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    <title>Important Causes</title>
    <description>Important issues such as charities and concerns that impact members and people we know will be highlighted here.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Reduce ILR fees for Health and Social Care workers - Petition</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 16:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/reduce-ilr-fees-for-health-and-social-care-workers-petition.19512/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/reduce-ilr-fees-for-health-and-social-care-workers-petition.19512/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (UKDJ)</author>
      <dc:creator>UKDJ</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[First time I have Posted outside the main Visa Help forum - hope this is allowed...<br />
I came across this Government petition whilst researching something unrelated, but thought Members might be interested -<br />
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<a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/604472" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/604472</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Treatment for endometrial cancer stage 3</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 21:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/treatment-for-endometrial-cancer-stage-3.18978/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/treatment-for-endometrial-cancer-stage-3.18978/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (cheng)</author>
      <dc:creator>cheng</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[All the information below<br />
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<a href="https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cheenee-richards?utm_term=QZVNXZNRX" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cheenee-richards?utm_term=QZVNXZNRX</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>New Help need for my children</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/new-help-need-for-my-children.18685/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Kevin Taylor 1965)</author>
      <dc:creator>Kevin Taylor 1965</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I applied for Charlene Jr and Charlottes British passports last October, they failed this task..... due to Charlene srs marital status when they were born.<br />
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This has been a really big blow to me as the original plan was to get their British passports and bring them over.<br />
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I had a very small private pension that I used to get their requirements, cenomar, Philippine passports, divorce papers from California USA and their British passports.<br />
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I have saved enough if I&#039;m asked for DNA tests (only...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/new-help-need-for-my-children.18685/" class="internalLink">New Help need for my children</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Anyone knows unmanned technical dive</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 07:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/anyone-knows-unmanned-technical-dive.18008/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (charlene taylor)</author>
      <dc:creator>charlene taylor</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[DAY 9<br />
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To all my FB friends, family and relatives I humbly again asking to repost or share this especially to those who knows anyone living up north ( Batanes, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Aparri, Pagudpud or near coastal areas in the northern part of Luzon ). To those who are in contact or knows someone who have unmanned technical equipment that can dive submerge to 6000 feet 56.70 Nautical Mile Northwest of Calayan Island.<br />
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My father, Charlemagne Tambago, Ship Captain of M/V DEO JON that had...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/anyone-knows-unmanned-technical-dive.18008/" class="internalLink">Anyone knows unmanned technical dive</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>kevin Taylor at immigration detention center</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2019 07:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/kevin-taylor-at-immigration-detention-center.16488/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (charlene taylor)</author>
      <dc:creator>charlene taylor</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear all,<br />
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Hello. To update each and everyone, kevin is now at the immigration detention center. Most likely in three weeks time, he will be back in the uk.<br />
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Thanks alot guys for the support and concerns.....]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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      <title>Kevin and Charlene Taylor</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/kevin-and-charlene-taylor.5353/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Kuya)</author>
      <dc:creator>Kuya</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7220/7153970807_fc06992fbd.jpg" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" alt="[&#x200B;IMG]" data-url="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7220/7153970807_fc06992fbd.jpg" /><br />
Kevin and Charlene Taylor in happier times<br />
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On May 15 2009 Kevin Taylor, a British man living in the Philippines was arrested for “illegal recruitment”. Shortly afterwards his wife Charlene was arrested on the same charge and they have both languished in a prison cell for what is now almost 3 years without trial. Since being imprisoned, Kevin Taylor suffered a heart attack and has had numerous health problems ever...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/kevin-and-charlene-taylor.5353/" class="internalLink">Kevin and Charlene Taylor</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>139</slash:comments>
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      <title>Earthlings - Let's look after the animals on our planet</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/earthlings-lets-look-after-the-animals-on-our-planet.16205/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (anon250913)</author>
      <dc:creator>anon250913</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[IMO we should all watch this documentary.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nationearth.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationearth.com/</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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      <title>Kevin and Charlene Taylor............ Crowdfunding</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/kevin-and-charlene-taylor-crowdfunding.11951/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/kevin-and-charlene-taylor-crowdfunding.11951/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Aromulus)</author>
