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<strong>The long read:</strong> Migrants from the Philippines make up a huge percentage of domestic workers around the world. But when their employers are abusive, visa restrictions force them to choose between enduring more suffering or becoming illegal
A lawmaker called on the government on Tuesday to allocate the contingency funds to assist Filipinos in Israel following the recent attack by the Palestinian group Hamas, even as another lawmaker pushed for the creation of a crisis management and response task force. Deputy Majority Leader Janette L. Garin, in a statement, emphasized the need
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo on Friday expressed elation over what he said was the good situation of Filipino workers in Bahrain saying “there are no distressed Filipinos needing shelter in that country.”
The proposed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers has been approved by the Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs in the House of Representatives.
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, committee chairman, oversaw on Thursday, Feb. 9 the deliberations and subse