‘Linggo ng Pasasalamat’ para sa mga pamilyang may FDWs

 

Gusto ng Labour na magpasalamat sa kanilang FDWs ang mga pamilyang kanilang pinagsisilbihan

Ngayong Mayo 15 ay uumpisahan ng Labour Department ng Hong Kong ang “Thankful Week” o Linggo ng Pasasalamat para sa mga pamilya na may foreign domestic worker.

Ayon sa gobyerno, ito ay parte ng kampanyang Happy Hong Kong, at isasagawa para palaganapin ang respeto sa pagitan ng employer at FDW, at nang maging mas gumanda pa ang kanilang samahan.

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“Isang malaking parte sa buhay ng mga pamilya sa Hong Kong ang ginagampanan ng mga FDH, sabi ng isang tagapagsalita ng Labour.

Hindi lang trabahong bahay ang kanilang ginagawa, nag-aalaga din sila ng mga may edad at mga anak ng kanilang employer, dagdag pa nito.

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Dahil magkasama silang naninirahan sa iisang bubong, kailangan daw na may pag-aalala at  pagkakaintindihan na namamagitan sa kanila para maging masaya at maayos ang kanilang pagsasama.

Sa mga gustong magpatunay, kailangang magkasabay na gumawa ng isang maiksing video recording ang isang FDW at kanyang employer, at sabihin doon kung bakit maayos ang kanilang pagsasama, at ano ang magandang katangian ng bawat isa sa kanila.

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Dapat ay mula 20 hanggang 30 segundo lang ang haba ng video, at kailangang maiparating ito sa Labour Department mula May 15 hanggang May 28.

Mamimigay ang LD ng hanggang 12,000 na piraso ng tiket para sa Ocean Park sa 3,000 kabahayan na sasali sa kampanyang ito.

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Sa mga gustong sumali, bumisita lang sa event webpage na ito: www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/thankfulweek  para sa karagdagang impormasyon, o tumawag sa numero bilang 3582 8976.

Pahabol ng LD, ang Linggo ng Pasasalamat ay isang magandang pagkakataon para ipagdiwang ang malaking kontribusyon ng mga FDHs sa pamilya na kanilang pinagsisilbihan.

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Magbibigay-daan din ito para mas maintindihan ng mga FDH at employer ang kanya-kanyang kultura at pananaw sa buhay, para mas lalo pang tumatag ang kanilang samahan.

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Immigration, pinabilis ang pag-uusig sa mga illegal worker

 

Napabilis ang paglilitis sa mga kasong ilegal na pagtatrabaho. (File Photo)

Apat na overstayer na nahuli sa isang raid ng Immigration Department sa Admiralty noong May 8  ang hinatulan ng iba't ibang parusa, na ang pinakamataas ay 16 na buwang pagkabilanggo, sa salang pagtatrabaho nang illegal.

Ang mga nahatulan sa Shatin Courts ay pawang Indonesian – tatlong babae at isang lalaki – pero ang babala ay para sa lahat: na walang lumabag sa patakaran laban sa pagtatrabaho ng illegal ang makakaiwas sa parusa. At ang pagsampa ng kaso  ay mas mabilis.

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Ayon sa Immigration Ordinance, ang isang tao na nakatakdang palayasin sa Hong Kong  o isang overstayer ay bawal magtrabaho, may suweldo man o wala, o magnegosyo sa loob ng Hong Kong.

Ang parusa sa mga lalabag dito ay multa na aabot sa $50,000 at pagkakakulong nang hanggang tatlong taon.

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Sinabi ng Immigration na di hamak na mas mabigat pa ng parusa sa mga nagpapatrabaho ng ilegal. Ayon sa Ordinance, ang pinakamabigat na  parusa sa mga employer ng mga ilegal na manggagawa ay multa ng hanggang $500,000 at kulong nang hanggang 10 taon.

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Dagdag na paalala ng Immigration, itinakda na ng High Court na ang mga negosyanteng mahulihan ng illegal na trabahador sa kanilang kumpanya ay tiyak na makukulong, ayon pa sa Immigration.

Ang mga nahatulan ay sinampahan ng kaso sa Shatin Courts noong May 10, o dalawang araw lang matapos mahuli, at agad sinentensyahan.

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Sa apat na Indonesian, isang babae at isang lalaki ang umamin na tumira sa Hong Kong nang higit sa panahong ipinagkaloob sa kanila, o overstaying, at hinatulan ng dalawa at sampung araw na pagkakakulong.

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Ang natirang dalawang babae na umamin naman na nagtrabaho nang illegal habang may deportation order at pag-overstay, at hinatulan ng 15 buwan at 16 na buwang pagkabilanggo. 

