More Filipinos Suffers Poverty
Most Filipinos say they are worse off now than a year ago as the country’s economy continues to suffer the microseisms of the global economic crisis, results of the latest Pulse Asia survey said Thursday.
Pulse Asia conducted a survey among 1,200 individuals nationwide from Oct. 14 to 27, 2008, depicted that glumness is predominant among Pinoys across all geographic areas and socio-economic classes with 58 percent of respondents saying that they are worse off now than last year.
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Filipino Pancit Malabon Recipe
Pancit Malabon is definitely a Tagalog dish, which originated in Malabon, Philippines. It has a yellow-orange color due to a sauce that includes patis (fish sauce) and bagoong (shrimp paste). Its toppings draw heavily from the fresh seafood that is available in the area and may include fresh shrimp, squid, oysters, and hard-boiled duck or hen eggs, as well as pork.
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Many OFW’s in Malaysian Detention Centers Suffer from Inhumane Conditions
There were illegal Filipino workers expelled from Malaysia’s Sabah state has been severely beaten by police officers. Most of them were women and children have remained in Malaysian detention centers suffering from inhumane conditions, according to Luzviminda Ilagan, a Gabriela party-list representative and of the Fact-Finding Committee on Sabah Deportees. She told the reporters in the southern port of Zamboanga that “Filipino detainees and those who were already deported to the Philippines have experienced severe beatings from Malaysian police while under detention”.
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