<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><!-- RSS generated by Patnubay on 11/18/2008 --><rss version="0.92"><channel><title>News on Patnubay</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/</link><description>News from the forum of Patnubay</description><item><title>Reactions : Very ill Pinay in Jeddah seeks help (Author: jespiritu on 10/17/2008, Replies: 2)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=217</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:35:26 -0700 (PDT)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
From: &amp;quot;Joseph Henry B. Espiritu&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
Subject: Reaction : &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;GMANews.tv Abandoned by employer, very ill Pinay in Jeddah seeks he&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;lp&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
To: &amp;quot;Bong Concha&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
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Dear Mr. Ronald Concha, &amp;lt;/...</description></item><item><title>Jamil Mabanto's Case Analysis (Author: jespiritu on 10/14/2008, Replies: 4)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=216</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font face="Courier New" size="2"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Case Analysis:&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font face="Courier New" size="2"&amp;gt;Jamil Mabanto&amp;rsquo;s case should never be considered a murder case. The medical report stated that the death of Benjamin Cruz...</description></item><item><title>Qatl Cases Analysis (Author: jespiritu on 07/24/2008, Replies: 1)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=204</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Qatl -&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;the term in Arabic used in sharia law to refer to the crime of murder or homicide.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Criminal Case numbering Scheme&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Each type of case has its own numbering scheme. The numbering format looks like this &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
XXX - &amp;lt;font color="...</description></item><item><title>DFA’s response to OFW concerns reactionary (Author: jespiritu on 10/04/2008, Replies: 4)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=212</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;div class="padded-bottom-5"&amp;gt;Not pro-active but reactionary. &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
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This is how the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) responds to concerns of overseas Filipino workers (OFW), according to Estrella Roman, special assistant to the DFA&amp;rsquo;s Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant...</description></item><item><title>Don't Cover, Correct your Mistakes OUMWA- DFA (Author: jespiritu on 10/04/2008, Replies: 1)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=211</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;div id="story" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;MANILA, Philippines&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; - An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) advocate on Wednesday said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is having problems solving cases of Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia due to ignorance or lack of appreciation by th...</description></item><item><title>Reaction : Villar for President 2010 (Author: jespiritu on 09/09/2008, Replies: 4)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=210</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:15:17 -0700 (PDT)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
From: &amp;quot;Joseph Henry B. Espiritu&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
Subject: Discreet Reaction : Villar nagpahiwatig na kakandidato bilang president sa 2010&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
To: Undisclosed Recipient&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
Issue&amp;nbsp;1 &amp;nbsp;:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; Villar nagpahiwa...</description></item><item><title>GOSI-KSA  and OWWA -  Benefits Explained (Author: jespiritu on 02/25/2008, Replies: 3)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=192</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font face="Times New Roman"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size="2"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;GOSI - Government Organization of Social Insurance&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; (Social Insurance Law of KSA&amp;nbsp;)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
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Overview - &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Occupational Hazards Branch&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; (OHB) is one of the two insurance branches (of GOSI)&amp;nbsp;whic...</description></item><item><title>Our Stand Re SANARCOM's Unified Contract (Author: jespiritu on 09/05/2008, Replies: 8)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=209</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:40:16 +0300&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
From: &amp;quot;Ronnie Abeto&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
To: Undisclosed Recipient&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
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Reaction: &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;While we have the same advocacies and sympathy as Migrante, their strong statement on the issue reflects their unawareness of what the UC contains&amp;lt;/p...</description></item><item><title>The Importance of Kafala Letter and Wakala (Author: jespiritu on 07/23/2008, Replies: 1)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=203</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Kafala Letter&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Ar...</description></item><item><title>Various Reactions (Author: jespiritu on 03/28/2008, Replies: 4)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=195</link><description>Message:  I just want to say my piece on the issue of &amp;quot;legal deportation process&amp;quot; that Consul General Ezzedin Tago in Jeddah pushed as a way of repatriating 100 runaway Filipinos who have been stranded for months in Jeddah. (Source: &amp;lt;a href="http://www.gmanews.tv/story/85525/href=" target=...</description></item><item><title>Open Email to DFA, DOLE, POEA at OWWA (Author: jespiritu on 02/08/2008, Replies: 7)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=191</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;p align="left"&amp;gt;Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:00:34 -0800 (PST)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
From: Joseph Henry B. Espiritu&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
Subject: Laws of Saudi Arabia - - dapat pag-aralan muna ng mga taong ipapadala ng DFA, DOLE at OWWA&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
To: CORATEL &amp;lt;&amp;lt;a href="mailto:hqs@dfa.gov.ph"&amp;gt;hqs@dfa.gov.ph&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;a ...</description></item><item><title>We prove that we are Advocates for Change (Author: jespiritu on 07/18/2008, Replies: 2)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=200</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Ito yong pagbabago na dulot ng pakipaglaban ng isang OFW sa kanyang karapatan.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
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1. Teresita Santos (rape victim ng Jeddah).&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
Dalawa sa tatlong filipina na nagang-rape dito sa riyadh noong 2005 ay nagfile na rin ng private rights of actions ...</description></item><item><title>Vicious Circles (Author: jespiritu on 07/18/2008, Replies: 4)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=199</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The Vicious Circles..&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;1. Here is our dear ambassador telling the ofws not to harbor run-aways otherwise suffer the&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
consequences of the laws. &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;2. Sa Bahay Kalinga naman hindi naman tinatanggap ang mga matagal ng takas. Kukunin lang daw ang&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
pangalan at maghinta...</description></item><item><title>Discrepancies on OUMWAs' Report - Tess Santos Case (Author: jespiritu on 11/18/2007, Replies: 8)</title><link>http://www.patnubay.com/link.asp?Topic_ID=175</link><description>Message:  &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;
Good Morning,&amp;nbsp;Take note of the following discrepancies,&amp;nbsp;In your&amp;nbsp; (OUMWA) report in red colored italic&amp;nbsp;text &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;(please check the attached file also), &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color="#c00000"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;02&amp;nbsp;August 2006&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; - Th...</description></item></channel></rss>