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Pathfinders, HKU call for better linkages to protect migrants’ children

 

Panel speakers Dr Lucy Jordan, Xyza Bacani and Catherine Gurtin

The importance of developing new strategies to ensure all children affected by migration are protected was the focus of a panel discussion yesterday, May 11, to launch Children at the Heart of Migration, a new report published by PathFinders in collaboration with The University of Hong Kong (HKU).

The speakers included Dr. Lucy Jordan, associate professor at HKU’s Department of Social Work and Social Administration; award-winning photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani, who following her mother’s example, became a migrant domestic herself; and PathFinders' CEO Catherine Gurtin.

The talk was held as Hong Kong marked the 50^th  year since migrant domestic workers were allowed into the city.

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Today, there are around 340,000 MDWs in Hong Kong and the government expects the number to rise to 600,000 by 2047 because of the need to care for the city’s rapidly ageing population.

More than 90% of the MDWs are women of childbearing age, and many are mothers who left their own children behind in hopes of providing them with a better future.

The discussion focused on how government and other stakeholders could work together to come up with policies that adequately reflect the potential impact of migration on children - whether born in the country of destination, or left behind.

 

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This becomes more urgent as Hong Kong looks overseas to recruit more women to work as caregivers for the city’s elderly residents.

Gurtin said that over the last 15 years that PathFinders has been in existence, it has seen many MDWs falling prey to love scams, sexual abuse, and unplanned pregnancies while living and working in Hong Kong.

With the population of MDWs set to almost double over the next 20 years, we need to act now to prevent an emerging and potential crisis for migrant children, Gurtin said.

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PathFinders wants to use its voice in raising awareness and advocate for stronger protections for the children left behind, she added.

Dr Jordan also expressed concern for the children of migrant parents. She said research has shown that there is a potential “crisis of care” across Southeast Asia as an increasing number of parents migrate overseas for work, leaving their children behind. 

But she said very little is known about the long-term costs and benefits of migration for these children.

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Through the report she said HKU and PathFinders hope to start a conversation that makes a case for developing effective policies that will help children and family members affected by migration, both in the sending and receiving destinations.

Sharing her personal experiences, Bacani said, "I was a child left-behind by my migrant mother when I was eight. I grew up without her so I know how challenging and painful it was to be away from my own mother. Migration has touched our family’s lives in so many ways.

She added that her story was not unique as it was a story shared by millions of children left behind by a migrant parent.

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The panel called on stakeholders to jointly put in place several measures to help cushion the blow on children of migrant workers.

These include providing comprehensive training to migrant workers in their home countries, which should focus on crisis prevention and migration goals. In addition, migrating mothers should be made to undergo extra training on child guardianship, family togetherness and tips on how to look after their children while abroad.

Once they get to their work sites, migrant mothers should also get support from their fellow MDWs and non-government organizations in terms of access to information on general and reproductive health, as well as child safety and positive parenting.

Community networks should also be strengthened in the destination countries so migrant parents will get help in preventing crisis situations and to engage them in talks on child development.

The panel also advocated conducting further research on how migration could impact child protection and health development in both origin and destination places, in particular, those in the Philippines and Indonesia on one side and Hong Kong on the other.

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Halina at mag-aral ng taekwondo, anyaya ng UPTO

 

Nanumpa ang mga bagong miyembro ng UPTO-HK sa harap ni Consul General Raly Tejada

Balik-aksyon muli ang United Philippine Taekwondo Organization – Hong Kong, pagkatapos ng tatlong taon na pamamahinga dahil sa pandemic.

Ayon sa kanilang founder na si Mercy Permales na isa mga kilalang manlalaro ng taekwondo sa hanay ng mga Pilipino sa Hong Kong, balik na sa kanilang pagsasanay, pero bago ito ay humirang muna sila ng mga bagong opisyal ng kanilang grupo, na agad namang nanumpa.

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Naganap ang kanilang panunumpa sa Konsulado noong Mayo 7 sa harap ni Consul General Raly Tejada, na nagsabing bilib siya sa grupo dahil alam niyang mahirap na laro ang taekwondo. Kailangan daw ay physically at mentally fit ang isang tao para makasali dito.

Kailangan din daw na malakas ang iyong self-control para hindi magamit ang nalalaman para makapanakit. Biro pa niya, “Baka mamaya ay may nakaaway kayo at bigla niyo na lang banatan, ha?”, dahilan para magtawanan ang lahat.

 

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Sabi ni Congen, “proud” daw siya sa grupo dahil sa kanilang pagpasok sa sport na napakahirap. Bukod pa dito ay para din daw silang mga “ambassador” na nagbibigay ng magandang imahe para sa bansa.

“Please continue what you are doing now, representing our country, ang using your skills para sa ikabubuti ng lahat,” dagdag pa niya.

