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                    [ArticleID] => 321207
                    [Title] => Beyond migration
                    [Summary] => There is this perception that all OFWs always have money all the time. 
 

That this is not so was confirmed by the case of two OFW sons of one Ultra stampede victim. One son worked in Saudi while another worked elsewhere in the Middle East. Both sons could not go home to attend their dead mother's funeral scheduled this week.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303965 [Title] => Filipino children among the jailed abroad? [Summary] => Yesterday's news reported that almost 5,000 of our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are, for various reasons, in jail. While most of the detainees are in Middle Eastern countries, there are OFWs jailed in Japan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Singapore and other places.

We have known and visited many of our Filipino detainees in Japan but it came as a shock to us to be told that about 45 of our Filipino children, ages 17 or younger, are now in jail throughout Japan for serious crimes such as murder, burglary, and others.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298517 [Title] => Blame Pat not Cory [Summary] => AS early as May 1, 2003, DOLE Secretary Pat Sto. Tomas after having been vigorously scolded by GMA in the presence of labor leaders over a faux pas in connection with the Labor Day celebration has been telling all and sundry that she would resign out of disgust with Gloria. Kunwari lang pala yon dahil hanggang ngayon andiyan pa siya sa puwesto.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133426 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804732 [AuthorName] => Roy Señeres [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 137315 [Title] => Total ban sa DH sa Middle East [Summary] => I-ban na ang pagpapadala ng mga domestic helper sa Middle East. Ito na siguro ang dapat gawin ng gobyerno para mailigtas sa anumang panganib ang mga Pinay na gustong magtrabaho roon bilang mga domestic helper.

Maraming Pinay DH ang dumarating sa NAIA araw-araw na bugbog sarado dahil sa kagagawan ng kanilang mga amo. Ang iba naman ay nagagahasa samantalang ang iba ay hindi binibigyan nang tamang suweldo.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135127 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
SECRETARY PAT STO
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            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 321207
                    [Title] => Beyond migration
                    [Summary] => There is this perception that all OFWs always have money all the time. 
 

That this is not so was confirmed by the case of two OFW sons of one Ultra stampede victim. One son worked in Saudi while another worked elsewhere in the Middle East. Both sons could not go home to attend their dead mother's funeral scheduled this week.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303965 [Title] => Filipino children among the jailed abroad? [Summary] => Yesterday's news reported that almost 5,000 of our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are, for various reasons, in jail. While most of the detainees are in Middle Eastern countries, there are OFWs jailed in Japan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Singapore and other places.

We have known and visited many of our Filipino detainees in Japan but it came as a shock to us to be told that about 45 of our Filipino children, ages 17 or younger, are now in jail throughout Japan for serious crimes such as murder, burglary, and others.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298517 [Title] => Blame Pat not Cory [Summary] => AS early as May 1, 2003, DOLE Secretary Pat Sto. Tomas after having been vigorously scolded by GMA in the presence of labor leaders over a faux pas in connection with the Labor Day celebration has been telling all and sundry that she would resign out of disgust with Gloria. Kunwari lang pala yon dahil hanggang ngayon andiyan pa siya sa puwesto.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133426 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804732 [AuthorName] => Roy Señeres [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 137315 [Title] => Total ban sa DH sa Middle East [Summary] => I-ban na ang pagpapadala ng mga domestic helper sa Middle East. Ito na siguro ang dapat gawin ng gobyerno para mailigtas sa anumang panganib ang mga Pinay na gustong magtrabaho roon bilang mga domestic helper.

Maraming Pinay DH ang dumarating sa NAIA araw-araw na bugbog sarado dahil sa kagagawan ng kanilang mga amo. Ang iba naman ay nagagahasa samantalang ang iba ay hindi binibigyan nang tamang suweldo.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135127 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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