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More Pinoys returning to work in PH

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA, Philippines - Believe it or not, more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are coming back home to work here.

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Pinoys urged to stay indoors in Taiwan as 2 OFWs attacked anew

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA – A task force has been created to check on the situation of Filipino workers following the reported attack on at least two Pinoys in Taiwan as tensions between Manila and Taipe continues due to the death of a Taiwanese fisherman off Batanes.

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Students show support for Philippine workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

TAIPEI--A group of Taiwanese students launched a campaign yesterday to show support for Filipino workers in Taiwan amid growing tensions between the two countries over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9.

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Prosecute citizens that harm OFWs, VP Binay asks Taiwan gov't

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

While he thanked Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou for ensuring the safety of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Taiwan, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay on Monday also asked that Taiwanese government to go after its nationals behind the earlier assaults on Filipinos.

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Bangladeshis tell of 24-day ordeal at sea on return home from Sri Lanka

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who returned home Sunday after nearly four months in Sri Lankan detention camps, described their experience of spending 24 days adrift at sea on a broken-down boat, without food or water.

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TAIPEI-MANILA ROW: Filipino workers remain respected

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Some Taiwanese employers said yesterday that a diplomatic dispute between Taiwan and the Philippines had not affected their relationships with their Filipino workers.

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TAIPEI-MANILA ROW: Young Taiwanese show solidarity with Filipinos

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

A group of young people yesterday took the initiative to show their friendliness and appreciation for Filipino workers in Taiwan amid ongoing tensions between the two countries over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman last week by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel.

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New batch of OFWs from Jeddah arrives in PH

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA, Philippines – A new batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia arrived in the country Sunday morning.

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PH ready to evacuate Pinoys in Taiwan

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA - The Philippine government is ready to evacuate Filipinos in Taiwan in case tensions and attacks further escalate.

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Saudi Arabia offers over staying Sri Lankan's a grace period

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

The Saudi Arabian government has offered a grace period for the overstaying Sri Lankan migrant workers.

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About 577 deaths reported in last nine months

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

KATHMANDU: Suicide among Nepali migrant workers has increased by 12.96 per cent in the last nine months.

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Government to get tough with migrant workers in UAE

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

The government will get tough with migrant workers involved in visa forgery and illegal business in the United Arab Emirates.

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Philippine Workers in Taiwan Feel Backlash

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA — Advocates for Philippine migrant workers say they are concerned about the effects of a hiring freeze Taiwan's government has put in place against the Philippines. The move came less than a week after a Philippine Coast Guard crew admitted shooting at a Taiwanese vessel, killing a fisherman.

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PH urges Taiwan to protect Filipino workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang has formed a team from the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco) in Taipei to ensure protection for Filipino workers in Taiwan after reports of harassment and attacks by Taiwanese angry over the fatal shooting of one of their fishermen by Philippine coast guards last week.

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MECO to assist OFWs in Taiwan

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Amid efforts to resolve an escalating row with Taiwan over the death of a fisherman, the Philippine government has promised to extend assistance to Filipino workers in Taiwan who may be harassed or attacked.

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61 Bangladeshis to be returned home from Sri Lanka Sunday

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by that country’s navy in February, were scheduled to be brought back from Colombo around Sunday noon.

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15 stranded OFWs in Saudi return home

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA, Philippines – Fifteen overseas Filipino workers (OFW) stranded in Saudi Arabia have finally come home.

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Migrant, domestic workers need legislative support: PM

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Promising to engage with trade unions on their demands, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today urged them, as well as the industry, to focus on discussions for the welfare of migrant and domestic workers working in unsafe conditions.

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Caught in the middle: Migrant workers still trafficked into war-torn Syria

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Dozens of migrant domestic workers are being trafficked over the Lebanese border into Syria every month, despite the war raging there and official bans by Syria and several major source countries against bringing in new labor, officials from the Indonesian and Philippine embassies said Friday.

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No alternative for Filipino workers in Taiwan, says recruitment expert

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA, Philippines – The alternative labor markets being eyed by the Philippine government for Filipino who may be affected by the brewing tension between Taiwan and the Philippines are not feasible, a recruitment industry expert said Saturday.

