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June 24, 2010 – Secretary General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos of the International Maritime Organization met today with Labor Secretary Marianito D. Roque and OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon to discuss measures intended to ease the plight of about 100 families of Filipino seamen who have gone through hostage situations at the hands of pirates off Somalia.
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June 23, 2010 – Representatives composing the respective tripartite panels from the Philippines and Japan met today at the Philippine International Convention Center for an executive committee conference to advance the Philippine-Japan Tripartite Cooperation for Seafarers’ Development.
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The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration on Thursday June 10 received a 10-man delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China for a briefing on OWWA’s programs and services.
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OWWA Toronto Welfare Officer Eric Parungao has cited news reports from Ottawa that the Canadian Immigration Ministry will introduce a new law that criminalizes any act to offer immigration services without being a registered consultant.
The news was carried in the Toronto Star’s June 6 edition, as reported by Nicholas Keung, the newspaper’s immigration reporter.
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OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon said an estimated 40,000 families of OFWs all over the country took part in the nationwide observance of Migrant Workers’ Day on June 7, which is also known in OFW circles as Araw ng Pasasalamat.
OWWA led the nation in paying tribute to Overseas Filipino Workers, with 17 Regional Welfare Offices taking active part at the local levels.
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OWWA Toronto Welfare Officer Eric Parungao has reported that the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan have signed an information-sharing agreement to protect temporary foreign workers from exploitation and abuse.
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