Study
says high school drop-outs not children
of OFWs MANILA–DISTANCE
not only makes the heart grow fonder;
it has also kept most children of women
overseas Filipino workers from dropping
out of school.
Thus cites economist Alvin Ang of the
University of Santo Tomas in his recently
released study titled “Determining
the Social Costs of Overseas Filipino
Workers’ Remittances: A Check
through Education Indicators”.LUIS
CARLO S. LIBERATO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full
story
Group
banks on social enterprise for peace
to sprout in Lanao del Norte MANILA–IT
would take nearly a thousand kilometers,
millions of pesos, and a year for peace
to be sown in Lanao del Norte.
That is the hope of Unlad Kabayan Migrant
Services Foundation, a socio-civic group
banking on a project to spur “social
enterprises” in Kolambogan municipality.
Social enterprise is an old concept
yet to seep into the fabric of violence-riddled
Philippine society. JEREMAIAH
M. OPINIANO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full
story
Ambitious
zero-illegal recruitment bid faces many
hurdles in La Union MANDALUYONG
CITY–A BID to stomp out illegal
recruitment in La Union province within
a year got off on a slow start, with the
nonprofit group leading this ambitious
project bracing itself for “booby
traps” along the way.
Marge Madiguid of Kanlungan Centre Foundation
Inc. said there was no formal launch yet
for its “zero illegal recruitment
campaign,” planned to start this
June. JEREMAIAH
M. OPINIANO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full
story
Pinoy
band builds watering hole in Hanoi HANOI,
VIETNAM–TRUE to their band’s
name, four Filipinos here are carving
Melia Hanoi hotel’s watering hole
for fellow OFWs craving for a taste of
home.
They call themselves the D’Sensations,
now on their second month here in a years-long
tour of gigs across Asia. JEREMAIAH
M. OPINIANO reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full
story
Gov’t
hikes funding for OFW-related agencies QUEZON
CITY–TWO government agencies expected
to help overseas Filipino workers received
increases in funding for this year, budget
records showed.
The 2008 General Appropriations Act bared
that assistance projects for OFWs by the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
and the Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA) got the increments the agencies
proposed in last year’s budget hearings.
RUBEN JEFFREY G. ASUNCION
reports for the
OFW Journalism Consortium®. Full
story
No.
1 in tiny Palau, second in the US Pinoys
top foreigners in 16 countries MANILA–FILIPINOS
are slowly conquering various countries
through sheer numbers.
A recently-released report by the World
Bank identified Filipinos as among the
top 10 foreigners in 16 big and small
countries in Asia-Pacific, Europe, and
North America.
MADELAINE JOY A. GARCIA
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full story
Male
OFWs sent home bigger slices of bacon
in past six years
Women OFWs many but remit less than men KUALA
LUMPUR, MALAYSIA–FOR 12 years, Rita’s
family in the Philippines was fed through
two shoe-box sized containers at her feet.
The rectangular matte-black boxes, scuffed
with use, contain Rita’s tools of
the trade: nail clippers, nippers, two-inch
tall bottles of silver, gold, and red
nail polishes, blush-on brushes and mascara.
JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full story
Losing
World Bank contest a start for migrant-backed
dev’t efforts in Bicol PASIG
CITY–LAS Vegas, Nevada-resident
Melvin Romano wasn’t worried when
he lost in betting that a local governance
concept for his hometown in Bicol could
best other groups.
“We didn’t lose. We’re
just starting,” Romano said after
his group Amus Na Kita Oasnon’s
(Anko) project wasn’t chosen among
the World Bank’s grant awardees
in its recently-concluded contest for
social development ideas. LUIS
CARLO S. LIBERATO
reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full
story
How
to take care of your money?
