Masamang kalagayan ng OFWs sa Jeddah nakunan ng video
“Inaatasan ko ang mga kawani ng DFA, POEA, at ng OWWA at iba pang kinauukulang ahensya na mas lalo pang paigtingin ang pagtugon sa mga hinaing at pangangailangan ng ating overseas Filipino workers.”
Hunyo 30, 2010, bahagi ito ng inaugural speech ni Pangulong Noynoy.
Buwan ng Hulyo nakunan ni Louie Castañas ng video ang loob mismo ng Jeddah Deportation Center sa Saudi Arabia.
Ito ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na mayroong video na magpapatunay kung gaano kahirap ang dinaranas ng ating mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) na gusto nang umuwi ng bansa.
Sila ang mga nagkusa sa inalok na voluntary deportation ng Saudi government.
Taliwas sa naging pangako ng Saudi government maging ng Philippine consulate sa Jeddah, ang 3 araw na paghihintay ay tumagal ng ilang buwan.
Kitang-kita sa video kung gaano kahirap ang kalagayan ng ating mga bayani. Katunayan, karamihan sa kanila ay nagkakasakit na.
“Halos lahat sir may sakit e. May ubo, lagnat. Hawa-hawa na eh,” ani Reggie Quiñones, isang runaway OFW sa Jeddah, sa isang panayam ng Failon Ngayon.
Alam na umano ng Department of Labor and Employment, Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration at Department of Foreign Affairs ang naturang sitwasyon, ngunit patuloy pa rin ang pag-angal ng ating mga bayani.
“Iyong pinapakita ninyo sa amin, talaga namang kailangan ng united, concerted effort by the embassy itself. Diresto na po. Makikipag-usap na po ang embahada with the proper Saudi Arabian government agency,” anang tagapagsalita ng DFA.
Panoorin ang full exclusive video sa loob ng Jedah, Saudi Arabia deprotation center, Sabado, alas-6 ng gabi sa Failon Ngayon.
09/03/2010 11:43 PM
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AMNESTY FOR OVERSTAYING OFWS IN SAUDI UNTIL MARCH 23, 2011
Diplomats, officials welcome amnesty
By RODOLFO ESTIMO JR. | ARAB NEWS
Published: Sep 23, 2010 01:09 Updated: Sep 23, 2010 01:09
RIYADH: Diplomats, officials and community leaders on Wednesday welcomed the six-month amnesty announced by the Saudi government allowing hundreds of illegal foreigners overstaying their visas to leave the Kingdom without punishment.
“I have informed the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines about this development. We are indeed thankful to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah for this generous gesture,” Ambassador Antonio P. Villamor said.
Villamor said he would also seek a meeting with officials at the Interior Ministry to gain a clearer understanding of the procedures in order to properly guide overstaying Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
The Ministry of Interior said the amnesty would cover those who arrived in the Kingdom on Haj, Umrah, visit or any other type of visas that have expired, as well people who have violated Passport Department laws.
The ministry advised those eligible to report to the nearest Department for Foreigners’ Affairs (Wafideen) from Sept. 25, 2010. The amnesty ends on March 23, 2011.
The ministry also advised all overstayers and other illegal residents to benefit from the pardon and leave the Kingdom before the grace period. Violators caught after the amnesty will receive harsh punishments, including jail and a fine.
In Jeddah, the Saudi National Committee of Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (SYS), a Kerala-based sociocultural organization, welcomed the amnesty declared by the Interior Ministry for illegal foreigners to leave the country.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Syed Habibul Bukhari, the committee’s president, urged all illegal residents in the country to make use of the opportunity immediately.
Bukhari said the relief cell under his committee would provide necessary assistance to members of the public who want to make use of the amnesty to complete official formalities. The organization will also hold a number of programs to raise awareness about the amnesty, he added.
Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau urged Sri Lankan nationals in the country who have lost their passports to make use of the amnesty. In a statement issued in Colombo, it asked them to report to Sri Lankan Embassy in Riyadh or the Consulate General in Jeddah to obtain emergency travel documents.
Philippine Embassy sources said it was difficult to quantify the number of runaway OFWs in the Kingdom.
According to the rights group Migrante International, some 3,000 runaway OFWs have sought its help. However, there are many other undocumented OFWs, including maids who have run away from their sponsors and are now working for other employers.
There are also OFWs who have escaped from their sponsors without informing the embassy and are staying with compatriots.
The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah told Arab News said that it could only issue an appropriate advisory for concerned OFWs after it has received an official notification on the amnesty.
Labor Attache David Des T. Dicang of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in the Eastern Region, on the other hand, told Arab News that the organization was “indeed happy beyond words over this good development.”
“OFWs who ran away from their sponsors and whose visas have expired could now expect to go home without penalty,” Dicang added.
“If their passports have expired, they will have to fill up forms, including travel documents.”
Walang mahirap kung walang kurap
Mukhang naghihirap pa rin ang ating modern days hero. Mukhang kurap pa rin ang sistema. Bakit walang accountability ang ating DFA sa issue na ito. Dapat panahon na ihinto ang ganitong sistema ng incompetence sa ating mga public servants abroad. Kung hindi nila kayang manungkulan ay dapat ibigay nila sa iba.
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Calling and hailing the OFW's heroes and not doing anything to give them the treatment and attention they deserve as such is insult to injury, hypocrisy of the highest degree.
If heads roll because of the deaths of 8 chinese foreigners in the country, then more so heads MUST roll in the diplomats' sections for failing to assist our countrymen in foreign lands in Philippine soil which is what embassies are: Philippine territory.
Ano ba yan!!!
Ang tagal nang ganyan ang sitwasyon ng mga kababayan2 natin sa Riyadh embassy at sa Jeddah consulate, ilang dekada na yang ganyan bkit hangang ngayon hindi ginagawan ng paraan yan ng ating gobyerno....hindi ko alam kung nagbubulagbulagan lang ang mga kinauukulan...kung hindi pa makunan ng media hindi pa aaksyonan...BAKIT KAYO GANYAN???? Halos lahat ng embassy natin dyan sa middle-east, maraming kawawang mga kababayan...
Middle East OFW's vs. Philippine Embassies
It's the Neverending Story and reruns....kahit saan ka, parepareho lang ang Philippine embassies. Pagpasok mo tingin mo sa mga tao...voltures ka lalamunin ang bulsa mo. Crooks....the story of OFWs are all the same.
Patuloy ang Bulok na Sistema
Ganun na man pala alam nila na masama ang kalagayan ng mga OFW na boluntaryo pa kamo na nagsurender subalit kung hindi pa may makapuslit ng video o mailabas ng media ang mga expose na ito e malamang hahayaan lang ninyo itong ganitong pamamalakad. Parang pati na rin kayo lumalabas na kasabwat ng Saudi government dahil umaasa na maayos ang transition dahil mismo ang pamahalaan natin e suportado ang proyekto pero sa halip tila kayo nagtaksil sa mga kababayan natin na nais lang umuwi na sa ating bansa. Mga sir mga maam sana ayusin po natin ang paglilingkod sa mga OFW's natin sa Saudi at hindi po tayo magkibit balikat kung ano lang po ang dinidikta ng dayuhang bansa sa atin. Dahil kung hindi po ninyo kayang silbihan ng mabuti ang mga OFW's natin, e aba baka ibigay na lang po natin sa ibang may taus pusong balak manilbihan sa mga OFW's natin.
Kawawa ang mga Kababayan natin sa Middle East
Wala naman kasing tulong lalo na noong panahon ni ARROYO puro salita lang...para silang sardinas doon lalo na sa Iraq...