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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Features Gallery
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There is no way she would ever come back to Hong
Kong to work as a domestic helper.
That was the firm, but gentle response Erwiana
Sulistyaningsih gave when asked about her
plans for the future.
She will go back to school, she said, though that will
have to wait until after her case is finished.
Just an hour earlier, a roomful of media people had
showed up in the very room she was
in, hoping to catch a glimpse of her.
But her ever-watchful posse of friends from both
Indonesia and Hong Kong decided she
was better off not being seen or heard by others, at least for now.
After all, despite her obviously frail health, she had just
withstood five full days of interviews
and meetings with police, lawyers and diplomats.
That even included a tense three-day tussle between
Indonesian consulate officials and
her chosen guardians in Hong Kong.
But that was all behind her now, and it was time to
loosen up.
The wispy 23-year-old managed a smile when teased
that the only reason she had wanted
to leave the Indonesian Consulate building was because she wanted
to go to a MacDonald's, and
they would not let her.
"There is no MacDonald's where we live in Indonesia,"
she said, half-amused, but also
half-wistful.
Despite this, she is clearly determined to go back home,
and put her sorry ordeal behind her.
With help from a growing number of supporters, she is already
halfway through there.
--DCLM
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