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Under the new setup, the Japanese immigration — after granting the COE — forwards the document to the Philippine embassy, which in turn authenticates the OPA contract and translates the language of the certificate to English from its original Japanese.


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OPA Koalisyon official Maureen Advincula cited figures indicating that very few entertainers were being granted working visas by Japan at this time.


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Ayon kay Maureen Advincula, 28, pangulo ng APAP, matagal na silang nakakatanggap ng reklamo hinggil sa umano’y nararanasang harrassment at pagmamaltrato sa mga Overseas Performing Artists (OPAs) na kadalasan ay ipinapa-deport na hindi sumasailalim sa "due process".


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‘Gov’t ‘killing overseas entertainment industry in Japan’

April 17, 2005 - 12:00am

An organization of overseas performing artists (OPA) yesterday accused the government of "killing the overseas entertainment industry," claiming officials of the Philippine embassy in Tokyo had stopped...

Headlines

OPAs accuse RP, Japan officials of lying

April 14, 2005 - 12:00am

A coalition of overseas performing artists said yesterday that officials of the Philippine and Japanese governments were lying when they promised there would be no reduction in the deployment of OPAs to Japan despite...

Headlines

Mga Pinoy entertainer sa Japan umapela laban sa harassment

March 8, 2004 - 12:00am

Umapela kahapon ang Association of Performing Artist of the Philippines (APAP) sa Japan Bureau of Immigration (BI) na irespeto ang karapatan ng maraming bilang ng Filipino entertainers na nagtatrabaho ngayon sa...

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