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On Overseas Filipino Workers

Categories: East Asia, Philippines, Development, Economics & Business, Ethnicity & Race, Labor, Migration & Immigration

That Word in Me reflects [1] about Overseas Filipino Worker (OFWs). “OFWs are not heroes. They don’t work abroad so they can help ‘alleviate’ our country’s economic status by their remittances… There are very little jobs that can sustain an ordinary Filipino and I bet if he had a choice, he’d rather be working here than elsewhere.”