Feb 8, 2009
by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal
MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest
Dec 14, 2008
Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) view the government Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) with distrust and are largely uninformed about what the agency is supposed to do for them, a survey by a… Read the rest
Dec 5, 2008
Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has unveiled a “payback package” for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who have been retrenched as a result of the global financial crisis, even as she belittled the layoffs… Read the rest
Nov 10, 2008
Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—Amid the global financial crisis threatening to cause a drop in labor deployment and subsequently of the dollar remittances of overseas Filipino workers, the government should lift the deployment ban on war-torn Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria,… Read the rest
Oct 29, 2008
Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Marianito Roque on Wednesday asked destination countries to recognize the professional skills and qualifications that migrant workers have acquired in their home countries.
In his speech opening the general debate of… Read the rest
Oct 22, 2008
Rina Jimenez-David
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The United Nations Convention on The Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Families has been in existence since 1990 and entered into effect in 2003. But so far, only 75 states have signed the… Read the rest
Oct 1, 2008
Pia Lee-Brago
Philippine Star
Pirates have released 14 Filipinos from among the 79 crewmen of two Malaysian tankers hijacked near Somalia in exchange for a ransom.
Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia Victoriano Lecaros confirmed the release of nine Filipino crewmembers… Read the rest
Sep 24, 2008
Pia Lee-Brago
Philippine Star
Hundreds of undocumented Filipinos working in Malaysia have expressed willingness to avail of the legalization program being offered by the Malaysian government.
The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur told the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)… Read the rest
Sep 17, 2008
Pia Lee Brago
Philippine Star
Vice President and Presidential Adviser on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Noli de Castro yesterday urged relatives of undocumented Filipino workers in Kuwait to convince them to avail themselves of the 45-day amnesty offered to… Read the rest
Aug 28, 2008
Rene Martel
The Manila Times
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is up in arms (and with every reason) over the government’s plan to require every Filipino seeking overseas employment as a domestic helper to first pass a… Read the rest