Why hide a good thing? – OFWJC Mr. Gacula, Sir: Thank you for admitting two important elements in our story titled “OFWNet’s business arm not yet off the hook despite paying penalty”. These are: that the country’s corporate market regulator reduced the penalties it ordered OFW-IHI to pay for violating a provision in the Securities [...]

‘Inaccuracies’ in OFWJC report on OFWNet Re: OFWNet’s business arm not yet off the hook despite paying penalty by William Alzona (Volume 5, Number 1, February 22, 2006) Dear friends: I will not engage the OFW Journalism Consortium into a discussion or debate regarding the story they recently wrote about OFWNet and OFW International Holdings, [...]

Finding like-minded people for pilot’s views IT”S a great honor to have received such incisive letter from you, Mr. Desiderio. We are reprinting it, with minor editing, in this latest newspacket. Hopefully, you can find like-minded people from our readers. Thank you for your continuing support of the OFW Journalism Consortium Inc. DENNIS D. ESTOPACE [...]

Pilot disagrees with lawmaker Re: Lawmaker says remittance glow blinds RP from diaspora of mission-critical workers by Isagani de la Paz (Volume 5, Number 1, February 22, 2006) Dear editor: I am a pilot working for an airline in the United Arab Emirates. I was a former PAL (Philippine Airlines) pilot for nine years and [...]

Gladness for the OFW beekeeper from Baguio Dear editor: Hi there! I was searching for a honeybee production resource materials on how to start this backyard business. And I came across this article “From Alberta to Baguio and Back.” Pretty much surprised though that the person, Mrs. Florida Labon, is the same person I met [...]

Reaction to the story Shipowners say stopping seafarers’ salary spike sensible by Leo J. Santiago (Volume 4 Number 12 newspacket, 25 December 2005) Dear Editor: THIS (story) is the silliest thing I’ve ever read this year. Stop the hike? They (shipowners) are comparing our salaries with the rest of the world’s seafarers? Can one differentiate [...]

Striking at the heart of OFW phenomenon Reaction to the story Centennial of labor migration a poser on RP progress by Jeremaiah M. Opiniano (Volume 4 Number 12 newspacket, 25 December 2005) Dear Jeremiah: THIS is a good article and I believe strikes at the heart of the issue. It attacks the migration phenomenon where [...]

Do away with overseas voting? On the story “Handful registered absentee voters may lead to repeal of law” by Ms. Julie Javellana-Santos (Volume 4 Number 9, November 30, OFW Journalism Consortium newspacket) note: the comment below was taken from the website Philippine News (www.philippinenews.com), which used the above story of the OFW Journalism…[Read more]