Tags: OFWs & Migration

Ni JOI BARRIOS Bulatlat.com Ito raw ang ibig sabihin ng pagkakadestiyero: a. sapilitang pagkakatapon sa ibang bayan; b. kusang pagkawalay sa lupang tinubuan. Ipinagluluksa ko ang sandali ng aking pagpili sa pangingibang-bayan. Pero saang puntod luluha at magtitirik ng kandila? Wala, wala. Nagpapalit-palit ng dahon ang mga punong-kahoy, Nagbibihis kahel at malamlam na pula sa…

The year 2008 is replete with different forms of attacks against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The year is also marked by the continuing struggle of today’s modern-day heroes not only for their rights and welfare but also against government policies affecting the majority of the Filipino people. BY RONALYN V. OLEA YEAREND REPORT – MIGRANTS…

Hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home after being laid off from Taiwan because of the global crisis were assured by the government that they would be given loans for livelihood programs, as well as legal assistance and referrals, during an orientation conducted by the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration. But an OWWA…

A global alliance of Filipino migrant organizations decried the Philippine government’s ‘failure to give compensation to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) laid off from Taiwan.’ More than a hundred OFWs from Taiwan went home last night. Garry Martinez, chairperson of Migrante International said,”Instead of giving the much needed money, [Labor] Secretary Marianito Roque is offering them…

The more the economy is stagnant, the less its ability to create jobs, the more dependent government becomes on overseas labor deployment. BY THE POLICY STUDY, PUBLICATION AND ADVOCACY (PSPA) PROGRAM Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by Bulatlat If the state policy making and legislative agenda do not change course, the…

That afternoon of October 29, until 7:30 p.m., the Mehan Garden in Manila was teeming with people. There were people chatting in Cantonese, in Spanish, in French, in English, in Filipino, in Nippon-go, in Korean, in Turkish. In their glances to one other, you can perceive that despite the differences in culture, in language, belief,…

Cordilleran migrant workers organizations based in Hong Kong (HK) in solidarity with other migrant workers organizations of Asia strongly criticized the objectives of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) held in Manila last week. BY KT OKUBO Northern Dispatch MIGRANT WATCH Posted by Bulatlat Cordilleran migrant workers organizations based in Hong Kong (HK)…