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Carrie Lam withdraws extradition bill

Posted on 04 September 2019 No comments


Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has formally announced she was withdrawing the controversial extradition bill, which has triggered more than two months of increasingly violent protests in the city.

In a pre-recorded television statement, the embattled Lam said the 13 weeks of violent protest against the Fugitive Offenders Bill has made Hong Kong “an unfamiliar place” and “have shocked and saddened Hong Kong people.”

She rued that citizens, police and reporters had been injured in the violence and there had been chaotic scenes at the airport, in MTR stations, on blocked roads and tunnels, causing delay and inconvenience to daily life.
Lam said a small number of people are challenging the “one country, two systems” principle and national sovereignty, but violence is not the solution.

Lam raised four actions in her speech: 

“First, the Government will formally withdraw the Bill in order to fully allay public concerns. The Secretary for Security will move a motion according to the Rules of Procedure when the Legislative Council resumes.
“Second, we will fully support the work of the IPCC. In addition to the overseas experts, I have appointed two new members to the IPCC, namely Mrs Helen Yu Lai Ching-ping and Mr Paul Lam Ting-kwok, SC. I pledge that the Government will seriously follow up the recommendations made in the IPCC's report.

“Third, from this month, I and my Principal Officials will reach out to the community to start a direct dialogue. People from all walks of life, with different stances and backgrounds are invited to share their views and air their grievances. We must find ways to address the discontent in society and to look for solutions.

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“Fourth, I will invite community leaders, professionals and academics to independently examine and review society's deep-seated problems and to advise the Government on finding solutions. After more than two months of social unrest, it is obvious to many that discontentment extends far beyond the Bill. It covers political, economic and social issues, including the oft-mentioned problems relating to housing and land supply, income distribution, social justice and mobility, and opportunities for our young people, as well as how the public could be fully engaged in the Government's decision-making. We can discuss all these issues in our new dialogue platform.”

Natakot ang ahensya

Posted on 03 September 2019 No comments


Malaking pasasalamat ni Shane kamakailan dahil nabawi niya ang kanyang kontrata at pasaporte mula sa isang ahensya na pinipilit siyang magbayad muna ng $4,7000 bilang multa diumano sa pag back out niya sa kontrata.

May pinapirma kasi sa kanya na kasunduan na nagtatakda na magbabayad ang aplikante o ang amo ng halagang katumbas ng isang buwang suweldo kung mag back out ang isa sa kanila.

Ayon naman kay Shane, pinirmahan niya ang blangkong kasunduan na iyon nang magpa interview siya sa agency.

Pero pagkatapos siyang mahanapan ng amo ay biglang nagbago ang isip ni Shane na tanggapin ang alok na trabaho dahil may makakasama pala siyang isang Pinay din, bawal ang paggamit ng cell phone habang nagtatrabaho, at may CCTV sa loob ng bahay.

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Kaya bago pa pumirma ang amo ay nagdesisyon siyang sabihan ang agency na hindi na siya tutuloy sa pagtatrabaho dito.

Ngunit nang tangkain niyang bawiin ang kanyang mga dokumento ay sinabihan siya ng tauhan sa agency na hindi niya makukuha ang mga ito hanggang hindi siya nagbabayad ng $4,700.

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Dahil alam niyang wala sa katwiran ang ahensya ay sinunod niya ang payo ng isang kaibigan na dumulog sa Philippine Overseas Labor Office o Polo. Pinayuhan din siyang magreklamo online sa Hong Kong Labour Department.

Sa tulong din ng kaibigan niyang ito ay nakilala nila at nalapitan ang isang staff ng agency na residente at kilala sa Filipino community.

Ito kasi mismo ang nagpakilala sa sarili bilang kinatawan ng agency nang minsang magkaroon ng pulong sa Konsulado.

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Pagkatapos niyang lumapit sa Polo ay tinawagan agad ng staff doon ang agency at binalaan na hindi na sila makaka process ng mga kontrata kung hindi nila ibabalik ang pasaporte at kontrata ni Shane.

Dahil dito ay ang agency na mismo ang gumawa ng paraan para maihatid kay Shane ang kanyang mga dokumento.

Tinawagan din siya ng isang tauhan ng Hong Kong Labour Department at inalam kung naibalik na ang kanyang mga papeles ng hindi nagbabayad ng ano mang halaga sa ahensya.

