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Binatikos at itinakwil ng mga migranteng manggagawang Pilipino ang iskemang “no pay, no work” ng Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), ang upisina ng Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) sa Taiwan. Ang iskema ay nakapaloob sa isang memo na inilabas ng ahensya noong Agosto 27. Alinsunod dito, pahihintulutan lamang ng rehimeng Marcos na maghanap ng […]
A group of seamen trooped to the Senate on August 8, along with former Bayan Muna representative Atty. Neri Colmenares, to call on the Senate to pass the Magna Carta for Seafarers without the inserted “escrow” provision. This provision prevents seafarers from receiving compensation from cases won in the Department of Labor and Employment and […]
Nagtungo sa Senado noong Agosto 8 ang isang grupo ng mga marino, kasama ang dating kinatawan ng Bayan Muna na si Atty. Neri Colmenares para ipanawagan sa Senado na ipasa na ang Magna Carta for Seafarers pero tanggalin ang isiningit na probisyong “escrow.” Ang probisyong ito ay nagkakait sa mga marino sa kumpensasyong maari nilang […]
Migrante, along with various organizations, protested on March 17 before the Department of Migrant Workers in Mandaluyong City calling for justice for all victims of forced migration or the state’s labor export program. They coincided their action on the 29th anniversary of the death of Flor Contemplacion, a migrant worker who was hanged in Singapore […]
Nagprotesta ang Migrante kasama ang iba’t-ibang organisasyon noong Marso 17 sa Department of Migrant Workers sa Mandaluyong City para manawagan ng hustisya sa lahat ng mga biktima ng sapilitang migrasyon o labor export program ng estado. Itinaon nila ang pagkilos sa ika-29 anibersaryo ng pagkamatay ni Flor Contemplacion, migranteng manggagawa sa Singapore na binitay noong […]
Hundreds of migrant workers lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia when large companies declared bankruptcy and closed in 2016, but until now they have not been paid their wages and benefits. This is despite promises by reactionary state under the then Duterte regime, and now the Ferdinand Marcos regime, to help them get back what […]
Taong 2016 pa nawalan ng trabaho ang daan-daang migranteng manggagawa sa Saudi Arabia nang magdeklara ng pagkalugi at magsisara ang malalaking kumpanya dito, pero hanggang ngayon ay di pa nila natatanggap ang sahod at mga benepisyo kapalit ng kanilang pagtatrabaho. Sa kabila ito ng pangako ng reaksyunaryong estado sa ilalim ng noo’y rehimeng Duterte, at […]
Filipino activist Marikit Saturay was arbitrarily detained and forcibly deported to The Netherlands when she visited the Philippines on March 7. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) detained her for three nights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) before forcibly deporting her to The Netherlands. Saturay was not allowed to enter the country because she […]
Arbitraryong ipiniit at sapilitang pinabalik sa The Netherlands ang Pilipinong aktibista na si Marikit Saturay nang bumisita siya sa Pilipinas noong Marso 7. Tatlong gabi siyang ipiniit ng Bureau of Immigration (BI) sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) bago sapilitang pinabalik sa The Netherlands. Hindi pinapasok sa bansa si Saturay dahil nasa “blacklist order” siyang […]
Filipino migrants and progressive groups launched a series of protests in Melbourne, Australia yesterday, March 4, as Ferdinand Marcos Jr arrived to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australia Special Summit from March 4 to March 6. Led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Australia, protests disrupted the ASEAN Summit and Marcos’ activities. The groups […]