Migrant workers to form international alliance

Marites N. Sison
staff writer
Anglican Journal
Mar 27, 2008
Representatives of migrant workers’ groups around the world, some of them church-backed, are scheduled to gather in Hong Kong from June 14-17 for the founding assembly of the International Migrants Alliance, which aims to advance the rights and interests of all migrants, refugees and displaced people.
Connie Bragas-Regalado, chairperson [...]

The real story

In her keynote address to the delegates of the Philippine Development Forum in Clark, Pampanga yesterday, Arroyo happily talked about what she said is the “real story for 2008”.
In front of foreign donors, cabinet members and other government officials who attended the forum, she said she remains “bullish on our economy, optimistic about our future [...]

Big School

Congratulations to my girlfriend Pam for doing a good job in raising her 5 year old son Liam. Liam is set to graduate this end of the month, and because of this, Pam is the happiest person on Earth. I am posting here Pam’s beautiful and touching article on her son’s graduation.

I Love [...]

Rice shortage?

The media is currently teaming with news stories that carry contrasting opinions and explanations from government officials and others concerned on whether or not the country is on the brink of a catastrophic rice shortage.
Some senators have raised the alarm bells lately and urged the President to come clean and admit that there really is [...]

MIGRANTE holds nat’l meet to tackle OFWs’ role in social change

Faced with increasing attacks on all fronts from the Arroyo regime such as the intensification of labor export, its inaction to the drastic nosedive in the value of the US dollar and the imminent eruption of yet another people power uprising because of the ‘un-moderated greed’ and high-level corruption of those in power; Migrante International [...]

Congress’ pathetic way of justifying pork

House Speaker Prospero Nograles wants a pamphlet entitled “Understanding the Pork Barrel” printed and distributed to schools nationwide allegedly “to erase the generations of misconception about the pork.”
He also wants his colleagues to conduct public meetings in their districts to discuss and “educate the people” on their Priority Development Assistance Fund (popularly known as pork [...]

DOLE issues call center guidelines

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has successfully managed to cash-in on the booming call center industry in the country through Department Circular No. 1, series of 2008 which outlines policy guidelines governing the occupational safety and health of call center employees.
Not that I am opposed to ensuring the health and well being of [...]

This Malacanang mouthpiece underling

Deputy Presidential Spokesman Lorelie Fajardo earlier today appealed before the protesters to “act in a civilized manner and not resort to name calling”.
Say what? Isn’t she the same Malacanang mouthpiece underling that recently labeled a group of former senior government officials who expressed their collective loss of confidence to Mrs. Arroyo, as “rumor mongers”?
So was [...]

Signs of the times

Consider these very worrisome events:

United States Ambassador Kristy Kenney’s unexpected visit to the main lair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to meet with its Chairman Murad Ebrahim last February 19, 2007.

Apparently buoyed up (maybe after the Kenney visit), [...]

A call to all US based Pacquiao fans

We all know by now that our prized fighter Manny Pacquiao is all set to slug out his “unfinished business” with Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on March 15 in Las Vegas. And, we also know that thousands of kababayans – with a sprinkle of Filipino politicians of course – will surely troop to the Mandalay [...]