Bello: No ouster of OFWs in UAELabor Secretary Silvestre Bello III sought to assure overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates they would not lose their jobs next month amid reports that there would be a crackdown on foreign employees there. Jonathan Zata, Philippine Navy spokesperson, said at least 300 ROTC cadets from different schools took part in contests for marksmanship, endurance and first aid. In a letter submitted to CHR Chair Jose Luis Gascon, the groups said they had been targets of the government’s counterinsurgency programs. Roneo Clamor, Karapatan deputy secretary general, said since 2001 47 workers of the group had been killed because they had been tagged as communist rebels. ADVERTISEMENT“There is substantial basis for all of us to be alarmed,” said Clamor in his letter.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 13, 2019 21:22 UTC