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OFWs, retirees top buyers of
residential property in RP
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An official of an international real estate
services company has revealed that retirees and overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs) remained to be the most active buyers of residential
property in the country.
In a speech during the recent Asia Pacific
Marketing Power and Sales Effectiveness Mike Mabutol, director of
the CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Philippines Investment Properties and
Capital Markets, said that OFWs and retirees are boosting market
demand for real estate.
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Noli appeals for deferred OFWs
deportation from Malaysia
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Vice President Noli de Castro has appealed to
the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak
to defer the mass deportation of undocumented overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs) in Sabah until after Ramadan.
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Nurses: Hike pay will deter
us from leaving the country
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A few hours before President Gloria Arroyo
delivers her state of the Nation address (SONA) in Congress on
Monday, nurses will be converging along Commonwealth Avenue, near
the Batasang Pambansa complex, to hear their own SONA.
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Migration, remittances promote
gender equality in RP
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Remittances sent by Filipino migrants in Italy
promote gender-sensitive local rural community development in the
Philippines and support capacity-building activities with migrant
associations to improve the living conditions of Filipino migrants
in Italy.
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Villar promises to repatriate
Riyadh-based OFWs in Cebu talk
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Senate President Manny Villar has pledged to bring home two
distressed overseas Filipino workers stranded in Riyadh. It was a
promise he made to two Cebuanos from Talamban, Cebu City.
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Mar seeks OFWs’ exemption
from documentary stamp taxes
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Sen. Mar Roxas has proposed a bill seeking the removal of the
documentary stamp tax (DST) imposed on overseas Filipino worker (OFW)
remittances to give them more savings and greater purchasing power,
amid criticism of Malacañang’s refusal to withdraw it.
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