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10 years in the making, ASEAN to sign consensus on migrants’ rights in summit
A key feature of the document is to afford mechanisms for ASEAN migrants such as labor contracts and legal representation.
OFW guide: How to make every remittance count
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL Overseas Filipino workers are considered to be some of the hardest-working people in the country. But as unfortunate as it sounds, most of the fruits of their hard work are not put into something that can possibly gain great rewards – which in return, if managed properly, can give them the
Highlights and lowlights: 38 years of Pinoys abroad
By MARK UBALDE
InterAksyon.com
OVERSEAS Filipino workers (OFWs) have been through a lot since the government institutionalized labor migration some 38 years ago. They have been banned, beaten, kidnapped, evacuated, praised and lauded.
SMS helpline saves OFWs in distress
By CENTER FOR MEDIA ADVOCACY
AFTER years of languishing in jail, some 150 overseas Filipino workers have been granted amnesty by Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz and may finally be repatriated by the government.
In February last year, the OFWs in Al Hair Central Jail sent several text messages through the SOS SMS Helpline of the Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA) requesting assistance in facilitating their immediate mass repatriation.
Tears and joys of overseas life in OFW blogs
BLOGGER Danilo Garcia Jacob had lived the most part of his growing up years without a mother who had to leave them when he was young to work abroad as caregiver. The cycle is being repeated today: He works in Kuwait, his younger sister in Dubai and his elder brother in Saudi Arabia.
