MANILA, Philippines – There are around 3,000 Filipinos detained overseas on criminal charges, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported yesterday.
DFA said 70 percent of these have committed immigration-related offenses, while the rest are in custody for theft, drug trafficking and other common crimes.
Sixty-two Filipinos are detained in nine countries in the Middle East for drug related offenses, while 43 others, most of them women, are detained in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
One of them, a certain Jason Mallorca Pineda, who was jailed in Dammam, Saudi Arabia in 2008 for allegedly receiving 21.2 grams of methamphetamine and selling it to fellow Filipinos, is awaiting the final decision of the Grand Court of Dammam.
Saudi authorities said he confessed to the crime. He remains in detention since Saudi law does not grant bail for drug-related offenses and has zero tolerance for such offenses. –Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star)
May –
Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month
“Corruption drains the nation
and victimizes workers who build the nation.
Accountability now!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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May 1 – Labor Day
May 2 – World Freedom Day
May 12 – World Communication Day
May 15 – International Day of Families
May 16 – International Day of Living
Together in Peace
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity
for Dialogue and Development
Monthly Observances:
The Month of the Ocean
Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month
Volunteerism Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Safe Motherhood Week
Daily Observances:
May 1: Labor Day
May 7: Health Worker’s Day
May 31: National Fisherfolks Day
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