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Did you know that Pinay entertainers, like singers and dancers, in Thailand are receiving better pay than their counterparts from other Southeast Asian countries?

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135969 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 520249 [Title] => Our Filipino women in Fukuoka [Summary] =>

A deep red setting sun met us as we entered Fukuoka last Saturday. An almost full moon had already risen as well at the other side.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 394819 [Title] => Cebuano entertainers in Hong Kong [Summary] => Our love for music is carried all over the world not just through the likes of international artist Lea Salonga, but also through Filipinos who are working abroad as entertainers. [DatePublished] => 2007-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135299 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536606 [AuthorName] => Nathalie Tomada [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Entertainment [SectionUrl] => cebu-entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 351836 [Title] => Drop in ‘Japayuki’ deployment hurting Japanese businesses [Summary] => Tighter policies on the recruitment of Filipina entertainers in Japan, popularly called "Japayukis," has brought untold suffering to many of the country’s nightclubs, bars and entertainment venues which have now run out of business due to the scarcity of the so-called Japayukis.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294303 [Title] => DOLE downplays drop in Japan’s hiring of entertainers [Summary] => The slump in the hiring of Filipino entertainers in Japan is just temporary with the Philippines soon to recapture the market, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) maintained yesterday.

"The market is there and we are not going to lose it," Undersecretary for Employment Danilo Cruz said in reaction to latest official figures showing a 38-percent drop in the deployment of overseas performing artists (OPAs) in Japan in recent months.
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Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon has reportedly ordered labor officials to suspend the verification and authentication processes of the work contracts of OPAs, a local recruitment agency revealed yesterday.

The Philippine Association of Recruitment Agencies Deploying Artists (PARADA) said Siazon supposedly gave the order upon the request of Tokyo’s foreign ministry. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271949 [Title] => Kabuhayan ng mga entertainers sa Japan, dumilim [Summary] => SINALAKAY noong isang linggo ng mga Japanese Immigration ang halos lahat ng mga omesi sa Japan kaya sangkaterbang Pinay entertainers ang nawalan ng hotraba kasi sinarado ang mga club na pinapasukan nila. Kaya ang mga Noypi na nahuli ay tiyak malungkot dahil siguradong deported sila back to the Philippines.

Nahuli kasi ng mga immigration sa Japan ang mga entertainers na nakaupo sa tabi ng mga Japanese customers na mahigpit na ipinagbabawal ng kanilang batas doon. Sabi nga, hostessing ang tawag todits.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135127 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268225 [Title] => Romulo back from Tokyo empty-handed [Summary] => Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo returned from Japan empty-handed yesterday, even while assuring Filipinos that the Japanese government’s stricter immigration policy is meant to stop illegal recruitment and human trafficking.

The Japanese government, Romulo said, did not formulate the new policy to reduce the number of Filipino workers employed in Japan, primarily as entertainers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267394 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Reinvention [Summary] => Former and prospective "Japayukis" have been taking to the streets in the past days, protesting a Japanese government decision to restrict the entry of foreign entertainers. The plan covers all foreign workers in Japan, but because Filipinos account for what could be the biggest group of foreign entertainers in that country, the protest is loudest in the Philippines. Many nightspots in Japan feature Filipino bands and other entertainers. [DatePublished] => 2004-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267401 [Title] => Making sure the girls know what they’re doing [Summary] => In contrast to a sombre week of non-stop shocks and tragedy, it was a happy experience for me to meet a group of Filipino-Canadian achievers last Thursday at a luncheon given in their honor by Canada’s Ambassador here, Peter Sutherland.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1333896
                    [Title] => Pinay entertainers
                    [Summary] => 

Did you know that Pinay entertainers, like singers and dancers, in Thailand are receiving better pay than their counterparts from other Southeast Asian countries?

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135969 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 520249 [Title] => Our Filipino women in Fukuoka [Summary] =>

A deep red setting sun met us as we entered Fukuoka last Saturday. An almost full moon had already risen as well at the other side.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 394819 [Title] => Cebuano entertainers in Hong Kong [Summary] => Our love for music is carried all over the world not just through the likes of international artist Lea Salonga, but also through Filipinos who are working abroad as entertainers. [DatePublished] => 2007-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135299 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536606 [AuthorName] => Nathalie Tomada [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Entertainment [SectionUrl] => cebu-entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 351836 [Title] => Drop in ‘Japayuki’ deployment hurting Japanese businesses [Summary] => Tighter policies on the recruitment of Filipina entertainers in Japan, popularly called "Japayukis," has brought untold suffering to many of the country’s nightclubs, bars and entertainment venues which have now run out of business due to the scarcity of the so-called Japayukis.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294303 [Title] => DOLE downplays drop in Japan’s hiring of entertainers [Summary] => The slump in the hiring of Filipino entertainers in Japan is just temporary with the Philippines soon to recapture the market, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) maintained yesterday.

"The market is there and we are not going to lose it," Undersecretary for Employment Danilo Cruz said in reaction to latest official figures showing a 38-percent drop in the deployment of overseas performing artists (OPAs) in Japan in recent months.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275610 [Title] => RP eases policy on Japanese promoters [Summary] => The Philippine government has suspended regulations restricting Japanese promoters from hiring Filipino entertainers in an apparent bid to promote the deployment of overseas performing artists (OPAs).

Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon has reportedly ordered labor officials to suspend the verification and authentication processes of the work contracts of OPAs, a local recruitment agency revealed yesterday.

The Philippine Association of Recruitment Agencies Deploying Artists (PARADA) said Siazon supposedly gave the order upon the request of Tokyo’s foreign ministry. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271949 [Title] => Kabuhayan ng mga entertainers sa Japan, dumilim [Summary] => SINALAKAY noong isang linggo ng mga Japanese Immigration ang halos lahat ng mga omesi sa Japan kaya sangkaterbang Pinay entertainers ang nawalan ng hotraba kasi sinarado ang mga club na pinapasukan nila. Kaya ang mga Noypi na nahuli ay tiyak malungkot dahil siguradong deported sila back to the Philippines.

Nahuli kasi ng mga immigration sa Japan ang mga entertainers na nakaupo sa tabi ng mga Japanese customers na mahigpit na ipinagbabawal ng kanilang batas doon. Sabi nga, hostessing ang tawag todits.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135127 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268225 [Title] => Romulo back from Tokyo empty-handed [Summary] => Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo returned from Japan empty-handed yesterday, even while assuring Filipinos that the Japanese government’s stricter immigration policy is meant to stop illegal recruitment and human trafficking.

The Japanese government, Romulo said, did not formulate the new policy to reduce the number of Filipino workers employed in Japan, primarily as entertainers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267394 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Reinvention [Summary] => Former and prospective "Japayukis" have been taking to the streets in the past days, protesting a Japanese government decision to restrict the entry of foreign entertainers. The plan covers all foreign workers in Japan, but because Filipinos account for what could be the biggest group of foreign entertainers in that country, the protest is loudest in the Philippines. Many nightspots in Japan feature Filipino bands and other entertainers. [DatePublished] => 2004-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267401 [Title] => Making sure the girls know what they’re doing [Summary] => In contrast to a sombre week of non-stop shocks and tragedy, it was a happy experience for me to meet a group of Filipino-Canadian achievers last Thursday at a luncheon given in their honor by Canada’s Ambassador here, Peter Sutherland.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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