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-July 2015
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Hong Kong News
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A 31-year-old domestic helper was sentenced to 17 months in jail on Jun 30 after she
pleaded guilty to using a fake ID and breaching her condition of stay in Hong Kong by taking
on a
part-time job.
Benedicta Akinchang was in tears as she was sentenced by Eastern Court Magistrate
Bina Chainrai.
"I could have given you a more lenient sentence, but the courts have specific
guidelines
from the Justice Department regarding cases such as this," Chainrai said.
"You have committed a very serious crime. I can't give you a discount," the magistrate
said, referring to her use of a fake Hong Kong ID.
She gave Akinchang a 15-year jail sentence for the first two charges of using a fake
Hong
Kong ID and added two months for the illegal work.
According to court records, Akinchang, an Igorot, arrived in Hong Kong on March 26,
2014
to work for a Chinese woman who was married to a Western man.
On Aug. 18, 2014, she applied as part-time cleaner in a restaurant while she was still
employed as domestic worker by her original employer. She did the part-time job until Sept. 30
last year.
Akinchang was terminated by her employer on Feb. 20, the report said.
On Jan. 20, she applied for a full-time job as cleaner in the same restaurant where
she
had earlier worked part-time and presented a copy of a Hong Kong ID card.
She got the job and began working on Mar 16 on a salary of $12,000 a month.
In mid-April, Akinchang received a check for her salary for the past month, and she
went to
an HSBC branch to encash the check. When the teller asked for her Hong Kong ID, the helper
presented the fake card with the security code "R" preceding the number. The prosecution said
during
the video-recorded interrogation, the defendant admitted that she bought the ID for $30,000
from
a stranger and used it to apply for part-time jobs.
Akinchang's duty lawyer asked the magistrate to impose a lenient sentence, saying the
defendant was a mother of two children aged 11 and 3 years, and had come to Hong Kong to work
after her husband left her for another woman.
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