It’s easy to think that Filipinos who toil in distant shores have forgotten the Philippines.
There are, after all, so many reasons to fall out of love with our home country, from the traffic to the brazen corruption and in between, the warts and all.
Migrant Workers’ Day is celebrated in the Philippines every June 7 to commemorate the signing into law of the Migrant Workers Act of 1995.First and foremost, the law serves as a framework to advance the welfare of our migrant workers. “The State shall deploy overseas Filipino workers only in countries where the rights of Filipino migrant workers are protected.”
Indeed, the government must step up efforts against the problems our OFWs continue to face, including abuse and illegal recruitment.It’s good that Filipino organizations are also helping advance the welfare of OFWs in different parts of the world as they recognize that the Philippine government cannot do it alone.
It’s an initiative she put together with two friends initially as a swift response to the economic collapse and COVID-19 lockdown in Lebanon. They provided immediate assistance to distressed OFWs and other migrants.Migrant childrenThus, they work to help every migrant child be able to have a nurturing environment in a foreign land.
The person who alerted the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas about the existence of ghost employees in the offices of two Monetary Board members deserves a medal.
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