A Filipino worker applying for a job in Iraq, lights candles during a rally in Manila (Source: Corbis)
Corruption rampant in GMA regime
In a recent survey, seven out of 10 Filipinos, or 71 percent, gave President Arroyo a failing grade in her anti-corruption efforts
New batch of Peace Corps volunteers arrive in Philippines
Fifty seven new volunteers arrive in the Pearl of the Orient for a two-year stint
11 Filipinos trafficked to Iraq to help build US embassy
Kuwaiti company illegally recruits Filipino workers despite Philippine govt travel ban
Lack of enforcement mechanism blamed for trafficking to Iraq
NGO accuses Philippine government of doing too little to prevent trafficking- more important than issuing a travel ban, enforcement mechanisms were absent
Filipino migrant workers share stories of life in Iraq
There are an estimated 10,000 Filipinos in Iraq despite the standing government ban on travel to the war-torn country
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