... In the rally, Migrante decried the Philippine government’s Labor Export Policy. The Philippine government “must focus on job creation at home, not the export of its workers as a cover for the failed economic and development policies,” said Migrante, adding that the policy has become a source of human trafficking. The rally participants also called for the abolition of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and the “unaccountable lump sum budget items allocated to President Aquino for his personal expenditure.”
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 05:05:24 +0000