Press Release, 31 October 2008
RP Gov't Violated Rights of Migrants, PGA Organizers Claim
MANILA, Philippines – While Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may have drawn applause from participants of the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Wednesday, organizers of a parallel event criticized her administration for violating the rights of migrants these past few days.
abs-cbnNEWS.com (29-Oct-2008)
UN Chief: Migrants Can Help Nations Cope With Global Crisis
by CARMELA FONBUENA
abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak
10/29/2008 3:27 PM
United Nations (UN) secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday told participants at a global migration forum in Manila that the 200 million migrant workers worldwide will play a crucial role in lifting countries out of the current global credit crunch... More
gmanews.tv (29-Oct-2008)
Migrant Workers Barred From Seeing UN Chief
by MARK JOSEPH UBALDE, GMANews.TV
MANILA, Philippines - At least 17 delegates from various migrant workers' groups complained on Wednesday that they were not permitted to attend the opening of the inter-government phase of the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila... More
abs-cbnNEWS.com (28-Oct-2008)
UN, EC To Open Small Grants Fund For Migrants
by MARIA ALETA O. NIEVA
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/28/2008 7:59 PM
A global joint initiative on migration and development, which will be launched in December this year, has been welcomed as a “tangible” and “practical” result of the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) being held in Manila... More
INQUIRER.net (28-Oct-2008)
Alternate Routes Provided During ‘Forum’
By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net
Posted date: October 28, 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Motorists have been asked to take alternate routes in Pasay City as the National Capital Region Office police implemented a traffic re-routing scheme in the area where the Second Global Forum on Migration and Development was being held... More
gmanews.tv (28-Oct-2008)
Arroyo, UN Sec-Gen To Address Migration Meet Wednesday
MANILA, Philippines - President Arroyo and United Nations secretary general Ban Ki- Moon will address the Second Global Forum on Migration and Development at the Philippine International Convention Center on Wednesday... More
abs-cbnNEWS.com (28-Oct-2008)
Global Financial Crisis Hot Topic In 2nd GFMD
by MARIA ALETA O. NIEVA, abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/28/2008 9:46 PM
The possible effects of the current global financial crisis on migrant workers all over the world will be included in the topics for discussion in the intergovernmental meeting of the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) on October 29 to 30... More
ap.google.com/article (28-Oct-2008)
UN: Migrant Worker Cuts Won't Solve Global Crisis
By TERESA CEROJANO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Any move by countries to cut their migrant worker numbers in response to the global financial crisis will not work, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday.
There is no evidence yet that the global financial crisis has threatened the jobs of the millions of migrant workers, but that is a very real prospect, said Peter Sutherland, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative on migration... More
abs-cbnNEWS.com (28-Oct-2008)
Financial Crisis To Hit RP's Services Sector
by Emilia Narni J. David
THE PHILIPPINES should prepare to shield its migrant workers from the impact of the global financial crisis that is seen to also hit the export services sector, experts at an international forum on migration said yesterday... More
abs-cbnNEWS.com (28 October 2008)
New World Order For Migrants Needed: TU leader
by MARIA ALETA O. NIEVA
abs-cbnNEWS.com
10/28/2008 12:47 AM
Some 20 million workers around the world are expected to lose their jobs due to the current global financial crisis.
"We've got a very great fear for the tens of millions of workers who will lose their jobs. We believe that we will see the impoverishment of workers who will live on less than $2 a day rise by about 40 million," said Sharan Burrow, president of the International Trade Union Confederation... More
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