ComVal’s Anibina Trade Fair a Success
DAVAO CITY -- The AniBina Bulawanon Festival Agri-Trade and Tourism Fair 2007 reaped P1 million in sales, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Compostela Valley Project Office revealed. The…
AFP Cites Minors in Propaganda Offensive vs NPA
The Philippine military seems to be on the propaganda offensive again against the New People’s Army, this time accusing the communist movement of recruiting minors and children. In this news report, the military claims that a 12-year-old member of the NPA was killed in an encounter in New Bataan, Compostela Valley on Saturday. In two earlier press releases, the military said it captured seven NPA guerrillas — all allegedly minors — in Agusan del Sur and Bukidnon. The military says three of the alleged NPA guerrillas in the picture above are minors. (Photo: Public Affairs Office, 6th Infantry Division/AFP)
Asean migration pact seen to push low-skilled workers into further risk
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
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MAKATI CITY?LESS protected under an international convention, domestic helpers and low-skilled temporary migrant workers still couldn?t find solace within a pact among Asean countries, analysts pointed out recently.
Advocates say this omission by member-countries in a non-binding declaration on migrant workers? protection by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations could push millions of transient workers into accepting more dirty and demeaning jobs and weak bargaining positions.
Chamber of Commerce for OFWs pushed
by KRISTY ANNE C. TOPACIO-MANALAYSAY and JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
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MANILA?PEOPLE who built their business from working abroad are moving to form a Chamber of Commerce to lure more overseas Filipino workers into becoming entrepreneurs.
?Instead of going to greedy local businessmen, fellow OFWs can go to themselves and make
arrangements to supply some raw materials, or even provide discounts to some of their products to fellow OFW entrepreneurs,? businessman Miguel Bolos told the OFW Journalism Consortium?.
Gov?t says open to redeploy Pinoys not ready to return
by KRISTY ANNE C. TOPACIO-MANALAYSAY
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MANILA — SUCCESSFULLY building a business after working abroad, Alberto Limbo Perez still couldn?t be pinned down in his own country. Luckily for him, a recently-built government center can give him that chance.
?Who would reject the opportunity of working abroad?? the 47-year-old Perez said in Tagalog. ?Earnings from abroad are a big help to meet our needs. It?s a waste to let the opportunity pass.?
This comes from a man whose seven-year-old work abroad is being poured on a house with swimming pool at a cost of P4 million, almost half of what the Philippine government spent on a building to mold Filipinos like him to either stay home for good or go back to migrant work.