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Read more about the article OFW Crisis Center approved by council, but budget has to wait until 2022
Stranded passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 wait for their chance to take the next available flight after the Philippine Airlines cancelled 50 domestic and international flights on Sunday, October 16 due to Typhoon Karen (international name Sarika). (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

OFW Crisis Center approved by council, but budget has to wait until 2022

A newly approved city ordinance establishing an Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Welfare and Crisis Center Tuesday was met with approval by a group serving the OFWs, but the center may not be implemented anytime soon.

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Read more about the article Group tells OFWS: ‘Keep calm and carry on,’ amid diplomatic crisis in Middle East

Group tells OFWS: ‘Keep calm and carry on,’ amid diplomatic crisis in Middle East

The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-profit organization that assists distressed overseas Filipino workers cited the popular slogan which was featured in posters and coffee mugs worldwide to lessen the fears of OFWs in the Middle East.

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Read more about the article Today’s View: Raging for our women migrant workers

Today’s View: Raging for our women migrant workers

By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today

Imagine a mother, a daughter, a sister or a cousin made to suffer in the hands of our government officials.  They are touched, probed, forced into submission, psychologically and physically tortured by one who is supposed to help and protect them in a foreign land?  How would you feel?  Rage! 

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