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NEWS RELEASE-
26 January 2004 Reference:MAITA SANTIAGO
Secretary-General, MIGRANTE International
Contact Number: 0919-333-2803
The families of 16 OFWs who held a hunger strike at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh last December will camp-out at the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration main office starting tomorrow.
The camp-out is led by Migrante International and the Migrante Party List and its objective is to expose the continuing injustice suffered by the stranded migrants and their families - and to call for the immediate repatriation of the 16 OFWs from Saudi Arabia. Starting tomorrow, the camp-out will be maintained 24 hours a day.
Activities during the Kampuhan:
| January 27, Tuesday |
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11 am |
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Press conference sa Kampuhan; start of the Kampuhan;
"Dragon Dance" |
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6pm, 11pm |
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Noise barrage |
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| January 28, Wednesday |
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6 am |
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Breakfast with families of 16 OFWs, other returned migrants |
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11 am |
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"Scrap the anti-migrant OWWA Omnibus!" |
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6 pm |
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Candle-lighting at the DFA (Roxas Boulevard);
Pedicab motorcade with migrants from DFA to OWWA |
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11 pm |
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Noise barrage |
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| January 29, Thursday |
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6 am |
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"Migrants rise up!" activity |
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11 am |
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Sixteen balloons will be released for the 16 stranded OFWs |
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6pm, 11 pm |
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Noise barrage |
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| January 30, Friday |
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6 am |
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"Migrants rise up!" activity |
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11 am |
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The Four "monkeys" |
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6pm, 11 pm |
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Noise barrage |
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