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Some 20,000 local male residents are being recruited here by business titan Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. of South Korea for its shipbuilding and ship repair projects. Former vice Gov. Ramon Lacbain II announced here last Tuesday that Gov. Amor Deloso has created Task Force Hanjin (TFH) to fill up the company's labor requirements. Deloso said the task force chaired by Lacbain is assisting the Korean firm in recruiting job applicants from this province and near by provinces for the multi-billion dollar shipbuilding projects of Hanjin in Zambales and South Korea.Lacban said that his task force is going around the province in recruiting applicants from their respective places to save them from traveling and spending transportation expenses to Subic Bay Freeport. At least 700 applicants have been interviewed by the task force at the provicial capitol here and close to 1,000 others in nearby towns for training at the Skills Development Center of Hanjin at Subic Ba...

Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan won a literary contest for foreignworkers last month which was sponsored by the Taipei city government (TheJakarta Post, Oct. 2). The words from one winning piece were; "Please forgive me, time hasburied my longing for your love, and I hope you find true love somewhereelse". This is a sample sentence from a first-prize-winning essay titledKinanthi, which was written by Sri Jumitai, an Indonesian migrant workerin Taiwan. Anik Krisnawati, another Indonesian migrant worker, won firstprize in the poetry category for her poem titled Happiness Terminal.There are reasons why these works of literature are special and were chosen as winners.First, Sri Junitai and Anik Krisnawati won after beating participantsfrom other countries; migrant workers from the Philippines, Vietnam andThailand. Second, Kinanthi and Happiness Terminal were two of the best works ofliterature from a total 2,063 pieces submitted to the judging committee.After a three-stage r...

Tuesday, November 06 2007 @ 09:13 AM UTC--> var bmsdays=["Linggo","Lunes","Martes","Miyerkoles","Huwebes","Biyernes","Sabado"];var bmsmonths=["\Enero","Pebrero","Marso","Abril","Mayo","Hunyo","Hulyo","Agosto","Setyembre","Oktubre","Nobyembre","Disyembre"]; function bmsgettoday(){ var today=new Date();var y=today.getYear();if (y =12) ampm="PM";if (h>12) h-=12;if (h==0) h=12;if (m Martes, Nobyembre 06, 2007 5:14:04 PM bmsdisplayliveclock(); 23 - DFA warns Pinoys against fake job offers in China Tuesday, October 23 2007 @ 04:26 PM UTCNews affecting OFW's The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has warned Filipino jobseekers against a scam allegedly perpetrated by illegal recruiters in the Philippines and China that promises non-existent jobs as domestic helpers in mainland China i...

Not a good idea to use passport as collateral in emergency loanQ: They say it only happens in Hongkong. ] There are many financing companies and people willing to lend OFWs money at interest as high as 15 per cent a month, no collateral. I stayed away from them until I needed Php20,000 immediately because my mother in Marikina was in hospital. They took my passport as collateral and now I'm sorry I borrowed from them because I will not be able to go home this Christmas. ] I want to go home to visit my mother who is still recovering from her illness. Can I ask them to give me back my passport if I promise to continue paying my loan even when I am back in the Philippines? A: It is illegal for another person to be keeping your Philippine passport. These financing companies/persons probably also do not have the license from the HK central bank to lend out money and at such high interest! Having said that, you can, indeed, try talking to the person/company you borrowed money from. Mayb...

Sister Of Filipino On Hijacked Ship Says Ransom Demand May Come Soon The hijackers of a Japanese tanker near Somalia's coast are expected to demand a ransom soon, the sister of a Filipino crew member said, as Manila insisted it will not deal with the pirates directly. The Golden Nori tanker was believed to be anchored off Somalia, the sister said Thursday (1 November).The U.S. Navy has been tracking the Golden Nori as the pirates hold hostage its 23 crew members - nine Filipinos, two South Koreans and 12 Myanmar citizens.On Sunday (28 Oct), a U.S. destroyer fired at and destroyed two pirate boats tied to the ship, which is loaded with highly flammable benzene.Josefina Villanueva - the sister of the crew's Filipino supervisor, 48-year-old Laureano Villanueva - said in Manila that the pirates let the ship's Filipino captain call his wife and relay the message that all on board were "OK," and that "nobody aboard the boat was harmed."She said that she got th...

Migrants and Overseas Filipino Workers continue to fuel Cebu's real estate growth. Estate developers in Cebu attested that buyers come in droves and the trend showed that many of them are migrants from other provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao areas. According to Commonwealth (a real estate developer) most of their buyers come from the provinces who are usually attracted to Cebu's growth, job opportunities, good schools, modern hospitals and lifestyle, among others. OFW buyers and those with foreign spouses account for around 45% and 30% of the real estate business respectively. The developers said that OFWs are used to their lifestyles and living standards abroad, hence they would like to live in an urbanized setting like Cebu. Many developers like Commonwealth, Fil-invest and Crown estimated that buyers using foreign money about 70% of them come from the US and UK and some from other 20 countries. Many of the buyers are nurses and sea-based workers. Buyers according to the ...

- Sen.Legarda bats for gov't support for OFWs facing legal woesSenator Loren Legarda urged on Monday the government to leave no stone unturned in providing assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) facing legal troubles, especially those who have been sentenced to die. Loren stressed that while justice must be afforded to all crime victims, justice must also be accorded to accused and convicted OFWs by way of ensuring they have ample legal representation abroad. "Our concern is for all OFWs in trouble to be afforded due process in their host countries. This is a basic responsibility of the state to its citizens, wherever they may be," Loren said.In as much as OFWs in trouble are punished under the laws of other countries, Loren said that the Philippine government can always appeal for humanitarian consideration for OFWs facing the death sentence. "Sadly, the queue of OFWs to the gallows is getting longer. As a country which has abolished the death sentence, the ...