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Absentee
voting advocates to lobby vs. poll scrapping
MANILA -- THEY lobbied hard for a law to allow Filipinos overseas
to vote; some are drumming up the need to register before the
registration deadline in August next year ends. But with constitutionalists'
move to cancel the 2007 elections, absentee voting advocates say
they can't help but fell betrayed with lawmakers’ moves
to scrap the elections. JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
story
Ship-owners say stopping seafarers’ salary spike sensible
MANILA -- A SPOKESPERSON for ship-owners is lobbying against increases
in the wages of his Filipino seafarers, citing his compatriots'
sense of "moral responsibility". Carlos Salinas, chair
and president of the Filipino Ship-owners' Association, said to
cease raising wage rates would be in the best interest of Filipinos.
LEO J. SANTIAGO reports for the OFW Journalism
Consortium, Inc.
Full story
Centennial
of labor migration a poser on RP progress
MANILA -- IN the run-up to the centennial next year of overseas
labor migration, a former International Labor Organization official
wondered why the Philippines still remains underdeveloped. Manolo
Abella, formerly a top-ranking official of ILO headquarters in Geneva,
Switzerland, expressed this insight when asked to react on Labor
Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas's view that labor migration is an
"explicit" development strategy of the government.
JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium,
Inc. Full
story
OFW
senses sensible scent of spa service sector
PASAY CITY -- HE avoids alcohol and doesn't
smoke, so former migrant worker Miguel Bolos spent millions of pesos
on his sole vice: the Bay Spa. I never imagined myself as the owner
of this spa, said Bolos –"call me 'Mike', please"–
who, at first, thought the prospect of being one was too far fetched.
Hence, he immediately snatched the opportunity to become a businessman
when the option arrived on his feet this year. JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium. Full
story
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