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)
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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