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September 21, 2006

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From OFW Journalism Consortium, published in Philippine News Skepticism greets CFO task force October 11, 2006 - OFW Corner by JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS www.ofwjournalism.net MANILA—ANOTHER task force created by a government agency was met with skepticism by migrants’ rights advocates. Reeling from reports of undocumented workers jumping to their deaths to escape abusive employers in Lebanon, Malacañang issued Executive Order 548 titled “Creating a Task Force against Illegal Recruitment (TFAIR) under the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO).” President Macapagal-Arroyo’s former publicist and now CFO chair Dante Ang said the task force would include representatives from the police, the foreign affairs and justice departments, airport authorities (MIAA), the government’s overseas recruitment office, and the Bureau of Immigration. But Maya Bans Cortina of nongovernment group Kanlungan Centre Foundation Inc., questioned the order’s mandate to the CFO, an agency she described as indecis...

This was another of my Arab News articles. Manila Launches New Program To Train ‘Supermaids’ Author: Julie Javellana-Santos, Arab News Publication Date: Fri, 2006-08-04 03:00 MANILA, 4 August 2006 — Looking for a maid who can not only cook and clean but save your kid from a fire? It’s not Superman, but it’s a “supermaid,” according to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who yesterday announced a new training program for Filipino domestic helpers. “We will be sending ‘supermaids,’” Arroyo said of a new training program during a round-table discussion on efforts to evacuate 30,000 Filipinos in Lebanon, most of them maids, and help them find new jobs. Augusto Syjuco, head of the government’s Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), said the “supermaids” program includes instruction in first aid, evacuations from high-rises in case of a fire and other skills to help maids get higher pay. Syjuco said TESDA is currently working on the program, which ...

Those who attended the small forum last Dec. 29 were Gerry Cuare of KASAPI-Jeddah, Bong Sukarno, Leo Santiago of the Maritime Party, Rudy Dalisay, Joel Cajigas, Jun Adorna, Irene Nobleza, Rudy Bantiles, Jene Canlas, Au Navarra, Felipe Elemento, Rizal Beato and MeAnn Gonzales. Of course there was me and Jun.

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