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SENATOR Ralph Recto has cautioned the government against committing "a great disservice" to overseas Filipinos with its plan to close down at least 10 embassies and consulates, mostly in Europe.

He described as a "wrong cost-cutting strategy" the move to terminate the this July of the embassies and consulates in Barcelona (Spain), Dublin (Ireland), Frankfurt (Germany),Stockholm (Sweden), Bucharest (Romania), Helsinki (Finland), Caracas (Venezuela), Havana (Cuba), Saipan and Palau. 

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A FEMALE passenger believed to be a victim of human trafficking and who tried to look like the on her passport by sticking an artificial mole in the face was intercepted by immigrationofficers at the Ninoy Aquino Airport (NAIA). 


This was announced by  Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Ricardo David, Jr., who said that the incident happened last February 16 when the passenger attempted to board aPhilippine Airlines flight to Singapore. 

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Singapore — The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-profit organization, has forged a partnership with the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), a non-government organization that provides temporary shelter to distressed migrant workers in Singapore to work jointly on cases involving trafficked Filipino women.

Former labor undersecretary and OFW advocate Susan Ople said the two NGOs agreed to help each other out in close coordination with the Philippine Embassy in Singapore in monitoring human trafficking cases involving Filipinos and providing the victims with a support network while running after their recruiters and abusive employers. Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Minda Cruz expressed full support to the partnership forged by the two NGOs.

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