111. There are no available official figures on the number of Filipino workers in foreign jails, and how many are condemned to death. 112. This would include information about the human rights situation and the treatment that Filipino workers receive in particular countries. 113. Thousands of Filipino workers were deported as a result of the February offensive, the biggest of its kind in the state. 114. Valenzuela said illegal Filipino workers in UAE were looking for employers there who would guarantee to hire them after the deadline. 115. This was in reference to the economic dowturn and dislocation of Filipino overseas workers that occured after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the succeeding Gulf War. 116. Left wing politicians have seized upon the issue to attack the government of President Fidel Ramos for alleged negligence of the welfare of Filipino workers overseas. 117. Most of it consisted of remittances of Filipino overseas workers. 118. Officials said Ramos allowed Soma in because the bishop had been helping runaway Filipino overseas workers in Nagoya. 119. On Tuesday, Trade Secretary Manuel Roxas said it costs about five dollars a day to hire a Filipino worker, compared to about a dollar for neighboring China. 120. Philippines President Fidel Ramos said Wednesday he had dispatched a top diplomat to Angola the secure the release of a Filipino worker held captive by separatist guerrillas. |