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Sunday, May 05, 2008 |
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Villar bats for P1-B fund to
bring home OFWs in distress
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SENATE President Manny Villar is pushing for the establishment of a
P1-billion fund to provide for the early repatriation and adequate
assistance to Filipinos in distress overseas.
“While there may be comprehensive set of
laws protecting the overseas workers, its implementation in
reality remains wanting. In particular, the funding requirement
needed to effect a meaningful and truly caring OFW environment is
negligible,” Villar said.
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Migrante presses govt for
eco relief, repatriation
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MIGRANTE, the militant migrant workers alliance, pressed the Arroyo
government to provide overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their
families’ immediate economic relief from the food and oil crisis
in the country, the global economic slowdown and the plunging power
of the dollar.
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Diplomat elected to int’l labor migrants body
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AMBASSADOR to Canada Jose Brillantes was elected as vice-chairperson
of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families (CPRMW) during a public
meeting to elect a new bureau from among its members, in Geneva on
April 15.
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Agency with a heart trains,
deploys aviation workers
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VENUS International Placement Agency, Inc. is
the only recruitment agency in the country that helped establish an
aviation training school known as the Philippine International
School of Aviation Sciences (PISAS).
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Finland welcomes RP nurses,
other health workers
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THE Finnish government welcomes the proposal of
the Philippine government for the possible deployment of more
Filipino nurses and other healthcare professionals to work in
Finland.
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RP envoy to South Korea underscores
people-to-people relations, OFW protection
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AMBASSADOR Luis T. Cruz lauds the unique
people-to-people relationship between South Korea and the
Philippines as he underscored the need to preserve and strengthen
the special ties between the two countries.
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