Category Archives for Labor

Hindi yata tama gawing legal ang pagpuputa

Inirekomenda ng United Nations Development Program (UNDP) na gawing legal ang prostitution o pagpu-puta para daw maproteksyunan ang mga kawawang puta. Hindi yata tama. Naawa ako sa mga puta dahil hindi talaga kanais-nais na trabaho ang kanilang ginagawa at marami … Continue reading

21. October 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Health, Labor | Tags: , | 28 comments

P100 million to combat human trafficking

Amidst stories of Filipinos being lured by syndicates to a life of misery and degradation, here’s a silver lining: Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad has granted the request of the Department of Justice for P100 million for the 2013 operations … Continue reading

02. July 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Human Rights, Justice, Labor, Malaya | Tags: , | 9 comments

More funds needed in fight vs human traffickers

Okay, the Philippines has evaded going back on the Watch List of the United States Department of State’s monitoring of Trafficking of Persons. Considering that the government has intensified export of Filipino workers overseas because it cannot provide jobs for … Continue reading

29. June 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Justice, Labor, Malaya | Tags: , | 1 comment

The Filipino worker today

VERA Files took snap shots of the state of the country’s greatest resource,Filipino manpower, on Labor Day: JENNY Tanael, 47, is a wife of a minimum wage earner and mother of a contractual worker. Her eldest son Juan Paolo keeps … Continue reading

06. May 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Labor, Vera Files | Tags: , , | 10 comments

Binawi ang ban ng OFW sa 41 na bansa

Heto na naman. Pumalpak si Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz sa pag-anunsyo na may ban sa pagpadala ng manggagawang Pilipino sa 41 na bansang hindi pumirma sa kasunduan sa Pilipinas para protektahan ang mga Pilipino na nagtatrabaho doon. Ngayon, hindi niya … Continue reading

05. November 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Labor, OFW concerns | Tags: | 20 comments

Tigilan na ang pagpadala ng domestic helpers sa Middle East

Dapat tingnan ng pamahalaan ang problema ngayon ng ating domestic helpers sa Saudi Arabia na oportunidad para ibahin, o kaya tigilan na ang pagpadala ng domestic helpers sa Middle East. Marami ngayon sa ating mga mahirap na kababayan na may … Continue reading

03. July 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Labor, Malaya | Tags: | 10 comments

Ang ibang biktima ng sakuna sa Japan

Updates: In Libya: Missiles strike in first wave of allied assault http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42164455/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/ In Japan: Situation in Nuke plant stabilizing; radiation found in Japanese milk, spinach http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42165497/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ Click on photo to view it enlarged Sinabi ni Dennis Garcia sa kanyang Facebook … Continue reading

20. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Foreign Affairs, Labor | Tags: , | 4 comments

JDV’s connection to Gaddafi

In the light of the United Nations Security Council’s strong action Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi, former House Speaker Jose de Venecia’s letter to the beleaguered strongman seems an exercise in futility and just a boast of his international connections. … Continue reading

27. February 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Foreign Affairs, Labor, Malaya | Tags: , , | 44 comments

Makataong media para sa ina ni George Francis

Sana naman respetuhin ng media karapatan ng ina ni George Francis, ang sanggol na iniwan sa basurahan sa Gulf Air nong isang linggo, sa “privacy” o pag-iisa habang inaayos niya ang kanyang buhay. Sana naman sundin ng media ang paki-usap … Continue reading

19. September 2010 by Ellen
Categories: Labor | Tags: | 17 comments

Hinagpis ng mga OFW

Kahindik-hindik ang nangyari kay Asria Samad Abdul, 34 taong gulang na overseas foreign worker (OFW) sa Kuwait. Ayun sa report, nakita ang bangkay ni Asria, na tubong Datu Odin Sinsuat sa Maguindanao, sa disyerto ng Kabd na maraming saksak. Mukhang … Continue reading

20. July 2010 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Human Rights, Labor | Tags: | 13 comments

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