I don’t understand how Migrante’s John Monterona could express alarm over the continued recruitment of Filipinos in Iraq and maintain a stoic stance on the Philippine government’s inability to create jobs for the very same people they are “concerned” with.
How could he express fear for our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and let the government’s ineffectiveness to maintain support systems, especially for our OFWs working in places like Iraq, go unchecked ? How could he justify his concerns when the corrupt immigrations people at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport suck the blood out of the very same people trying to earn a decent living and not partake of the corruption that has plagued the government?
Has Migrante forgotten the cause of its very existence?
– Jun Bauzon Odono, Kabul, Afghanistan (via e-mail)
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April 17th, 2008 at 7:27 am
One thing clear with us filipinos is… mostly we are whiner,we are complainer.
We always see the dark side, we always see the negative.
We always see the ugly but not the beauty.
We always blame and we always yak, yak, yak.
Look at the scandal we have… in NBNZTE broadband deal. what we see is how big the contract is and how big the commission or the kickback would be. We did not see the would be benefits from it, that all our schools, our children, government offices will be highly technical to be competitive and keep pace with the global technology.
Look at the scandal on North rail project, our mind penetrated inside the contract that the price is too high to be true and concluded that there would be kickback again.
Yet we did not see how we will fastract the train transportation to be really called Bicol Express and yet what we got are siling labuyo to fuel the snail and turtle run of our trains.
Look at the computerized election machines and equipments… instead of using the machines to fastrack tabulation of counting, there again the accusation of corruption and fraud. Look what happened our politicians would not concede defeat due to cheating done thru one by one counting of our teachers on the ballot.
Look at the Diosdado Macapagal Airport, the airport have given the ease from Manila International Airport and yet some are howling protest of corruption.
Look at the convenience we have, we don’t need to go to NAIAA and commute back and forth just to fly.
What I mean to say is… benefits outweigh the doubt or even the commission.
We filipinos should change our attitude. Let’s see the good side once in while and let us praise once in a while for job well done.
Let’s stop whining and let’s stop blaming. Let’s shut up once in a while and let’s work.
Maybe our life would change for the better and not bitter.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Number one the OFW’S keep the Philippines economy afloat with their money remittance sending back home. (2) Without the money remittance sending back home the Philippines economy surely going down under. (3) And Gloria Arroyo, Knows this! The biggest problem is there is not enough work available for everybody even though you have a college degree. so people who had a chance to get out to find work they take a change in order to survive. And the biggest problem is our government is hopeless! Either we admitted or not. Its a waste of taxespayer’s money paying their salary because they don’t know what the hell they’re doing. Most of them have a job in government because they have connection. If you don’t have connection you won’t be able to get a job in government at all. Even these people is not qualified for the job they’ll get the job because of that. If these government official’s knows what they’re doing the Philippines won’t have this problem facing right now. But the biggest problem is Gloria Arroyo, If there is work available for everybody no filipino people going out and find work in other country in order to survive. The problem is lies on the government. They’re hopeless to solve the problem. Because they’re only very good on lying to their teeth. And rob the government coffer. I rest my case. Amen:
April 17th, 2008 at 12:48 am
It is really funny how we filipinos always talk of brain drain.
As if we are the smartest and intelligent creatures on earth.
First thing first, America is the land of opportunity.
Filipinos are not the only one vying for work in america.
All citizens of the world want to go to america, to earn dollar, to live in the greatest country in the world where milk and honey is an abundance.
And out of that citizens of the world are the very best of each country. so it is not filipinos that have brain when they come to america like the scientists of russia and iran, germany, england and many more whose talent contributed and still contributing what made america today.
filipinos, well, they are in a particular segment of occupation called health care where skills and not the brain is the expertise. i am talking of nurses, caregivers, cna, nursing assistants that work in convalescent, nursing homes, day care, board and care and many more that care for patients.
so where is the brain drain? none. our country is not draining their brain. the very best filipinos are still in the country. they don’t want the dirty job of cleaning. they are white collar jobs of makati, in the government and many more where their brain works.
so, please stop talking of brain drain. we have not lost our good people.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Wow! talagang marami tumutula ng kahibangan dito like the one of Pogito’s. May nag-second the motion pa, tsk, tsk! talaga naman ano, sige lang mga toy! Banat ng banat kay Gloria! One to sawa!
April 16th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
brain Drain,
Yeah kick GMA out….but first tell us kung sino ang gusto mong ipalit kay GMA na sigurado kang hindi kurakot at hindi mangungurakot…hindi manloloko…hinid kawatan…hindi manggagantso…at marmai pang iba..
puro ka satsat di mo alam sinasabi mo…wag ka masyado manonood ng EBS-CBN kasi