Tags: OFWs in Libya

Not coming home | Many OFWs choose strife in Libya over joblessness, poverty in PH

“We cannot blame our kababayans if they would opt not to return to the Philippines because no jobs, livelihood and security for their families await them here. The government is also mainly accountable for placing our kababayans in the situation they are in now,” said Garry Martinez, chairperson of Migrante International

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Various groups have denounced the US-led military attacks against Libya after the United Nations Security Council passed resolution 1973 authorizing the attacks. Government employees, students and workers have launched protests, saying that the US and its allies should back out of the war in Libya. Government employees led by…

By THEA AYLA P. BANAG Migrant Watch Bulatlat Members of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs criticized several government agencies for “ignoring the pleas” of Filipino workers who became victims of illegal recruitment in Libya. The Committee held an inquiry in aid of legislation, Wednesday, into the plight of 50 overseas Filipino workers in…