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Filipinos set to launch UAE’s first 3D magazine

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, May 31, 2011 6:01PM UTC View Comments

The United Arab Emirates will soon have its first 3D magazine, courtesy of Filipinos who plan to mark Philippine Independence Day in a new way. Mint Magazine‘s special 60-page issue dubbed “Pinoy Freedom in 3D” is expected come out and distributed for free on June 12, Philippine Independence Day, and will include free stereoscopic or...

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Top diplomat back from Libya as 14,000 Filipinos remain unaccounted for

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, Mar 01, 2011 4:20PM UTC View Comments

President Aquino points to a map of Libya as Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa, Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario and Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz look on. (Photo by Robert Viñas/Malacañang Photo Bureau)

Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario arrived in Manila Tuesday afternoon onboard an Emirates Airlines flight personally overseeing efforts to evacuate Filipino workers from strife-torn Libya. But about 14,000 Filipinos in Libya remain unaccounted for. The Philippines reports that 2,324 Filipino nationals have “safely exited Libya” while 473 Filipinos have been able to return...

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Philippines: DFA sets aside $564,000 for Egypt crisis

By Tonyo Cruz Mon, Jan 31, 2011 5:00PM UTC View Comments

The Department of Foreign Affairs today sought to calm relatives of Filipinos living, working and studying in Egypt as it announced the holding of meetings in the crisis-stricken African state and the setting aside of funds to assist them if the need arises. The DFA said that P25-million (about $564,000) in emergency funds may be...

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