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-October 2014
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Features Gallery
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There has been a noticeable decline in the number
of Filipinos being jailed since last
year, figures supplied by the Philippine Consulate show.
As of June 30 this year, there were 108 Filipinos in
jail, down from 129, or 15.5% for the
same period last year.
By year's end, the number rose slightly to 119,
which was 9.24 percent lower than in
previous year.
However, the number could rise in the other half of
the year because of an apparent upsurge
in arrests in July, said Leonida Longcanaya of the assistance
to nationals section.
"I've seen the July numbers. They increased because
of additional theft and assault
cases lately," Longcanaya said.
She added that there has always been more Filipino
females than males in jail because of
their predominance in Hong Kong's domestic worker
population.
The June figure showed 72 Filipinas were in jail,
exactly double the number of their
male counterparts.
The women were being held at the Tai Lam Centre
for Women and Lo Wu Correctional
Institution, while the men were sent to various jails including
the Tai Lam Correctional Institution.
The main offense committed by both sexes was drug
trafficking.
A total of 26 women were in prison for the offense
at the end, compared with nine men.
Immigration offenses, in particular breach of
conditions of stay, made up the
second-biggest offense by Filipinos, with 14 women and four
men spending time in jail for the crime.
Theft, the third most common offense by Filipinos,
put 10 women and two men behind bars,
the data showed.
The half-year to December 2013 saw 87 Filipino
women and 32 men going to jail for the
same order of offenses.
Of the 33 drug trafficking convicts, 24 were female
and 10 male.
Seventeen Filipinas were convicted for breach of
conditions of stay, as against three
men. Fifteen women and three men were jailed for theft,
while 10 women were convicted of making
false statements relating to immigration matters.
The decline was in line with a general slide in the
number of inmates in Hong Kong
correctional facilities since 2004.
As of end-December 2013, there were a total of
9,039 inmates the territory's prisons,
compared with 9,297 a year earlier. The CSD website
showed as of end-June this year, there were
7,249 inmates in Hong Kong prisons.
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