Tag: kuwait

Do Filipinos want to continue to be known as the world’s servants?

April 29, 2018 benign0 22 Comments

The latest brouhaha surrounding the diplomatic row with Kuwait that erupted following the going “viral” of a video of a “rescue operation” instigated by Filipino diplomatic personnel there has attracted much debate. The “discussion” surrounding this circus focuses on the minutiae of the debacle the Philippine government finds itself in in the immediate aftermath. What…

Culture, Development, Economy, Society

Thinking Pinoy Rey Joseph RJ Nieto Ultimately Blames OUMWA Usec Sara Arriola For Rescue Video Fiasco

April 29, 2018April 29, 2018 P. Farol 11 Comments

It was late last night when I learned that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was finally forced by the fame whoring blunder committed by Thinking Pinoy RJ Nieto to appeal to 262,000 Filipino OFWs in Kuwait to leave their jobs and come home. In a series of posts, Nieto admits to having uploaded and shared on…

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The Philippine Government should APOLOGISE to Kuwait on behalf of ALL Filipinos

April 27, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

The “diplomatic crisis” between the Philippines and Kuwait is fast snowballing into a circus bigger than Ben Hur. At the heart of the matter is the inability to just simply apologise — essentially the same character flaw that turned the 2010 Hong Kong tourist massacre crisis into a similar diplomatic debacle. The only real pathway…

Culture, Economy

Filipino dependence on overseas employment is what is at the root of the Kuwait “diplomatic crisis”

April 26, 2018 benign0 5 Comments

Back in the old days before social media there was a particularly “viral” email going around that enjoined humanity to “imagine a world without Overseas Filipino Workers”. The author of the email went on the wax poetic about such a world where there’d be catastrophic shortages in nurses, elderly care, welders, and all sorts of…

Development, Economy

Winston Q8 Violation of Migrant Workers Act Imperils Health Secretary Ubial’s Confirmation

March 4, 2017 P. Farol 7 Comments

Bringing change to the country is a monumental challenge that President Rodrigo Duterte ALONE cannot accomplish. This is the reason why it is vitally important that the people he has appointed to his cabinet be able and willing to help him fulfill his campaign promises. Of course, it need not be said that those he…

Development, Economy, Government

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