Can you imagine the world without OFWs?

[slabdans]

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OT: ^^ actually bai nakabase man gud gihapon ning atong education system sa kinaraan. Industrial Age pani nga systemaha..
puno nako ha, mas mahal pa ang mag NURSING kaysa mag Engineering sa atoa?! haha ngano kaha na?

sakto sad bro..base on Industrial...question ana capable di ta mo provide ug mga investor para sa industrial?
bisan gani government office way kaugalingon building ug yuta...perme lng nag abang...sample LTO ilang name Land Transportation Office...unya sila way yuta...unsa man na Joke

regarding nursing...abot lng ni ate GLO iya man siguro to nga time nga ni boom ug kalit ang nursing unya perting mahala

[miramax]

Kanindot man unta kung di na kinahanglan magOFW ang Pinoy kay secured financially si Juan dela Cruz tungod sa mga subsidization program provided by the gov't.

Parehas gud sa ubang country mo abroad ila citizens not to find greener pastures but to simply explore lang.

[domzgnrlover86]

ang uban nato kapwa filipino galisud pa ron ug way trabaho...

[Tirong-say]

As I could see what makes the Filipino workers abroad distinct
is just the number, we are a multitude out there.
Other countries as I've seen also exported people with
a corresponding knowledge.

Maorag Japan ra gyud ang akong nakita nga dili mo-grant
ug technical people to support technical needs abroad.

Mostly other countries even Germany had a lot of
there nationalities working away from their country.

It's a means of earning
although challenging lang gyud
considering nga layo sa pamilya
then one have to deal with loneliness
ang homesickness.

[tenda]

a piece worth to read on.




If all the Filipinos were to go home from the Middle East, the world would stop. -- David H. Harwell, PhD


Love letter to Filipinos | Inquirer Opinion

Answer is : NOTHING will change
Nganu gud tawn maapektuhan ang kalibutan ug way pinoy. Di ra tawn ang pinoy kahibalo mubuhat naa sad daghan lain race.

Kini nga mentalidad bah, mao ni mentalidad nga makapa garbuso natung mga Pinoy, Mao ni mentalidad nga makapa GARA natung mga pinoy. Daghan kaayu kag makit an diri sa lain nasod anang mga kasehang tawo, mga HILAS mga tawo nagtuo nga ang nasud nga ilang gitrabahoan mao PAY DUNAY UTANG NILA - and one thing is for Sure - WAY tarong epekto nang batasana.

Working abroad is a PRIVILEGED not a RIGHT.

[letsee!]

Some takes the highest position in life. Some are not that fortunate. What if PH will not send anymore talented and skilled OFW, is the world will be same?


No more Philippine maid to serve their masters.


Some countries still can supply manpower from white collar jobs to blue collar jobs but not that talented and hardworking compare to Pinoys.

very nice if the world without OFW.that means we are already rich!!!

[iBerg]

lisud. nya dli pd mo dako ang peso laban sa doller if wala OFWs

[Firepower]

can't imagine...especially karon panahona...survival of the fittest jud.

[charmz_fire]

naa ko nabasahan ani,. ganiha lang,.. so ako lng e-share,..


Never been this proud of being a Filipino!

After Obama's praise to a Filipina Nurse, this is what Arabs think about FILIPINOS.

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT FILIPINOS by Abdullah Al-Maghlooth|AL-WATAN

Muhammad Al-Maghrabi became handicapped and shut down his flower and gifts shop business in Jeddah after his Filipino workers insisted on leaving and returning home. He says: "When they left, I felt as if I had lost my arms. I was so sad that I lost my appetite."

Al-Maghrabi then flew to Manila to look for two other Filipino workers to replace the ones who had left. Previously, he had tried workers of different nationalities but they did not impress him. "There is no comparison between Filipinos and others," he says. "Whenever I see Filipinos working in the Kingdom, I wonder what life would be without them."

Saudi Arabia has the largest number of Filipino workers - 1.019,577 - outside the Philippines and their numbers are still increasing. Filipinos not only play an important and effective role in the Kingdom, they also perform different jobs in countries acreoss the world, including working as sailors. The are know for their professionalism and quality of their work.

Nobody here can think of a life without Filipinos, who make up around 20 percent of the world's seafarers. There are 1.2 million Filipino sailors.

So if Filipinos decide one day to stop working or go on strike for any reason, who would transport oil, food and heavy equipment across the world? We can only imagine the disaster that would happen.

What makes Filipinos unique is their ability to speak very good English and the technical training they receive in the early stages of their education. There are several specialized training institutes in the Philippines, including those specializing in engineering and road maintenance.

This training background makes them highly competent in these vital areas.

When speaking about the Philippines, we should not forget Filipino nurses. They are some 23 percent of the world's total number of nurses. The Philippines is home to over 190 accredited nursing colleges and institutions from which some 9,000 nurses graduate each year. Many of them work abroad in countries such as the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Singapore.

Cathy Ann, a 35-year old Filipino nurse who has been working in the Kingdom for the last five years and before that in Singapore, said she does not feel homesick abroad because "I am surrounded by my compatriots everywhere." Ann thinks that early training allow Filipinos to excel in nursing and other vocations. She started learning this profession at the age four as her aunt, a nurse, used to take her to hospital and ask her to watch the work. "She used to kiss me whenever I learned a new thing. At the age of 11, I could do a lot. I began doing things like measuring my grandfather's blood pressure and giving my mother her insulin injections." she said.

This type of early education system is lacking in the Kingdom. Many of our children reach the university stage without learning anything except boredom.

The Philippines, which you can barely see on the map, is a very effective country thanks to its people. It has the ability to influence the entire world economy.

We should pay respect to Filipino workers, not only by employing them but also by learning from their valuable experiences.

We should learn and educate our children on how to operate and maintain ships and oil tankers, as well as planning and nursing and how to achieve perfection in our work. This is a must so that we do not become like Muhammad Al-Maghrabi who lost his interest and appetite when Filipino workers left his flower shop.

We have to remember that we are very much dependent on the Filipinos around us. We could die a slow death if they chose to leave us.