OFW Deployment UP "Again!?!?!"

ANG BAGONG BAYANI

ni Rafael A. Pulmano

Nilisan ang bansa kapalit ng dolyar
Singaporeang paslit ang inalagaan
Ang sariling anak, nalamnan ang tiyan
Gutom sa kalinga ng magulang naman.

Gurong naghahangad ng riyal na kita
Nag-domestic helper sa Saudi Arabia
Four years nagtiyagang pakadalubhasa
Sa ibang lahi pa nagpapaalila.

Dating chief engineer sa sariling nasyon
Sa abroad nag-apply: karpentero-mason
Noo'y naka-jacket sa lamig ng aircon
Sa init ng araw ay sunog na ngayon.

Sawa na sa laging galunggong ang ulam
Nagsikap marating ang bansa ng sakang
Sariling katawan ang ikinalakal
Umuwing mayaman, malamig na bangkay.

Nagtiis maglayo yaong bagong kasal
Upang pag-ipunan ang kinabukasan
Masakit na birong pag-uwi ng bahay
Nangulilang kabyak, may iba nang mahal.

Sila ang overseas contract workers natin
Masipag, marangal, at mapangarapin
Kahit may panganib, ayaw magpapigil
Legal o ilegal, bansa'y lilisanin.

Gobyernong kailangan ang foreign currency
Passport, POEA at etceterang fee
Saludung-saludo, labis ang papuri
Sa OFWs - ang Bagong Bayani.

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Philstar.com - Friday, December 18

MANILA, Philippines – The government's deployment of workers abroad has slightly increased in November, registering an 11.7 percent growth rate.

Figures from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) showed that as of November this year, a total of 1,284,133 overseas Filipino workers have been deployed to different parts of the globe compared to 1,149,429 for the same period in previous year.

A total of 986,666 OFWs came from the land-based sector while a number of seafarers or sea-based workers account for 297,467.

POEA records also showed that the number of new hires for land-based OFWs was trimmed down to 320,508 this year from last year's 346,871.

However, POEA head Jennifer Manalili said the number of re-hires for the sector has improved from 559,809 last year to 666,158 this year.

“A positive employment growth would mean more opportunities for foreign workers,” Manalili told a press conference today at the POEA building in Mandaluyong City.

Saudi Arabia is still the top OFW destination with 900,127 OFWs as of October this year, while the United Arab Emirates came in second with 160,242 OFWs deployed in the same period.

Manalili is also optimistic that countries like Guam, Qatar, Singapore , Malaysia and Brunei will demand more foreign manpower next year. - By Dennis Carcamo (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)


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REACTION:

by: ehnriko

The above article clearly indicates what kind of country we have.

What we clearly have is a 'Slave country' if not a country of slaves (labor/sex and corporate)!

We take pride in sending Pinoys abroad to be the slaves of the world.

We allow the systematic degeneration of our children... Children need to be guided by their parents from age 0-12!

But they literally grew up unguided, lacking the attention they need and causing them to seek it with their peers or strangers if not incest.

This is really an alarming situation!

For 30 years - our country has been exporting slaves abroad and has in effect produced a generation of Bastards - ... Bastards producing more Bastards!

Recently, I came across some words spreading around that the DOH is distributing pamphlets about Sex Education with the Heading "DI DAPAT MAGTIIS" - or something like that... clearly and openly suggesting the use of condoms.

Also recently, reports have risen that the youngest age of kids having sex in the Philippines is 10 years old!!! Pregnancy at the age of 13!!!

What can you expect of a generation who virtually grew up under the care of their Grandparents who also need Care themselves... and who are also having tendencies to behave like kids again???

The generation of Pinoys going abroad is an effect of what the first worlds have done to this country. To make us their pool of Laborers. Flattering us that we are the best laborers in the whole world! - and WE ARE ALL SUCKERS!

Pinoys love to brag their accomplishments against their fellow Pinoys... but they are Self Reducing in front of Foreigners! Where is this coming from???

Indeed, a cancer has grown into this society... Where did I read this slogan... "SPREAD THE CHARITY VIRUS" - What?... How on eart can one come up with mixing a NEGATIVE WORD with a POSITIVE WORD for a Slogan? Where did these guys pick their brains from? Don't tell me, they have PHD's and MASTERAL Degree?... Shooots!

Come on, Face it! There are probably 99% of Pinoys with MBA's and PHD's who took them for the sake of keeping their jobs in the Government. They dont even know what they have studied at all. As a matter of fact, getting the diploma was all there is to it. But ask them to use their imagination or think of solutions in making their jobs more productive... Not a single one will come up of something sensible. They work in the Government, yet they don't know how to fix it.... and they will blame the leadership.

What can we expect from a Government composed of Clowns? I call them clowns because they are all actors in a circus... Yes - our Country is ran like a circus - everything should be staged and scripted. No spontaneity at all since they all seem to lack a Prime Directive.

What can my blog do against them?.... What can my blog do to stop total degeneration of this country? 10 years old kids sniffing rugby in the streets, having sex and orgies, 16 year old girls prostituting in the streets, 12 year old boys working as assasins, 50 to 70 year old politicians - living life like a Hollywood character Druglord/ Warlord/ Gambling Lord, people acting like a crazy mob over a ring fight in international TV - and saying "Proud to be Filipino"... WAKE UP Pinoys!

Nasaan na ang kahihiyan at dignidad mo sa sarili?

Every action you make should contribute in nation building, cultural and heritage revival and fortification, national identity forging, real moral values forming, education quality improvement, technological revolution initiation. These and many more items should be the agenda of the modern Pinoy.... unfortunately - NOT.

I am an exploited technocrat myself, it is virtually impossible to escape an adversity without enough money. But this will not stop me from spreading a consciousness.

I leave this one now on this note.

"There are only 3 types of people... Those who see, those who can see what is presented to them... and Those who cannot see.: - Leonardo Da Vinci - in the 1600's