President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday conferred seven foreign service personnel with two of the highest Presidential awards the Order of Sikatuna and Gawad Mabini in recognition of their exemplary service to the people and nation. Duterte acknowledged their "unwavering sense of duty and unrelenting efforts" in upholding the country's independent foreign policy and ensuring the welfare of Filipinos at home and abroad. "Today I am honored and humbled to recognize distinguished members of the Philippine foreign service who have braved in facing severe difficulties, including mortal challenges, principled in advancing our foreign policy and creative in solving seemingly vexing problems," he said in his speech in Malacanan Palace. He also expressed hope that they would continue serving the people and nation to the best of their abilities. "With the weight of Apolinario Mabini's legacy on your shoulder and the
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Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola
MANILA, Mar. 13 The Philippines successfully steered discussions on “Labor Mobility and Human Rights: Examining Migrant Labor Governance in the Middle East in the Context of Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)” on 11 March 2021, the second day of the regional review of the implementation of the GCM conducted by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola, who was elected as Chair of UNESCAP’s Asia-Pacific Regional Review of the Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration from 10-12 March 2021 in Bangkok, delivered the Philippine statement during the discussions. Arriola related how the problems of overseas Filipino workers such as the confiscation of their passports by their employers and the lack of labor mobility