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New
gov't bid to control OFW money failed under Marcos
MANILA -A NEW Executive Order that will give a cabinet level unit
power to control how overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) send and
use their money is awaiting President Gloria Arroyo's signature.
But groups say the EO forwarded by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
to the Office of the President via the Presidential Management
Staff is an old hat not fit for wearing. JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
story
Drafter
of proposed cabinet level committee to take back seat
MANILA - WHILE the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas was said to have
submitted an order for a "Big Brother" type of managing
Filipino labor migration, it proposed the Secretary of Labor to
take the lead in a draft executive order influencing overseas Filipino
workers and their families on managing remittances. JULIE
JAVELLANA-SANTOS reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium,
Inc.Full story
Germany
visa denial for Cologne gab gives youth a whiff of migration realities
MANILA - SOME 626 visa applicants to the German Embassy, all under
the aegis of the group Alab ng Kabataang Pilipino or Akap were all
denied visas and, hence, failed to attend this year's World Youth
Day held in Cologne, Germany. This aftermath of a wholesale denial
by the German Embassy of her group's visa application has embraced
those applicants into the harsh realities of labor migration.
CANDICE CEREZO reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium,
Inc. Full story
Remittances
from Japan reach 5-year low
MANILA - EVEN before Japan tightened her immigration rules
that affected the entry of more overseas performing artists (OPAs)
from the Philippines, total remittances from Filipinos there have
reached a five-year low. Remittances from Japan-based Pinoys amounted
to US$308.128 million in 2004, a three-year low compared to the
2002 figure of US$490.435 million, and the 2003 figure of US$346.057.
JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports for the OFW Journalism
Consortium, Inc. Full story
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