May 2009

Dear Friends!

This is an urgent call for help for Helen Caraca, human rights worker and development activist, who is suffering from Ileocolic Intussusception and is set to undergo surgery in the last week of May 2009 in a public hospital in Cebu.

We have known Helen as a devoted… Continue

PRESENTATION ON OUTPUTS OF NATIONAL CONSULTATION
1-2 October 2008—Makati City

CONSOLIDATION/SUMMARY OF THE WORKSHOP RESULTS OF THE 4 ISLAND CONSULTATIONS

Ha Samboangan (In Zamboanga)
Musings of an In-migrant

It has always been the default option, an automatic choice even, and sometimes, more like an instinctive response.

The fact of not earning a good pay or not earning at all, of not feeling secure in one’s home, of being illiterate, and of not having enough food on the table, and of so many other reasons rooted on poverty, armed conflict, and corruption or at the least government inefficiency, has impelled people of different ethnicities in t… Continue

By Judith Balea -

As job opportunities dry up in the US and the rest of the western world due to the brutal financial crisis, some Filipino executives, who left early on for greener pastures, are returning home in search of work.

The financial turmoil–that analysts and experts describe as the “worst” since the Great Depression of the 1930s and that which has forced the world economy to turn on its head–is all encompassing that even the highly skilled are affected, local executive search firms… Continue

Issue #1: "Buyer's Remorse" on Immigration Policy
The current economic downturn has made many destination countries cautious about welcoming permanent migrants, with some expressing the policy equivalent of buyer's remorse: paying too high a price for something no longer desired.

Issue #2: The Recession-Proof Race for Highly Skilled Migrants
Gloomy economic forecasts do not seem to have slowed the hunt for highly skilled migrants or foreign students — the best near-term solution to fill shortag… Continue

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