MANILA, Philippines—Help is on the way.
This was the assurance given by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Wednesday to 60 construction workers stranded in the Maldives after their employer failed to pay their wages five months after their arrival in the Indian Ocean archipelagic state.
OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon told reporters she had called the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency to compel the workers’ recruiter to work for their repatriation and the settlement of their claims as soon as possible.
The government said it had a hard time tracking down the workers because the nearest Philippine embassy they could turn to for help was in Bangladesh, although the office does not have a welfare officer tasked to help distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
The Philippines only has an honorary consul in the Maldives, and the OFWs live on an island about 36 hours by boat from the Maldivian capital of Male. –Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer
April –
MONTH OF PLANET EARTH!
“Climate change, El Nino,
and the Middle East conflict
are wreaking havoc on Planet Earth.”
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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Monthly Observances:
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
April 24-30 — World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Apr 5 — International Day of Conscience
Apr 7 — World Health Day
Apr 15 — International Day of Wellness
Apr 21 — Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
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