Archive of Overseas Filipinos

Pagpapalaya kay Mary Jane Veloso, ipinanawagan ng mga migranteng Pilipino sa bagong pangulo ng Indonesia
October 27, 2024

Sa isang pahayag, nanawagan ang Migrante International sa bagong-upong pangulo ng Indonesia na si Prabowo Subianto na bigyan ng clemency o kapatawaran at palayain ang migranteng Pilipina na si Mary Jane Veloso sa pinakamaagang panahon. Si Subianto ay upisyal na idineklarang pangulo ng bansa noong Oktubre 20. “Umaapela kami sa bagong presidente ng Indonesia na […]

Marcos regime is accountable for death penalty of OFW in Saudi Arabia
October 17, 2024

Migrante International held the Marcos regime accountable for its failure to prevent the execution of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia on October 5. According to the group, this adds to the long list of cases caused by the Philippines’ five-decade-old labor-export program. The OFW was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia in 2020 for […]

Pagpataw ng parusang kamatayan sa OFW sa Saudi Arabia, pananagutan ni Marcos
October 17, 2024

Siningil ng Migrante International ang rehimeng Marcos sa kabiguan nitong pigilan ang pagpapataw ng parusang kamatayan ng Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sa isang overseas Filipino worker (OFW) noong Oktubre 5. Ayon sa grupo, dagdag ito sa mahabang listahan ng mga kasong ibinunga ng limang dekada nang labor-export program ng Pilipinas. Ang naturang OFW ay nakulong […]

Families demand safe return of OFWs from Lebanon in DFA picket-dialogue
October 12, 2024

Families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in Lebanon, led by Migrante International, held a picket-dialogue at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Pasay City on October 10. They called on the agency to present a comprehensive plan in addressing the urgent appeal to rescue and assist Filipino migrants affected by the US-Israel aggression […]

Ligtas na pagpapabalik sa mga OFW mula Lebanon, iginiit sa piket-dayalogo sa DFA
October 12, 2024

Nagsagawa ng piket-dayalogo sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sa Pasay City noong Oktubre 10 ang mga pamilya ng overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na nakabase sa Lebanon sa pangunguna ng Migrante International. Nanawagan sila sa ahensya na magharap ng komprehensibong plano para matugunan ang kagyat na apela para iligtas at tulungan ang mga migranteng Pilipino […]

Migrants condemn NAIA privatization
September 16, 2024

Migrante International condemned the Marcos regime for privatizing the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) through a private-public partnership with the San Miguel Corporation. This will result in additional high fee that will burden the public and the approximately 6,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who travel through the airport every day. The privatization has resulted in […]

Pribatisasyon ng NAIA, kinundena ng mga migrante
September 16, 2024

Kinundena ng Migrante International ang pagsasapribado ng rehimeng Marcos sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) sa pamamagitan ng pagsasailalim dito sa private-public partnership kasama ang San Miguel Corporation. Magreresulta ito sa matataas na bayarin na dagdag-pasanin ng publiko at ng humigit-kumulang 6,000 OFW na bumibiyahe araw-araw sa paliparan. Bahagi ng pribatisasyon ang malaking pagtaas ng […]

Migrants reject no pay, no work scheme of Philippine government agency in Taiwan
September 03, 2024

Filipino migrant workers denounced and rejected the “no pay, no work” scheme of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), the office of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in Taiwan. The scheme was stipulated in a memo released by the agency on August 27. Accordingly, the Marcos regime require workers who seek employment or […]

Iskemang no pay, no work ng ahensya ng gubyernong Pilipino sa Taiwan, itinakwil ng mga migrante
September 03, 2024

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 […]

Former Bayan Muna Rep calls on Senate to repeal of "escrow" provision mariners' bill
August 09, 2024

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 […]