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Study
says high school drop-outs not children of OFWs
MANILA–DISTANCE
not only makes the heart grow fonder; it has also kept most children
of women overseas Filipino workers from dropping out of school.
Thus cites economist Alvin Ang of the University of Santo Tomas
in his recently released study titled “Determining the Social
Costs of Overseas Filipino Workers’ Remittances: A Check
through Education Indicators”. LUIS
CARLO S. LIBERATO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full
story
Group
banks on social enterprise for peace to sprout in Lanao del Norte
MANILA–IT
would take nearly a thousand kilometers, millions of pesos, and
a year for peace to be sown in Lanao del Norte.
That is the hope of Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation, a
socio-civic group banking on a project to spur “social enterprises”
in Kolambogan municipality.
Social enterprise is an old concept yet to seep into the fabric
of violence-riddled Philippine society. JEREMAIAH
M. OPINIANO reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full
story
Ambitious
zero-illegal recruitment bid faces many hurdles in La Union
MANDALUYONG
CITY–A BID to stomp out illegal recruitment in La Union province
within a year got off on a slow start, with the nonprofit group
leading this ambitious project bracing itself for “booby traps”
along the way.
Marge Madiguid of Kanlungan Centre Foundation Inc. said there was
no formal launch yet for its “zero illegal recruitment campaign,”
planned to start this June. JEREMAIAH
M. OPINIANO
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium®.
Full
story
Pinoy
band builds watering hole in Hanoi
HANOI,
VIETNAM–TRUE to their band’s name, four Filipinos here
are carving Melia Hanoi hotel’s watering hole for fellow OFWs
craving for a taste of home.
They call themselves the D’Sensations, now on their second
month here in a years-long tour of gigs across Asia. JEREMAIAH
M. OPINIANO reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium®. Full
story
Gov’t
hikes funding for OFW-related agencies
QUEZON
CITY–TWO government agencies expected to help overseas Filipino
workers received increases in funding for this year, budget records
showed.
The 2008 General Appropriations Act bared that assistance projects
for OFWs by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) got the increments the agencies
proposed in last year’s budget hearings.
RUBEN JEFFREY G. ASUNCION
reports for the OFW Journalism Consortium®. Full
story
No.
1 in tiny Palau, second in the US
Pinoys
top foreigners in 16 countries
MANILA–FILIPINOS
are slowly conquering various countries through sheer numbers.
A recently-released report by the World Bank identified Filipinos
as among the top 10 foreigners in 16 big and small countries in
Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America.
MADELAINE JOY A. GARCIA reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium®. Full
story
Male
OFWs sent home bigger slices of bacon in past six years
Women OFWs many but remit less than men
KUALA
LUMPUR, MALAYSIA–FOR 12 years, Rita’s family in the
Philippines was fed through two shoe-box sized containers at her
feet.
The rectangular matte-black boxes, scuffed with use, contain Rita’s
tools of the trade: nail clippers, nippers, two-inch tall bottles
of silver, gold, and red nail polishes, blush-on brushes and mascara.
JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO reports
for the OFW Journalism Consortium®. Full
story
Losing
World Bank contest a start for migrant-backed dev’t efforts
in Bicol
PASIG
CITY–LAS Vegas, Nevada-resident Melvin Romano wasn’t
worried when he lost in betting that a local governance concept
for his hometown in Bicol could best other groups.
“We didn’t lose. We’re just starting,” Romano
said after his group Amus Na Kita Oasnon’s (Anko) project
wasn’t chosen among the World Bank’s grant awardees
in its recently-concluded contest for social development ideas.
LUIS
CARLO S. LIBERATO
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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