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ANGBANSA
‘Significant’ wage rise bleak
Bacolod
Sixty-nine pieces of fake
P1,000 bills were seized by
Migrants accuse Roque of sending wrong signal about pay demands to HK government
the Bacolod City police from
a resident of Kidapawan City,
North Cotabato, Thursday at
Jose Marcelo in Hong Kong
BY THE NUMBERS
the Centroplex Commercial
Complex in Bacolod City.
Current minimum monthly wage of foreign Chief inspector Noel Mana-ay,
Domestic helpers expecting a sub-
domestic workers in Hong Kong dollars
said fake bills were recovered
stantial wage increase this year may
from Jimmy Bermudo alias
be in for a disappointment.
3,480
“Insik”, 31, of barangay Chito,
Statements made by Hong Kong
Kidapawan after a complaint
Permanent Secretary for Labor and
filed by Bacolod resident Lerma
Welfare Matthew Cheung during a
Paredes.
meeting with acting Labor Secretary Paredes claimed her P1,000
Marianito Roque on April 2 have was switched by the suspect
dampened hopes for a return of the Cheung pointed when she was about to pay her
helpers’ wages to the 2003 bench- out that Hong
bill at a food court. Paredes
mark of $3,680. Kong’s economy
was looking for change for
Malacanang had announced that has yet to reach the
P1,000 when Bermudo offered
Roque had been given an assurance 2003 level.
to give her two pieces of P500.
that a “moderate” increase was in the “ A l t h o u g h
offing for helpers upon the comple- economy has blos-
Albay
tion of the annual pay review in June. somed, hindi pa
The minimum allowable wage for rin daw kasing ganda as it was back
The provincial government of
domestic workers currently stands at in 2003,” said Salud. “Kaya hindi pa
Albay is eyeing another 12
$3,480. raw kaya.” hectares for rice plantation to
But labor officials said that Cheung Malacanang’s announcement of the increase its production in the
was also careful not to heighten ex- impending raise had Roque coming next months.
pectations that the territory’s vibrant under fire from Hong Kong-based
Governor Joey Salceda said
economy would guarantee at least a groups which accused him of “grand-
the additional land is in the third
return to the 2003 watershed mark. standing” and “credit-grabbing”.
district of the province.
“We were assured that there will be United Filipinos in Hong Kong
“This is our immediate move
an increase, but they told us it may chairperson Dolores Balladares
to counter the rice crisis in the
not be as big as we’re expecting,” said said Roque was “hallucinating if he
labor attache Romy Salud (above). thinks it’s his alleged negotiation that
Migrant groups’ hopes for a signifi- clinched the deal”.
cant pay rise were raised after Hong Balladares said the announcement
Kong’s Finance Secretary John Tsang sent the wrong signal that domes-
announced a $100 billion package in tic helpers would be happy to settle
tax breaks and doleouts on February for piecemeal increases of $50, $80
27. and $80 to their salaries in the past
The groups had organized mass ac- three years. “Our campaign is for a
tions and made submissions to the substantial increase commensurate region,” he said “The provincial
SAR Executive Council, which has to what we do and what we need. government also decided to
the final say on the wage review, to Roque’s tacit approval of a moder-
distribute NFA rice directly to
press their demand for a substantial ate pay rise could be taken by the HK
the community through local
pay rise. They are planning another government acceptance of another Acting Labor Secretary Marianito Roque calls on his Hong Kong
government units.”
March on May 1. piecemeal increase,” she said.
counterpart, Matthew Cheung, to discuss bilateral concerns.
He said the rice crisis is a
political issue and should be
handled as such.
pinoypatrol@filglobe.com
PINOYPATROL
Iloilo
LAKING TAKOT
ang telepono 1823 at hilingin tulad ng stereo, TV, washing
Fifteen overseas Filipino
SA ASONG GALA
sa Agriculture, Fisheries and machine at iba pa. Walang mga
workers from Western Visayas
Inirereklamo ni Zoraida ng Pak
Conservation Department (AFCD) work permit ang mga ito at
were repatriated by the
Kong ang sobrang dami ng mga
na hulihin ang mga ito.) kadalasan ay kahina-hinala ang Overseas Workers Welfare
asong gala sa kanilang village.
kanilang mga kilos. Administration during the first
Bukod daw sa makalat sa kanilang
KARGADONG
Posibleng hindi lamang mga quarter of 2008.
dumi ang mga ito, madalas daw MGA PULIS
Ang mga ito raw ay para higit lumang gamit ninyo ang matangay OWWA programs division
chief Marne Halanes said that
ay nanghahabol pa ang ilan dito. Sa paglilibot ng Pinoy Patrol, hindi
na mapangalagaan ng mga pulis nila kundi pati na rin ang iba pang
of the 15, nine were human
Minsan nga raw kasama niya ang maiwasang mapansin nito ang
ang seguridad ng paligid at mga mahahalagang bagay sa inyong
remains, one was mentally-ill
kanyang bumibisitang kapatid mula dagdag kargada sa mga baywang
mamamayan. kabahayan kapag hindi kayo nag-
and five were physically ill.
sa Maynila ay hinabol sila ng isang ng kapulisan. Sa ilang okasyon,
ingat.
Halanes said majority of
itim na aso na lubhang ikinagulat lalung lalo na sa mga Rural Patrol
MAG-INGAT SA MGA
Ang mga domestic helper na
those repatriated came from
ng kanyang kapatid. Sana man Unit, may mga karga silang mga
NAGTUTULAK
naiiwan sa bahay ang madalas
the Middle East, mainly Saudi
lamang daw ay maging responsible 20 lbs sa kanilang mga waistbelts.
Hindi bawal na gamot ang
mabiktima nang mga ito. Malaking
Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Oman,
ang mga may-ari ng mga asong Bukod sa radyo at posas, ang
tinutukoy namin kundi mga
problema yan kung sakaling
Kuwait and the United Arab
ito at itali upang hindi naman kanilang aparato ay kinabibilangan
taga-mainland na may mga tulak-
matangayan kayo ng gamit ng
Emirates. Others came from
makaperwisyo. Itinatanong ni ng dagdag na armas at bala, baston
tulak na trolley at gumagala sa
inyong amo. Maaring mademanda
Taiwan and Hong Kong. She
Zorayda kung anong ahensiya ang at pepper spray. Mayroon din silang
mga villages at residential areas.
pa kayo. Ipagbigay-alam sa
said OFWs who died are
maaring pagtanungan tungkol dito. mahahabang shotgun at machine
Naghahanap sila kuno ng mga
kapulisan kung may mga ganitong
entitled to insurance benefits
(Zoraida, maari mong tawagan gun sa kani-kanilang sasakyan.
ibinebentang mga kasangkapan
taong aali-aligid sa inyong lugar. from OWWA.
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