MERGED: Lifting of Travel Ban to Iraq

[marielee]

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kasagaran sa mga taw kai ni trabaho aron maka kwarta
kung asa ang kwarta ... adto ang mga trabahante

mangita jud ug trabaho ang taw. pwera nlng sa mga tapulan nga dawat limpyo. mao nga ug dunay oportunidad, adto jud ang pinoy. d sad ta ka blame nila kay labaw pang lisud ang pinas. ug naka sinati ang america ug recession , labaw pa ni atua. mao nga ug ma lift ang ban, daghang kaldero ang masudlan.

[storya_ta_bai2]

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/new...q-Afghanistan#

MANILA, Philippines—The government is not ruling out the possibility of lifting the ban on the deployment workers to Iraq and Afghanistan at this time, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.
The DFA, which heads an inter-agency committee assessing the security situation of Filipino migrant workers in the two war-torn countries, said it was "keeping an open mind" on the issue.
"We're open-minded, but we need to wait for the recommendation of the committee," DFA spokesman J. Eduardo Malaya has told the Inquirer.
According to Malaya, "the Philippine government values opportunities for Filipino labor in overseas markets" like Iraq and Afghanistan.
He said, however, that under Republic Act No. 8042, also known as the "Migrant Workers Act," the government "has to ensure the safety, security and welfare of overseas Filipino workers wherever they may be deployed."
"These factors will be among those that will be considered when the inter-agency committee evaluates developments in countries like Iraq," said Malaya.
RA 8042 mandates that the government adhere to strict guidelines in allowing the deployment of OFWs. It also imposes heavy penalties on government officials who allow the deployment of migrant workers without the guarantees required by law.
The Philippine Embassy in Baghdad favors the lifting of the ban, according to some DFA insiders.
Asked for comment, Malaya said he has "seen a report from them lately." However, he did not elaborate.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, presidential adviser on OFW concerns, said Binay had nothing against the deployment of OFWs to Iraq and Afghanistan "once the safety and welfare of Filipino migrant workers is assured."
"The safety and welfare of OFWs take precedence, particularly in high-risk countries like Iraq and Afghanistan," said Joey Salgado, Binay's spokesman and media officer.
Last week, Iraq's Ambassador to the Philippines Wadee Al-Batti called on the Philippines to lift its ban on worker deployment and travel to Iraq, saying OFWs can gain by taking part in his country's reconstruction.
Al-Batti pointed out that peace and order has greatly improved in Iraq since Manila imposed the ban in 2004.
The envoy said Iraq, or any country for that matter, could not guarantee against terrorist attacks.
According to the Iraqi diplomat, Iraq needs at least three million new houses, thousands of schools and more than 100 hospitals.
Some 4,000 OFWs work in Iraq despite the labor ban.
They were supposed to be repatriated to Manila last December, but their American and other foreign employers allowed them to stay and complete their work contracts as recommended by the DFA-led panel.
The committee also includes the Department of Labor and Employment, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.
OFWs in both Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom make over P100,000 a month doing various maintenance and logistics work in US military facilities, had earlier appealed to Malacañang to lift the labor deployment ban.
They pointed out that Nepal had already lifted its own ban.
But the DFA-led committee recommended against it due to the unstable security situation in those countries.
Prior to his trip to Egypt, DFA special envoy Roy Cimatu was directed by the foreign office to fly to Kabul to "look into the security condition of Filipino workers there."





-----Maayo ning balitaa. Maayo unta ug ma lift na. Nindut to nga idea ang waiver. Unsaon ta man nga ubay ubay man gyud nato ang nanginahanglan ug trabaho.

[marielee]

karon, we'll just wait for the govt to say something regarding the lifting of ban. but hopefully they'll consider it.

[storya_ta_bai2]

kani sad si Roy Cimatu, hangtud ron wala lang gihapon maka hatag ug feedback. Daghan baya intawon gusto makahibaw sa tinuod nga sitwasyon didto.

[marielee]

@storya: maybe gipugngan c roy cimatu to open his mouth regarding sa issue. basi gi huna huna pa jud sa atong gobyerno pag ayo ug angayan naba e lift. hoping ok na didto aron ma lift na ang ban

[storya_ta_bai2]

siguro gi studyuhan pa gyud na nila, hinaut lang nga dili malangan kay dunay daghan gapaabot mang lupad para mo trabaho

[high_heels]

basta for me di lang sad ni nila dapat langanon kay maunhan nasad ang mga pinoy ani bah...lisud na...ang mga indiano nasad ang maka pahimos ani.

[high_heels]

maayo unta ug ma lift na ang ban this 2011. Im sure mag baha gyud ang applicants para mo larga didto

[reclamador]

maayo unta ug ma lift na ang ban this 2011. Im sure mag baha gyud ang applicants para mo larga didto

TRUE ... kay maayo ug sweldo didto ...

[storya_ta_bai2]

kung madayon ni, ma ubsan gyud ang unemployed nga nurses nato diri. Nagka lata na gyud intawon ni sila, wa nay hapit kabutangan.