i thought this people are the new bayani ng bayan

[ganjaman4978]

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MANILA, Philippines - One hundred twelve overseas Filipino workers have been meted the death penalty, most of them drug mules in China, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
As of Oct. 21, 2010, the DFA said there are 76 Filipinos in China who have been convicted and sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
Of the active death penalty cases, 16 are OFWs in the Middle East charged with murder/homicide (including rape/robbery with murder).
The cases of 18 OFWs in Malaysia who were sentenced to death include drug trafficking, robbery with homicide, rape with homicide and murder.
During a briefing by the DFA for Vice President and presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers Jejomar Binay, Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban Conejos Jr. said there are already 205 drug trafficking cases.
“They have been convicted and sentenced to death. The cases were appealed to the High Court and pending review by the People’s Supreme Court in Beijing,” Conejos said. “The DFA continues to exhaust all the legal remedies to provide assistance to our OFWs there.”
The DFA explained that these are death penalty and not death row cases. The latter implies that final judgment of conviction has already been reached and the Filipinos concerned are simply awaiting execution.
The DFA earlier said the decision on the cases of two Filipinos sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling is final and should not be linked to the backlash against the Philippines for the death of eight Hong Kong nationals in a hostage-taking in Manila last August.


Conejos said the decision on the two Filipinos does not need a review and was handed down long before the hostage crisis in Manila.
Five death penalty cases in China who were convicted for drug trafficking, Conejos said, are the most critical. One of the five Filipinos was found in possession of 4,110 grams of heroine.
He said the Philippines continues with high-level intercession to save the Filipinos sentenced to death.
“We recognize the sovereignty of China. We respect the laws of China but we appeal to them for humanitarian reason that they be saved,” he said.
Under Chinese laws, the trafficking of 50 grams or more is punishable by 15 years imprisonment or death.
According to Conejos, a drug mule is offered US$3,000-$4,000 to transport drugs.
The DFA said there are now 302 drug-related cases in Asia involving Filipinos, mostly female victims who were lured to act as “drug mules” by international syndicates.
A majority of the cases are in China (205), Hong Kong (26) and Malaysia (17) and more female victims than males at 221 cases.
The DFA reiterated its warning to Filipinos traveling overseas on possession or trafficking of illegal drugs. This is in the light of the continuous arrests of Filipinos in drug-related cases, particularly in Asia.
The present figure is an increase from the 102 active death penalty cases of OFWs reported by the DFA in July.
All the accused OFWs are assisted by legal counsel and regular updates on the status of their cases are submitted by the concerned embassies or consulates general to the DFA.
The Philippine government has regularly interceded, through the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and the President, on behalf of numerous OFWs with death penalty cases.
The DFA said it will recommend further presidential intercessions as the need arises.
Since January 2006, 35 impositions of death penalty have been commuted to life imprisonment. Of these, 15 were already repatriated to the Philippines while 20 are currently serving commuted sentences.
In Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, there is possibility of commutation of death sentence under the following conditions:
• Tanazul (forgiveness) from the family of the victim to settle the private aspect of the crime, given upon the payment of diyah (blood money); and
• Clemency of the public aspect of the crime, granted by the Saudi King or Emir of Kuwait upon high-level intercessions led by the President.
Of the 16 pending death penalty cases in the Middle East, the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs has already obtained four signed tanazuls and is currently negotiating or commencing negotiations for 10 OFWs.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

These are runned by SYNDICATES . They dont represent at all the OFW COMMUNITY .

It just so happened , out of desperation nabuhat ni nila . Kinsay gusto gud mo buhat ana ?

[Tirong-say]

I think they found selling drugs abroad is more lucrative than selling it locally, they can pose as OFW's and perhaps can make it ligitimate by proper financing.
The main aim of OFW's in going abroad is to have a decent means of earning money using the skills and knowledge gained through years of working and proper education.

[calibre]

grabe na ni

[Adamot]

i agree with you bro. im an ofw myself. di lalim oi. magkinto gyud tawn mi didto...

[Dark-Knight]

These people just wanted to earn big in a short span of time without considering their security. Mostly basta magkalisod na kapit sa patalim na lang jud mao na nakapaet sa ato kinabuhi especially daghan nagsalig sa imo income.

[peewee_toot]

mao nay gi ingon nga walay madatu in an instant...

[ohohoy]

TS ka taas pod sa imoha thread woi, hehe..
but its nice to know..

[kokoytoyi]

Tungod sd cguro sa kalisod, nagtuo sila na one time big time ba, ilis sa dagkong kantindad para hatud lang sa package unya humana dayon. Wa sila kahibaw kung ma unsa sila kung madakpan or mo risk lang jd.

[phil8s]

pgchur brad..mga OFW ghapun ang new bayani ng pinas. if wla kai kaila nga ofw d ka ksabot. d mn pd gyd perfect ang tnan, like ani nila nga nsentenxaan ug death penaly coz of drug, murder, etc...pero d nmu isteriotype or generalize cla...k?