By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Migrante International said last week it is standing by the statement of its Middle East coordinator John Monterona that more than 200 overseas Filipino workers employed in Al Arrab Contracting Company had gone one strike. Earlier, Labor attaché Rustico dela Fuente of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office…
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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.
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…
Migrante Sees Malacañang’s Hand in its Delisting, Says the Case Could Reach the Supreme Court
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Their advocacy has often placed them in conflict with government officials. However, they do this not to spite the government but to remind it of its job of protecting the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). This is the reason why, said Migrante International, the Commission on…
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.
23 OFWs in Jeddah Seek Repatriation Due to Abuse
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Twenty-three overseas Filipino workers who have been working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for only three to six months want to be repatriated after their employer based in Riyadh failed to give them the salary stipulated in their contract and because of the poor, unhealthy facility…
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.
Migrante Warns Against Martial Law, Calls for Zero Remittance Vs. Constituent Assembly
By Aldwin Quitasol Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY ? Members of Migrante International warned the Filipino people that the latest spate of bombings could be used by the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as bases to declare martial law and prolong Arroyo’s presidency. During the launching of a petition against Arroyo’s term…
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.
Injured OFW Must Fully Recover Before Being Sent Home — Migrante
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Migrant Watch Bulatlat MANILA — Ruben de Leon, 25, an overseas Filipino worker in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, woke up on May 25. Last year, in September, he lapsed into coma after being hit by a car driven by a 16-year-old Saudi national. De Leon’s mother Marissa appealed to the Department…
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…