by magnolia_eic | Dec 1, 2010 | Headlines, National News
GISIGURO niadtong Lunes sa administrasyong Aquino nga adunay igong pondo kon
ipatuman ang evacuation sa mga OFW’s nga tua sa South Korea sa higayong mo grabe ang
sitwasyon.
Matud pa ni Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, adunay igong pondo nga gigahin sa panahong
kinahanglang ibakwit ang may 50,000 OFW’s nga naa sa Korea kon mo grabe ang sitwasyon
sa Korean peninsula.
Wala hinuon gibutyag sa kalihim sa Department of Budget and Management (DBM) ang
kantidad nga mamahimong gastuhon sa gobyerno kon ibakwit ang tanang mga OFW’s nga
naa sa Korea.
Dugang pa ni Abad, padayon ang pagtutok ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III sa panghitabo
sa Korean peninsula ug aduna nay naka-andam nga mga contingency plan kon kinahanglang
ibakwit ang mga Pinoy. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 1, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clarifies on Sunday on the issue that
there is a current deployment ban of OFWs to South Korea as reported earlier, as she says
there will be only a delay, according to local news sites.
In a statement released by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, she clarified that the
government did not impose a ban for OFW’s bound for South Korea, but rather delayed the
schedule of the 55-member of OFW, which was moved from November 30 to December 7,
2010.
The decision to ban the deployment of Filipinos to South Korea, where tension has been high
following last week’s artillery exchange between the two Koreas, will still have to be made
pending a review of the security situation there, Baldoz said.
“The government team, headed by Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo
and which the President had directed to assess the situation, had recommended this decision
as a matter of caution and prudence,” she said.
“Any further decision on the deployment of OFWs to South Korea will be reviewed after the
team of Ambassador Roy Cimatu, which has been ordered to go to South Korea to assess
the situation there, has submitted a report,” Baldoz added.
There are sixty thousand Filipino nationals in South Korea and only nine are working in North
Korea. Of the nine Filipino nationals, five are working for the United Nations, and four are
working for a foreign international tobacco company. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 25, 2010 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno S. Aquino III has joined other nations in calling for sobriety and an end to
the renewed tension between North and South Korea which exchanged artillery fire Tuesday.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda echoed the President statement during a press
briefing where he assured families and relatives of Filipinos working and residing in both
countries that the government is closely monitoring the situation there.
The President, according to Lacierda has ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
and other agencies concerned with migrant workers to implement precautionary measures
to protect and ensure the safety of thousands of Filipino migrant workers in the Korean
Peninsula.
Lacierda said Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Louie Cruz has informed them
that there are no plans yet of evacuation but certain precautionary measures had been
undertaken.
DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Esteban Conejos informed the President
that the DFA is prepared to evacuate all 60,000 Filipinos in South Korea if and when needed.
Lacierda noted that the constant tension in the Korean Peninsula that started with North
Korea’s nuclear testing two years ago prompted the Philippine government to draw up a
contingency plan that includes mobilizing an extensive network of Filipino community leaders
in dangerous situations.
He admitted that the Chief Executive is convening his security officials, which include the
National Security Council and the Department of National Defense this afternoon, to discuss
in the Cluster meeting the immediate possible response of the Philippine government to the
concerns of the Korean situation.
There are sixty thousand Filipino nationals in South Korea and only nine are working in North
Korea. Of the nine Filipino nationals, five are working for the United Nations, and four are
working for a foreign international tobacco company. (PCOO)
