41.   Filipinos are lobbying for Singapore to reopen an investigation into the case of a Filipino maid sentenced to die next week for a double murder.

42.   Filipinos had staged massive protests over the hanging in March of Filipino maid Flor Contemplacion, who was convicted of a double murder in Singapore.

43.   Filipino maid Flor Contemplacion hanged in Singapore for double murder, prison official says.

44.   Filipino maids employed illegally in Singapore will soon be given working papers under a new Philippine policy, the presidential office has said.

45.   Filipinos lit candles, wept and expressed anger Friday after Singapore refused appeals and hanged a Filipino maid convicted of a double murder in the island city-state.

46.   Filipino maids in Singapore help run tens of thousands of local and expatriate families with working couples.

47.   Filipino maids protested in Hong Kong on Sunday ahead of a visit by Philippine President Joseph Estrada, calling his government deaf to the plight of Filipino workers abroad.

48.   Filipino maids working overseas were involved in two highly publicized murder cases last year.

49.   Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino maid, was hanged in Singapore for murder, despite international pleas to spare her.

50.   Grenades exploded at the Foreign Affairs Department and Singapore Airlines office Sunday as mourners prepared to bury a Filipino maid hanged for double-murder.