Since military funds is the current talk of the town, it’s time to inquire on the status of an equally important budget for a sector which is 10 times more than the number of our soldiers and policemen.
The welfare fund for our more than one million kababayans working abroad.
I just don’t have the exact figures but there is a budget for the needs of our OFWs, like evacuations and legal aid, among others.
Pero wala halos tayong nababasa o nadidinig sa radyo o telebisyon kung MAGKANO ito, o kung magkano pa ang natitira rito.
I don’t know with you guys but I haven’t even come across an AUDIT of the budget. No itemized breakdown of expenses. No details on who got what and how much went where.
No names of disbursing officers. No public information on when, how and where can the budget be availed of. And before anybody says the details are only for OFWs and their families, don’t forget:
The budget comes from the taxes of ALL OF US, not just OFWs and their families. Every taxpayer has the right to know where the money is going.
Pangkaraniwan nang laman ng mga jaryo ang mga OFW na nakakulong o nahuli, minaltrato ng mga amo, binihag ng mga bandido, nasintensyahan na sa husgado at kung anu-ano pang problema.
But we never hear or see anything in the news as to exactly what kind of help they’re getting, if ever there’s any, or who’s assisting them and how.
What we regularly read or hear in the news is the budget is not enough for our OFWs in distress. Anybody can correct me if I’m wrong.
OFWs remit some $1 billion annually to their families here at home. That’s why their looked up to as modern-day heroes.
Pero kung BARYA-BARYA lamang ang nakalaan para sa kanilang mga problema at pangangailangan, barya-baryang ni HINDI MALINAW kung saan napupunta, hindi lamang ito PANG-AAGRABYADO kundi PANG-IINSULTO pa sa kanila.
To our dearly beloved OFWs: Better start asking the embassies or consulates in the countries you’re in.
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ATTY. JOHL MILLADO of Quezon City on “A reminder to Cesar Mancao:”
Mancao's sworn statements speak for themselves. Without pre-judging Lacson, even a komik's reader can readily observe that there are discrepancies in the statements of Mancao. Credibility has two factors: credibility of the witness and the credibility of his testimony. Some questions are: why only now Mancao; what drives you to implicate Lacson. Further explanations will only result to more questions which will cast more doubts on the credibilty of Mancao.
BHABY SEE of Makati on “More questions than answers in Noynoy’s expose:”
Wait and see muna tayo kay PNoy. Too early to judge him. The previous government din naman looked okay sa umpisa pero nagtiis mga Pilipino.
ANONYMOUS on “Bawiin ang plea bargain kung talagang walang nasuhulan:”
Kaya walang asenso ang Pilipinas kasi usong-uso ang suhulan.Kung sino pa ang mataas ang posisyon at nasa puwesto, sila pa ang nagpapayaman ng husto. 30
You may be right. I, too, am at a quandary as to where and how the welfare funds for OFWs are getting spent since who knows when. As far as I can recall, it was said that during the current budget call, DFA Secretary Romulo volunteered to slash by half, the P100M budget being allocated for the legal defense and repatriation of OFWs, who, historically, have been complaining about the so-so treatment they are getting from govt. I am one of those who have yet to hear about an audit of those funds.
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