Newly Amended Law for Migrants to Intensify Exploitative Labor Export Program
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Arroyo’s UMID: A National ID System in Disguise?
Arroyo’s UMID: A National ID System in Disguise?
By MARYA SALAMAT
Critics of the new ID system say "this multimillion project will be another campaign kitty for the Arroyo administration and also an avenue to skirt the unconstitutionality of the National ID System which was already rejected by the Supreme Court during the Ramos regime."
15 Years After Death of Flor Contemplacion, OFWs Remain Vulnerable as Ever
15 Years After Death of Flor Contemplacion, OFWs Remain Vulnerable as Ever
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
OFWs and domestic helpers are still going through the same nightmare that Flor Contemplacion suffered. Many rot in jail. Several have been sentenced to death. Thousands suffer abuse from their employers and neglected by their government. To these OFWs, the Arroyo regime is "chief executioner of the rights and welfare of OFWs."
The Other Morong Detainees: In Jail Since 2007 Strike, Workers May Soon Be Freed
The Other Morong Detainees: In Jail Since 2007 Strike, Workers May Soon Be Freed
By MARYA SALAMAT
The 20 were arrested in 2007, after they went on strike while employed at Karnation Industries Inc (Pansy Accessories), a maker of home decor and accessories. They complained about low salaries and benefits.
Group Releases Scathing Report on Violations of Workers’ Rights in Philippines
Group Releases Scathing Report on Violations of Workers’ Rights in Philippines
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), an NGO that documents and monitors human-rights violations committed against workers in the Philippines, released today a report that says that, in the past 50 years, unemployment in the country is highest in the nine years that President Arroyo is in power and that attacks on workers and unionists have worsened.
Raped and Impregnated, OFW Ends Up in Saudi Jail; DFA Clueless
Raped and Impregnated, OFW Ends Up in Saudi Jail; DFA Clueless
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Barely three months into her job as a janitor in a dental clinic in Dammam, Camille was raped. She got pregnant as a result. Accused of having an extramarital affair, she was jailed and subsequently suffered a miscarriage. She remains in jail, the Philippine government utterly clueless about her plight.
Groups Work Double Time to Save Jakatia Pawa from Death Row
Groups Work Double Time to Save Jakatia Pawa from Death Row
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante said it would flood the Kuwaiti government with appeals for Pawa’s life this week . The emir usually gives clemency to individuals on death row during the Kuwaiti Independence Day on Feb. 25.
Despite SSL-3, Gov’t Health Workers Still Struggle for Better Wages
Despite SSL-3, Gov’t Health Workers Still Struggle for Better Wages
By MARYA SALAMAT
In the Philippines, the bulk of employed health workers and professionals are in the public sector. But over the years, the effect of government neglect on health, such as low wages and deplorable working conditions of health workers, coupled with the government’s active labor export policy, have combined to shrink the number of the country’s employed health professionals and workers.
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