| News
Release - April 20, 2005
References: Connie Bragas-Regalado, Chairperson
Contact Numbers: 415-1924 and 0927-2157392
Vince Borneo, Information Officer, 0927-7968198
Gov't
should allot funds to repatriate of OFWs from Iraq
MIGRANTE
Sectoral Party Chairperson Connie Bragas-Regalado today chided the
Macapagal-Arroyo administration for "its stubborn posture of
keeping Filipino workers in the unstable war-torn nation in Iraq."
"After
Filipino security guard and driver Rey Torres was killed outside
his worksite in Camp Victory in downtown Baghdad on April 17, Department
of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo now 'strongly appeals
to OFWs to seek voluntary repatriation.' Isn't this a rather skewed
call for the safety of our compatriots in Iraq?" Bragas-Regalado
queried.
Toress,
who was employed by the Qatar International Trading Company, is
the first Filipino shot and killed in Iraq since the abduction of
Filipino truck driver Angelo de la Cruz in July 2004.
"What
Romulo is not saying is the actual fact that it is the Macapagal-Arroyo
government that has taken pains to deploy both regular and irregular
migrants to war-torn Iraq. He also does not say that the deployment
ban to Iraq after the abduction of Angelo dela Cruz is actually
a farce and the he did not give a damn to those OFWs already killed
or injured by the US war of terror and all other OFWs still in the
war torn nation," Bragas-Regalado said.
We call
on Malacanang to immediately implement measures -- including a massive
repatriation procedure funded by government -- to ensure the safety
of all Filipinos in Iraq and to prepare stable and well-paying jobs
in the Philippines for the more than 6,000 Filipinos who are mostly
working in US companies and military installations that are legitimate
targets of Iraqi rebels, Bragas-Regalado said.
Migrante
also released to the media a partial list of Filipinos caught in
the US war of terror in the Middle East:
US WAR OF TERROR OFW INJURY AND DEATH TOLL
(Partial List culled by the MIGRANTE Sectoral Party from various
Media reports)
IRAQ
= 5 dead; 12 injured; 2 abducted
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| Deaths
(4) |
Injuries
(12) |
Abducted
(2) |
April 18, 2005
Rey Torres, a guard/driver killed outside Camp Victory, Baghdad.
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Mosul, Iraq.
1. Engr. Danilo Pasia sustained bullet wounds on his right arm
and underwent surgery after an ambush. |
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April 28, 2004
Rodrigo Reyes, 52, of Rizal province, truck driver |
June 1, 2004
Pinoy troopers hurt in Iraq
1. Capt. Ricnon Carolasan
2. T/Sgt. Negsur Betantos
3. Sgt. Manuel Cajote |
July 8, 2004
Angelo dela Cruz,
Cross-border truck driver. Released on July 22. |
May 11, 2004
Raymond Cayanan Natividad, of Pampanga Warehouseman, Camp Anaconda |
Camp Anaconda (7)
May 11, 2004
1. Ronald Dayao
2. Leopoldo "Jing" Soliman
3. Emetrio Payna
4. Jaime Banaria
November 22, 2004
1. Ludwig Mark Reyes |
Robert Theodore
Tarongoy,
Accountant,
November 1, 2004. Whereabouts unknown. |
June 15, 2004
Engr. Raul Carlos Flores,
of La Union, 27, General Electric Co. |
Camp Victory (1)
December 1, 2004
1. Adulfo Sala Abrea |
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August 19, 2003
Ranillo Buenaventura, 47
On 'humanitarian mission' in Iraq when a cement truck packed
with explosives hit the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. |
1. Marilyn Manuel
2. Maila Acosta |
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SAUDI
ARABIA = 7 dead; 4 injured |
| Deaths (7) |
Injured (4) |
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
December 7, 2004
1. Romeo de la Rosa |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
December 7, 2004
1. Wenceslao Pescante |
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Al-Khobar, Saudi
Arabia
May 29, 2004
1. Feliciano Dizon
2. Joelly Giray
3. Mariano Cabasab |
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
May 12, 2003
1. Serafin Igos Hernandez
2. Getulio Templo
3. Rogelio Pababero |
Al-Khobar, Saudi
Arabia
May 29, 2004
1. Alberto Costales
2. Marvin Perino
3. Jimwel Taruza |
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| ISRAEL
= 1 dead; 1 injured |
Shmuel Hanavi, Israel
August 19, 2003
Antonia Sardan Rafales.
Killed after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in
a bus |
Tel Aviv, Israel
November 1, 2004
Leonila Villarez
Hurt in a stampede after a bomb exploded in a market. |
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