      <dc:creator>Aromulus</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I started a page on Justgiving.<br />
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The aim is to raise £2000, which can be used by Kevin to purchase some medicines and some kind of mattress to cover his share of floor, so that he can rest with some kind of comfort in jail.<br />
The money raised will also, hopefully, help cover any overstaying charges he may guilty by default, and the ticket back to the UK, once his sentence is over.<br />
he will most certainly share it with his wife, whom even if in slightly better healt, suffer jus as much in daily...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/kevin-and-charlene-taylor-crowdfunding.11951/" class="internalLink">Kevin and Charlene Taylor............ Crowdfunding</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>few more steps to freedom</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/few-more-steps-to-freedom.16471/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/few-more-steps-to-freedom.16471/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (charlene taylor)</author>
      <dc:creator>charlene taylor</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi its me Charlene, kevs wife. Good to announced to everyone how grateful we are for a decade long journey with us for our freedom. I had been released last month and soon kev will follow.  <br />
Hope to continue with your support for kevins deportation.<br />
May God be with you always]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Arlene and Stephen Watty - a deserving case under the immigration rules?</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/arlene-and-stephen-watty-a-deserving-case-under-the-immigration-rules.8661/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/arlene-and-stephen-watty-a-deserving-case-under-the-immigration-rules.8661/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Methersgate)</author>
      <dc:creator>Methersgate</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I found this story on Balita Pinoy:<br />
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<a href="http://www.balitapinoy.net/journal/939847/Pinay_care_worker_in_desperate_battle_to_stay_in_UK_with_husband#.Uw9Y9vl_vbA" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.balitapinoy.net/journal/...attle_to_stay_in_UK_with_husband#.Uw9Y9vl_vbA</a><br />
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This looks like something we should perhaps get behind?<br />
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The Home Office&#039;s suggestion that a couple who don&#039;t meet the income threshold should &quot;go on holiday to the Philippines and apply from there&quot; is a classic of British bureaucracy.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Join Fight against pneumonia in Philippines - no1 cause of childhood death</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/join-fight-against-pneumonia-in-philippines-no1-cause-of-childhood-death.12574/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/join-fight-against-pneumonia-in-philippines-no1-cause-of-childhood-death.12574/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Mary Gallagher)</author>
      <dc:creator>Mary Gallagher</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello <br />
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I wanted to post in this forum because I thought you would be interested a campaign run by the medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors without borders.  MSF’s ‘Fair Shot’ campaign is focused on getting more children vaccinated against Pneumonia. This deadly disease is the number one cause of childhood deaths in the Philippines. Please watch this video and sign our petition – there is only 7 days until we close it and we are really hoping for you support. <br />
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Petition:...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/join-fight-against-pneumonia-in-philippines-no1-cause-of-childhood-death.12574/" class="internalLink">Join Fight against pneumonia in Philippines - no1 cause of childhood death</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Ellah Joy Pique case: The end is in sight!</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-the-end-is-in-sight.8846/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-the-end-is-in-sight.8846/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Markham)</author>
      <dc:creator>Markham</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The end to this sorry saga may be in sight.<br />
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At the start of the year, the Prosecution had two further witnesses remaining on its latest rosta. One was a PNP officer who was present at at Bella Ruby&#039;s home at the time it was searched and his testimony was likely to have been non-controversial and procedural in nature. I suspect the Prosecution was hoping that he might add weight to its contention that Ellah Joy was abducted for pornographic reasons. He didn&#039;t show-up nor did Ellah Joy&#039;s...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-the-end-is-in-sight.8846/" class="internalLink">Ellah Joy Pique case: The end is in sight!</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Ellah Joy Pique Case: Prosecution Unwilling to Rest its Case against British-Filipino</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2015 16:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-prosecution-unwilling-to-rest-its-case-against-british-filipino.7982/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-prosecution-unwilling-to-rest-its-case-against-british-filipino.7982/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Markham)</author>
      <dc:creator>Markham</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Even though Ian Griffiths, one of the co-accused, remains &quot;at large&quot; - in the Prosecution&#039;s eyes (he&#039;s actually in the south of England) - and his partner Bella Santos is out on bail, their trial lumbers on in the Cebu court room. This despite the fact that no attempt has been made to extradite him even though senior Prosecutors claimed - almost two years ago - that such a request was about to be made. He is, in effect, being tried in his absence.<br />
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Much to the Prosecution&#039;s disappointment,...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-prosecution-unwilling-to-rest-its-case-against-british-filipino.7982/" class="internalLink">Ellah Joy Pique Case: Prosecution Unwilling to Rest its Case against British-Filipino</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Philippine Red Cross</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/philippine-red-cross.5388/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/philippine-red-cross.5388/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Kuya)</author>
      <dc:creator>Kuya</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When bad things happen, when disaster strikes. The Red Cross is there to help people who have suffered in ways most of us could never dream of. Like the British Red Cross, the Philippine Red Cross is a charity that focuses on serving humanity<br />
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<a href="http://www.redcross.org.ph/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Philippine Red Cross Website</a><br />
