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                    [Summary] => A non-government organization of overseas Filipinos warned yesterday that they will stage a global boycott of administration candidates in the 2004 elections if the government will not give them "total suffrage" in the absentee voting bill.


"President Arroyo must not expect any votes from Filipinos abroad, especially if she continues to undermine their right to complete suffrage," said Migrante International secretary general Poe Gratela.


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                    [Title] => 4 OFWs get death
                    [Summary] => Four more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are facing execution in Saudi Arabia for the alleged murder of another Filipino worker.


Migrante International, an organization of OFWs, identified the convicts as Wilfredo Bautista, Sergio Aldana, Antonio Alvesa and Miguel Fernandez.


The Taif Grand Court in Saudi Arabia imprisoned the four in 1999 and sentenced them to death last Sept. 11 for allegedly killing Jaime de la Cruz.


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                    [Title] => 4 pang OFWs sa Saudi pupugutan
                    [Summary] => Apat pang overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) ang nakatakdang pugutan matapos hatulan ng kamatayan sa umano’y pagpatay sa isa pang OFW sa Saudi Arabia.


Kinilala ng Migrante International ang apat na sina Wilfredo Bautista, 35; Sergio Aldana, Antonio Alvesa at Miguel Fernandez.


Ang mga akusado ay nakakulong noon pang 1999 at nahatulan ng Taif Grand Court sa Saudi Arabia noong September 11, 2002 dahil sa umano’y pagpatay kay Jaime dela Cruz.


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                    [Title] => 44 OFWs in Saudi face execution
                    [Summary] => The militant group Migrante International said yesterday that 44 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia are scheduled to be beheaded after being convicted of various crimes.


At the same time, Migrante revealed some 1,500 other OFWs who escaped from their employers are stranded in the country since their passports have been withheld.


"We urge the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to actively monitor and intervene in the cases of the imprisoned OFWs, especially those on Death Row," said Poe Gratela, Migrante secretary general.


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                    [Title] => Pagdating ni GMA sa DFA sasalubungin ng kilos-protesta
                    [Summary] => Sasalubungin ng kilos-protesta ang nakatakdang pagdating ngayon ni Pangulong Arroyo sa tanggapan ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bilang pagsisimula ng kanyang panunungkulan kapalit ni Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. matapos na maging epektibo ang pagbibitiw nito kahapon.


Sa panayam sa tagapagsalita ng grupong Migrante na si Poe Gratela, umaga pa lang ay magmamartsa na sila patungo sa DFA building.


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                    [Title] => Pinay na nag-suicide sa Singapore wala sa talaan ng OWWA at POEA
                    [Summary] => Wala sa listahan ng mga overseas Filipino workers ang Pinay maid na naiulat na umano’y nagpatiwakal sa pamamagitan ng pagtalon mula sa ika-25 palapag ng Rajah Tower sa Singapore.


Ito ang nabatid sa eksklusibong panayam kay Poe Gratela, pangulo at tagapagsalita ng grupong Migrante.


Ayon kay Gratela, pinaalis ang OFW na si Maricon Felix Gatapia, 21, dalaga, ng Bagumbayan, Teresa, Rizal patungong Singapore ng AIMS World Management Corp., ang pinag-aplayan niyang agency, nang hindi dumaan sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).


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Ito ang nabatid sa eksklusibong panayam kay Poe Gratela, pangulo at tagapagsalita ng grupong Migrante.


Ayon kay Gratela, pinaalis ang OFW na si Maricon Felix Gatapia, 21, dalaga, ng Bagumbayan, Teresa, Rizal patungong Singapore ng AIMS World Management Corp., ang pinag-aplayan niyang agency, nang hindi dumaan sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).


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                    [Title] => Raps poised vs OWWA chief over ‘fund misuse’
                    [Summary] => Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) chief Wilhelm Soriano is facing administrative charges and possible dismissal from public service due to alleged misuse of government funds.


Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said yesterday her department is now readying charges in connection with the reported misuse of multibillion-peso OWWA funds.


Sto. Tomas said a committee headed by Undersecretary Arturo Brion is expected to complete its investigation and that charges will be filed soon after sufficient evidence is gathered.


