Migrant Filipinos and their Families Junk GMA!

Migrant Filipinos and their families, led by MIGRANTE Sectoral Party and MIGRANTE International, junked the presidential aspirations of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a rally held in Mendiola Bridge in front of Malacanang Palace in Manila on Monday, 9 January 2004.

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No way to treat families of modern-day heroes

"ALL the OFW [overseas Filipino workers] families sought was immediate action to address the plight of their loved ones. MIGRANTE Party List joined Migrante International and the families in a camp-in at the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to press for the immediate repatriation of 16 stranded OFWs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. What we got was violence from those who were supposed to advance our rights and welfare!

- JOHN MONTERONA Vice-Chairperson, MIGRANTE Sectoral Party
(Published in the Letters Section, Philippine Daily Inquirer
  Full Story  Go to URL http://www.inq7.net/opi/2004/feb/05/letter_8-1.htm.  

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OFWs and families to lose benefits, funds
MIGRANTE calls for scrapping of OWWA Omnibus Policies, TRO in the offing

MIGRANTE renewed the call to scrap the anti-OFW Omnibus Policies of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in a press conference at the Tree House Restaurant in Quezon City today. Full Story  

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Tutulan ang Omnibus Policies ng OWWA!
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Full Story