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By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Posted by Bulatlat.com MANILA — A progressive lawmaker takes up the cudgels for Filipinos stranded in Saudi Arabia, saying that they did not go abroad to live under bridges like storm-drain rats. Last February 7, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy A. Casino delivered a privilege speech on the problems confronting distressed…

Media Release February 22, 2010 Women OFWs in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia linked arms on Friday to protest what they claim as government’s abandonment of its responsibility to the plight of ‘stranded’ Filipinos by charging for air-tickets. Beth Medina, Gabriela Women’s Party – Jeddah Chapter Spokesperson, revealed that local Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) staff was…

The Arroyo government is frantically working for an increase in the deployment of Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East to cushion the impact of the probable lay-offs and decrease in remittances of overseas Filipinos in the US and other counties hit hard by the financial crisis. But the Middle East, according to Migrante International…

A Saudi-based Filipino migrant group said that there are still 191 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Jeddah alone, including 103 OFWs who originally camped out under a bridge in Jeddah since December 2007. The Philippine Consulate in Jeddah earlier reported that a total of 922 OFWs who were stranded in Saudi Arabia with no…

The Philippine Consulate in Jeddah reported that 922 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were stranded in the Kingdom with no contracts and jobs have already been deported back to the Philippines. But this happened only after the OFWs have gone through a lot of hardships including living in tents under a bridge. BY AUBREY SC…