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Distressed OFWs in Maldives Return Home, No Thanks to Philippine Government
Distressed OFWs in Maldives Return Home, No Thanks to Philippine Government
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
One would think that, with all the billions of dollars in remittances that it rakes in, the government would be concerned enough about the plight of distressed OFWs and ensure that those who want to escape from their abusive employers abroad can easily go back home to safety.
Arroyo Regime’s Failure to Protect OFWs Pushes Migrante to Seek Party-List Seat
Arroyo Regime’s Failure to Protect OFWs Pushes Migrante to Seek Party-List Seat
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International promotes the rights of migrant workers, exposes anomalies in the government and has been very vocal in its stand against the intensifying labor-export policy of the regime. Through the Migrante Sectoral Party, Migrante promises to provide OFWs the protection that they deserve.
Trouble in Paradise for 300 Filipino Workers in the Maldives
Trouble in Paradise for 300 Filipino Workers in the Maldives
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The OFWs have not been paid their salary in the last five months. To survive, they collect rain water to drink and, for their meals, catch fish from the beautiful sea water of the Maldives. Back home, their families are starving while the Department of Foreign Affairs dilly-dallies.
Questions Linger on Murder of Attaché
Questions Linger on Murder of Attaché
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Finardo Cabilao was known for investigating allegations of abuses committed against OFWs in Malaysia. He often went out on a limb for these OFWs. Relatives, friends and nongovernment groups believe that Cabilao was brutally murdered because of this.
Filipino Group in Trouble with Saudi Police for Helping Distressed OFWs
Filipino Group in Trouble with Saudi Police for Helping Distressed OFWs
In the afternoon of Aug. 14, the Saudi police raided the safehouse of the migrant NGO Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan and arrested and detained 18 Filipinos, including several runaway OFWs. Their crime? They violated a Saudi law that forbids unrelated men and women from living together.
Sick Filipina Maid, 6 Others, ‘Hostaged’ by Employment Agency in Middle East
Sick Filipina Maid, 6 Others, ‘Hostaged’ by Employment Agency in Middle East
In February, Maribel Figaroa and several other Filipino women went to Oman to work as domestic helpers. Instead of gainful employment, they ended up being abused and exploited by the placement agency that brought them there.
Slideshow: A Call for Help from Distressed OFWs in Sabah
Slideshow: A Call for Help from Distressed OFWs in Sabah
A Call for Help from OFWs in Sabah
In the Farms and Plantations of Sabah, a Brutal Reality Confronts Filipinos
In the Farms and Plantations of Sabah, a Brutal Reality Confronts Filipinos
To many Filipinos in the southern Philippines, Sabah represents salvation. Beckoned by the vast palm-oil plantations in the Malaysian state, they go there in droves seeking employment that they could not find in their homeland. Once there, however, many of them are confronted with the reality of neglect and abuse that is far brutal than the one they had left behind.
20 OFWs Being Treated as Sex Slaves20 OFWs Being Abused by Employer in Saudi Arabia, Many Treated as Sex Slave
20 OFWs Being Abused by Employer in Saudi Arabia, Many Treated as Sex Slave
An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who recently returned to the Philippines has made an urgent appeal to help rescue 20 other women OFWs in Saudi Arabia, some of whom are being treated as sex slaves. She said several of them have been raped.
Another OFW Faces Execution in Kuwait
Another OFW Faces Execution in Kuwait
Jakatia Pawa of Zamboanga Sibugay was convicted of killing her employer’s daughter; a Kuwaiti court has upheld the verdict. Migrante International denounces the Arroyo regime for not doing enough to save OFWs on death row in other countries.
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