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An average of 2,748 overseas Filipino workers left for work abroad daily, from January to April 17, 2002.

Officials of the Catholic Church and Muslim Ulema (religious leaders) recently united in urging the Philippine government to continue talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), as both parties offered their services to help.

Filipino nursing students can have greater assurance of landing overseas employment in the next three years, said Labour Secretary Patrica Sto. Tomas yesterday.

Priests who are detained and undergoing trial for raping minors should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, said a lawyer.

Filipino women who have been sexually abused by priests or those wanting to expose the corruption within the Catholic Church will soon be able to air their grievances and hide their identity as well, says an official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

At least 900 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have run away from their employers in Taiwan. Most of them were directly or illegally hired and came to the capital assuming a different identity.

The Catholic church is expected to deal with erring priests tomorrow, according to a report in the Monitor, a bimonthly newsletter of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

The Philippines' influential Roman Catholic clergy yesterday endorsed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, under the attack from former allies, for her policies as the best option for the country.

The board of trustees of the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration (OWWA) has threatened to take away the agency's P5 million ($100,000) yearly fund from Wilhelm Soriano, OWWA Administrator, said Labour Secretary, Patricia Sto. Tomas.

Only 37 out of 100 Filipino students know the words of their national anthem, says a recent study.

The education department has admitted there is a shortage of 22,000 school teachers in public, primary and secondary schools nationwide.

An alleged homosexual priest has been transferred to serve in a nunnery following the mysterious death of his 15-year-old altar assistant last December, a church official admitted yesterday.