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===Featured Philippine News===
===Featured Philippine News===


*'''Gov’t to evacuate OFWs still in Libya'''
*'''Tourists staying longer in Philippines, says immigration bureau'''
*August 22, 2011
*August 23, 2011
:Philippine officials on Sunday announced they were arranging with a humanitarian group the repatriation of more than 1,700 Filipino workers in Libya as rebels pushed closer toward Tripoli and small clashes erupted in the Libyan capital itself.
:MANILA, Philippines—Despite the travel advisories against the Philippines, the government has registered a 34-percent increase in the number of foreigners who asked to be allowed to stay longer in the country, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said Tuesday.


:Libyan rebels announced that a 600-strong force that set eastward from the coastal city of Zawiya had reached the outskirts of the town of Jedaim on Sunday and that the front line was now less than 30 kilometers from the seat of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. It was unclear if the Libyan ruler was still in Tripoli.........[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/45475/gov%E2%80%99t-to-evacuate-ofws-still-in-libya<font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>]  
:David said that from January to July this year, the BI visa extension office processed and approved a total of 81,287 applications for extension of stay by foreign tourists..........[http://globalnation.inquirer.net/9987/tourists-staying-longer-in-philippines-says-immigration-bureau<font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>]  


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*'''PH voted as best diving area at Japan fair'''
*'''Gov’t to evacuate OFWs still in Libya'''
*August 21, 2011
*August 22, 2011
:MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines was chosen as one of the top diving destinations of the world during the recently concluded 19th Marine Diving Fair in Japan.
:Philippine officials on Sunday announced they were arranging with a humanitarian group the repatriation of more than 1,700 Filipino workers in Libya as rebels pushed closer toward Tripoli and small clashes erupted in the Libyan capital itself.


:The country was voted as Best Diving Area and Best Dreaming Area, alongside heavyweights such as Maldives and Palau, the Tourism Department said in a statement........[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/08/21/11/ph-voted-best-diving-area-japan-fair<font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>]
:Libyan rebels announced that a 600-strong force that set eastward from the coastal city of Zawiya had reached the outskirts of the town of Jedaim on Sunday and that the front line was now less than 30 kilometers from the seat of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. It was unclear if the Libyan ruler was still in Tripoli.........[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/45475/gov%E2%80%99t-to-evacuate-ofws-still-in-libya<font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>]


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