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 ==[[Parañaque City News]]==
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-'''2 cities suspend classes Thursday'''
+'''Parañaque hosts passport service'''
-*Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/03/14/12/2-cities-suspend-classes-thursday
+*Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro_mstd.htm?f=//2012/March/16/metro4.isx&n=metro&d=/2012/March/16
-*By: ABS-CBNnews.com
+*By: www.manilastandardtoday.com
-*''March 14, 2012''
+*''March 15, 2012''
-Classes in all levels in public and private schools in the cities of Parañaque and San Juan are suspended on Thursday due to a planned protest by jeepney drivers and operators.
+Parañaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr. said the Department of Foreign Affairs will extend its passport service to city.
-San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez said the suspension “is for the welfare of the community in general, and the school children.”
+Parañaque Tourism chief Marilou Fontejon and Special Services head Dean Calleja said new and renewal passport applications will be accepted.
-The management of Far Eastern University (FEU) also announced that classes in all its campuses will be suspended.
+Free e-passport forms are available at the Tourism Office on the second floor of the City Hall.
-The Department of Education has left the decision to call off Thursday classes to the respective city governments.
+“Although the actual evaluation and processing will be made on April 14, it is important that applicants submit the completed passport forms, together with the requirements on or before March 19,” Fontejon said in a statement, adding that 600 slots are available on a “first-come, first-served basis”.
-Transport groups are set to stage a protest caravan to show their dismay over the deferment of the decision on the P0.50 provisional fare hike for jeepneys.
+New passport applicants must attach to the completed form the original copy of their birth certificates in security paper issued by the National Statistics Office); photocopies of supporting documents like PRC/IBP ID; driver’s license; government service record; old SSS FORM E-1 or digitized ID; and other documents that show full name, birth details, signature and other details.
+Updates on requirements for married women and children are available at the Parañaque Tourism Office.
+For renewals, applicants must submit to the Parañaque Tourism Office, also on or before March 19 the completed forms with photocopies of the old passport including pages showing the latest Immigration departure and arrival stamps.
+Personal appearance on April 14 is required for both new and renewal applicants. Passport fee is P1,200. All payments will be covered by official government receipts. The processed passports will be released at the City Hall on May 5, 2012.
+“The DFA is kind enough to oblige to our request,” Bernabe said. “We had this activity organized so that our citizens may file their passport applications with ease and save on time and money for transportation and meal.”
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