Name: Proud to be PinOY
City/State/Country: Island of Typhoon
IP Address: 220.141.48.207

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Comments regarding Filipino migration or "exodus" seemingly captures the true reality of the OFW's. It's somewhat a story of victory and of defeat or of positive and negative. Victory or positive because huge amount of money has been sent to the Mother Land to make it afloat and Pinoys religiously speaking, have become true witnesses of Christ in their particular places.. Defeat or negative 'cos of the stories of abuses and family disintegrations cause by physical separations of love ones. but this should be look at with hope. That this is just a temporarily reality. Time will come and May God allows, That we, as Pinoy will commit into what is good for the country and mend the crooked political system. We'll soon stand with true dignity proper for a Man.

Name: Jun Canlas
City/State/Country: Ominous Warning
IP Address: 69.176.162.131

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As a direct result of the global financial crisis, Philippine Ambassador to Germany Delia Albert said at the International Conference on Gender, Migration and Development, that the decline of overseas works for women is evident in the notices released by the Department of Foreign Affairs. It was reported that even in low-paid jobs, pays were getting even lower. "Soon, it may not be an economic win to have (Filipino) women workers continue with overseas jobs, if one has to take into consideration the serious social costs of absent wife and mother", Albert said. (Asian Journal) This is an ominous warning indeed to OFW's about the hard times ahead, especially for the unskilled ones. Kawawang bayan!

Name: Jimmy Hernandez
City/State/Country: Montreal, Canada
IP Address: 96.20.139.90

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Unavoidable recession will soon follow cuz the U.S. Gov't bought hundreds of billions worth of nearly unsalable securities from all these troubled banks. Some 159,000 plus jobs disappeared this Sept. Very alarming indeed. A good thing Canada has oil & metals getting record prices lately. But now oil is falling in price & vital raw materials demands are also declining slowly. So, let's just sit tight & see if some improvement in the U.S. economy will soon emerge. Otherwise, we're all screwed. It will hit like a tsunami 7 nobody can stop it. Phils, a small bit player, will be affected too & the mighty peso will also decline. OFWs double up the remittances. We urgently need them. Thank you. P.S. Pinoys are starting to sell their own blood to earn money.