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Written by Joseph G. Lariosa | |||
Monday, 27 July 2009 21:26 | |||
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (Journal Group Link International)
C HICAGO, Illinois (JGLi) – Opposition Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. asked President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Monday (July 27) to seek the influence of President Barack Obama in pressing the American companies to pay up the insurance coverage of the Filipino civilian workers, who died or were injured in both Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
At the same time, the Minority Floor Leader also asked Mrs. Arroyo to get from Mr. Obama “a reasonable yearly quota of the expected 1,000,000 nurses that the
Mr. Pimentel said that if Mrs. Arroyo can get “a quota of 20,000 nurses a year, that would be a great economic bonanza for our nurses and their families.”
Editor’s Note: This article written by Mr. Lariosa is actually Part II of our occasional series on the Filipino “Forgotten Warriors,” as taken from the article published on
T he unsolicited advice was contained in a letter Mr. Pimentel transmitted to Malacanang and furnished to this reporter by Bobby M. Reyes, a
Senator Pimentel was a visitor in Mr. Pimentel also suggested to Mrs. Arroyo that if the
In an interview with Mr. Pimentel last week with this reporter, Mr. Pimentel also urged Mrs. Arroyo to fill up vacant positions for judges in 18 municipalities in Sulu. He said four regional trial courts in these areas are holding court in Zamboanga. He said economic cost of medicine should also be lowered.
Mr. Pimentel said he was in
Mr. Reyes also suggested that Mrs. Arroyo include in “talking points” with Mr. Obama the revival of the inclusion of “certain aliens born in the
Editor’s Note: Mr. Reyes acted merely as the Ad-hoc Secretary General of the budding American-Filipino Public Affairs Council (AFPAC). It was actually the AFPAC Interim Overall Chairman Ernie Gange of
S enator Pimentel said the 10 Filipino civilian workers, who have died or were injured in Afghanistan in a helicopter crash last July 19 are being short-changed by their U.S.-based employer,
These workers were identified as Celso Q. Caralde, Ely I. Carino, Ernesto C. De Vega, Manolito C. Hornilla, Leopoldo G. Jimenez, Jr., Mark Joseph C. Mariano, Marvin P. Najera, Rene D. Taboclaon, Ricardo E. Vallejos and Noli M. Vista.
“I understand that they were all covered by insurance and that the
“To the best of my information, the wounded workers and/or the heirs of those killed have applied for the benefits but the insurance companies like the American Insurance Group (
Mr. Pimentel added, “In an earlier incident that might be instructive, a Filipino worker, Rey Torres, was killed in
* Editor's Note: To view the latest update posted by T. Christian Miller, please click on this link: “Incidentally, as you know, the
The * Editor's Note: Readers may like also to read Mr. