OFW

Liza Maza calls for immediate repatriation of 19 distressed women OFWs

Submitted by mkbyn on Fri, 04/09/2010 - 11:42am

NP senatorial candidate Rep. Liza Maza called for the immediate repatriation of 19 distressed women workers unduly held in the Annasban company barracks in Abha, in southwestern Saudi Arabia.

"Lagpas 3 buwan na kami rito sa barracks, pero di pa rin kami napapa-uwi,” (We've been here in the barracks for more than 3 months now but we have yet to be repatraiated),” Maza quoted Monaliza Paje, 34 years old of Butuan City, as saying in an urgent message to Migrante International's Middle East regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona.

Paje's fellow co-workers are Susana de la Roca, Maribel Remetio, Vicky Jaruda, Mercy Santos, Rachel Baroy, Shiela Marie Barreto Ventura, Florencia Monte, Sarah Jane Abad, Elisa Mendoza, Margarita Viray, Normalia P. Daraid, Maileen Martinez, Anna Mae Comia, Sherhina Abdulla, Nemia Gallantes, Shirley G. Martinez, and Liezel A. Caballes.

Satur: next RP government must stop relying on OFW remittances for economic advance

Submitted by mkbyn on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 2:23pm

Hong Kong - Rep. Satur Ocampo, Makabayan senatorial bet under the Nacionalista Party today urged the next government that will replace the Arroyo regime to put together an economic plan that does not rely heavily on the financial contribution of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to develop the economy.

Ocampo was reacting to a recent report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) saying that there is no immediate evidence to support the widely held belief that money sent home by millions of OFWs enhances human capital development. ”Remittances may help in fighting poverty in the Philippines but not in re-balancing growth, especially in the long run,” according to the report.

Satur urges RP government to back OFW wage hike in Hong Kong

Submitted by mkbyn on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 11:49am

Hong Kong -- Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, Makabayan senatorial candidate under the Nacionalista Party called on the Philippine government to support the campaign of OFWs for a just wage increase in Hong Kong.

“Our compatriot OFWs in Hong Kong continue to fight for their just wages. They have been victimized by the unjust wage cuts by the Hong Kong government, yet they continue to suffer from Philippine government neglect in their struggle,” Ocampo said.