Sabi ni Shane, doon niya nalaman na hindi dapat matakot ang mga migranteng manggagawa sa mga panggigipit ng mga mapaglinlang na mga agency.

Kailangang isumbong sila at labanan para hindi na umulit. Mahalaga din na alam nila ang kanilang mga karapatan at handa silang ipaglaban ang mga ito. – Marites Palma

New Congen promises more open, consultative Consulate

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The Philippines’ new consul general in Hong Kong, Raly Tejada, took up his post quietly and without fanfare on Aug 14.

But he began his first day at work by breaking with tradition. He invited all those queuing for services at the Consulate to join him and his officers and staff in the flag-raising ceremony.

In his short address, ConGen Tejada affirmed the Consulate’s commitment to uphold and protect the rights and welfare of Filipinos in Hong Kong, and improve the delivery of services to the public.

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He assumed his post on the day the Office of the President in the Philippines issued an advisory telling Filipinos to avoid traveling to Hong Kong in the wake of massive, and at times, violent protests spurred by a government-sponsored extradition bill.

In line with the move, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin lost no time sending Congen Tejada to Hong Kong even before he could officially wind up his term as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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In a brief meeting with The SUN, Congen Tejada expressed his willingness to listen to all sectors of the Filipino community in Hong Kong so he can have a better grasp of their concerns.

He kept open the possibility of reviving the Leaders Forum initiated by the late Ambassador Doy Lucenario nearly 20 years ago, so the Filcom will have a chance to share news and information, especially on big issues like the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.

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Congen Tejada is no newbie in Hong Kong, as he was sent here for his first overseas posting as vice-consul in the early 2000s. It was here where he met his Hong Kong-born wife, who was then working as a journalist.

After Hong Kong he was sent to Geneva, Switzerland d to serve as First Secretary to the United Nations Mission. He then served as Deputy Consul General in Vancouver, Canada, before assuming the post of Consul General in Guangzhou, China.

In the Home Office, ConGen Tejeda held several executive positions, such as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Policy, Director of Treaties Division, Office of Legal Affairs, and as Assistant to the Undersecretary for International Economic Relations.

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Kapalaran mo sa Setyembre

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BABOY. Isinilang noong 1923/35/47/59/71/83/95/07
Maganda ang resulta ng pinaghirapan at pinagbuhusan ng panahon sa trabaho. Huwag maging bayolente kapag naubusan ng pasensiya sa mga anak; maghintay na maging kalmado muna ang lahat. Matahimik at malayo sa selos at away ang relasyon ngayon. Magpatingin agad kapag nakakaramdam ng pagbabago sa presyon ng dugo.  Lucky numbers: 6, 13, 24 at 39.

DAGA. Isinilang noong 1924/36/48/60/72/84/96/08
Makakasiguro ka ng tagumpay sa lahat ng gagawin mo kung mag-iingat ka sa hindi makontrol na imahinasyon. Bigyan ng prayoridad ang love life upang malasap ang sarap ng may kasama dahil kung hindi ay baka mauwi ito sa hiwalayan. Makakaranas ka ng labis na stress na makakaapekto sa iyong katatagan ng loob. Maganda ang kalagayang pinansyal. Matutong mamili ng tama na magiging susi sa iyong tagumpay. Lucky numbers: 19, 20, 25 at 42.

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BAKA. Isinilang noong 1925/37/49/61/73/85/97/09
Makakaranas ng tension at nerbiyos. May mga pagtatalo sa mag-asawa tungkol sa pera. May bago kang makikilala na maaring magbukas ng bagong pagkakataon sa iyo. Masusubukan mo ang katapatan ng isa sa mga kaibigan mo. Maganda ang takbo ng trabaho mo at mapapangalagaan ng maayos ang iyong ari-arian, pero mag-ingat sa payo ng isa mong kamag-anak. Lucky numbers:  17, 23, 35 at 38. 

TIGRE Isinilang noong 1926/38/50/62/74/86 at 98/10
Sa trabaho, hindi inaasahang swerte ang pwedeng mangyari; panatilihing bukas ang mga mata at tenga. Mag-ingat sa sobrang pagod sa trabaho. Iwasang maging mapaghanap at mahigpit sa mga kaibigan. Kung babawasan mo ang pagmamalaki, babalik ang magandang samahan sa pamilya at makakaasa ka ng suporta sa mga kamag-anak. Harapin ang mga isinantabing problema lalo na kung tungkol sa pera, lalo na ngayong medyo mahina na ang kita. Lucky numbers: 5, 11, 17 at 34.

