Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social · @Norobiik
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"Migrants finds recruiters making applicants pay for medical fees and training by taking out credit at exorbitant rates of interest"

Philippine job agencies cheating women with illegal fees and crippling loans | Global development | The Guardian
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#philippines #ofw #NGO

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Carlos H. Conde (HRW) · @carlosconde
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TOP NEWS ➡️: cops & dirty money

PLUS ➡️PoliticalViolence: 48 groups watched; suspect in gov's murder recants, claiming torture📌📌📌Marcos wants 'food stamps'📌 ban vs Kuwait

05/23/23: Philippines human rights news humanrightsnews.substack.com/p

#drugwar #mediakilling #sexualviolence #ofw

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Alo Japan · @alojapan
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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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Seven percent of households are home to but this number may double as 7% of adult Filipinos say they are currently looking for philstar.com/headlines/2023/04

#filipino #ofw #workabroad

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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said he will be talking to Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian "soon" to discuss what the envoy meant in his widely-quoted — and generally panned — remarks last week, which many viewed as a threat to s in . philstar.com/headlines/2023/04

#ofw #taiwan

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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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International, a global coalition of groups and their families, condemned Huang Xilian’s statement where they said Beijing “makes it appear that is holding OFWs in hostage.” philstar.com/headlines/2023/04

#migrante #ofw #chinese #ambassador #China #taiwan

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Tired Aid Worker · @tiredaidworker
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"[The California] State Labor Commissioner [said] her office is greatly understaffed, despite substantial abuse in the industry, with “bad faith” employers taking advantage of workers, underpaying them and illegally classifying them as contract employees to avoid paying benefits and offering protections. The state is currently investigating 51 cases of alleged abuses." 🇵🇭

latimes.com/california/story/2

#filipino #Philippines #ofw

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Alo Japan · @alojapan
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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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News from -- From the distributing aid for s with unpaid wages from -based construction companies to the passage of an “anti- ” bill in the House of Representatives... philstar.com/headlines/2023/03

#philippines #government #ofw #saudi #seafarer

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Alo Japan · @alojapan
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From updates on nationals affected by the in Türkiye and Syria to the 2.22-million recorded in December — these were among our and stories from the past week we think you should know if you’re a Filipino based abroad or an philstar.com/headlines/2023/02

#filipino #earthquake #unemployed #headlines #News #ofw

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Alo Japan · @alojapan
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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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Rep. Marissa Magsino is calling for the review of all bilateral agreements the inked with other nations after the death of another philstar.com/headlines/2023/02

#labor #philippines #ofw

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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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From slain 's final rites to a review of the promise of jobs after completing basic education — these were among our headlines and news stories from the past week we think you should know if you’re a based abroad. philstar.com/headlines/2023/02

#ofw #k12 #filipino #philippines #News

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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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Updates from the - Investigating killings — from the murdered in to the previous administration’s — these were among our headlines and news stories from the past week we think you should know if you’re a based abroad philstar.com/headlines/2023/01

#philippines #ofw #kuwait #drugwar #filipino

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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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The remains of Jullebee Ranara, whose burnt body was found in a desert in , will be brought home on Friday night, the said. philstar.com/headlines/2023/01

#ofw #kuwait #dfa

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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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From a senator expressing frustration over the government providing assistance to facing drug-related charges to reports of at least three million remaining hungry..... news from home! philstar.com/headlines/2023/01

#ofw #filipinos

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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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Included in Jr.’s itinerary for his overseas trips are meetings with Filipino communities abroad, where he has repeatedly called on OFWs to encourage or even start their own investments back home to help revitalize the economy.

But how can they send more money back home when s — many of whom are abroad precisely because of a lack of opportunities in the Philippines — are also trying to get by? philstar.com/headlines/2022/12

#marcos #ofw

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Kaycee Valmonte · @kayceevalmonte
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We launched "News From Home" last week, which is a quick rundown of our headlines and news stories from the past week that we think you should know if you’re a based abroad. Made for and

Dispatch from 12/04: philstar.com/headlines/2022/12

#filipino #ofw #migrantfilipinos

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