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Global crisis should prompt Aquino to find new dev’t paradigm
Global crisis should prompt Aquino to find new dev’t paradigm
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Migrant Heritage Commission said it is high-time for the government to change its development paradigm, especially in the wake of reports that 1,000 Filipino teachers in Prince Georges County and Baltimore in Maryland are facing deportation.
Aquino allocates one percent of 2012 budget for migrant workers
Aquino allocates one percent of 2012 budget for migrant workers
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The budget for OFW services is only 0.43 percent of the debt-servicing budget; three precent of the military budget, 14 percent of PPP funds, and 1.9 percent of the presidential un-programmed funds or the President's pork barrel." – Migrante International
DFA’s blanket directive for OFW repatriation in Syria not enough – Migrante
DFA’s blanket directive for OFW repatriation in Syria not enough – Migrante
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“It is not for the DFA to raise an alert level and declare that there is a directive for ‘voluntary repatriation.’ What should our OFWs do? Who should they call? Where should they go?" – Migrante International
Babies kept in Dubai jails with their OFW mothers
Babies kept in Dubai jails with their OFW mothers
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Philippine embassy in Dubai should coordinate with local authorities and work for the speedy release of OFW inmates and their children on humanitarian grounds.
Worst year for OFWs
Worst year for OFWs
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"OFWs are still forced to go abroad because the government has offered them nothing substantive and sustainable to address their families's economic needs. Instead, what it has offered are mere dole-outs and band-aid solutions that does not do anything to address widespread unemployment and landlessness the root cause of forced migration." – Migrante International
Contrary to government claims, Saudization policy would affect OFWs – Migrants’ group
Contrary to government claims, Saudization policy would affect OFWs – Migrants’ group
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante Middle East projects that under the Saudization Nitaqat scheme, some 30 percent of the 1.2M Filipinos in Saudi Arabia or around 360,000 OFWs would be affected.
Migrants deplore worsening conditions amid economic crisis
Migrants deplore worsening conditions amid economic crisis
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"We are workers, we are not slaves. It is time for labor power to lead and guide the world for it gives and sustains life, unlike finance capital which is a grave-digger of both human life and nature."
Migrant group to use ILO treaty to empower domestic helpers
Migrant group to use ILO treaty to empower domestic helpers
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"It is an added instrument, a tool and a weapon. But it is not the answer to migrant workers' problems." – Migrant workers' organization
Family demands the truth about mysterious death of OFW
Family demands the truth about mysterious death of OFW
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"It is our priority not just to have his remains repatriated but also to know the truth and for justice to be served. Only the truth could give us a feeling of relief." -- family of OFW
Execution of 3 Filipinos in China reminiscent of Flor Contemplacion’s death
Execution of 3 Filipinos in China reminiscent of Flor Contemplacion’s death
By ERIKA CALEJA and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“It is the government’s policy to provide legal counsel only at the tail end of the case. It is like waiting for an illness to turn into cancer before being treated.” – Migrante International
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