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Int’l migrant group appeals for protection of Filipino workers in Taiwan

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA—“Filipino migrants are innocent; they should be protected,” the Hong Kong-based International Migrants Alliance said Saturday amid reports of continuing discrimination against and physical attacks on Filipino workers in Taiwan.

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MECO confirms violence against OFWs in Taiwan

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Manila, Philippines --- The Manila Economic Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei has confirmed reports that Filipinos in Taiwan are experiencing discrimination and harassment from Taiwanese and that an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Kaoshiung was hit in the arm with a baseball bat by an angry Taiwanese apparently in retaliation to the killing of a Taiwanese fisher

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Bangladesh not strict about immigration rules

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Bangladesh immigration authorities are not very strict about following rules and regulations on labour immigration, observed a team that recently visited the Philippines.

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Taiwan's freeze order on OFW hiring in effect since May 15

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA – The freeze order on the hiring of all Filipino workers imposed by Taiwan has been in effect since May 15, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said on Friday.

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Sri Lanka beckons foreign workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

May 17, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's post-war economic revival and tightening labour markets are throwing up opportunities for workers from abroad, including those who had left the island, business and state officials said.

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Filipinos discriminated, harassed in Taiwan

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Discriminated against, harassed.
This is the current state of Filipinos in Taiwan in the wake of the tension caused by the shooting of its national by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) off Balintang Channel last week.

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Thai raid on fishing operation frees dozens of enslaved migrants

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Thai authorities rescued more than 50 migrant workers, including eight Burmese nationals, who had been trafficked and were forced to work as slave labourers on fishing boats in Chonburi on Wednesday.

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Taipei City receives calls from concerned Philippine workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taipei City yesterday said in light of the Philippines' refusal to officially apologize over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, the city government has received over 30 phone calls regarding Philippine laborer working permits in the city.

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Taiwan freezes OFW hiring, recalls envoy

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Manila, Philippines --- Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou Wednesday froze the hiring of Philippine workers to express “strong dissatisfaction” over Manila’s handling of the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, his spokeswoman said.

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Female migrants workers sexually abused

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Female Bangladeshi migrant workers are tortured and sexually harassed while working as maids abroad in countries including Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Dubai.

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Australia gets tough on asylum-seekers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday extended tough refugee policies to any asylum-seeker who lands on its mainland, allowing them to be banished to remote Nauru or Papua New Guinea for detention.

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OFWs remittance reach $5.6b in Philippines

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Manila: Money sent home by Filipinos abroad reached $5.6 billion (Dh499 billion) during the first quarter of 2013 even as remittances showed less robust growth compared to previous years.

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Join forces to help migrant labourers, GCC told

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

ABU DHABI // An academic yesterday called for the Gulf Cooperation Council to harmonise its migration management policy as the states share similar concerns.

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World Bank: Migration of labourers 'demands more attention'

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

ABU DHABI // The forum yesterday highlighted the need to promote migrant workers' rights and reach agreements on their movement around the Arabian Gulf.

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60% of migrant workers better off in UAE, according to survey

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

ABU DHABI // A survey of migrant workers in the UAE has found that 63 per cent of earnings are sent home - an average of Dh10,000 each annually.

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DOE: All migrant worker applicants to get permits by August deadline

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

BANGKOK, 16 May 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Employment (DOE) has revealed that almost 170,000 migrant workers have already received their work permits while assuring that the documents will be issued for the rest of the applicants before the deadline in August.

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Over 100,000 temporary marriages by Chinese migrant workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

BEIJING: More than 100,000 migrant workers in China are believed to have entered into temporary marriages- a euphemism for live-in relationships.

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Palace to Taiwan: Treat Filipino workers decently

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government urged the Taiwanese people on Thursday to treat Filipinos working in Taiwan decently amid a brewing row over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman killed last week by the Philippine Coast Guard off Batanes.

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As the Philippines and Taiwan Fight, Migrant Workers Suffer

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Taiwan and the Philippines are fighting, with Taiwanese furious over the killing of a local fisherman by the Philippine coast guard in disputed waters, so Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has found an easy target to show voters he can stand up for them: Ma is punishing young women from the Philippines who work in Taiwan as domestic helpers.

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Some OFWs worry about safety in Taiwan

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MANILA – Some Filipino workers in Taiwan are worried that tensions will continue to escalate following the death of a Taiwanese fisherman last week.

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