From the News! - Your Daily News » Migrant Worker http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Survey: OFWs don’t trust OWWA http://fromthenews.net/survey-ofws-don%e2%80%99t-trust-owwa.htm http://fromthenews.net/survey-ofws-don%e2%80%99t-trust-owwa.htm#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:39:56 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5181 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/survey-ofws-don%e2%80%99t-trust-owwa.htm/feed 0 Arroyo bares package for retrenched OFWs http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:16:12 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5078 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm/feed 0 Lift deployment ban on Iraq, 3 others http://fromthenews.net/lift-deployment-ban-on-iraq-3-others.htm http://fromthenews.net/lift-deployment-ban-on-iraq-3-others.htm#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:46:00 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4935 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/lift-deployment-ban-on-iraq-3-others.htm/feed 0 ’Recognize migrants’ skills’ http://fromthenews.net/%e2%80%99recognize-migrants-skills%e2%80%99.htm http://fromthenews.net/%e2%80%99recognize-migrants-skills%e2%80%99.htm#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:41:43 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4886 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/%e2%80%99recognize-migrants-skills%e2%80%99.htm/feed 0 Ethics and migration http://fromthenews.net/ethics-and-migration.htm http://fromthenews.net/ethics-and-migration.htm#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:04:14 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4879 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/ethics-and-migration.htm/feed 0 14 Pinoys among freed by Somalis http://fromthenews.net/14-pinoys-among-freed-by-somalis.htm http://fromthenews.net/14-pinoys-among-freed-by-somalis.htm#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:20:16 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4945 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/14-pinoys-among-freed-by-somalis.htm/feed 0 Hundreds of OFWs in Malaysia to avail themselves of legalization http://fromthenews.net/hundreds-of-ofws-in-malaysia-to-avail-themselves-of-legalization.htm http://fromthenews.net/hundreds-of-ofws-in-malaysia-to-avail-themselves-of-legalization.htm#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:26:00 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4979 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/hundreds-of-ofws-in-malaysia-to-avail-themselves-of-legalization.htm/feed 0 Noli urges illegal OFWs in Kuwait to come home http://fromthenews.net/noli-urges-illegal-ofws-in-kuwait-to-come-home.htm http://fromthenews.net/noli-urges-illegal-ofws-in-kuwait-to-come-home.htm#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:52:30 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4850 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/noli-urges-illegal-ofws-in-kuwait-to-come-home.htm/feed 0 The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is up in arms… http://fromthenews.net/the-trade-union-congress-of-the-philippines-is-up-in-arms.htm http://fromthenews.net/the-trade-union-congress-of-the-philippines-is-up-in-arms.htm#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:45:36 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4802 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/the-trade-union-congress-of-the-philippines-is-up-in-arms.htm/feed 0 7 out of 10 OFWs charged for crimes abroad forced to declare insanity http://fromthenews.net/7-out-of-10-ofws-charged-for-crimes-abroad-forced-to-declare-insanity.htm http://fromthenews.net/7-out-of-10-ofws-charged-for-crimes-abroad-forced-to-declare-insanity.htm#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:02:53 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4795 Ding Cervantes
Philippine Star

ANGELES CITY – Seven out of 10 Filipino workers (OFWs) charged with crimes abroad are forced to declare themselves insane to get clemency, according to a study by Migrante International (MI).

“This is because officials… Read the rest

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