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<img src="http://www.redcross.org.ph/photoreleases/images/151.jpg" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" alt="[&#x200B;IMG]" data-url="http://www.redcross.org.ph/photoreleases/images/151.jpg" /><br />
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<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/PNRC_Logo_HiRes.png" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" alt="[&#x200B;IMG]" data-url="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/PNRC_Logo_HiRes.png" />]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Warning Re Messages from Gerald Taylor, his email has been hacked</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/warning-re-messages-from-gerald-taylor-his-email-has-been-hacked.7449/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/warning-re-messages-from-gerald-taylor-his-email-has-been-hacked.7449/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (oss)</author>
      <dc:creator>oss</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi All,<br />
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Just had a warning from a very trustworthy source over in the Phils that there are emails coming from Kevin&#039;s dad&#039;s account &#039;Gerald Taylor&#039; that suggest that he is in Manila, he is NOT he is in the UK and is awaiting eye surgery.<br />
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Gerald is aware that his account has been hacked and will no doubt try to get it fixed as soon as possible but please beware any messages coming from that source at this time.<br />
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They really don&#039;t need this kind of thing happening at this time but...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/warning-re-messages-from-gerald-taylor-his-email-has-been-hacked.7449/" class="internalLink">Warning Re Messages from Gerald Taylor, his email has been hacked</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Please Sign this Petition...</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/please-sign-this-petition.10078/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/please-sign-this-petition.10078/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Howerd)</author>
      <dc:creator>Howerd</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/877/422/118/?z00m=22554333&amp;redirectID=1581609555" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/877/422/118/?z00m=22554333&amp;redirectID=1581609555</a><br />
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In preparation for Pope Francis&#039; visit to Manila, the Filipino police arrested hundreds of homeless children to &quot;stop gangs of beggars targeting the Pope.&quot; Most of these children have never committed a single crime - being born on the streets does not make them criminals!<br />
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This would be terrible under any circumstances, but it is especially tragic and ironic now. Pope Francis has been very...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/please-sign-this-petition.10078/" class="internalLink">Please Sign this Petition...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Ellah Joy Pique case: Cebu earthquake delays hearings</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-cebu-earthquake-delays-hearings.8631/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-cebu-earthquake-delays-hearings.8631/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Markham)</author>
      <dc:creator>Markham</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The city courthouse in Cebu was damaged by the earthquake last November that devastated parts of Bohol. This has meant all trials have been delayed until new accommodation could be found. The courts are now using temporary accommodation but there are significant delays for all trials.<br />
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There&#039;s been no hearing in this case since last autumn but there will be one sometime in March, I hear. There are two witnesses remaining on the prosecution&#039;s roster one of whom is a PNP officer who was...<br />
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<a href="http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/ellah-joy-pique-case-cebu-earthquake-delays-hearings.8631/" class="internalLink">Ellah Joy Pique case: Cebu earthquake delays hearings</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Well Done everyone</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/well-done-everyone.8132/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/well-done-everyone.8132/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Kuya)</author>
      <dc:creator>Kuya</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[£310 has been raised for the Taylors now.<br />
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This means that I am adding another £100 to the pot and £410 will be sent over to them as soon as possible from the users of this site.<br />
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<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":like:" title="Like    :like:" />]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Donations for typhoon victims</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 02:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/donations-for-typhoon-victims.8099/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/donations-for-typhoon-victims.8099/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (bukidnon)</author>
      <dc:creator>bukidnon</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://donations.luzvimindatravelandtours.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://donations.luzvimindatravelandtours.com/</a>     <a href="http://donations.luzvimindatravelandtours.com/2013/11/thank-you.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://donations.luzvimindatravelandtours.com/2013/11/thank-you.html</a>  -please help if you can  -hope everyone has good news from their relatives all over philippines]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Kevin and Charlene's Christmas............</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/kevin-and-charlenes-christmas.7994/</link>
      <guid>http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/kevin-and-charlenes-christmas.7994/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Aromulus)</author>
      <dc:creator>Aromulus</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Looking at the donations, it seems that with some effort at the last furlong we achieved the target set.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":like:" title="Like    :like:" /><br />
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With Kuya&#039;a additional contribution, we have made it possible for this unfortunate couple to have as nice a Christmas as humanly understandable, despite the conditions in which they find themselves in.. <br />
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I wish to thank whomever contributed, in cash or moral support,  and sincerely hope that we could continue to help this way until they are released and can be a family again.]]></content:encoded>
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