino Migrant Hostesses in Japan’s Nightlife Industries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of California-Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yale Journal of Law and Feminism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA—WHEN it comes to issues of trafficking in women, University of California-Davis professor Rhacel Parreñas should be taken seriously: she has been in the eddy of Japan’s entertainment industry. Parreñas, who is teaching Asian-American studies, spoke recently to the OFW Journalism Consortium to chide the United States’s policy addressing trafficking worldwide as [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/teacher-culls-bar-girl-work-to-flay-us-anti-trafficking-policies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New course for seafarers seen costly</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/new-course-for-seafarers-seen-costly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/new-course-for-seafarers-seen-costly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo J. Santiago, OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-10-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor and Employment Resolution No. 4 of 2005]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management Level Officer’s Training Course]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Regulatory Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA—SO many training courses yet so little to gain. This is what some seafarers are saying, four months before a few of them would be required to go back inside a classroom, lest they shun getting a marine officer’s license. They have to decide –and save money– sooner than later since by February next year, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/new-course-for-seafarers-seen-costly/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pinoys bare heroic life as former modern-day heroes</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/pinoys-bare-heroic-life-as-former-modern-day-heroes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/pinoys-bare-heroic-life-as-former-modern-day-heroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristy Anne Topacio-Manalaysan, Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-10-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international day of migrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national heroes’ day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IMUS, Cavite–FORMER seafarer Rolando Sarno is riding on a new wave: that of the daily realities of managing a business. Using a scoop from galvanized iron, Sarno pours rice into a plastic bag, his fingers deftly tying a knot to seal the top and keep the grains from falling. Another happy customer leaves his wholesale [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/pinoys-bare-heroic-life-as-former-modern-day-heroes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Something Filipino in top American retail hub</title>
		<link>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/something-filipino-in-top-american-retail-hub/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/something-filipino-in-top-american-retail-hub/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremaiah Opiniano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006-News-Packet-Vol-05-10-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filipino-American Development Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South of Market (Street) SOMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ofwjournalism.net/?p=306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloomingdale’s, the renowned American department store that can be seen in New York, opened a branch in downtown San Francisco September 28, at the old Emporium building. Soon, on the fifth floor of Bloomingdale’s, a Filipino Cultural Center will greet shoppers. MC Canlas of the Filipino-American Development Foundation said the contributions by Filipinos in the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ofwjournalism.net/something-filipino-in-top-american-retail-hub/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
