By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
Gary Martinez, International Chairperson of Migrante says their organization has helped 15 of these OFWs finally return to the country last Saturday, two of them are from Davao City. “They can talk about how they were treated by embassy officials in Riyadh,” he says.
By DAVAO TODAY
Richard Baguio Saavedra of AdDU Class 2012 garnered 96 percent rating, the highest among the 1,553 passers. The Professional Regulation Commission said there were a total of 5,665 examinees.
Alfred Bulasa (left), a worker in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is one of the thousands affected by the "Saudization" policy in the Middle East which required foreign workers to have working VISAs and EQAMAs (residence permits). Those who don't have these were given three months to either go home or find another employer, otherwise, they will be imprisoned for a year and employers will be made to pay the penalties. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today
Sagalas, according to Msgr. Ullysses Perandos, the Vicar-General of the Diocese of Tagum, should “emanate hope, faith and love with simplicity as these were the three virtues of the blessed Virgin.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Under this program, land titles covered by Emancipation Patents and Certificate of Land Ownership Award or even pre-patent are accepted as collateral with chattel mortgage on the equipment. Collateral, thus, don’t have to be commercial or residential lots, unlike before.