Inanunsyo ng Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) noong Agosto 22 na itataas sa US$500 (halos ₱28,000) ang minimum na sahod ng mga Domestic Helpers (DH) o mga Pilipinong kasambahay mula sa US$400 (₱22,000). Ang US$400 na sahod ay itinakda noon pang 2006 sa ilalim ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Governing Board Resolution No. 5. Ang […]
The Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB-IMA-HKM) opposed the proposed petition to “freeze” the increase in the minimum wage of migrant domestic workers amid the rising inflation rate in Hong Kong. According to the group, blocking wage increases will only worsen the condition of domestic workers and push them deeper into debt. Representing capitalists, Quadripartite Alliance […]
Tinutulan ng grupong Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB-IMA-HKM), ang panukalang petisyon na “i-freeze” o pigilan ang pagtaas ng minimum na sahod ng mga migranteng kasambahay sa gitna ng tumataas na tantos ng implasyon sa Hong Kong. Ayon sa grupo, ang pagpigil sa pagtaas ng sahod ay lalo lamang magpapalala sa kalagayan ng mga kasambahay at […]
Nahaharap sa banta ng deportasyon si Bab Serafin, isang Pilipinong nag-aaral sa Australia, matapos niyang iulat sa awtoridad na naging biktima siya ng isang “ghost college” o hindi totoong paaralan sa South East Melbourne. Ayon kay Serafin, walang maayos na klase, may bayad kapag dadalo sa klase, naniningil ng kung anu-anong bayarin at binibigay sa […]
Filipino student Bab Serafin in Australia faces the threat of deportation after reporting to authorities that he became a victim of a “ghost college” in South East Melbourne. Serafin said his former school had no proper classes, required payment for attendance, collected various fees, and provided students with answers to assessments. Despite transferring to a […]
At an online press conference held on August 17 by Tanggol Migrante Movement (TMM), Filipino migrants victimized by deportation under the fascist Trump regime narrated their experiences, sentiments, and conditions. Among the speakers were Jane, the daughter of Flavia Cahoon, as well as Zenar dela Cruz and Ligaya Jensen. TMM and Migrante USA denounced the […]
Sa isang online press conference na ginanap noong Agosto 17 ng Tanggol Migrante Movement (TMM), nagpahayag ng karanasan, saloobin at kalagayan ang mga Pilipinong imigrante na biktima ng deportasyon sa ilalim ng pasistang rehimeng Trump. Kabilang sa nagpahayag ang anak ni Flavia Cahoon na si Jane, at sina Zenar dela Cruz at Ligaya Jensen. Kinundena […]
United States officials arrested in July another Filipino immigrant currently detained in the state of Georgia. Sonny Lasquite returned to the US from a vacation in the Bahamas when US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents arrested him at Charlotte International Airport, North Carolina on July 28. Lasquite, 44 years old, has lived in the […]
Isa pang imigranteng Pilipino ang dinakip ng mga upisyal ng US noong Hulyo at kasalukuyang nakakulong sa estado ng Georgia. Pabalik si Sonny Lasquite sa US mula sa bakasyon sa Bahamas nang dakpin sya sa Charlotte International Airport, North Carolina noong Hulyo 28 ng mga ahente ng US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Si Laquite, […]
Alma Bowman filed a case on August 1 in a Georgia court in the US against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials for her unjust detention. Bowman, 58, was arrested on March 26 when she attended her check-in at the ICE Atlanta Field Office with her two children, her lawyer, and supporters. The check-in is […]