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More
remittances from women emphasize feminization of migration –
ADB study
MANILA – SOUTHEAST Asian women migrant workers, of which
over a half are Filipinas, sent more money than male workers to
their home countries, a study by the Asian Development Bank showed.
An estimated 2,182,000 contract workers and immigrants, largely
women, remitted some US$3.3 billion from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore
and Malaysia "on monthly averages ranging from US$300 to
US$500." JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports for the OFW Journalism
Consortium, Inc. Full story
Pinoy
money from Singapore, HK, Japan ADB estimates higher than actual
OFW cash flow
MANILA – ESTIMATES of Filipino workers' remittances from Japan,
Singapore and Hong Kong are higher than the actual money that passed
through banks in the Philippines. In a study by the Asian Development
Bank, Filipinos in Japan remitted more than three-quarters of a
billion dollars; those in Hong Kong remitted nearly US$293 million;
and those from Singapore remitted about a quarter of a billion dollars.
JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium,
Inc. Full story
Former
OFWs lift selves after stumbling in savings tack
Dirty-money watchdog monitoring remittances
from 3 Asian countries
MANILA – THE Anti-Money Laundering Council said it is currently
monitoring three Asian countries for possible and potential illegal
money flows, especially through the world’s first remittance
through cellular phone technology. DENNIS D. ESTOPACE, a full-time
journalist working for a daily broadsheet, writes this story for
the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc.Full
story
Seafarers
explore voluntary arbitration as CBA item
MANILA – AN ongoing lobby by seafarers’ union International
Transportation Workers Federation (ITF) to make voluntary arbitration
a part of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) can erase whatever
ill feelings Filipino seafarers have over the slow grind of justice
to cases affecting them. LEO J. SANTIAGO, editor of the seafarers
tabloid Buhay Marino, writes for the OFW Journalism Consortium,
Inc.Full story
Letter
to the Editor
On the story “New
government bid to control OFW money failed under Marcos”
by Ms. Julie Javellana-Santos (Volume 4 Number 7, September 8, OFW
Journalism Consortium newspacket) Full
text.
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