REP. RON P. SALO
KABAYAN Party-list
Assistant Majority Leader
Member, Health, Overseas Workers Affairs, and 10 other Committees
OFWs’ REMITTANCES IN 2017 IS $28 BILLION,
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS TOTAL IN 2017 IS $10 BILLION
With remittances of at least $28 billion, our OFWs contributed more in 2017 to the Philippine economy than did foreign direct investors, who poured in $10 billion.
RAPPLER
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https://goo.gl/Kq4EbcI just want to point out these hard facts to put into context, compare their relative impact, and remind our government’s agencies to take better care of our OFWs while they also exert ample efforts to welcome foreign investments.
This is not an either-or proposition. Take care of both OFWs and foreign investors, but do a much better job with our OFWs.
Kitang-kita na mas malaki ang naiaambag ng OFWs sa ekonomiya ng ating bansa. Dahil sa kanilang pagsisikap, mas marami nang middle class families sa ating bansa.
Kumpara sa foreign investments na mabagal at matagal bago mag-generate ng jobs, ang OFW remittances ay direkta ang impact sa pamilyang Pilipino at kanilang barangay.
Heto ngayon ang ilang mga dapat gawin: Kailangan natin ng isang kumpleto, detalyado, at verified na listahan ng lahat ng Pilipinong nakakulong o may kaso sa ibang bansa, kabilang na ang mga nasa death row, at ang mga nawawalang OFWs (those unaaccounted for).
The DFA, DOLE, DOH, and DSWD should deploy social workers, psychiatrists, and lawyers to those countries where we have the most numbers of distressed OFWs.
These same agencies should also have social workers, psychiatrists, and lawyers who are part of the teams welcoming repatriated and returning OFWs from Kuwait and other countries.
Tiyakin dapat ng DOLE na detalyado, kumpleto, at verified ang OFW database. Nariyan dapat lahat ng documented OFWs, mga undocumented na nagpapalista na, at lahat ng Balik-OFW.
Doon pa lamang sa abroad, dapat ilista na agad sa database ang bawat OFW na pauwi at na-deploy doon. Dito naman sa Pilipinas, kapag nakapasok na sa bansa mula sa abroad ang OFW, dapat i-record na din agad sa database. Alam dapat ng pamahalaan kung nasaaan sila sa lahat ng pagkakataon para sa mas mabilis na paghahatid ng serbisyo sa kanila. (END)
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