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MANILA — A migrant group in the Middle East believes that officials of the Philippine embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, duped an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) rape victim into believing that her case was weak and that it was to her interest to settle it “amicably.” Migrante International-Middle East regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona, said…

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat MANILA – Merlinda Aquino, 40, has been contacting the Philippine embassy in Riyadh for help. She wanted to escape from her project manager who has been verbally abusing her and return home to the Philippines. But instead of a rescue plan, Welfare Officer Nestor Burayag gave Aquino a choice…

BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Batch by batch, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were deployed by Annasban were repatriated. And since then, they have been knocking on the doors of different government agencies to seek redress for their plight. But they were always given the runaround by government agencies that were non-committal and seemingly apathetic, until Monday April 12, 2010.

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…

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…