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Foreign
aid experts dissociate remittances from ODA
Remittance growth no reason
to discontinue dev’t assistance
MANILA -- OFFICIAL Development Assistance (ODA) and migrant workers'
remittances are not an either-or situation, delegates to a United
Nations Development Programme workshop on managing ODA recently
said. "(Growth in) Remittances must not be cited as a situation
to hold back on aid by donor countries," Artemy Izmestiev
of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said, in reaction
to the major finding of a World Bank report which wrote that ODA
worldwide has been overrun by the pace of remittances from overseas
workers. ISAGANI DE LA PAZ reports for the OFW Journalism
Consortium, Inc. Full
story
2004
NSO Survey on Overseas Filipinos
OFW money through banks,
informal channels reach 4-year high
MANILA
-- THE money that overseas contract workers sent through banks and
informal channels increased during the last four years, data from
an annual Survey of Overseas Filipinos (SOF) by the National Statistics
Office (NSO) revealed. Four-year data from the SOF, including the
2004 survey that was released last April 15, showed that an estimated
661,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remitted PhP38.109 billion
through banks while the volume of money flowing through courier
services has also been increasing. JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
Story
Seafarers'
groups hit ‘burdensome’ re-tooling scheme
MANILA – MARITIME groups are objecting to proposed new maritime
courses for marine officers, saying seafarers will be separated
from their families during what would normally be their time off
between contracts, in addition to the added economic burden of paying
for these courses. "Government must do everything not to make
things difficult" for seafarers, said a leader of a Filipino
merchant marine officers' group. LEO J. SANTIAGO reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
story
OWWA launches Halfway Home
PASAY CITY –FOR overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the
city, the airport leads to home. But for those from provinces, the
airport and the city are like foreign countries, where there’s
no place called home. Partly to solve that lack of lodging house
for temporarily stranded and distressed OFWs, the Overseas Workers’
Welfare Administration (OWWA) inaugurated “Halfway Home”
last April 18 at the OWWA Building in F.B Harrison Street, Pasay
City. ALEXIS DOUGLAS B. ROMERO contributes this story to
the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
story
Saudi-based
OFW advocate David, 58
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