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                    [Title] => Pinoys in Korea face job loss
                    [Summary] => Some 12,800 Filipino workers in South Korea are likely to lose their jobs and face forcible repatriation as Seoul launches a crackdown on undocumented foreign workers.


The Migrante International (MI) said the South Korean government has implemented since March a voluntary registration program for unauthorized foreigners, requiring illegal entrants to voluntarily leave the country or face arrest.


"There is fear that this scheme is being used to justify the systematic arrest and deportation of undocumented workers," said MI secretary-general Poe Gratela.


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                    [Title] => Halaga ng passport tataas
                    [Summary] => Kinondena kahapon ng Migrante International at iba pang nakabalik nang manggagawang Pilipino sa bansa ang napipintong panggagatas ng salapi sa mga OFWs dahil sa pagtataas sa singil sa pasaporte kaugnay ng paglilipat sa pribadong sektor sa produksiyon ng pasaporte.


Sinabi ng Migrante na tataas kaagad sa halagang P1,500 ang singil sa passport fee sa pagkakagawad ng kontrata sa BCA International, isang pribadong kontratista na nakakuha ng P2 bilyong kontrata para gumawa ng "high-tech passport."


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"President Arroyo must not expect any votes from Filipinos abroad, especially if she continues to undermine their right to complete suffrage," said Migrante International secretary general Poe Gratela.


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Migrante International, an organization of OFWs, identified the convicts as Wilfredo Bautista, Sergio Aldana, Antonio Alvesa and Miguel Fernandez.


The Taif Grand Court in Saudi Arabia imprisoned the four in 1999 and sentenced them to death last Sept. 11 for allegedly killing Jaime de la Cruz.


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Kinilala ng Migrante International ang apat na sina Wilfredo Bautista, 35; Sergio Aldana, Antonio Alvesa at Miguel Fernandez.


Ang mga akusado ay nakakulong noon pang 1999 at nahatulan ng Taif Grand Court sa Saudi Arabia noong September 11, 2002 dahil sa umano’y pagpatay kay Jaime dela Cruz.


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                    [Title] => 44 OFWs in Saudi face execution
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At the same time, Migrante revealed some 1,500 other OFWs who escaped from their employers are stranded in the country since their passports have been withheld.


"We urge the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to actively monitor and intervene in the cases of the imprisoned OFWs, especially those on Death Row," said Poe Gratela, Migrante secretary general.


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Sa panayam sa tagapagsalita ng grupong Migrante na si Poe Gratela, umaga pa lang ay magmamartsa na sila patungo sa DFA building.


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Ito ang nabatid sa eksklusibong panayam kay Poe Gratela, pangulo at tagapagsalita ng grupong Migrante.


Ayon kay Gratela, pinaalis ang OFW na si Maricon Felix Gatapia, 21, dalaga, ng Bagumbayan, Teresa, Rizal patungong Singapore ng AIMS World Management Corp., ang pinag-aplayan niyang agency, nang hindi dumaan sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).


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Ito ang nabatid sa eksklusibong panayam kay Poe Gratela, pangulo at tagapagsalita ng grupong Migrante.


Ayon kay Gratela, pinaalis ang OFW na si Maricon Felix Gatapia, 21, dalaga, ng Bagumbayan, Teresa, Rizal patungong Singapore ng AIMS World Management Corp., ang pinag-aplayan niyang agency, nang hindi dumaan sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).


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Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said yesterday her department is now readying charges in connection with the reported misuse of multibillion-peso OWWA funds.


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The Migrante International (MI) said the South Korean government has implemented since March a voluntary registration program for unauthorized foreigners, requiring illegal entrants to voluntarily leave the country or face arrest.


"There is fear that this scheme is being used to justify the systematic arrest and deportation of undocumented workers," said MI secretary-general Poe Gratela.


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Sinabi ng Migrante na tataas kaagad sa halagang P1,500 ang singil sa passport fee sa pagkakagawad ng kontrata sa BCA International, isang pribadong kontratista na nakakuha ng P2 bilyong kontrata para gumawa ng "high-tech passport."


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