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Saksakan ng hirap pakisamahan ng matanda

Posted on 20 May 2019 No comments

Nagdadalawang isip si Mena kung pipirma pa o hindi na ng panibagong kontrata dahil sa masamang ugali at walang basehan na akusasyon ng kanyang alagang matanda na malapit ng maging ulyanin.

Ang talagang employer niya sa kontrata ay ang anak na dalaga ng matanda, pero kinuha siya ng pamilya para alagaan ang kanilang lola.

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Pero dahil sa saksakan ng hirap pakisamahan ng matanda, konti na lang daw ay mabastos na niya.

Ang bilin ng kapamilya ni lola ay samahan ito sa tuwing lalabas, pero lagi itong tumatanggi. Kahit halos 90 taong gulang na si lola at delikado na pabayaang lumabas mag-isa ay matigas ang ulo nito sa pagtanggi.

Ang isa pang ugali ng matanda na ayaw na ayaw ni Mena ay lagi siyang hinahanapan ng nawawala, gaya ng mga tirang pagkain sa ref, o ng mga bagay na nilalapag kung saan saan, katulad ng shower cap at swimming goggles. Iyun pala ang nawawalang pagkain ay nilantakan ng kanyang among dalaga.

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Inaakusahan pa daw siya na umiinom ng gatas ng matanda, kaya pinapasok ito ni lola sa kwarto.

Ang mas malala ay inaakusahan siyang nagdadala ng bigas at de lata mula sa kanilang bahay kapag day off niya.

Bukod dito ay lagi siyang sinasabihan na kalabisan siya at hindi kailangan, gayong wala naman itong tigil sa kauutos sa kanya.

Araw araw din na kailangan niyang pakpakin ang likod ng matanda para mabaklas ang plema at sipon nito sa dibdib, at bantayan ang pag-inom inom nito ng gamot.

Minsan ay napipikon si Mena, pero may mga pagkakataon naman na tinatawanan na lang niya. Pasok daw sa isang tenga labas sa kabila ang mga sinasabi ng matanda.

Sinabihan din siya ng kanyang among dalaga na huwag na lang pansinin ang kakulitan ng kanyang lola.

Naisip ni Mena na maghanap na lang ng ibang pagsisilbihan, total 28 taong gulang pa lang siya at marami pang pwedeng pasukan. Kung wala naman daw siyang makuhang ibang amo ay uuwi na lang siya sa Ilocos.

Pero matapos siyang kausapin ng amo, pati ng mga anak ng matanda ay nagdesisyon siyang pumirma na lang ulit. Sinabihan siyang sa kanila sumunod at huwag pansinin ang matanda.

Ito ay sa kabila ng payo ng kanyang mga kaibigan na humanap na lang ng iba.

Sa tingin kasi ni Mena ay maswerte na siya dahil maluwag siya sa trabaho. Lagi sa opisina ang kanyang amo at pati si lola ay mahilig lumabas kapag maganda ang panahon. – George Manalansan

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DWC holds sports and fun fest

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Members of the Domestic Workers Corner assemble at Cafeteria Beach in Tuen Mun . (Photo by Bebs Cobilla Leonardo)

By Rodelia Villar

Around 150 members of Domestic Workers Corner, a Facebook group of mostly newly arrived Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong, decided to spend a day marked in their honor by having fun.

The group gathered at Cafeteria Beach in Tuen Mun on May 1, Labor Day, for a sports fest and to partake of food prepared by some of the best cooks among them, who are all active members of DWC’s “All About Food” online group.

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After their hearty lunch, the DWC members gathered for an inspirational message from Labor Attache Jalilo dela Torre, who warmly paid tribute to them for their sacrifices in working for a better future for their families back home.

Labatt dela Torre focused on his Project HealthWise, which provides free basic medical check-ups to Filipino migrant workers. He said he launched the project after seeing a lot of Filipino helpers in Hong Kong getting seriously ill.

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A survey conducted by his office revealed the startling finding that in the past two years alone, many FDWs became sick with cancer, kidney failure, stroke or heart attack. This wasn’t the case for the past 10 years, he said, so it is better to take preventive steps to buck the emerging trend.

Through HealthWise, he said a total of 2,773 FDWs were given free medical checks from November last year to February this year. Of these, 621 (or 22%) were found to have high blood pressure, a third was found to be overweight, based on their body mass index (BMI), and 21% were diabetic.

It was thus useful that DWC helped organize outreach programs by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office to different churches across Hong Kong to offer the free basic medical checkup.

The outreach also provides help to FDWs who need an overseas employment certificate before flying out to the Philippines for a vacation, want to apply for a card from OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, or simply to sign up for an account with BMOnline.

Labatt urged DWC to help spread the word about HealthWise, which he said is important in maintaining good health.

“Alam naman natin na stressful din yung trabaho natin, challenging yung ating accommodation, at kahit rest day ay pinapagtrabaho pa din tayo ng amo,” he said.

After his speech, Dela Torre was swarmed by FDWs who wanted to have their pictures taken with him.

The mini sports event followed. Participants were asked to do a simple catwalk, then compete in the best in swimming attire contest. Afterwards there was a quiz show, then a cheering presentation and a volleyball game.

