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Safe
from Lebanon strife, Pinoys pine for work abroad
VILLAMOR
AIR BASE--THE wind howled and lashed thumb-size raindrops on windows
of the Airbus 310 taxiing the tarmac but the 232 Filipino passengers
inside would exchange it any day for the bullets and bombs they
feared while in Lebanon. Delayed by storm Glenda and greeted President
Gloria, some of the first batch of Filipinos flown from the strife-ridden
Middle East country, however, couldn't help but wish to go back
abroad, even before their feet kissed Philippine soil. JAY GARCIA
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
story
Commentary
Groups swap thoughts on Pinoys in Lebanon
MANILA--MESSAGES
from several groups were also being swapped online after Filipino
groups abroad and overseas Filipino advocacy groups in the homeland
were thinking how to help alleviate the conditions of some 30,000
Filipino workers in Lebanon. ISAGANI DE LA PAZ shares the thoughts
of these concerned groups in this commentary for the OFW Journalism
Consortium. Full
story
Mobile
phone not just for sending money, group shows
QUEZON CITY– FOR months now, a migrant rights advocacy group,
together with Filipinos in Saudi Arabia have been operating a mobile
phone service that has been a helpline for Filipinos abroad who
are in need of legal and welfare assistance. JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium.
Full
story
Activists
downplay ASEM migration initiative
MANDALUYONG CITY -- INTER-REGIONAL cooperation through
the Asia-Europe Meeting is now a decade old, but a regional advocacy
network for migrant workers thinks nothing much will come out of
ASEM regarding international migration. JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium, Inc. Full
story
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