Editor's Note |
20 years of service to the community
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Time flies.
Exactly 20 years ago this month, The SUN shone for the Filipinos in Hong Kong. It was
the fulfillment of a dream that took shape years earlier, or shortly after I arrived here in 1987 and
realized there was no reliable information channel serving the community.
But turning that dream into reality proved to be difficult. Several people offered to fund
the publication of a news-paper, but everyone wanted a business model different from what we had
in mind.
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Anak Araw |
Pagpapabaya
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Nitong nakaraang buwan ay naging saksi tayo sa nangyari kay Manang Gloria Ortinez,
ang OFW na biktima ng tanim-bala sa Manila airport. Halos buong araw kasi ay naglagi siya sa
opisina ng The SUN, kasama ang mga naghatid sa kanya na sina Susan "Toots" Ople na tagataguyod ng
mga OFW, at ang abogado niyang si Atty Spocky Farolan, kaya nasaksihan namin siya nang malapitan.
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Migrant's Forum |
Nanay Gloria's journey to HK
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President Benigno Simeon Aquino III recently told the media that cases of tanim-bala
were sensationalized, citing figures to prove his point. As an OFW advocate, I respectfully
disagree. Looking at this from a purely numbers perspective could lead one to overlook the deep trauma
that such incidents have caused its innocent victims.
Had he met and spoken to 56-year old OFW Gloria Ortinez, our President would have
learned the following:
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Know Your Rights |
The Mission
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This was the speech delivered by the Mission for Migrant Workers' general manager,
Cynthia Tellez, at the launch of the 10-year Impact Evaluation Report of the Mission's work held on
December 5, 2015 at the Li Hall of St. John's Cathedral.
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With at least one -- and possibly two disqualification cases in the presidential race --
the Supreme Court has assured the nation politics will not dictate its decisions.
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Staff and volunteers at the Mission for Migrant Workers had reason to celebrate when
they launched the non-government organization's 10-year Impact Evaluation Report at Li Hall of St
John's Cathedral on Dec. 4. Nearly all, or 97% of migrants who sought assistance said that they were
helped by the Mission, and more than half of them (57%) said they would recommend the NGO to others.
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Mid-April 2014
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Hong Kong News
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The Labour Department's unusual decision to
prosecute the employer of Indonesian
domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaninsih was a welcome move, but
it did not go far enough.
This was the assessment given by the Justice for
Erwiana and All Migrant Domestic
Workers Committee, during a press conference held on Apr 12 in
Wanchai.
"We hope the government will do the same thing for all
FDWs, not just Erwiana," said
group spokesperson Sringatin.
Another leader of the group, Eman Villanueva, said it
was their first time to hear of
Labour taking the initiative to file a case against an employer
accused of violating the terms of the
employment contract with an FDW.
"While we welcome the move of the Hong Kong
government...we hope that they will not
wait for extreme cases like Erwiana's to start doing something", he
said.
Villanueva said prosecuting employers is a good step,
as it will send a warning signal to
employers that they should not abuse FDWs.
But at the same time, he said the government should
also reverse its policies that have long
been denounced as being anti-migrants, such as the two-week rule
and the ban on live-out arrangements.
The two-week rule requires all FDWs whose contracts
are terminated out of time to leave
HK within 14 days, while the second policy makes it mandatory for
all, except those given prior
approval years ago, to live with their employers.
In a statement, Sringatin also said it was regrettable that
three months since the case
of Sulistyaningsih broke out, the governments of Hong Kong and
sending countries like Indonesia
have not taken any steps to address the issue of abuse against
FDWs.
At the press conference, the group also announced that
Sulistyaningsih had completed all
the interviews set for her by the police since her return to Hong
Kong on Apr. 7, and was preparing
to return home.
She also managed to confer with the Mission for
Migrant Workers' legal counsel,
Melville Boase, who is representing her in her civil claims against
her former employer, Law Wan-tung.
But on the advice of her lawyers, including one who
had flown with her all the way from
Indonesia, Sulistyaningsih decided to stay away, and refrain from
giving any interviews.
Instead, a short message was read on her behalf.
In it, she said she was recuperating and hoped to be
well "the soonest time possible".
She also asked that support be given not just to her, but
to all migrant domestic workers in
Hong Kong.
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