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Pinoy crew safe after pirate gunfire
Australia-bound cattle transport ship turns back to port on heels of attack in Indonesian waters
A cattle transport ship bound for Philippine Coast Guard, said no one the attack and undergo repairs to the 7.45am on Saturday, about 70 nauti- would not be turning up as scheduled
Western Australia came under attack was injured when the ship was fired ship’s bridge, which was badly dam- cal miles south of Balut Island. later this week.
from pirates just hours after sailing on for two hours by pirates in four aged by the gunfire. “Attacks usually happen in the Ma- He said the vessel was one of three
from the Philippines. speedboats. Balilo said he understood the attack lacca Strait, I have not heard of it hap- livestock transport ships which plied
The 4,600 tonne, 100-meter MV “The vessel did not stop and tried was the first by pirates in that area of pening in that particular area before,’’ between the Philippines and Austra-
Hereford Express, carrying 22 Fili- to maneuver to escape the attack by Indonesian waters, and the first time Balilo said. lian ports in Broome, Wyndham and
pino crew, was sailing for Broome to changing course to the northwest, that pirates had attacked a livestock Broome Port Authority chief ex- Darwin.
pick up a shipment of cattle when it away from the island,’’ Balilo told lo- transport ship. ecutive Vic Justice said he received a Pirate attacks occurred up to three
was attacked in Indonesian waters, cal media. The MV Hereford Express had left call from the Philippine Coast Guard times a week in the Malacca Strait
south of Mindanao. He said the vessel had returned to General Santos City for Broome on shortly after the incident was reported, between Indonesia and Singapore, he
Lieutenant Armando Balilo, of the port at General Santos City to report Friday evening and was attacked at saying the ship had been attacked and said.
Retraction
NEWSBITES
WIN FOR PINOY KIDS
of DH rape
The Japanese Supreme Court
has ruled that children fathered
illegitimately on foreign women
claim angers
by Japanese men are entitled
to citizenship.
The High Court overturned
Villamor
a lower court ruling, finding
that a section of the Nationality
Law is unconstitutional, media
reports say.
Philippine Ambassador Antonio Vil-
The case was brought on
lamor has criticized a Filipino wom-
behalf of 10 children living
in Japan whose mothers are
an who said she withdrew her allega-
Filipino and fathers Japanese.
tions of false imprisonment and gang
The decision could allow
rape.
thousands of half-Japanese
Villamor said that the Filipino do-
children living in the country to
mestic helper, identified as Jessa, seek citizenship.
was interviewed by embassy officials
in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, and that she PATIENT TOO COSTLY
confirmed she was coerced into sign-
A Filipino nanny with terminal
ing any confession that she made up
cancer in Toronto has been
charges against her employer and
ordered back to the Philippines
four men.
because of healthcare costs to
Jessa’s story took a new turn after
the Canadian government.
Juana Tejada, 38, was
she retracted her confession of false
diagnosed with colon cancer in
charges after she returned to the Phil-
2006 after arriving on a federal
ippines.
three-year work permit as a
She has been quoted as saying in
live-in caregiver in 2003,media
media reports last week that she was
reports say. Tejada asked
forced by the Saudi police to sign a immigration authorities to
piece of paper in Arabic and rejects reconsider her visa renewal
that document being treated as con- Hospitals are pressing the government to take measures to retain experienced nurses and boost hiring.
but the request was denied.
fession.
Speaking to local human rights
groups, she said she stands by her
Filipino nurses flee Dubai’s high costs
MONEY TO BURN
An English man has been
claim that she was gang-raped on
sentenced to community
service for burning a pile of
May 19 in the presence of her em-
A shortage of nurses is beginning in past few years as more nurses has become too expensive. A Fili-
cash at his home.
ployer.
to tell on the health sector in the in the region are tempted to work pino nurse who has been working in
Leo Casey, 63, torched the
“Ths kind of misleading attitudes
United Arab Emirates and govern- in the United States and European Al Wasl Hospital for 17 years, said
cash after an argument with
of our workers like Jessa will harm
ment hospitals are pushing for more countries that offer family and im- she had seen the changes. his partner in July of last year.
our bilateral relations,” Villamor
benefits and improvements to the migrant visas in lieu of the usual “When I came here, the govern- He admitted locking himself
said, adding that Saudi Arabia and
recruitment system to retain expe- work visas to experienced nurses ment provided me free housing and
inside a home and setting fire
the Philippine have had excellent ties
rienced nurses. and their families. even food. But, nurses lose their
to a bundle of 20-pound notes.
in almost all sectors. “She is retract-
One hospital in the Al Baraha area Filipinos make up 30 per cent of accommodation when they marry,”
He tossed them out of a
ing her confession for the reasons
of Dubai has a ratio of one nurse to nurses in Dubai, second only to In- she said.
window and burned other
best known to her,” said Villamor.
10 patients. In the intensive care dians, who account for 40 per cent. “Bringing up our children here
notes inside the house.
Villamor said the embassy in Jed-
Police were unable to
unit the ratio is one nurse to four The remainder are nurses from has become very difficult as every-
dah stands by the official report on
determine the precise amount
patients.The global standards 1:5 other Arab countries. Less than five thing is expensive.”
the incident, including earlier state-
of money but estimated it
and 1:1, respectively. percent are local health workers. She has started looking for a job
was about 17,000 pounds
ments made by Jessa in interviews
The situation has deteriorated Many, however, have left as Dubai in the United States.
(US$34,000).
with embassy officials.
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