{"id":1392,"date":"2014-05-26T12:32:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T17:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/visayas-newsbits-for-may-27-2014\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:20:16","slug":"visayas-newsbits-for-may-27-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/visayas-newsbits-for-may-27-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Visayas Newsbits for May 27, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Visayas Newsbits for May 27, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\nSince the transfer, the DFA services have been made more accessible to passport applicants, thus, the increase in number of applications daily. Grassroots Participatory Budgetting Project funded. Kalibo, Aklan (PIA) \u2013 Tangalan town, in Aklan&#39;s western &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mb.com.ph\/visayas-newsbits-for-may-27-2014\/\">Manila Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Even Memorial Day, Some Americans Wish They Weren&#39;t<\/strong><br \/>\nCan you be American if you lived here only briefly and never had a passport? What if you moved to Canada 30 years ago? Or, what if you are clearly American and like traveling on a U.S. passport, but live abroad and have never filed tax returns with the &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/robertwood\/2014\/05\/25\/even-on-memorial-day-some-americans-wish-they-werent\/\">Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>#Love: Wanderlust<\/strong><br \/>\nAll likenesses to people in her real life are coincidence. 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