“We will be filing the appropriate charges against the perpetrators, as well as top officials for their complicity and tolerance of these abuses. Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz has a lot of explaining to do.”
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Fil-Ams March for Genuine Change at New York Philippine Independence Day Celebration
New York, NY — In line with the theme of the Philippine Independence Day Celebration 2010: “Bagong Pagsasama, Bagong Bayanihan, Bagong Pagbabago”, over 150 Filipino-American and im/migrant members of the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) marched together through the streets of New York City last June 6, Sunday afternoon, to demand genuine change for…
OFWs to Greet Arroyo’s April 5 Birthday with Zero Remittance
After a rousing protest by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong during Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s visit on March 30, Filipino migrant workers are again preparing another “greeting” for the president on her 61st birthday on April 5. Led by Migrante International, the largest alliance of migrant Filipinos worldwide, OFWs set April 5…