Manila: CFO and Globe/Touch Mobile Launch Text-Based 1343 Action Line Against Human Trafficking Source: http://cfo.gov.ph Starting January 15, 2013, text messages can be utilized to combat human trafficking. This is what the Commission on Filipinos…
Hostaged! BY SUSAN OPLE ⋅ JANUARY 21, 2013 As posted in www.blasoplecenter.com This is the story of 31-year old seafarer, Gerald Gonzales, from Iloilo City. He holds the record for being the longest held Filipino…
Source: DIRECT FROM THE LABOR FRONT By Atty Josephus Jimenez The first mission of a true leader is to search, jointly with the people, for A COMMON VISION, a nation’s or an organization’s common aspiration,…
First Posted in www.dole.gov.ph on December 28, 2012 A record year for OFW reintegration 3,705 OFWs opted to start small business with the DOLE’s Balik-Pinay! Balik-Hanapbuhay! Project; double the number in 2012 Saying that the…
KANAUG NA BABY by Atty JB Jimenez Kanaug na Ayaw Paghulat, Nga Matuman Ang Mga Nahisulat, Ayaw Paabota Nga Puniton Ka Ug Ibalibag, Ayaw Hulata Nga Ang Mga Sukna’ Dili Mo Na Matubag, Kanaug Na,…
11 January 2013 – In view of the low client turnout on Sundays, the DFA has decided to discontinue its Sunday operations in the following Regional Consular Offices (RCOs) and Metro Manila satellite offices beginning…
AMERICA MUST ADMIT WRONG, APOLOGIZE FOR MURDERING MACARIO SAKAY ET AL by: Atty Berteni Cataluña Causing Thank you to “JUSTICE for Macario Sakay Et. Al. CORE” for making me a part of this advocacy! Join…
News Release 28 November 2012 POEA to vacationing OFWs: Get your exit clearance early “Avoid the rush. Avoid the long lines”. Thus said Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac yesterday as he advised balikmanggagawa or overseas…
Press Release pinoyblogawards.com Social Media, the rebirth of blogging for Pinoy Expats and OFWs – PEBA 2012 Social Media, the rebirth of blogging for Pinoy Expats and OFWs OFWs clamour for an aginaldo or a…
As Posted in blasoplecenter.com Over five hundred relatives and families of overseas Filipino workers will celebrate Christmas with their own party organized by the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-profit organization that assists migrant workers,…
As posted in renatomabunga.wordpress.com HRDP Statement on the 64th Int’l Human Rights Day On the occasion of the International Human Rights day on December 10, 2012, the Human Rights Defenders–Pilipinas (HRDP) salutes all working women and men in reclaiming the…
News Release www.poea.gov.ph 30 October 2012 Balik-manggagawa or vacationing overseas Filipino workers now have the option to set an appointment with the POEA for the processing of their exit clearance or overseas employment certificate (OEC),…
News Release www.poea.gov.ph 23 October 2012 The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration cancelled the license of another recruitment agency that was found violating the government’s placement fee policy. Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac ordered the cancellation…
by: Renato Mabunga First posted in: ucanews.com September 26, 2012 Greed of the few endangers happiness of the many The world marked the International Day of Peace last week, on September 21, the same day…
Source: DIRECT FROM THE LABOR FRONT By Atty Josephus Jimenez Business executives and managers are also employees. When they are illegally dismissed or are subjected to unfair labor practices or denied of their basic rights,…
Source: DIRECT FROM THE LABOR FRONT By Atty Josephus Jimenez As the political tempest is currently heating up, the work environment should brace up for possible problems that may arise from some employees’ exercise of…
Proclamation No. 1081 was the declaration of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Once in effect, it covered the entire republic on September 21, 1972. It was announced to the public…
Source: DIRECT FROM THE LABOR FRONT By Atty Josephus Jimenez While the leaders of Asia Pacific nations have wrapped their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, the people managers in our country held its 49th National Conference…
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 Calling All OFWs and other Overseas Filipinos: Register as Overseas Filipino Voters for the May 2013 Elections. The OAV Summit Group composed of different civil society groups, committed to…
Source: DIRECT FROM THE LABOR FRONT By Atty Josephus Jimenez Not only in the scriptures but also in Philippine labor laws, that this dictum appears overriding: To whom much is given, much is expected. In…
Paalam Kuya Jesse by: Susan Ople First posted in susanople.com Nauna ka na naman. Hanggan ba naman sa kamatayan ay nagmamadali ka? Di pa uso ang katagang “daang matuwid”, itinuwid mo na ang daan ng Naga….
By Kallie Szczepanski About.com A disturbing video shot in 1983 shows Filipino army personnel boarding a plane and ordering opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr., more commonly called Ninoy Aquino, to disembark. He smiles, but his eyes look…