KUNEHO Isinilang noong 1927/39/51/63/75/87/99
Protektado ka ngayon, at walang seryosong bagay ang magpapahina ng loob mo. Piliting maging maingat sa pakikipag-usap sa asawa o kapartner upang makaiwas sa malaking away. May posibilidad na tumaas ang cholesterol level, magpa-blood test at bawasan ang pagkain ng karne at mamantikang pagkain. Makakaasa ka ng suporta sa kaibigan upang matapos mo ng maayos ang isang bagay na mahalaga sa iyo. Lucky numbers: 21, 30, 33 at 44.

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 DRAGON Isinilang noong 1928/40/52/64/76/88/00
Magagamit mo ng husto ang pagiging malikhain mo. Isang kasamahan ang magtatangkang gawan ka ng hindi magandang biro. Ang matagal nang problema sa pamilya ay malulutas na, at ikatutuwa ng lahat. Mag-ingat sa kilos at salita upang hindi ka magkamali at nang mapanatili ang katiwasayan sa trabaho. Makihalubilo sa mga mas bata sa iyo at huwag pansinin ang sumpong ng ibang kasamahan. Lucky numbers: 9, 12, 19 at 29.

AHAS Isinilang noong 1929/41/53/65/77/89/01
Iwasang galawin ang pera ng pamilya para lang masunod ang luho, kundi ay malaking gulo ang haharapin mo. Kailangang tuparin ang ipinangako mo kahit mahirap, dahil nakasalalay dito ang kredibilidad mo. Igalang ang mga nakakatanda. Kung hindi mapigilan ang pagtaba, subukang magpa- therapy. Magiging maalab ang love life, at mas magiging mas malapit kayo ng karelasyon. Lucky numbers: 6, 13, 28 at 37.

KABAYO. Isinilang noong 1930/42/54/66/78/90/02
Ibayong sigla, preskong pakiramdam at mataas na enerhiya ang mararanasan ngayon. Sa love life, pakawalan ang sarili mula sa nakaraan para maging masaya ka na sa relasyon mo ngayon. Mag-ingat sa mga sekta ng relihiyon na hihingi ng pabor sa iyo. Walang silbi na mainis pa sa dating nangyari, dagdagan ang pasensya at maayos din ang lahat. Mae-enjoy mo ng husto ang social life. Lucky numbers: 6, 15, 27 at 42.

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KAMBING. Isinilang noong 1919/31/43/55/67/79/91/03
Huwag maniwalang biktima ka ng kamalasan dahil mas di hamak na maganda ang kalagayan mo kesa sa iba. Bigyan ng konsuwelo ang pamilya, imbitahin ang magulang o mga biyenan na lumabas, at dagdagan ang oras sa mga anak. Iwasang mamili kung uutangin ito dahil baka ka lalong mabaon. Hirap kang makipag-usap sa mga kaibigan kaya minsan ay nagdudulot ito ng hindi pagkakaintindihan. Lucky numbers: 11, 19, 26 at 39.

UNGGOY. Isinilang noong 1920/32/44/56/68/80/92/04
Makakapag-isip ka ng malalim kung ano talaga ang gusto mong mangyari sa buhay, na maaaring maging sanhi na lalo kang kainisan ng malalapit sa iyo. Ayusin ang hidwaan sa maayos na pakikipag-usap at walang karahasan. Sa trabaho, mas mainam na manahimik lang muna. Malakas ang pang-akit mo at hirap kang umiwas sa tukso, pero kung may asawa, mahihirapan itong mapatawad ka.  Lucky numbers: 18, 25, 32 at 40.

TANDANG. Isinilang noong 1921/33/45/57/69/81/93/05
Nahihirapan ka pag walang ginagawa kaya abalahin ang sarili at humanap ng bagay o gawain na pagkakalibangan. Kung hirap kang magbawas ng timbang, kumunsulta sa doctor o dietician. Ihinto ang paninigarilyo. Maisasakatuparan ang ambisyon mo at magagawa ang ilang proyekto kaya huwag mag-alinlangang makipagsapalaran. Lucky numbers: 9, 16, 23 at 43.

