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16 filipino globe news November 2006 Bataclan comes to seamen’s aid in Sweden storm disaster RAUL ACEDRE in Manila Filipino workers will continue to be in demand in Canada, which is suffering from a shortage of skilled labor. Canada, Spain still top markets Joblessness in developed countries ‘should not affect OFW prospects’ JOE MURILLOS in Vancouver Most of the Philippines’ overseas labor markets still offer solid employment opportunities for Filipino workers despite rising joblessness in developed countries. Senator Edgardo Angara said Canada and Spain, two countries mentioned in an International Labor Organization report as having a growing number of unemployed youths, remain a viable destination for skilled Filipino workers. “Canada is short on skilled manpower. The skills of Filipino workers can very well fit into the Canadian job market because Filipinos are creative, hardworking and trustworthy,” he said. “An aggressive marketing effort will place scores of Filipino workers there.” Angara He said resources-rich Alberta is enjoying an unprecedented boom, which could open job opportunities for Filipino engineers, geologists and technicians. Job openings in North America and Europe may compensate for the loss of Filipino markets in troubled Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East. Angara said Spain is one European market Filipinos can well serve. “The job openings are not limited to agriculture because Spain needs workers in the service industry as well,” he said. Angara said while he believes that there is nothing better than developing the domestic job market, he still Filipino Globe Picture sees the necessity of marketing the skills of Filipino workers overseas because the money sent in by these workers has been the life support system of the country. OFWs remit at least US$12 billion a year, which is roughly onefourth the country’s gross domestic product. “This just demonstrates how big and vital their contribution is to the national economy,” he said. “OFWs are our top-earning exports.” (With additional reporting from PNA) Pinoy jailed in Brunei, DH gets reprieve over bullets An overseas Filipino worker has been jailed for six months in Brunei after being caught by airport police with a live bullet in his wallet, the Philippine embassy said. The Filipino, whose name was not released, was due to take a vacation in the Philippines after completing a two-year contract. He was given a lighter sentence on a lesser charge of “negligent possession of ammunition” after the Philippine embassy made representations with the government,” Ambassador Virginia Benavidez said in a report to the Manila head office. The Filipino would have served from five to 15 years had the charge not been changed. Meanwhile, a domestic helper also caught in Brunei airport with a bullet, escaped imprisonment after an appeal by the Philippine embassy. She was enroute to Dubai when she was stopped and arrested by airport police shortly before she was to board her flight. She told consular officials the bullet had been given to her by a faith healer as a lucky charm when she was having difficulty getting pregnant. After giving birth a few months later, she kept the amulet in her wallet and thought nothing of it. She said she had forgottem about it until her arrest. She has been released and allowed to travel to Dubai to take up employment. Benavidez also reported that the embassy helped in repatriating the body of a Filipino tourist who drowned when she fell off a boat. RAUL ACEDRE Former Hong Kong consul general Victoria Bataclan jumped to the assistance of Filipino survivors in the sinking of a freighter during a storm in the Baltic Sea. Bataclan, the Philippine ambassador to Sweden, travelled to the south of the country to secure the safety of the nine Filipino survivors from m/v Finnbirch, a roll-on, roll-off vessel owned by a Danish company. A 10th Filipino crewmember died in the disaster, Bataclan said. The survivors, part of a 14-man crew that included four Swedes, have now returned to the Philippines. They are Gilbert Salido, Benedicto Agngarayngay, Manuel Bataclan Barcelona, Gerry Dupo, Rolando Esguerra, Leo Jose Talipe, Wilfredo Ramos, Jose Noel Saquilayan and Ephraim Torre. The lone Filipino fatality, Danilo Paras, 52, died after being brought to a hospital suffering from severe hypothermia. The vessel was enroute from Helsinki, Finland to the Danish port of Aarhus when it was lashed by big waves and sank off the Swedish coast. Rescuers plucked all 10 Filipinos to safety, but Paras, the last to be found, had been suffering from extreme loss of body heat and died a short time later in hospital. The Philippine embassy in Sweden had been in constant touch with the shipowner, Lindhom Shipping, since the sinking, the latest in a string of marine disasters involving Filipinos. Bataclan was accompanied by Consul Flerida Anne Mayo, also a former consulate official in Hong Kong. They coordinated with the Swedish authorities for the return of Paras’ body to the Philippines. Meanwhile, 136 Filipinos have returned home from Malaysia as part of of a regular repatriation program to reunite migrant workers with their families. “Together with our partners in the international community, we are committed to further strengthening measures that will ensure the welfare of our nationals wherever they may be,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Albero Romulo said. “We continue to work closely on this program with the Malaysian government,” he said.
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