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                    [Title] => Villar Sipag, GoNegosyo hold entrep summit for OFWs, families
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Migrant Filipino workers and their family members gathered on Friday at the World Trade Center in Pasay City for an entrepreneurship summit led by the Villar Sipag (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) and GoNegosyo.

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Migrant Filipino workers are paying “oppressive and burdensome” fees to send money back home to their families in the Philippines, a labor leader said yesterday.

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Many Filipino caregivers in Canada were reportedly being exploited by employers, Santiago said. "Reports have reached my office that many of our compatriots who are working overseas as caregivers are allegedly underpaid yet overworked."

Many of them also reportedly do work that is not stipulated in their contracts, among other complaints.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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Migrant Filipino workers and their family members gathered on Friday at the World Trade Center in Pasay City for an entrepreneurship summit led by the Villar Sipag (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) and GoNegosyo.

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Migrant Filipino workers are paying “oppressive and burdensome” fees to send money back home to their families in the Philippines, a labor leader said yesterday.

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Many Filipino caregivers in Canada were reportedly being exploited by employers, Santiago said. "Reports have reached my office that many of our compatriots who are working overseas as caregivers are allegedly underpaid yet overworked."

Many of them also reportedly do work that is not stipulated in their contracts, among other complaints.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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