Read the stories of the OFW Journalism
Consortium on financial literacy for Filipinos
abroad and their families back home. Click
here
2006
Special Newspacket on Financial Literacy
in Overseas Filipinos
by the OFW Journalism Consortium cited
in the newsletter Migrant Remittances
(published by the United States Agency
for International Development [USAID]-Microenterprise
Development Office and the United Kingdom
Department for International Development
[DFID]) http://www.livelihoods.org/hot_topics/docs/Migrant%20Remittances_Oct06.pdf
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Invitation/Announcement
Global Forum on Migration & Development
(GFMD/Philippines 2008)
On the occasion of the Philippines’s
hosting
of the Second Global Forum on Migration
and Development
(27-30 October 2008, Manila)
The OFW Journalism Consortium in partnership
with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in
the Philippines will soon release MOVE
A free special policy magazine on international
migration issues from a Filipino’s
eyes.
Companies or groups wishing to place advertisements
in the magazine are welcome.
For inquiries, email the OFW Journalism
Consortium
at ofwjournalism@gmail.com
or call 63-02-796.26.39
Billboard 9-year-wait to publish book of
notable overseas Pinoys over with HK launch
HONG KONG S.A.R.—ONE-HALF of the
two-volume Mga Bagong Bayani – Inspiring
Filipinos Overseas, was recently launched
here.
Said to be “a book-within-a-book,”
Mga Bagong Bayani features at least a
hundred pages of the Dr. Jose P. Rizal
Trek (Book One), where the book’s
team led by journalist Ricky Sadiosa (wearing
a barong in the photograph) retraced the
footsteps of national hero Dr. Jose. P.
Rizal, around the world.
For its part, Book Two, set for launch
this August in multiple countries, will
feature 280-plus Filipinos overseas from
50 countries
It took at least nine years for the book
to be produced and printed.
For inquiries about Mga Bagong Bayani,
interested parties may email Mr. Ricky
Sadiosa at rsadiosa@yahoo.com.
Letters
to the Editor
Padala
quirks with the Bureau of Customs (Email
in Filipino unedited)
Dear
Editor:
Ako
po ay OFW dito sa Hong Kong. Pitong
taon na po akong nagtatrabaho para
sa aking pamilya.kahapon po april
18 2008 bumalik ang aking tiyahin
sa Pilipinas at ipinapakidala ko ang
aking lumang SAMSUNG LCD 17"
computer screen. Binili ko ito nuon
pang 2004. Siningil po ang aking tiyahin
ng customs dahil ang sabi nila base
sa kanilang pagkakakita sa nasasabing
computer LCD monitor e "brand
new" daw po at nakakahon pa maingat
lang po ako sa gamit.hinold ang aking
tiyahin sa Customs at kukunin daw
ang lcd pag hindi nagbayad.
Sa takot ng aking tiyahin sabi nya
na 1500 peso na lang ang pera nya
at nagbayad naman sya.nagtatrabaho
po ako dito at ilang beses na din
po akong nagpabalik balik sa atin
ng may dalang second hand na electronics
dahil mejo may kamahalan nga ang bago.nais
ko po sanang palagpasin dahil sa 1,500
peso lamang, subalit hirap na hirap
na po ako dito sa Hong Kong tapos
ang tiyahin ko nagkakatulong tapos
pinapunta lamang dito ng kanyang amo
at nakisuyo lang ako para dalhin ang
gamit tapos ipipilit ng ating mga
opisyal na bago ang gamit.nag issue
ng resibo ang customs. gusto ko pong
magkaroon ng katarungan itong kaso
na ito.
Hindi na po maganda ang nangyayari
na ito. kahit na i-give up ko ang
pagka-Pilipino ko sa ganitong ginagawa
sa atin ng kapwa nating Filipino sa
sarili pa nating bansa.ipinilit nilang
bago ang LCD dahil nakakahon pa daw.naitago
ko po ang kahon na iyon dahil maingat
din po ako sa gamit at kung sakaling
ibenta ko at least e mejo di magagasgas
at kung maglilipat kami dito sa Hong
Kong.nakakainis po kasing isipin na
ganito ang ginagawa sa atin.ipapabalik
ko po dito ang LCD at kayo na po ang
bahala...kahit na di na ako bumalik
ng bansa para lang mailabas itong
kahihiyan na itong ginagawa sa atin.napakababaw
po pero kailangan na natin ng pagbabago.
