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Study
says Pinay migrants doubly-harmed with lack of health access
MANILA—ACROSS
the East Asia region sweeps the wind of prosperity and cash remittances
as well as knowledge capital by migrant workers has helped economies
become more robust a decade after a devastating crisis. Aside
from the Philippines, the World Bank cited remittances from workers
overseas also helped other countries like Vietnam and Mongolia
to beef up cash reserves. Hence, remittances could soften and
may even foil a repeat of the 1997 Asian crisis –if ever
there would be one in the near future. JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium. Full
story
Film
shows ‘trafficking’ of Pinoy workers to Iraq has an
American face
QUEZON
CITY—TALES of three overseas Filipinos workers in Iraq, which
the government banned as a destination country, were the subject
of a 24-minute film documentary by Chinese-American Lee Wang. Not
only did the documentary “Someone Else’s War”
reveal the uncanny ability of over-6,000 Filipinos to earn a living
deep within violence-riddled Iraq: it also exposed the continued
recruitment of Filipino hired help for American military bases in
Baghdad—a situation which non-government advocates consider
a form of trafficking.
JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium.
Full
story
Migrant
Pinoys give new swing to Philippine golf
MPASIG
CITY–A DECADE after a regional property bubble burst, the
country’s golf industry swings to fresh hits every summer,
courtesy of moneyed Filipinos from the United States. In three weeks
last April, for instance, retired Filipinos from the US pumped a
conservative estimate of P9.6 million into the economy via the golf-playing
circuit. CANDICE Y. CEREZO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium.
Full
story
SIDEBAR
School
kindles OFW kids’ knack for life
MANILA
– IN THIS school, students are allowed to stare across the
window to daydream during classes. That’s how some students
like Cathyrine Tamayo and Ginesa Patalinhog get their motivation
to stay out of the streets and stay in this school called Erda Tech.
Instead of feeling sorry because of the separation and over the
poverty that pushed their fathers to leave for work abroad, the
two out-of-school youth are allowed to express their dreams through
creative means. RUBY ANNE R. PASCUA reports for
the OFW Journalism Consortium®. Full
story
How
to take care of your money?
Read
the stories of the OFW Journalism Consortium on financial literacy
for Filipinos abroad and their families back home. Click
here
2006
Special Newspacket on Financial Literacy in Overseas Filipinos
by the OFW Journalism Consortium cited in the newsletter Migrant
Remittances
(published by the United States Agency for International Development
[USAID]-Microenterprise Development Office and the United Kingdom
Department for International Development [DFID])
http://www.livelihoods.org/hot_topics/docs/Migrant%20Remittances_Oct06.pdf
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