No Massive Displacement of OFWs?

[jpdm]

philippine Star

Si Ate Glue sa Qatar..buwiseeeet...

Sabi ng alipores ni Ate Glue, yung pagpunta nya sa Qatar, may 100,000 daw na trabahong naghihintay sa mga Pinoy dun...

...I dont believe this...baka pinagtatakpan lang ni leprecaun este Ate Glue yung junket nya sa Qatar

[True Faith]

philippine Star

Si Ate Glue sa Qatar..buwiseeeet...

Sabi ng alipores ni Ate Glue, yung pagpunta nya sa Qatar, may 100,000 daw na trabahong naghihintay sa mga Pinoy dun...

...I dont believe this...baka pinagtatakpan lang ni leprecaun este Ate Glue yung junket nya sa Qatar

Agree!puro kapalpakan!!

[gonzo]

The GMA administration is good in cover up, using false publicity to make it look good in public but in reality its full of lies.

OFW is greatly affected with the global crises, ayaw lang aminin ng administration. Read the article ma iinis ka lang sa pa mumulitika ni GMA.

D'JAY LAZARO, GMANews.TV
> 12/12/2008 | 07:43 PM
>
> MANILA, Philippines — Filipino workers terminated in Taiwan who
came
> to see President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on invitation of
Malacaòang
> were allegedly duped into making them believe that there is a
> livelihood program for them to cushion the impact of the economic
> crisis.
>
> In a press statement, Migrante International quoted some of the
> workers as saying they were expecting at least a brief dialogue
with
> the President, but were disappointed when their meeting was turned
> allegedly into a "photo-op" for administration.
>
> "We were expecting to meet and talk with the President. But the
> President only came when the cameras started rolling. While in
front
> of the cameras, President Arroyo herself handed checks to 4 of our
> representatives. After the ceremony, we were asked to immediately
> turn the checks over to the Technological Resource Center as the
> funds were allegedly for a livelihood program for us which we still
> needed to apply for. It was not what we were asking for at all!"
> lamented Cristina de Borja, one of the retrenched OFWs.
>
> The incident happened on December 5 when Labor Secretary Marianito
> Roque and OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimson herded the OFWs from
> OWWA to Malacanang.
>
> De Borja continued, "Our demands are just and simple. We need the
> immediate reimbursement of our airfare and placement fee, and the
> payment of the unexpired portion of contract. At this moment, we
are
> in crisis; we do not have any job, we are in debt and our main
worry
> is how to feed our children. We cannot afford to stand in line and
> apply for some kind of assistance package which may turn out to be
a
> loan and which could take months to process! We want President
Arroyo
> to tell us that the Philippine government will do everything in her
> power to enforce our valid contracts!"
>
> "But she did not speak to us at all! After the photo gimmick, she
> left, without a word to us!" Cristina bewailed. "Our hopes turned
to
> utter dismay. We feel so betrayed, to be used as a media gimmick by
> the President herself!
>
> The "assistance package" which the OFWs called a "bagful of
> brochures" was a simple native bag containing a demo-CD of the SSS,
a
> certificate from TESDA, a certificate from Malacaòang, and flyers
> from OWWA and other related agencies.
>
> "Our creditors, who saw that brazen lie enacted by Malacaòang, are
> now threatening to sue us, believing we now have money to pay back
> the loans we incurred to get to Taiwan," Cristina added.
>
> Meanwhile, Migrante International chairperson, Garry Martinez
called
> the incident "the height of opportunism. "
>
> "This administration has, once again, exposed itself, in the most
> tasteless way, to be a scheming administration ready to do anything
> for a quick public relations fix! Before it was the general
> electorate she duped, now the people she has repeatedly called
> the "Bagong Bayanis." - GMANews.TV

[jpdm]

[SIZE=2]Manila Times
December 19, 2008

[SIZE=3]OFW Faces Massive Lay-offs
[SIZE=2]ILO Warns Against Using Workers as Scapegoats[/SIZE]
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Millions of migrant workers face layoffs and worsening conditions as the global financial crisis bites in the countries where they are employed, the International Labor Organization said Wednesday.

[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Past experience makes us painfully aware that migrant workers, especially woman workers and those in irregular status, are among the hardest hit and most vulnerable during crisis situations,” ILO Director General Juan Somavia said.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]The Geneva-based UN agency’s regional office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, in Manila, released the statement on the eve of International Migrants Day, which is today.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]“While the full impact of the crisis on migrant workers is yet to unfold, there are reports of direct layoffs, worsening working conditions including wage cuts, increasing returns and reductions in immigrant intakes,” he said. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Somavia appealed to governments in host countries to “assess their labor market needs before resorting to general layoffs of migrant workers. It is important that migrant workers do not become scapegoats for the current financial and economic crisis.”[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=4]In the Philippines, one of the biggest labor-exporting countries in the world, the government has reported that several thousands of its citizens have lost their jobs abroad.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]Somavia said at least 100 million men and women have left home to find work in another part of the world.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]In October, he warned that the financial crisis could lead to record global unemployment, with 20 million more people out of work by the end of 2009. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]An official, however, from the Philippines’ Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said that the impact of the global crisis particularly on Filipino migrant workers has not yet reached an alarming stage. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]“It’s not that big an issue,” the official added. “The government is doing all it can to help the displaced workers.” [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]“There is no cause for alarm,” the OWWA official said, “even with the layoffs in Taiwan, there are still countries like Qatar, Canada and Australia that have since then opened their labor market to our workers.” [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Taiwan recently retrenched some 1,200 overseas Filipino workers. [/SIZE]
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--AFP With Bernice Camille V. Bauzon And Angelo S. Samonte[/SIZE]

The government of Arroyo should stop convincing themselves that everything is ok.

[kinyo]

An official, however, from the Philippines’ Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said that the impact of the global crisis particularly on Filipino migrant workers has not yet reached an alarming stage.

tama naman sinabi nya ... kasi next year pa tutunog yung alarm!

[gonzo]

kaya bumili na dapat ang mga OFWs ng LCD TV's before the crisis happens hehehe

Whats with the LCD TV sir? di ko ma gets?

[jpdm]

A displaced OFW just arrived last week told me more Taiwan-based OFWs are in danger of losing their jobs next year...

[ab_initio]

The government of Arroyo should stop convincing themselves that everything is ok.

+1. coz we're not really ok. for almost a decade of governance she hasn't addressed the issue of the increasing incidence of hungry Filipinos. her government hasn't designed a contingency plan of putting the displaced OFWs back into the mainstream of the society...more Filipino families won't be able to sleep because of the incessant hunger pangs. tsk!