Ang mga founder na pawang blackbelter na sina Padua, Jacinto at Permales

Alinsunod sa layon ng UPTO na palaganapin ang taekwondo sa hanay ng mga migranteng Pilipino, lalo na ang pagtuturo ng self-defense sa mga kababaihan, ay tumatanggap na silang muli ng mga gustong sumali sa kanilang grupo.

“Bukas ang grupo sa mga nais matuto, mapa bata man o may edad, basta walang major operation o acute asthma ay welcome po,” sabi ni Permales.

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“Don’t worry po at hindi naman tayo ng-eensayo dito para sumali sa Olympics. Our priority is the safety of our members. Pare-pareho po tayong nangangamuhan dito sa Hong Kong kaya safety first,” dagdag pa niya.

Ang UPTO, na itinatag sa Hong Kong halos 11 taon na ang nakakaraan, ay ang kauna-unahang grupo ng taekwondo na ang mga miyembro ay mga Pilipino. Pero ang nagtatag dito at nananatiling taga-suporta nila ay isang ekspertong Intsik na kilala sa pangalang Grandmaster Tze Hong Lai.

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Si Lai ay isa sa mga founding member ng grupong CTA, o China Hong Kong National Taekwondo Alliance, kung saan kabilang sa mga miyembro ang UPTO at dahil dito ay nakakasali sa mga pagsasanay katulad ng advanced poomsae course, referee course at sparring referee course.

Narito ang listahan ng kanilang mga hinalal na opisyal para sa taong 2023-2024, at nanumpa sa harap ni Consul General Raly Tejada:

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Founding Members:

Mercy D. Permales - 3^rd Dan WTF

Federico C. Jacinto - 3^rd Dan WTF

Ednalyn Padua  - 3^rd Dan WTF

 

Head Instructress:

Wilma M. Colobong - 2^nd WTF

Assistant Head Instructress:

Ruth Delos Santos - 2^nd WTF

 

Instructress:

Lorena S. Jaro - 3^rd Dan WTF

Ruth Delos Santos - 2^nd Dan WTF

Madeline B. Bristol - 2^nd Dan WTF

Marilyn O. Anorico - 1^st Dan WTF

Sofia M. Talite - 1^st Dan WTF

 

Secretary:

Mylene L. Adtoon - Red Black Belt

Assistant Secretary:

Bernadeth S. Rivas - Red Black Belt

 

Treasurer:

Evelyn E. Beduya - 1^st Dan WTF

 

Business Manager:

Letecia D. Cayudong - 1^St Dan WTF

 

Demonstration Team Leaders:

Lorena S. Jaro - 3^rd Dan WTF

Ruth Delos Santos - 2^nd Dan WTF

Sofia M. Talite  -1^st Dan WTF

Jocelyn C. Austria - 1^st Dan WTF

 

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Bail refused for 4 Pinoy asylum-seekers accused of sexual assault on girl

 

Hindi pinayagan ng korte na magpiyansa ang 5 nasasakdal 

Four Filipino and one Bangladeshi recognizance holders accused of assaulting and committing indecent conduct towards a 10-year-old girl on Jan 3 in Yuen Long, were denied bail when they appeared in Tuen Mun court on May 10.

The five were sent back to jail after Principal Magistrate Don So agreed to the prosecution’s request for an 8-month adjournment, and opposition to allow the accused to be released on bail.

The next hearing of the case has been set down for July 5, but the defendants are allowed to make another bail application on May 17.

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In opposing the bail application, the prosecution said the accused might return to the place where the offence took place, interfere with the investigation, or jump bail.

The prosecutor added that all four separate charges pertain to the same incident that happened on Jan 3 in a flat on Kun Um Road in Yuen Long.

The prosecution is still seeking further legal advice, she said.

First to be charged with “indecent conduct towards a child under 16 years” and “common assault” was Benhur Macaraig, 46. Police charged him on Jan 12, indicating they arrested him about 48 hours earlier.

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In the charges against him, his co-defendants were not identified by the police.

On Jan 14, police charged defendants Julie Arcega Jr., 32, and Gina Villareal, 51, with the same offences.

The fourth Filipino defendant, Jimwoel Macaraig, 53, was charged on Jan 17 while Bangladeshi MD Moazzim Hossain was charged shortly later.

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At Wednesday’s hearing, Arcega, a former construction worker, raised his bail offer to $8,000 from $5,000 previously, but his request was still denied.

J. Macaraig and B. Macaraig did not indicate the amount they were offering for bail, but their bids were also rejected.

During the committal hearing of the cases, the prosecutor said B. Macaraig was also facing a separate charge of wounding, and had three past criminal records. In addition, he jumped bail on immigration cases, the prosecutor said.

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According to the charges, the five defendants were neighbors of Girl X in the Tuen Mun village.

At the initial hearing, the prosecution said the victim was alone in the Tuen Mun flat when the defendants barged in and assaulted her.

No other details of the alleged offences were mentioned.  

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