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Migrants' Stories, Migrants' Voices 5

I became part of this publication - Migrants' Stories, Migrants' Voices Volume 5  of the Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) . I served as one of the editors and also as a writer, translator, and lay-out artist. Thanks to Taiwan Foundation for Democracy for the grant they provided to support its publication. I personally know most of the contributors so it was easy for me to ask them to contribute. My brother's story, Capt. Cecilio E. Rahon Jr. was also featured in this volume. This is the fifth volume of the Migrants' Stories, Migrants' Voices series. This edition features 10 stories of migrants and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). We have read and learned from similar stories in past volumes. But each story is unique, each tale a testament of the redeeming nature of their triumph. They rose from poverty to what most of them have now - a better life not only for themselves or their immediate families, but for their extended families and community as well.
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MoveYourDomainDay is January 27

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I am subscribing/availing the services of Namecheap and I support this advocacy. MOVE YOUR DOMAIN DAY! on January 27 INTERNET FREEDOM NOW! LET'S CLAIM OUR DIGITAL RIGHTS! On Jan. 27, join Namecheap and the EFF in the fight for your digital rights! Hello Pedro, Welcome to 2015! The new year is in full swing, and Namecheap is once again hard at work helping defend online privacy rights and internet freedom . Read on to learn how you can be part of that effort -- and save big on transfers and hosting plans at the same time. Plus, we'll make a donation to the Electronic Frontier Foundation on your behalf! MoveYourDomainDay is January 27 Namecheap is all about a free and open internet. If you care about your online privacy rights and are against internet censorship, please join us for the fourth annual MoveYourDomainDay on January 27. We launched this initiative to fight SOPA, a bill that would have introduced censorship o
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My Name in Mars

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Send Your Name on NASA’s Journey to Mars, Starting with Orion’s First Flight If only your name could collect frequent flyer miles. NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars. Your name will begin its journey on a dime-sized microchip when the agency’s Orion spacecraft launches Dec. 4 on its first flight, designated Exploration Flight Test-1. After a 4.5 hour, two-orbit mission around Earth to test Orion’s systems, the spacecraft will travel back through the atmosphere at speeds approaching 20,000 mph and temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. But the journey for your name doesn’t end there. After returning to Earth, the names will fly on future NASA exploration flights and missions to Mars. With each flight, selected individuals will accrue more miles as members of a global space-faring society. "NASA is pushing the boundaries of exploration and
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World AIDS Day 2013, How to Survive a Plague

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"The number of HIV cases in the Philippines is rising at a “fast and furious” rate, with the rise concentrated among males who have sex with males and people who inject illegal drugs or narcotics, according to the executive director of the Philippine National AIDS Council." http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/476453/one-filipino-gets-hiv-virus-every-1-5-hours-group-says I lost a good friend because of HIV-AIDS. Little did I know that his case was at a very critical stage. We had our usual lunch and chat, my way of saying good bye to him for a year's study abroad. He was to tell me something of his secret but was too adamant to reveal it. I did not probe further, all the while I thought I knew his character being very open and frank. But he was not with his ailment. When I was abroad we would have an opportunity to chat once in awhile, I just came to know that he now have a new nickname ( a policy of the hospital he was visiting for confidentiality). Still, he nev
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3rd HALO- HALO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2013 (HHIFF)

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NGAYONG SABADO AT LINGGO NA! Nasalihan mo na ang lahat, ito na lang ang hindi! TARA! Makihalo sa kwentong Halu- Halo! 3rd HALO- HALO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2013  (HHIFF) WATCH. ENJOY. HELP. 11.30.13/ 12.01.13 I attended a MASKAY workshop and we produced a film, fun, fun fun! Watch the trailer - 
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2013 Month of Overseas Filipinos - Davao Regional Forum

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Hosting the event with Ms. Nova of Pag-IBIG. More fotos here: https://www.facebook.com/pmrwatch/media_set?set=a.177980692410589.1073741840.100005959778490&type=1 MESSAGE  Ms. Mel Nuqui President, PMRW DAVAO REGIONAL FORUM “BALIK PINAS: Empowering Returning Overseas Filipinos and their Families.”   22 November 2013 Ateneo de Davo University Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen a pleasant afternoon to all. Today’s gathering here at the Ateneo de Davao University marks the launching or the opening salvo for December’s celebration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos.  We are very happy to be with you today to launch this event. Let me give you some milestones on the celebration the Month of Overseas Filipinos (MOF).  It was during the administration of then President Corazon Aquino that Proclamation No. 276 was issued in June 1988, institutionalizing the commemoration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos every December. Then
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LIST OF PASSERS 3RD SPECIAL EPS-TOPIK CBT

LIST OF PASSERS -- 3RD SPECIAL EPS-TOPIK (CBT) Computer Based Test 3RD EPS-TOPIK CBT SCHEDULE Registration Period: July 17-18, 2013 Announcement of Test Date: August 13, 2013 Test Period: August 20, 2013 Results: September 25, 2013 Result link -  http://www.poea.gov.ph/epstopik/Passers%20List%20of%203rd%20special%20EPS-TOPIK.pdf ABABAN RUVIE CUADRA ABALOS MARLOU FLOR DOMINGO ABARICIA ROMAR LANOZA ABARQUEZ WHELLAN BAUTISTA ABASOLO ARIEL PESCADERO ACHIVARA ERICKSON DESCARGAR ACIERTO SAMUEL AGUILAR ACOB JERRY FORONDA ACOSTA ACELER IBARRA ACOSTA EDDIE ALEJO ACOSTA REGIE MARQUEZ ADOLFO ALEXANDER SANTOS AGGABAO MARIDEL GAMMAD AGMAN JOCELYN LATONIO AGTULAO PRISCILLA BANGI GI AGUAS JAYAR PALO AGUAS ROMEO CACANINDIN AGUDONG LORYBEE MACADAMIA AGUILAR JESSIE M ALAR FELIMON JR ROMBAOA ALBARDA RECEL MILLADO ALBITO SUNNY SON VICEDO ALCORIZA NERISSA VISPO ALFONSO JELVIN SEBBEY ALICAYCAY MARY GRACE PASCUA AMERICA NESTOR MIRAS AMOROSO ARVEL MORENO ANANO JOEL AWA
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