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Balik-Tanaw | Loving mercy in the face of the unmerciful
By DEACONESS JOY PRIM United Methodist Church (Missionary serving in Hong Kong) September 13, 2020, 15th Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12 Sirach 27:30-28:7 Romans 14:7 Matthew 18:21-35 As the...
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OFWs demand increased budget for protection and welfare amid Covid-19
Migrante International said there are thousands of OFWs who lost their jobs who have yet to receive any financial assistance from the government. (Photo from Migrante International page) By RAYMUND B....
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3,000 OFWs in Hong Kong push for refund of ‘unnecessary’ training fees
Overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong join the movement to stop the collection of training fees. (Photo courtesy of Migrante – Hong Kong)“Refunding the training fees in full is a financial relief to...
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OFW group slams ‘gov’t inefficiency’ over long quarantines
Overseas Filipino workers returning from Kuwait. (Photo from DFA website) By ARNETH ASIDDAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Migrant workers group Migrante International said on Tuesday that the government’s...
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Kin of bedridden former OFW appeals for gov’t assistance
Estela and Francisco Caagbay (Photo courtesy of the Caagbay family) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Francisco Caagbay could still remember how a ranking government official tapped his...
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Saudi-based OFWs stranded for 5 years seek legal assistance
Screenshot of Bulatlat’s online interview with stranded OFWs in Saudi Arabia. By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – “We try to laugh it off.” This is how overseas Filipino worker Rolando Matias...
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Domestic helper in Saudi wants to go home for surgery
Nora Prequencia, a Filipina domestic helper stranded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A Filipina domestic helper stranded in Saudi Arabia is asking the government to...
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9 abused Saudi OFWs want to go home
Stranded Filipino domestic workers in Saudi Arabia Trigger warning: sexual abuse, maltreatment Nine overseas Filipino domestic workers are still subjected to inhumane treatment and various forms of...
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#UndoingDuterte | OFWs gained nothing under Duterte admin, says migrant...
By ALEX SUAREZ Bulatlat.com MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers and their families only saw broken campaign promises in the last five years of the Duterte presidency, Filipino migrant rights advocates...
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Help nowhere for stranded OFWs bound to Hong Kong
(Graphics by Alex Suarez / Bulatlat) By ALEX SUAREZ Bulatlat.com INDANG, Cavite — Hopeful overseas Filipino workers bound for Hong Kong are asking the government for help as the repeated travel bans...
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Group calls for help for 1M Pinoys who may lose jobs due to Saudization
By GABRYELLE DUMALAG Bulatlat.com MANILA — A migrant rights advocacy group has called on the Philippine government to provide due assistance to at least one million Filipinos facing threats of massive...
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Stranded for almost 5 months now, 29 Filipino seafarers in China want to go home
By MARILOU DE CASTRO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The families of the 29 Filipino seafarers stranded off the coast of Xiamen, China for almost five months now are asking the government to bring them home,...
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In UAE, long wait in crowded precincts mark 1st day of overseas absentee voting
Filipinos cast their votes in Dubai’s polling precinct. (Contributed photo)By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Filipinos spent three to five hours just to cast their votes in the 2022 national...
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Marcos Jr. urged to act on getting testimony of Filipina on death row in...
By ALESSANDRA MERCADO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A group of overseas Filipino workers challenged President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to act accordingly on the case of Filipina on death row Mary Jane...
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Groups renew calls to #BringMaryJaneHome
(Photo courtesy of Migrante International) By MARC RECHELLE BUNTAG Bulatlat MANILA – Various groups have joined the family of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina on death row, in urging Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
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Case of persecution in Canada? | Filipino migrant rights leader faces...
“Ultimately, if the Philippines had livable wages, there wouldn’t be migrant workers in the first place, only tourists.” By VIRG MAGTIRA Bulatlat.com MANILA — The story of Danilo de Leon’s journey of...
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OFWs seek to abolish overseas employment certificate
By ZYSA MEI ELLORAN Bulatlat.com MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong and in the Middle East called for the abolition of the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC), saying this is an...
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From Marcos Sr. to Jr. | In the Philippines, more than half a century of...
The current cosmetic changes in the country’s labor export policy will not provide due protection to Filipino workers overseas. Worse, this will only exacerbate the already dire conditions they are...
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Travels and travails of women migrant workers
Chater Road, Hong Kong (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) SPECIAL REPORT When the global pandemic reached Hong Kong, the once busy streets in Chater Road became quiet. Domestic workers were not...
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Women’s group calls for justice for slain Filipina migrant worker and model
Women’s group Gabriela lit candles and called for justice for Jullebee Ranara and Davao-based model and businesswoman Yvonne Chua Plaza in Quezon City, Jan 27. (Photo by Pinoy Weekly) By ANNE MARXZE D....
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