An Act Designating the Supreme Court to Designate Special Courts from Among Existing Trial Courts in Each Judicial Region to Exclusively Try and Hear Cases Involving Illegal Recruitment. Amending for the Purpose RA #8042 Otherwise Known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995, as Amended
A Resolution Directing The House Committee On Foreign Affairs And On Labor And Employment To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation On The Alleged Human Traficking Committed By The Assistant Labot Attache In Kuwait Involving Abused Filipino Workers Who Have Sought Refuge In The halfway Home Run By The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration And Recommend Measures Thereon Including Immediate Recall And Filing Of Criminal Charges Against The Responsible Officer/s
“Even as we are saddened by the news of their execution, lessons must be learned. Much needs to be done so that no other OFW will have the same fate as Sally Villanueva, Elizabeth Batain and Ramon Credo.”
This was according to Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan as three Filipino OFWs were executed today in China after they were found guilty of drug trafficking. read more »
“The impending execution of three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking in China should serve as a wake-up call for the Aquino government to boost local job creation and end the labor export policy that drug syndicates exploit in their recruitment of Filipino drug mules.” read more »
Gabriela Women’s Party condemns the US intervention and military aggression on Libya and calls on the Philippine government to denounce the US-led military action that is set to endanger the lives of several Filipino migrant workers in Libya. read more »
“With the number of distressed OFWs growing by the day, it is high time that the Philippine government reconsiders its labor export policy. Whether in death row or in jail, in disaster stricken countries like Japan and New Zealand or in countries facing major political upheavals, Filipino migrants are in very dangerous and vulnerable situations.” read more »
Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today voiced concern over delays on the evacuation of Overseas Filipino Workers amidst escalating violence and threats of the possible eruption of a civil war in Libya as well as in neighboring countries, Yemen and Bahrain. read more »
A Resolution Directing The House Committee On Overseas Workers Affairs To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation On The Reported Large Scale Illegal Recruitment Of OFWs To Madagascar, South Africa Committed By The Krisalis Construction Incorporated, East-West Placement Center Inc. And Omanfil International Manpower Development Corporation And Recommend Measures Thereon Including Cancellation Of License And Filing Of Appropriate Complaints Against The Erring Recruitment Agencies
A Resolution Directing The House Committee On Overseas Workers Affairs To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid of Legislation On The Reported Blatant Abuse Of Authority Committed By The Labor Attache Assigned In The Philippine Consulate General's Office in Hong Kong, Including His Demeaning Treatment Of An OFW Whose Rights He Is Mandated To Protect and Promote, And To Recommend Measures Thereon Including Recall Of Those Responsible Officer
A Resolution Urging The Committee On Overseas Workers Affairs To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation, On The Plight Of Fifty (50) Filipino Beauticians Allegedly Victims Of Illegal Recruitment And Abused By Their Employer In Kuwait, And Recommend Measures Thereof To Protect The Rights And Welfare, Including Immediate Repatriation And Provision Of Legal Assistance
