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2013/05/22 02:55
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OWWA- 10 calls for calm, sobriety
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) in Northern Mindanao on Tuesday assured the families of the 1,301 Filipino workers in Taiwan that contingency measures are...
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2013/05/21 18:38
2013/05/21 18:38
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Family angry over attack on kin in Taiwan
By ABS-CBNnews.com and U.S. News Agency / Asian The family of one of the three Filipinos attacked in Taiwan is angry over what happened to their kin. “Galit talaga ako. Bakit kasalanan ng isa, lahat...
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2013/05/20 16:44
2013/05/20 16:44
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Only 3,400 of OFWs in Lebanon Could Come Home « B...
No gov’t plan for those in Israel, other ME countries A migrant group bares that only 3,400 out of the 34,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Lebanon will be repatriated by the Philippine...
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2013/05/20 02:42
2013/05/20 02:42
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Migrants Reject Use of OWWA Funds for Stimulus Pa...
If members of the Social Security System (SSS) opposed the use of their P12.5 billion fund for the P330-billion economic stimulus package of the Arroyo administration, Filipino migrants too are...
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2013/05/19 04:45
2013/05/19 04:45
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New batch of OFWs from Jeddah arrives in PH
MANILA, Philippines – A new batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia arrived in the country Sunday morning. The 22 adults and 18 children left the Tent City outside of the...
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2013/05/18 19:41
2013/05/18 19:41
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Congress Oversight of OWWA Funds Sought « Bulatlat
Citing the overcharging of membership fees by the POEA, the disproportionate allocation of funds between services and operating expenses, and the neglect of cases of distressed OFWs, Senate President...
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United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon
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Manny Villar
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2013/05/17 01:41
2013/05/17 01:41
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Migrant Group Says RP-Malaysia Working Group on M...
A fact-finding mission led by a group of overseas Filipino workers found out that the Philippine-Malaysia Working Group on Migrant Workers is not at all working.BY BULATLAT A fact-finding mission led...
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Zamboanga City
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2013/05/16 21:42
2013/05/16 21:42
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Witnesses Show Arroyo’s Electoral Fraud « Bulatlat
Fourth hearing of `People’s Court’ Three witnesses presented evidence last Nov. 16 that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her allies cheated in the 2004 presidential election.By Jhong dela...
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2013/05/16 00:56
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40 maltreated OFWs return from Kuwait
At least 40 overseas Filipino workers who were allegedly maltreated by their employers returned home from Kuwait Wednesday afternoon. The workers arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
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2013/05/15 17:42
2013/05/15 17:42
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‘Resiliency Plan for OFWs a Grand Hoax’ – Migrant...
A global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) branded the Arroyo administration’s economic resiliency plan for OFWs as a grand hoax. BY ANGIE DE LARA AND RONALYN OLEA Evanessa Valmadrid is...
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2013/05/14 18:43
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Family of Dead OFW Might Not Get Benefits Due to ...
MANILA –Mary Grace Travilal, 42, was forced to work abroad because she and her long-time partner Felix Catajay, 62, could no longer afford to send two of their four children to college. She left...
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2013/05/14 18:43
2013/05/14 18:43
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New ‘Illegal’ OWWA Funds Transfer Bared « Bulatlat
In the run-up to the 2004 presidential election, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo received flak from several overseas workers’ groups for the transfer of the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Medicare...
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2013/05/14 09:43
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DA, DOLE offer P2B worth of agri loans for OFWs
MANILA -- The departments of agriculture and labor have launched a P2-billion loan facility meant to attract overseas working Filipinos (OFWs) to undertake agribusiness ventures. In a statement, the...
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2013/05/14 03:42
2013/05/14 03:42
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Philippines Urged to Protect OFWs as Protests Spr...
Migrante International said the government’s “slow, dismaying and disorganized action” in repatriating overseas Filipino workers who were trapped in strife-torn Libya should not be repeated in other...
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2013/05/12 03:43
2013/05/12 03:43
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37 undocumented Pinoys repatriated from Jeddah
MANILA, Philippines - A group of 37 undocumented Filipinos in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were repatriated on Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced yesterday. The Philippine consulate...
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2013/05/11 23:42
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OFWs to Arroyo Gov’t: Compensation, Not Free Lunc...
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...
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Marianito Roque
Garry Martinez
Migrante International
Gloria Arroyo
Philippine government
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2013/05/11 17:42
2013/05/11 17:42
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OWWA Camp-Out, An Unprecedented Victory for OFWs ...
PRESS RELEASE 5 March 2010 The camp-out of repatriated Annasban workers in front of the
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
(OWWA) ended in victory on its third day, when the OWWA was forced to...
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Garry Martinez
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Carmelita Dimzon
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2013/05/10 20:43
2013/05/10 20:43
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Why Ofws Want Gloria to Resign « Bulatlat
Migrants are understandably outraged over the recent expose of Mrs. Arroyo’s massive electoral fraud during the last elections. She stole and denigrated our historic first time overseas absentee...
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2013/05/09 20:42
2013/05/09 20:42
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Stranded OFWs in Dire Need of Assistance – Migran...
MANILA — The Khandera Bridge in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has provided shelter to many stranded overseas Filipino workers. But since Saudi police barricaded it from migrant workers, OFWs have found a new...
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Benigno S. Aquino III
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2013/05/09 02:44
2013/05/09 02:44
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Cordi Women OFWs Outnumber Men « Bulatlat
Claire Daguio, secretary-general of the Migrante International chapter here, said in an interview that 74.24 percent (or 1,533) of the 2,065 Cordillerans who worked abroad last year are women while...
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