The Purple team under the leadership of the Saturday Group won the volleyball contest, with the medals being provided by DWC administrators Bebs Leonardo and Rain Tuando.

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Tribunal hears case of Pinay worker who refused to work for fake employer in China

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By Vir B. Lumicao

Labour Tribunal in Yaumatei

A Filipina domestic worker told the Labour Tibunal on May 20 that she was terminated in 2015 after she refused to go back to

China

to work for her employer’s sister.

Rowena Obaldo is claiming around $113,000 from Wong San-wing as a result of her termination in early October 2015 after she refused to return to the mainland to continue working for Wong’s friend, a certain Madam Huang.

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It took nearly four years before Obaldo’s claim against Wong got could be heard because the police and Immigration first prosecuted the employer, her friend and an employment agent for conspiring to commit fraud in relation to the case.

The three accused were eventually convicted of the fraud charge. However, a separate allegation of human trafficking against them did not prosper, according to a Consulate officer.

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When the helper’s compensation claim was finally heard at the Tribunal, Wong refused to settle, forcing the case to go to trial.

The trial did not start until after lunch as tribunal officer PC Lai first told Obaldo to provide the defendant and the court copies of documents that she did not give to them beforehand.

Obaldo told the court Wong and the employment agent told her to sign a termination letter a day after she went to the Immigration Department and the Consulate to complain after being told she would be working for Huang on the mainland.

The helper said she was interviewed by Huang on Apr 15, 2015, but was then told by the agent to sign a work contract with Wong, as the employer supposedly liked her. She started working in Wong’s Hung Hom flat on Jun 11 that year.

Then in August 2015, Wong told Obaldo she was taking her on a holiday on the mainland with the employer’s daughter and son.

The Filipina applied for a visitor visa to China and traveled with Wong and the children across the border by van, then boarded a plane to their destination, whose name Obaldo could hardly remember.

She found out too late that she was taken to China to work for Huang and that the children were actually not Wong’s but Huang’s.

Obaldo said she could not do anything because Huang had taken her passport. Her daily chores were cleaning the house, cooking, shopping in the market and taking the children to their activity centers.

She said she was always concerned because she knew her status on the mainland was illegal and that she could not run after Huang in case something happened to her because she was not her real employer.

When her visa was about to expire, Obaldo was told to return to Hong Kong on Sept 25 to renew it. However, she decided instead to complain to Immigration and the Consulate.

The next day, she told the agent and Wong that she did not want to go back to the mainland and her contract was cut off.

The two-day trial continues tomorrow.

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Two Pinay helpers in grief after falling victim to pickpockets

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Tsuen Wan victim crying her heart out

By Daisy CL Mandap

Two Filipina domestic workers fell victim to pickpockets separately in Tsuen Wan and Central today, May 19, with at least one losing her entire month’s salary, causing her to drop to the ground in grief.

A picture of the victim crying on a sidewalk near Nan Fung Centre in Tsuen Wan was taken by a concerned Filipina, Bing Aquino Wallis, at about 10 this morning. She posted it on Facebook, along with a warning to others to be wary of pickpockets.

Wallis said in her post: “Nadatnan kong umiiyak at halos maglupasay na si kabayan dahil nadukutan ng wallet ngayon lang, dito sa Tsuen Wan, Nan Fung Center. Isang buwan pinaghirapan at ipapambayad pa daw ata sa loan nya. Ingat ingat po mandurukot is everywhere...”

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She added the victim was incoherent and almost inconsolable in grief that she did not have the heart to press her for more information.

She added, “Isa po syang Pangasinense. Hindi po naming makausap ng maayos dahil sa iyak po niya. Kaya nung umalis ako doon di ko na alam ang mga nangyari pa. Pero tumawag sila ng pulis.”

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Wallis said the victim’s bag had no zip closure so the thief would not have had much problem stealing her wallet.

A few hours afterwards, another Filipina reportedly lost her wallet also to pickpockets, as she was lining up at a busy McDonald’s outlet on Connaught Road in Central.

Central victim reports theft to police officers

According to one of her friends, the victim she called “Guv,” lost her wallet containing, money, her Hong Kong ID card, jewelry, and many other stuff.

The friend, Mary Ann Salazar, posted a picture of the victim talking to two police officers on an alley beside Worldwide Plaza, a favorite place of Filipino domestic workers during Sundays.

Salazar told another friend on Facebook that the victim already had her bag in front of her body but still failed to prevent the theft.

The other friend replied: “Grabe naman yung kumuha noon, wag sana siya patulugin ng konsensiya niya. Kapal ng mukha nya…makarma sana agad kung sino man ang kumuha ng wallet ni Guv.”

Pickpockets are known to abound in Central and other places where foreign domestic workers congregate on Sundays, because of the busy pedestrian traffic and congested walkways.

Many of them operate actively during the first Sunday of each month, when most migrant workers have just received their salaries.

Some of the thefts have been caught on CCTV, but it appears the culprits, many of them women, have yet to be caught.

In court, several Filipino tourists have been found to have worked together to steal from unsuspecting pedestrians, mostly in Central.

In the latest case, five Filipino tourists, three of them women, were each sentenced at the District Court on May 14 to two years in jail for trying to pick the wallet of a Korean woman on an escalator inside Central MTR station last year.

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