Book Title: ME, US AND THEM: REALITIES AND ILLUSIONS OF FILIPINA DOMESTIC WORKERS First Printed: 2004 Authors: Charito Basa and Rosalud Jing de la Rosa A community research project by the Filipino Women’s Council A…
By Bassam Za’za’, Legal and Court Correspondent gulfnews.com Dubai: A visitor found himself unintentionally involved in a suspected murder case and had to admit that he’s homosexual and had consensual sex with another man, who…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted in: pinoywatchdog.com With beautiful blue skies above and the morning warmth just right, thousands of San Diegans including many veterans, servicemen/women and their families gathered outside…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted in : pinoywatchdog.com Words shrinkwrapped into a magic mantra that could very well make most of the estimated eight-to-eleven million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) feel good…
Source: DIRECT FROM THE LABOR FRONT By Atty Josephus Jimenez We are about to celebrate our Independence Day once again. But there are millions of Filipinos who are jobless, homeless and hopeless. Are these poor…
Abaya wa Tarha ni Tasyo Espiritu unang araw sa arabia binigyan ako ni baba kulay itim na bestida at itim din na kaputsa. abaya at tarha dapat daw laging nakahanda sabi pa nya, “fi abaya…
Source : akoaypilipino.eu Roma – Hunyo 5, 2012 – Ang krisis ay patuloy, at ang trabaho ay hindi palaging natatagpuan sa isang kisap mata. Ang mga sector kung nasaan karamihan ng mga banyagang manggagawa ay…
OFW Speaks – Arvin Manalang featuring the Song Paratang of Ka Romy Carbonell Video by Tasio Espiritu
By: Dionesio Grava First posted in : www.pinasglobal.com on September 2011 FORMER Vice President Al Gore, who became a Nobel laureate by virtue of his A Inconvenient Truth advocacy, was in the news again the…
Source: www.akoaypilipino.eu Manila, June 7, 2012 – Oo, ang pagpapautang at pagsingil sa overseas Filipino worker (OFW) ng isang recruitment agency bilang pambayad ng placement fee o mga POEA required fees para sa isang application for…
Source: kuwaittimes.net KUWAIT: The Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ahmad Al-Rujaib issued a ministerial decision regulating the process of changing domestic iqamas into work permits in the private sector, taking the interior ministry rules into…
Ni Atty James Lobedica Sa matag lakang, matag tunob, matag dis-og atong hinumdoman, Ang hangin nga atong gihanggap, atong lihoklihok nga dili pinugngan, Ang mga pakigpulong, lainlaing pangandoy ug damgong walay kinutoban, Kining tanan, atong…
“Bihag” by Francis Morilao www.notesnikiko.com ‘sang libong taon na ang lumipas kasarinlang binanggit ng mga pantas nabago na ang saligang batas marami pa ring nakikitang butas
LAWAS KAN PINABLI special free screening for “Encounters: New Filipino Cinema” on June 10,2012, 2PM at the YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS in #701 Mission St., San Francisco, California, USA. for more information please…
Ayaw intawon hikalimti, Ayaw intawon ibaylo ni Tasyo Espiritu Ayaw intawon hikalimti ang kabilin sa mga bayani Patay na man t’uod ‘to sila ang ilang pakigbisog, buhion ‘ta hangtod kanus-a.
Privilege Speech of Senator Loren Legarda Senate of the Philippines, June 6, 2012 Mr. President, I rise on a matter of personal privilege to underscore my personal commitment as your Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations…
Si Berting Palikero nakakita ug matahom nga binuhat nga nangalimyon sa kahumot. Iyang gituparan, gipabati sa iyang mga pulong gamhanan. “Bulak, pwede bang makahibalo ko?” ni Berting nga nitupad ug lingkod sa babaye. “Unsaaa!!!” naisa…
Kalayaan para sa Tambay ng Bat’ha Ayon kay Pink Floyd Ako si Pink Floyd, tambay ng Bat’ha Nagmamasid, naghihintay Padala sa pamilya, ala eh, bahala na Konting baryang hawak, wag sana madamay Nakakainip ang gawi…
Source: www.akoaypilipino.eu Roma, Mayo 30, 2012 -”Sa halos dalawang taon na, ang mga migranteng nasa kulungan, hindi kasama ang mga undocumented, ay kumakatawan 35%, samantala sa hilagang Italya ang 70% ng pagnanakaw ay sanhi ng…
OFW Speaks Kabayang Truck Driver
Source: kuwaittimes.net KUWAIT: In continuation of security inspection campaigns on illegal residents and violators of residency laws, a special inspection campaign was launched at dawn yesterday at Amghara scrap market. The campaign resulted in the…
TORRANCE. Kalayaan Inc. will stage a Grand Ball to commemorate the 114th Anniversary of Philippine Independence Day at the Torrance Marriott South Bay Hotel in Torrance, Calif., 3635 Fashion Way, Torrance, CA 90503. CARSON. An…