PASIG CITY – ANALYSTS claim the movement of workers from home countries in Asia already reached a level wherein their economies are now “structurally dependent” on migration.

Labor migration for Asia is “not a mom-and-pop story anymore,” Ma. Alcestis Mangahas of the International Labor Organization (ILO) told migration analysts and stakeholders at a recent forum here.

PASIG CITY — CRISIS not only brings out the best in people; in the Philippines’s case, it brought out the best people and in droves.

So claims Maruja M.B. Asis of the Scalabrini Migration Center.

MANILA – IS Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III his mother’s son when it comes to overseas labor export?

Aquino, set to become the 15th Philippine president, may opt to follow-through with his mother’s institutionalization of the economy’s resilient force: overseas Filipino workers.

QUEZON CITY — NINE groups claiming to represent overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the House of Representatives failed again in the recently held party-list elections, initial results show.

Analysts say this is expected as voters were overwhelmed by the number of groups with the apparent lack of viable political platforms.

DAVAO CITY – A NONPROFIT group called on the business sector in Mindanao to get involved in the migration process to Sabah so as to avoid labor abuses and sordid tales of workers in Malaysia.

This proposal by the Quezon City-headquartered group IDEALS comes at a time when Amnesty International reported recently that promises of high salaries puts foreign workers in situations of exploitation and abuse.