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		<title>The president&#8217;s love life</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2012/02/03/the-presidents-love-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kris Aquino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil. President Noynoy Aquino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I find it really distasteful how the President Benigno &#8220;Noynoy&#8221; Aquino III can talk (and joke) about his love life in the light of what&#8217;s happening in the country. I mean come on! So many issues need to be answered/addressed by the president I would like to think that he knew to brush off questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DepEd&#8217;s K+12 Program: Solution to education problems in the country?</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2012/01/15/depeds-k12-program-solution-to-education-problems-in-the-country/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2012/01/15/depeds-k12-program-solution-to-education-problems-in-the-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department of Education Philippines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you have heard it already but starting June 2012, all incoming Grade 1 students in the country will be part of the Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program of the Department of Education (DepEd). What is the Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program that I mentioned? This is what I got from gov.ph&#8216;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A reminder to Sendong victim donors</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2011/12/22/a-reminder-to-sendong-victim-donors/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2011/12/22/a-reminder-to-sendong-victim-donors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May I just remind every kindhearted individual who will be donating to the victims of Typhoon Sendong to please verify the accounts you will be donating to. There are so many individuals asking for help and you will find that they are using their personal accounts in accepting donations. I am not saying all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 long weekends in 2012</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2011/12/17/6-long-weekends-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2011/12/17/6-long-weekends-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There will be 6 long weekends in 2012 according to the official list of regular holidays and special (non-working) days from Malacañang. The first one will be on January 21 to 23, the 23rd being a special non-working holiday as it is the Chinese New Year celebrations. The Holy Week which will last 5 days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please pray for the victims of Typhoon Sendong</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2011/12/17/please-pray-for-the-victims-of-typhoon-sendong/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2011/12/17/please-pray-for-the-victims-of-typhoon-sendong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typhoon Sendong in Mindanao]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let us please take a moment to offer our prayers for the victims of typhoon Sendong in Mindanao. So many provinces are affected and the number of families affected by it are rising as I write this entry. If you want to see the aftermath of the typhoon, you can view this Facebook album by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s hot in Manila now: Killed by own siblings</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2011/11/03/whats-hot-in-manila-now-killed-by-own-siblings/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2011/11/03/whats-hot-in-manila-now-killed-by-own-siblings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ramgen Revilla, 22, son of former senator Ramon Revilla, Jr. and half-brother of actor and now Senator Bong Revilla, was killed in his own home. He was stabbed 11 times and shot by two gunmen wearing bonnets. His ex-girlfriend who was with him that time was also shot in the head but survived the incident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My DFA Experience, part 2</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2011/10/11/my-dfa-experience-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2011/10/11/my-dfa-experience-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passport Renewal and New Application Processing at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It took a while for me to write the part 2 of My DFA Experience. The reason for this is I want to know if both rush and regular processing of passports really work. My little girl and I opted for rush processing as I had to go back to Department of Social Welfare and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My DFA experience</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2011/08/16/my-dfa-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2011/08/16/my-dfa-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFA Appointment System 737-1000 phone service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFA ASEANA Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passport Renewal and New Application Processing at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you my experience with Passport Renewal and New Application Processing at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). My dad, my brother, Hazel my little girl, and I went to their ASEANA Office at the Macapagal Boulevard for our passport applications. My dad and I for renewal only while my brother and Hazel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>113th Philippine Independence Day</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2011/06/12/113th-philippine-independence-day/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2011/06/12/113th-philippine-independence-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Independence Day my fellow Filipinos! I asked some people if they still feel proud to be called a Filipino and they gave me mixes replies. Yes and no. The no is mostly due to the state of the economy and the government that we have. How about you? Do you feel the same way?]]></description>
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		<title>No Smoking!</title>
		<link>http://sasha-says.com/2011/06/03/no-smoking/</link>
		<comments>http://sasha-says.com/2011/06/03/no-smoking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure if there&#8217;s a law already or ordinances passed in different cities but smoking in public places are already being discouraged. I heard that those who will be caught smoking in public places including outside buildings, aboard public vehicles, in hospitals, will be penalized starting with a 500-peso fine escalating to jail [...]]]></description>
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