ASO. Isinilang noong 1922/34/46/58/70/82/94/06
Makakahanap ka ng mga bagong kaibigan dahil sa iyong kabutihan. Magiging masaya ang love life mo. Tamang panahon na para sa magandang transaksyong pinansyal. Sa pamilya, mapipilitan kang sundin ang sinasabi ng kamag-anak, pero subukang makipag-areglo. Mas magiging maingat ka sa iyong kalusugan. Lucky numbers: 7, 14, 28 at 37.

Probers of Polo’s new online system decline to meet new provider

Posted on 02 September 2019 No comments

By The SUN
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Probers visited the Polo office in this building and interviewed only key officers

Investigators appointed by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to check on a new online system for the Philippine Overseas Labor Office paid a quick visit to Hong Kong last week but did not contact the contractor who made the winning bid for the project.

This was revealed by Jaime Deverall, chief executive officer of the new systems provider, Polaris Tools Limited, who said that repeated offers to meet with the investigating team went unanswered.
"If the investigators truly intend to hear all sides, they should reach out to Polaris Tools, the winning bidders, to hear our side. Instead, it's been over a week since the investigation began and we have yet to hear anything from them despite emailing all members of the investigation team to let them know that we will comply with their investigation and are happy to give a statement,” he said in a message to The SUN.

Instead, the probe team that arrived on Aug 28 reportedly interviewed only key personnel at Polo and some employment agency operators whose names were not revealed.
Polo officer-in-charge Antonio Villafuerte confirmed the arrival of the probers but declined to give further information, saying he and other staff of the labor office have been ordered not to speak about the investigation until it is completed.

“They came, they spoke to some people and then left,” Villafuerte said. He did not identify who the DOLE probers were. 
But Deverall said the five-man team is headed by Labor Undersecretary Claro Arellano, who also reportedly did not respond to a request for a meeting.

Polaris co-owner David Bishop, who owns shares in Polaris through his social enterprise incubator Migrasia Global Solutions, Ltd., also sent a letter Dole’s legal head, Philip Paredes, who was one of those who came to Hong Kong, offering to give their side, but was ignored.

Bishop alleged in the letter that there may have been corruption involved in the way the unsigned complaint against Polaris was initiated by a group that called itself “HK Agencies Seeking for Justice”.

“We at Polaris and Migrasia welcome the investigation and are confident that it will absolve both of us and Polo of any wrongdoing,” he said.

“And while reviewing how Polaris legally and transparently vied for and won the contract in question, we also hope you will also ask questions about how the complaint was raised in the first place, who is raising the concerns, and what incentives have caused them to raise such concerns,” said Bishop.

The contract awarded to Polaris in March this year was signed on behalf of Polo by former Labor Attache Jalilo dela Torre, who Bello tried to recall during his three-year term allegedly for giving favors to some employment agencies whose names were never divulged.

Dela Torre who was ordered by Bello to leave Hong Kong by July 7 and move to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, had always asserted that the move to replace him was instigated by rogue agencies that failed to get him to sign job orders for Filipinas to work as bar girls in Wanchai.

In his press release issued Aug 25, Bello said he was investigating the “haste” with which a new provider for the POLO online system was selected, and that he had formed a fact-finding team to look into the alleged improprieties.

He did not say what had prompted the investigation.

The investigators arrived in Hong Kong on the same day Dela Torre denounced in a public statement on social media the latest effort by “forces of evil” to discredit him and one of his legacy projects.

But he said he welcomed the investigation, saying he was confident it would lead to his name being cleared.

He blamed the “unfounded charges” on a “shadowy group of agencies” that had written to President Rodrigo Duterte and Bello, imputing irregularities on the awarding of the contract.

Dela Torre said the system upgrade was needed to improve POLO’s efficiency and protect it as it waged a dangerous campaign against human trafficking and illegal recruitment.

He said EmployEasy, which ran the system for 13 years, was slow to respond to requests for improvements and modifications and did no more than facilitate the contract processing of agencies.

More importantly, there appeared to be a conflict of interest in its operations, as EmployEasy also operated an online matching service for workers and employers while handling sensitive data belonging to agencies that used the system.

A group of Filipino migrant workers has started an online campaign to support Polaris and the new system, and alleged that the probe is a mere ploy by Dole to restore the “old, opaque way of doing this.”

Their statement also accuses Bello of being on a mission to discredit Dela Torre and Polaris for unclear reasons.



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