The Philippines government has come under more pressure to stop sending domestic workers abroad, with a prominent columnist arguing they should be retrained to fill gaps in professional skills at home.
Leandro DD Coronel said in a commentary carried by the Manila Bulletin that most Filipinos employed as domestic workers overseas were university graduates before they left the country.
“How many Filipino teachers, nurses, and other skilled workers are forced to downgrade their skills and degrade their persons by working as service people, a deodorized term for maids and servants?” he asked.
Acknowledging that most Filipinos seek employment abroad because of a lack of job opportunities and low salaries in the Philippines, Coronel called on the government to expand job training through the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority so that skill levels were on a par with or even superior to those available elsewhere.
“So no more dreams of deploying ‘super maids’ to other countries. We either create more jobs here or help working-age Filipinos to acquire skills that are in demand abroad,” he said.
The columnist urged President Rodrigo Duterte and his government to focus on improving people’s livelihoods instead of being preoccupied with an ‘unwinnable’ war on drugs that was falsely seen as his country’s priority problem.
“It isn’t, it’s poverty. Poverty, as every OFW [overseas foreign worker] knows, is what drives them to seek employment abroad even though the work conditions there are abominable. People are poor because there aren’t enough jobs for everybody,” he said.
Marilou Babia yang shoot the vagina pres mo na shot ko cguro kaya ganyan nlng ang pagsamba mo sa kanya. Pareho kaung lunatic.
The columnist forgets that this is not an overnight issue, President Duterte has been left with so much to straighten up, and if he doesn’t get rid of the drug problems than most of those that will remain in Philippines will resort to drug peddling to earn a living since there are no jobs. Both issue should go hand in hand, and it is for those Filipinos billionaires to contribute to build their country with their filipinos people in creating jobs other than accumulating wealth while underpaying their fellow citizens.
Give attention on population control too much population to feed makes us poor our resourses are all used up and reason also
Mothers working abroard to feed children
Yes please stop sending maids abroad Pres Duterte
Jon Velbis idiotic Jakkaz
Sad but true.I’ve met a number of filipino’s working in Canada.1 was working as a moel house keeper.In the Phs she was a bank manager.A few yrs later i saw her working as a teller at the bank i use.Another was working at Tim Horton’s as a server.In the Phs she was a teacher.Now she work’s for the school board.Filipino’s will work at the lowest level’s of job’s,work hard ,do their very best,send all the monies they can home to support their families all the while in hopes of getting the jobs they are skilled at.A huge problem in the Phs is the many corrupt agencies OFW’s are tricked into going through.If you are wantong to work abroad,try to hire on direct or through the country’s employment center’s.Good luck to all.
Unemployment is just one of our problem, but the greatest and deadliest problem is drug addictions
Jon Velbis galit ka lang kay PRRD. ginawa na sana ng amo mo 30 yrs na ang lumipas lumala pa nga. Gusto ko ng makita si Panoy na magpasagasa sa tren gaya ng pangako nya. Tuwid na daan at kayo ang boss nya asan ngayon. Hintayin mong matapos ang term ni PRRD hindi yang dami mong alam sobrang talino mo kasi????????????
Ang alam ko ang war on drugs ay isa lang sa mga bagay na gusto ni Digong na gawin upang mainsure ang mapayapang environment na makaengganyo sa foreign investors na pumasok at maginvest sa sa bansa. Ang iba ay criminality, corruption, terorrism at rebellion. Gusto rin niya mabago ang constitution upang maalis ang provisions na nagbabawal sa mga fireign investors na pumasok. Isama rin ang oriblema sa mga infrastructure natin. We lag behind other countries in Asia. Hiw can we sttract fireign investors if the condtions of our roads, brudges, railways, aiports and seaports re poor? That’s precisely the reason he launched the program on BUILD BUILD BUILD. Jon Velbis don’t worry, ito ang ginagawa ni Duterte.
Mikay Mikoy
Jon Velbis bkit d kna b mkagamit ng drugs???
Jon Velbis magisip ka muna bago ka dumakdak.. labas tuloy ikaw ang idiot!!
Same reasoning for a puppet follower. Ikaw na ang mag presidente dilawan. Sana ma rape ka. Pnoy kurakot. Etc. Stupid comment as always. Give a concrete reasoning nman.
masyado kang magaling ikaw na kaya ang umupo sa pwesto at sino naman sa tingin mo ang karapatdapat na maging pangulo ng bansa na mas mainam pa sa kanya. He is doing his best far better than the previous presidents.the only thing that we can do sa halip na batikusin is to support the government and to do aomething na makakatulong sa ikauunlad ng bansa.
Hruodland Reigns wag kang magcomment wala kang alam sa economics. Pa compare compare kpa. Ang pinaguusapan ang bansa natin hindi ang ibang bansa. Nainintindhan mo ba?
Josephine Domingo pano ko irerespeto ang presidente mo eh baboy yang shoot the vagina president mo.
Elly Tabafa gunggong baka ikaw ang naghihirap. Guminhawa na ba ang buhay mo.
Luther Bulado gunggong hindi mo maipapakain sa naghhirap ang war on drugs. Dapat unahin ang ekonomiya. Pag may sapat at desenteng trabaho mawawala na yang mga tulak sa drugs na yan. Wala ng magtatrabaho pa sa abroad. Ang kahirapanbang sanhi ng paglaganap ng drugs at kriminalidad. Gets mo ba? Kung dmo maintindihan himurin mo nlng ang tumbong ng presidente mo dahil uto uto ka. Kung drugs lng ang focus nya at hindi sa ekonomiya kahit hanggang matapos ang termino nya o kaya hanggang matapos ang buhay nya anjan pa rin ang problema sa drugs.
Lezah Beth Jacinto Amante gunggong ung presidente mo ang drug addict. Ung anak drug syndicate kasi member ng triad. Friends nila mga chinese drug lord. Tapos ako ang pagsasabihan mo addict. Ni manigarilyo hindi ko inattempt na maging bisyo. Pag kritiko ni digonggong addict agad. Tang inang katwiran yan. Wag kang magpakabaliw sa presidente mo ungas.Baka ma shoot the vagina ka nya.
Jon velbis, bakit saan ba nag umpisa ang kahirapan ng mga pinoy, hind ba sa corruption naglipana lahat ng ahensya sa gobyerno gang sa mga NGO at sa local govt units hndi ba? 32 taon na walang nag ayos kundi corruotion doon corruption dito. Kaya hnd umasenso a g bansa at walang trabaho ang pinoy walang mga i frastructure, walang build and build at ouro kueakot doon kurakot dito mapa sgriculture. Lahat ng bagay ginawang pagka kwartahan ng mga dating gobyerno. Saan ka ano trabaho makukuha ng mga pinoy dito kundi lumayas hnd ba? Tapos sabihin mo poverty. Bugok nagkaganun dahil napunta lahat sa bulsa ng mga kurakot na politiko, kurakot na bussinessman at mga nasa gobyerno anumang posisyon. Kahit na mga brgy kapitan, sa mga BIR, BOC, LTO LTFRB, DEPED, POLICE at marami pang ibang ahensya.