By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“There’s now a combined estimate of at least 12,000 to 14,000 undocumented OFWs in Saudi Arabia, higher than last year’s estimate pegged from 8,000 to 10,000.” – Migrante
Number of undocumented OFWS in Saudi Arabia rising
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“Love-hate”
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Filipinos have a love-hate relationship with their countrymen in other climes. It’s a relationship defined by class boundaries, in that most Filipinos love them while some don’t, and even despise them. Those professionals and middle-class folk — including, perhaps especially, journalists still with enough brains to think…
Banta
Ni PIA MONTALBAN Wala ni isang linya, kataga’t tugma ni kahit pasaring na talinhaga ang pumulas sa iyong SONA sa una mong ulat sa masa tungkol sa mga manggagawa sa ibayong bansa. Kami tuloy ay napatanong: Sa tuwid na daan ba’y hindi kami isasama? Gayong ang remittance namin ang sumusuhay sa numero para ang ekonomiya’y…
Middle East is ‘Most Distressing OFW Destination’ – Migrant Group
The Arroyo government is frantically working for an increase in the deployment of Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East to cushion the impact of the probable lay-offs and decrease in remittances of overseas Filipinos in the US and other counties hit hard by the financial crisis. But the Middle East, according to Migrante International…