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Is POEA policy to blame?

Every 6 hours, pirates seize a Filipino seaman

by Roel R. Landingin

In this issue

Dig this
A mess of mines
The Canadian quandary
Of tribal leaders and dealers
Thailand’s continuing crisis
Mike Arroyo claim stalls land reform in Negros
Every 6 hours, pirates seize a Filipino seaman
House opposition seeks cap on Gloria’s spending habits

THIS month alone, one Filipino shipping crewmember has been taken hostage every six hours somewhere in the world, according to [...]

Read more... | Posted Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Overseas Filipinos

The jumpy ladies of Lebanon

by Herbert Docena

BEIRUT — Miramar Flores stood on the ledge of her master’s second-floor balcony. As she tried to make up her mind — whether to stay on under the Israeli bombardment or to flee — it may well have occurred to her that it was a choice between death and death.

“If you don’t die from jumping, you die from nervousness,” recalls Flores, a 25-year-old domestic helper from Bacolod City. She chose to jump. She says that when she hit the ground, she thought it was the end. The pain in her legs assured her it wasn’t.

Read more... | Posted Sunday, August 27th, 2006

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