HK Migrant Takes Road to Congress
by ROWENA CARRANZA
Bulatlat.com
Reposted by migrante_ksa
Volume IV, No. 2 February 8-14, 2004

NOT YOUR USUAL H.K. MIGRANT: Migrante Sectoral Party (MSP) nominee Connie Bragas-Regalado can be a fiery speaker at one time and be all smiles the next.  Full Story  

Migrante demands probe of M/V Rocknes tragedy in Norway
BY Bulatlat.com
Volume IV, Number 2 February 8 - 14, 2004

Migrante International, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers groups, has asked the Philippine government in a Jan. 22 statement to hold an independent and comprehensive investigation after the M/V Rocknes capsized last Jan. 19, entrapping 16 of the 24 Filipino seafarers on board. Full Story  

2003: A Tough Year for OFWs and Their Families
by AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Bulatlat.com
Reposted by migrante_ksa
Volume III, Number 47 January 4 - 10, 2004

Jose Alejo was one of many unfortunate migrant workers who suffered under the Philippine government's abandonment of OFWs. He returned home this year, jobless, after seven years in a Saudi jail and 70 lashes. His case illustrates the tough year overseas Filipino workers and their families had under the Macapagal-Arroyo government. Full Story  

Migrants' Junk GMA, Ping for President
by AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Bulatlat.com
Reposted by migrante_ksa
Volume III, Number 46 December 21 - 27, 2003

The biggest alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Migrante International, will field candidates for Congress in the May 2004 elections. The road to Congress will be steered by their party, Migrante Sectoral Party (MSP), said to be the first electoral party for migrant workers. Full Story  

Another Ifugao OFW Needs Urgent Repatriation
by Northern Dispatch / Posted by Bulatlat.com
Reposted by migrante_ksa
Volume III, Number 41 November 16 - 22, 2003

Jobless and with two children, an Ifugao woman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the subject of a campaign for immediate repatriation by Migrante. The woman is suffering from goiter and she might be charged unfairly in court because her children lack birth records. Full Story   

Overseas Filipinos Also Say No to Bush Visit
by Bulatlat.com
Reposted by migrante_ksa
Volume 3, Number 37 October 19 - 25, 2003

Overseas Filipinos joined their compatriots in the Philippines who held nationwide indignation rallies against the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush Oct. 18. The protests and statements of solidarity were held and issued in Hong Kong, Canada and Europe. Full Story  

Migrante Says DOLE, OWWA Officials
Guilty of 'High-level Corruption'
by AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Bulatlat.com
Reposted by migrante_ksa
Volume 3, Number 37 October 19 - 25, 2003

A migrant's party-list group demanded a "comprehensive investigation" of top labor officials allegedly involved in 'long-running corruption' and the neglect of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) raped and jailed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Full Story  

Freed from Saudi Death Row,
OFW Faces New Hitch with OWWA
by Alexander Martin Remollino
Bulatlat.com
Reposted by migrante_ksa
Volume 3, Number 35 October 5 - 11, 2003

When Philippine consulate officials refused help, Migrante International took up his case. Migrante succeeded in having OFW Joselito 'Lito' Alejo returned to the Philippines after spending six years on death row in a Saudi Arabia jail. Authorities mistook him for the killer of a Riyadh policeman. Now he's into trouble again - OWWA is giving him the run-around in his effort to secure benefits for which he had paid for 20 years. Full Story  

GMA Orders to Divert Billions of OFW Funds Hit
by Karl G. Ombion
Bulatlat.com/Cobra-ans
Reposted by migrante_ksa
Number 34 September 28 - October 4, 2003

Migrante last week called for an investigation into recent executive orders issued by the Macapagal-Arroyo administration withholding more than PhP10 billion in funds for OFW welfare and channeling at least P4 billion to a for-profit organization. Full Story