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Structural
unemployment
Labor export makes RP economy
less productive - economist
PASIG CITY – WHILE the Philippines excels in the export
of labor, an economist has pointed out that the growing migration
of Filipinos does not lead to productivity, increased wages and
employment in the domestic economy. Dr. Leonardo Lanzona of the
Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) told a recent forum hosted
by the OFW Journalism Consortium that the Philippine government’s
overseas employment program, now three decades old, “is
a reactive policy (due to) the country’s structural unemployment
(problem)”. The loss of Filipino workers to the domestic
economy, he stressed, “cannot be compensated (for) by remittances”.
JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium,
Inc. Full story
More
than their remittances
OFWs can be partners in nation-building
MANILA -- OFW leaders in Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia are hoping for
the day when the Philippine government begins to see migrant Filipino
workers not only as “life preservers to the drowning Philippine
economy” but as partners in development. JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
Story
On-site
migrant family reunification
Psychologically fulfilling, financially rewarding
QUEZON CITY – OVERSEAS Filipino workers are finding out that
it is more psychologically fulfilling and economical to have their
families with them in their place of work. But few are qualified
for the privilege. ISAGANI DE LA PAZ reports for the OFW
Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
story
Karaoke
joints in Berlin
A taste of Filipino life in Germany
BERLIN – FILIPINO restaurants and karaoke joints in Berlin
fill up during weekends, with the Filipino community coming out
of the woodwork to sing their hearts out. “Wala namang paglilibangan
dito (There’s nothing else to do),” sys Jimbo, a Bicolano
who works for a foreign embassy in Berlin. JEREMAIAH M.
OPINIANO reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc.
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