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Organize
to survive, health expert advises Pinoy nurses in UK
MAKATI
CITY--HAVING a collective voice may save jobs of Filipino nurses
threatened to be sucked into the fiscal hole of the United Kingdom’s
public health system, a health management expert recommends. Filipino
nurses who wish to stay longer in UK should make the NHS (National
Health Service Trusts in the UK) realize their impact on that
country’s health sector, said Dr. Eufemia Yap of the Ateneo
Graduate School of Business. MARLENE H. ELMENZO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium. Full
story
Not
yet cause celebre for gov’t, says academic
Pinoys ‘in hiding’ abroad
a million less after 7 years
SAN
FRANCISCO, USA–ARE more Filipinos here coming out to explore
the belly of the beast legally? In view of American officials’
moves to squeeze out illegal migrants in the name of homeland security,
Philippine government data swing to the affirmative node because
figures show the number of Filipinos “in hiding” have
dropped sharply. JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium and the University of San Francisco-Center
for the Pacific Rim’s Yuchengco Media Fellows program. Full
story
US
labor unions adrift over foreign workers’ activism
SAN FRANCISCO, USA–FOREIGN workers, including Filipinos here,
have found a new activism with lawmakers’ debate to replace
or not a 1996 immigration bill. But the traditional labor unions
here are stumped: should they or should they not support the clamor
for greater reforms or for moves to greatly restrict movement of
foreign workers? Just as the US Congress had ended sessions and
proposed immigration reform bills take a backseat, both foreign
and American unions mull the future. JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium and the University of
San Francisco-Center for the Pacific Rim’s Yuchengco Media
Fellows program. Full
story
Police
says going high-tech, aggressive vs. illegal-recruiters
QUEZON CITY—POLICE officials in one of the key
metropolitan cities said they are going to be aggressive in weeding
out illegal recruiters, using surveillance cameras and other advanced
equipment. Superintendent James Brillantes, Quezon City Police District’s
Intelligence Investigation Division chief, said the move comes with
an increase in the number of cases his group has monitored and worked
on. WILLIAM IMPERIAL reports for the OFW Journalism
Consortium. Full story
Skepticism
greets CFO task force
MANILA—ANOTHER
task force created by a government agency, this time focusing on
the crusade against illegal recruitment, was met with skepticism
by migrants’ rights advocates. JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium. Full
story
Voting
thru mail likely in 39 more countries by 2007
SAN FRANCISCO, USA—OVERSEAS Filipinos
spread in four continents who have registered for the national elections
next year are expected to vote by mail, a Philippine foreign affairs
executive said here. Vice consul Anthony Mandap of the Philippine
Consulate in San Francisco, USA, said the Manila-based Commission
on Elections gave the country’s diplomatic posts abroad the
news that the commission en banc will likely allow overseas Filipinos
situated in 26 diplomatic posts to vote by mail. JEREMAIAH
M. OPINIANO reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium and
the University of San Francisco-Center for the Pacific Rim’s
Yuchengco Media Fellows program. Full
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