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Sunday, June 29, 2008 |
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DOLE: More than .5M OFWs
deployed, remittances hit $5.4B
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported that more
than 500,000 documented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been
deployed globally in more than 190 host destinations worldwide
during the first five months of 2008.
Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D.
Roque also cited a report of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
that global OFW remittances have reached $5.4 billion (more than
P240.89 billion at current rates) from January to April this year.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Civil society groups sending mission
to Okinawa to check on OFWs
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A militant migrant support group and a women’s
group are spearheading a joint mission to Okinawa to check on the
status of “Hazel,” a Filipina cultural worker raped by an
American serviceman on her third day of deployment in the island.
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PNP-Negros conducts re-training on databanking
against trafficking
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Negros
Occidental is implementing a local anti-trafficking in persons (TIP)
databanking re-training program and is making use of local resources
to conduct it.
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Government hikes funding
for agencies helping OFWs
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TWO government agencies expected to help
overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) received increases in funding for
this year, budget records showed.
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Firm recruits RP-based
CAD workers for Abu Dhabi
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Reemalum Philippines (RAP), a curtain wall
fabricator based in Makati City’s central business district, is
spearheading major construction projects in Abu Dhabi, creating new
employment opportunities for skilled Filipino structural engineers
and CAD designers.
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IMMIGRATION
SOLUTIONS
By Atty. Robert L. Reeves
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Reeves &
Associates files CSPA class action lawsuit
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Reeves & Associates, a professional law corporation, filed a
class action lawsuit in the US District Court, Central District
Court of Appeals, Case Number SACV08-688 JVX (SHx) on behalf of tens
of thousands of immigrant families whose adult children have been
wrongfully denied visas.
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