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Sen. Villanueva isinusulong higit na proteksiyon sa OFWs

PINURI ni Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva ang desisyon ng Kuwaiti appellate court na sang-ayunan ang guilty verdict sa pumaslang sa overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na si Jullebee Ranara, kasabay ng pagsabing hindi dapat hayaan ng pamahalaan na hindi maparusahan ang gumagawa ng krimen laban sa ‘modern day heroes’ sa ibang bansa.

“The government will stop at nothing until justice is served to our OFWs who have suffered in foreign lands to give their families better lives,” sabi ni Villanueva.

“We thank the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Migrant Workers, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and other agencies that helped pursue the case against Ranara’s killer,” dagdag niya.

Ayon kay Villanueva, principal sponsor at author ng DMW Act sa 18th Congress, mahalaga para sa kagawaran na matiyak na kumpleto ang kanilang staff sa kanilang regional offices para maharap ang mga reklamo ng illegal recruitment at indentured labor. Dapat sapat rin ang personnel sa Migrant Workers’ Offices lalo na’t lumawak ang kanilang trabaho kung saan sakop nila ang lahat ng OFWs, dokumentado man ang mga ito o hindi.

Ang katawan ni Ranara, isang household service worker, ay natagpuang sunog at inilibing sa disyerto noong Enero 21, 2023.

“Napakapait po ng sinapit ni Jullebee habang nakikipagsapalaran sa Kuwait. Hindi na po maibabalik ang kanyang buhay ng conviction na ito pero umaasa tayo na mabawasan man lang ang sakit na naramdaman ng kanyang mga mahal sa buhay,” sabi ni Villanueva.

Sabi pa ng Majority Leader, ang kapalaran ni Ranara at iba pang OFWs na biktima ng injustice o kawalan na katarungan ay dapat magsilbing mahigpit na paalala upang patuloy na matiyak ang kaligtasan at kapakanan ng mga Pinoy sa ibang bansa.

“The overarching challenge remains that many of our OFWs face the perils of working in a foreign land. We must remain vigilant and continue to collaborate with host countries so our OFWs will be protected,” ani Villanueva.

“Stronger bilateral agreements should be pursued to guarantee the implementation of standard contracts, just compensation and an effective system for dealing with OFWs in distress,” sambit pa niya. (UnliNews Online)

Manny D. Balbin
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Emmanuel "Manny" Dineros Balbin, founder and editor-in-chief of UNLINEWS ONLINE and UNLINEWS Digital Newspaper, is a former seminarian of Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in Notre Dame University Seminary in Cotabato City. Graduated college with Philosophy and Political Science courses at the University of Santo Tomas, Legazpi City. A former Journal Group of Publication (People's Journal, People's Tonight, Taliba & Women's Journal) staffer for 17 years. Before, he simultaneously contributed news articles to 3 local newspapers in Bulacan (NewsCore, MetroNews & NewsWatcher). He is the founder and the former editor-in-chief of RONDA Balita, both in weekly newspaper and online news. A former Kabayan provincial reporter, 2010 Bulacan election correspondent by Rappler and presently, a stringer of Philippine News Agency (PNA) Bulacan.
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