PRESS STATEMENT 6 March 2010 Government failure to permanently ban abusive recruitment agencies means that many more OFWs will suffer what the Annasban caregivers went through. As fellow OFWs celebrate the victory gained by Annasban OFWs who staged a three-day protest camp-out in front of the office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in…
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Migrante: Recall Inept Welfare and Labor Officials Handling Case of Distressed OFWs in Saudi
Press Release 5 March 2010 Migrante-Middle East, an alliance of overseas Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East, today calls for the recall of welfare and labor officials who are handling the case of distress OFWs working for their erring employer Annasban Co. in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “The officials of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration…
OWWA Camp-Out, An Unprecedented Victory for OFWs
PRESS RELEASE 5 March 2010 The camp-out of repatriated Annasban workers in front of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) ended in victory on its third day, when the OWWA was forced to give in to the demands of Overseas Filipino Workers who blocked the agency’s entrance yesterday in a show of anger and disgust…
Women OFWs Form Human Chain Around OWWA
Manila – On the second day of their historic protest camp-out, repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) camping out in front of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) today formed a human chain around the agency’s building to dramatize their demand for justice. Vowing not to leave the OWWA premises until they are given airfare refund…
Migrants Group Support Camp-Out at OWWA
PRESS RELEASE March 3, 2010 The moment has come. Today, March 3, the mostly women OFWs of the Annasban Group of Companies have vowed never to leave the premises of OWWA until justice is served. Campout it is! Since October last year, 88 Filipino caregivers have went into work-stoppage as the notorious Annasban Company in…
Repatriated OFWs Stage Camp-Out at OWWA
NEWS RELEASE March 3, 2010 In one of the most militant forms of protest by Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in history, women caregivers repatriated from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today erected a camp-out in front of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and vowed to stay until their demands for justice are met, and called on…
Spare the 12-B OWWA funds from diversion for electoral agenda –Migrante-ME
Press Release 2 February 2010 An alliance of overseas Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East today expresses serious apprehension safeguarding the estimated Php.12-B OWWA funds, a compulsory collection of US$25 per departing OFW, held in trust to the government through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), an attached agency of the Department of Labor…
News in Pictures: International Migrants Day Marked with Protest and Calls for Repatriation of Stranded OFWs
Hundreds of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) on Friday marched to Mendiola Bridge to demand that the Arroyo government exhort all efforts to reunite more than 300 stranded OFWs with their families this Christmas season. Families of stranded OFWs, together with OFWs from the Middle East, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Australia held the…
OFWs Face Bleak Future as Global Crisis Hits Companies Worldwide
BY MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN MIGRANT WATCH Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat DAVAO CITY — Unlike most overseas Filipino workers who lost their jobs in Taiwan, Isabelita Atis, 29, felt relieved when her plane finally touched down at the Davao International Airport in December last year. She was among the 6,468 thousand overseas Filipinos laid-off in Taiwan…
Jobapalooza ’09: Do Job Fairs Really Work?
Highly touted as the biggest job fair to hit the country, Jobapalooza 09, which aimed to provide 250,000 career opportunities to jobseekers, was held at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City, in celebration of Labor Day. DoLE and OWWA officials happily announced in newspapers that a total of 4,292 local…
OFW Remains Frozen in Saudi Morgue for Six Months Already
Emy Pepito, like many other Filipinos, went to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in search of a better life and to be able to provide a better future for his mother and nieces. Living the destitute land of Misamis Occidental, Mindanao, Pepito left the Philippines to work as a stone mason in the Kingdom of…