Migrante International launched a petition campaign on Tuesday at the seafarers’ recruitment center in T.M. Kalaw, Manila, denouncing the recent increase in e-passport fees, in light of allegations that the contract entered into by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for the procurement of the new e-passport is illegal and tainted with corruption.
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Like Arroyo Like Aquino? Same Cabinet/Government – Same Anti-people Policies
By MARYA SALAMAT
Forming his team to set the direction of change or political payback? So far, except for Justice Sec. Leila de Lima, the Cabinet of Pres. Benigno Aquino III is a mixture of key figures in his campaign, representatives of big business, and old hands of the former Arroyo administration.
Gov’t Help Asked in Repatriation of Filipino Teacher in China
By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Relatives and colleagues of Filipino teacher Benjamin Yango, who was found dead in his apartment in Harbin, China less than a month ago, are asking help from the government for his repatriation. Yango, 33, a native of Bontoc, Mountain Province, is an English teacher at Longdi Primary…
Migrant Group Calls on DFA to Verify, Investigate Alleged Rape and Death 2 OFW in UAE
Press Release 10 April 2010 After receiving unconfirmed information about 2 OFW women, allegedly were gang raped by unknown Pakistani drivers in the United Arab Emirates, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East today calls on the RP posts in the Emirates and the Department of Foreign Affairs to verify and investigate…
Waiting for the Dead
BY JUAN ANGELO A. HONGO Bulatlat With over ten thousand OFWs stranded in different countries, 41 migrant victims in death row, and over 23 mysterious deaths of migrants, could the Arroyo administration be far from being tagged as a “migrant killer”? One of them is Emy Pepito. With dreams of having a better life and…
Black Friday Protest Set for Beheaded OFW
BY BULATLAT An alliance of overseas Filipino workers’ organizations based in the Middle East has set October 17 as a “Black” Friday to protest against and condemn the Arroyo administration for acting ‘too late with too little efforts to save an overseas Filipino worker from execution.’ The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed the execution…
Activists Blame Labor Export Policy amid BBC’s ‘Racist’ Skit
BY BULATLAT Activists from various organizations said the government’s labor export policy makes Filipinos vulnerable to racism and other abuses. Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), Migrante International, GABRIELA, among others, held a protest in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs, 1:30 p.m. The BBC comedy Harry and Paul portrayed a Filipina dressed as…
Kin, Supporters Decry Foul Play in Death of OFW
BY Bulatlat.com August 13, 2008 – 6:19 p.m. Families of victims of mysterious deaths and members of Migrante International trooped to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) this morning to demand justice and a more thorough investigation on the death of Eugenia Baja, a Filipina domestic worker who allegedly committed suicide in Riyadh, Kingdom of…