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On Day 13 of their campout, stranded OFWs inside the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh continue to experience harassment, threats and food and water blockade by embassy officials. As of 6:00pm yesterday, KSA time, the stranded OFWs, among them women and children, were driven away from their makeshift tents inside the embassy compound. Some of them [...]

For Juan ‘Johnny’ Revilla, project manager of Placewell Manpower, a recruitment agency contracted by the Commission on Elections to man PCOS machines in the 2010 elections, “for a cunning, desperate and sly politician, there are so many ways” to cheat in automated elections. Revilla’s recruitment agency was one of three companies that won the contract [...]

Migrante International chairperson Garry Martinez today said that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan should not be made to bear the brunt for the Philippine government’s callous, incompetent and undiplomatic handling of the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) shooting of a Taiwanese vessel killing a 65-year-old fisherman last May 9. The migrant leader said that they, [...]

Migrante Partylist feared massive disenfranchisement brought about by widespread reports of malfunctioning PCOS machines a few hours into the mid-term elections. Citing reports from its poll watchers and volunteers scattered around the country, Migrante Partylist 1st Nominee and Chairperson Connie Bragas-Regalado said that most common complaints include PCOS machine shutdowns, rejected ballots, paper jams and [...]

Families of stranded OFWs in Jeddah and Riyadh today set up anew a symbolic campout protest in front of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Main Office in Manila to demand free, immediate and mass repatriation of their loved ones. According to Garry Martinez, the families decided to hold another campout protest at the DFA “to [...]

There seems to be no end to the suffering of stranded OFWs in Riyadh. On the fifth day of their campout, heavy rains demolished their tents and makeshift shelters inside the PH embassy compound. The heavy rains lasted from 4:00pm to 6:30pm, KSA time.  (Please see attached video and photos) Despite this, however, the OFWs [...]

Migrante Partylist today condemned the ongoing food and water embargo being implemented by the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh against stranded OFWs presently holding their campout inside the embassy compound. According to latest reports from the stranded OFWs, food and water supplies from supporters were being withheld by PH embassy authorities upon orders from PH Ambassador [...]

Yesterday, 200 undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), 70 were women with 10 children, staged a campout protest outside the PH Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, taking cue from the ongoing Tent City campout in Jeddah. Like those at the Jeddah Tent City, the OFWs also called for free, immediate and mass repatriation by the Aquino [...]

As of 12:30pm, KSA time, the three OFWs arrested by the Saudi police have been released. The OFWs are Lyndon Salonga, Juan Carlos and Jon Jon de Vera. According to the OFWs, they were deposited into a car then Saudi police, together with PH authorities, harassed and threatened them while they drove around. They were [...]

Migrante Partylist condemns in strongest terms the arrest and detention of stranded OFWs who staged a campout protest today at the PH Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 200 undocumented OFWs staged their protest today, 70 are women with 10 children, taking cue from the ongoing campout protest being done by stranded OFWs at the Tent [...]

Migrante Partylist today said that it will not forget the promises made by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) during the solidarity campout staged by families of stranded OFWs at the Jeddah Tent City. “It has been three days since the dialogue and still not one OFW has been reunited with their family. We will [...]

Families of stranded OFWs at the Tent City in Jeddah today concluded their three-day campout by highlighting the plight of OFWs and calling to end to the Philippine government’s labor export policy. The families spent the last night of the solidarity campout in Mendiola after successfully engaging the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in dialogue [...]

Families of stranded OFWs in Jeddah were not happy with the outcome of the dialogue with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Sec. Albert del Rosario today. According to Garry Martinez, 2nd Nominee of Migrant Partylist and Migrante International chairperson, the dialogue was just a repeat of the DFA’s promises since the Jeddah Tent City was [...]

After the successful Day 1 of the “Solidarity Campout” of kin of stranded OFWs at the Jeddah Tent City, more families have joined in to demand free, immediate and mass repatriation for their loved ones. Garry Martinez, Migrante Partylist 2nd Nominee and Migrante International chairperson, announced that more families dropped by the campout site at [...]

Number of OFWs at Jeddah Tent City now at 4,397, plus a new-born baby  Families of stranded OFWs at the Jeddah Tent City set up Day 1 of their “Solidarity Campout” this morning at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Main Office in Manila to demand “free, immediate and mass repatriation” for their loved ones. [...]

Taking cue from at least 3,000 stranded OFWs camping outside of the PH Consulate in Jeddah in what is now known as the “Tent City”, stranded OFWs also awaiting repatriation by the Aquino government have launched similar “campout protests” in Riyadh, KSA and Jordan. Some 30 stranded OFWs held a picket at the PH Embassy-run [...]

“If the Aquino government continues to sit pretty while our OFWs suffer, they will be repatriating dead bodies instead. Our OFWs are dying yet the Aquino government is still business-as-usual.” This was the statement Migrante Partylist following reports that another stranded OFW had died of ulcer since the Jeddah Tent City campout began. This time, [...]

Migrante Partylist called on the Philippine Embassy in Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Philippine Congress to immediately investigate the drunken, unruly and unacceptable behaviour displayed by a PH Consul General in Vancouver, Canada. The Con-Gen’s unprovoked, rude behaviour was caught on camera by a disgruntled overseas Filipino worker (OFW) and later posted in [...]

“Aquino gov’t has AIDS (As If Doing Something) syndrome” – migrant leader Because of the Aquino administration’s continued inaction and insincerity in assisting stranded OFWs currently camped outside of the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah, families of OFWs expressed their anger and dismay by throwing paint bombs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) seal Wednesday [...]

Overseas absentee voters in Italy are complaining that the Commission of Elections (Comelec) has effectively shortened their voting period due to flaws and inefficiencies of the agency. According to Connie Bragas-Regalado, Chairperson and 1st Nominee of Migrante Partylist, they were furnished with a copy of a memorandum from the Philippine Embassy in Rome stating that [...]