Rep. Mujiv Hataman of AMIN Party List and Rep. Faysah RPM Dumarpa of Lanao del Sur had filed two different bills on anti-Discrimination. Their bills are now being consolidated into one.
This consolidated bill is now on the process of being formulated and framed. We would like to hear your views about this bill and help contirbute to its construction by making your comments on its draft posted here.
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Europe-based OFW groups Stichting Habagat, Damayan and BisDak (Bisayang Daku), with the support of Oxfam Novib is conducting a week-long series of activities for the European Filipino migrants, themed “Converging Filipino Diaspora Global Initiatives for Sustainable Development.”
The activity kicked off with a Fiesta Filipiniana held at Rotterdam on October 27, highlighted by a cultural presentation from a Germany-based cultural group Pilipino-German-American. Said activity was attended by around 300 Filipino migrants and their families.
October 29-30 was the Experts’ Meeting held at Utrecht, attended by migrant leaders from San Francisco, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands and the Philippines.
Ms. Sitti Djalia Turabin of the Moro Human Rights Center and AMIN (Anak Mindanao) Party List, gave a presentation on the situation of OFWs from Mindanao, especially their families who are left in the conflict areas of Mindanao, particularly in the provinces of Sulu and Basilan. Ms. Turabin led the Fact-Finding Mission in Basilan after the ambush and beheading of Marine forces in the said province that led to the declaration of another all-out war.
Daughter of overseas workers herself, Sitti Djalia will also give a talk on “The Gender Perspective on Migration, Peace and Development” during the European Filipino Migrants Conference on November 2, at Amsterdam, Netherlands, to be attended by Filipino migrants from all over the world.
Ms. Turabin will continue her stay in the Netherlands after the conference, and visit other countries in Europe for a series of forums and talks about Peace in Mindanao and also to give updates on the activities of both the Moro Human Rights Center and Anak Mindanao (AMIN) Party List.
AMIN Radio Program
AMIN (Anak Mindanao) Party List launched its Radio Programs a month ago on September 4, 2007, in three radio stations in Iligan City namely, Radio Station DXIC of the Radio Mindanao Network, I FM of Radio Mindanao Network and DXLS Love Radio of the Nation Broadcasting Corporation. The said radio programs occupies morning Prime Time slots in these stations, from 5:45 AM - 6:OO AM (DXIC and I FM) and 6:45AM to 7:00AM (DXLS, Love Radio).
The said radio stations claims not less than 2 million listeners in Iligan City but also in Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental and other neighboring provinces in Mindanao and some areas in the Visayas.
These AMIN radio programs entitled Legal Information, talks on legal concerns and AMIN advocacies on peace, justice and the unity of the Tri-people of Mindanao. The program is aired daily from Mondays to Saturdays and is hosted by Atty. Vermin M. Quimco, of the local NGO, Call for Justice. Atty Ver Quimco is also a former candidate nominee of Anak Mindanao Party List.
Owing to the success and realizing the effectiveness and wide reach of this pioneering AMIN Radio program in Iligan, AMIN is planning to replicate the same to other radio stations of at least the major cities in Mindanao.
European Filipino Migrants Conference
The European Filipino Migrants’ Conference, "Converging Filipino Diaspora Global Initiatives for Sustainable Development," will be held on November 2, 2007 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This conference is organized and sponsored by two Filipino organizations in Netherlands, the Stichting Habagat and Damayang Pilipino sa Nederland together with Oxfam-Novib of Netherlands.
The general objective of the conference is to develop a common agenda towards harnessing the development potentials of migration. The Conference wants to underline the importance of the contribution of the migrant and overseas Filipinos to the development of the Philippines, emphasizing the better use of their remittances, skills and acquired knowledge.
Invited as keynote speakers to the conference are two legislators of the Philippines, Majority Leader of the Philippine Senate, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, and from the Lower House, AMIN (Anak Mindanao) Party List Representative Mujiv S. Hataman. Also invited from the Philippines to speak on different topics before the conference are, Djahlia Sitti Turabin, a young Moro leader of the Moro Human Rights Center, Mai Añonuevo, executive director ATIKHA, Mila D. Aguilar, Writer, poet and artist and Prof. Rolando G. Talampas of the University of the Philippines.
The Filipino resource persons will shed light on the current situation of the Philippines on a number of relevant themes related to migration and development. A Panel of Reactors composed of migrant and overseas Filipinos will share their specific responses and current initiatives.
The organizers anticipate Filipinos and various Filipino organizations coming from all over Europe to attend the conference.
Europe-based OFW groups Stichting Habagat, Damayan and BisDak (Bisayang Daku), with the support of Oxfam Novib is conducting a week-long series of activities for the European Filipino migrants, themed “Converging Filipino Diaspora Global Initiatives for Sustainable Development.”
AMIN (Anak Mindanao) Party List launched its Radio Programs a month ago on September 4, 2007, in three radio stations in Iligan City namely, Radio Station DXIC of the Radio Mindanao Network, I FM of Radio Mindanao Network and DXLS Love Radio of the Nation Broadcasting Corporation. The said radio programs occupies morning Prime Time slots in these stations, from 5:45 AM - 6:OO AM (DXIC and I FM) and 6:45AM to 7:00AM (DXLS, Love Radio).
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