71.   Shahanifurtherchallenged the POEA to continue developing markets for quality employment for Filipino workers.

72.   Siazon said Estrada also plans to improve the condition of Filipino workers abroad by building facilities like schools for Filipino children in countries with high concentrations of Filipino workers.

73.   The blackout occurred as President Fidel Ramos waited at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to greet Filipino workers returning from overseas for Christmas.

74.   The Filipino workers in Indonesia said they prefer to have their families evacuated first.

75.   The group continues to hold a Filipino worker seized more than a year ago from the Malaysian resort.

76.   The Filipino workers get even less.

77.   The government decided Friday to suspend deployment of Filipino workers to seven countries in the Persian Gulf region because of the U.S. missile strikes against Iraq.

78.   The government has also temporarily halted the deployment of Filipino workers to the Middle East.

79.   The number of abuses or violations of contracts by Japanese employers is small compared to those suffered by Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait, she said.

80.   The other winners were Filipino workers in Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Malaysia and Qatar.