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Sunday, March 16, 2008 |
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Migrante seeks
repatriation of Jeddah OFWs |
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By Katrice R. Jalbuena, Reporter
Migrante, an alliance of
organizations composed of overseas Filipino workers’ groups and
their families, are pressing the Arroyo government for the immediate
repatriation of OFWs stranded in Jeddah.
They will conduct a protest
action on Monday, March 17. The day falls on the 13th anniversary of
the hanging of Flor Contemplacion, an OFW executed in Singapore in
1995 for the alleged murder of Delia Maga, a fellow domestic.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Quebec looking for
more OFWs
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Filipino immigrants are a valued
part of the community in the Canadian province of Quebec. The
province is welcoming more Filipino workers to fill its labor needs.
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Consulate General
greets ‘sakada’ pioneer in Hawaii
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Philippine Consul General to
Honolulu Ariel Abadilla, accompanied by Consuls Lourdes Tabamo and
Paul Raymund Cortes, greeted Juan Cube, a Filipino sakada, or
contract farmer, on his 103rd birthday.
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Two sailors’
deaths in Japan prove seafaring is dangerous
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The remains of the two Filipino
seamen who died in a three-ship collision in Kobe, Japan last week
arrived in the country a few days ago. Their deaths underscore
seafaring as one of the most dangerous work pursuits...
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Fil-Canadian
writes 30 in Manitoba
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Rosalinda Linsangan
Natividad-Cantiveros, a Filipino-Canadian civic leader and
editor-in-chief and publisher of the Filipino Journal, a
long-running Filipino community-based newspaper, died on March 4 in
Manitoba, Canada.
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Washington Embassy
holds ‘Pulong Bayan’
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The Philippine Embassy in
Washington, D.C., held a Pulong Bayan with the Filipino community on
February 27 to discuss the latest political and economic
developments with Assistant Press Undersecretary Ricardo Saludo.
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ANALYSIS
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Musings on the
‘strong peso’ and the folly of OFW export
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Addressing the impact of the
lowering peso value requires more than the mitigating measures
government has so far implemented, including the hedge fund set up
by the Development Bank of the Philippines,...
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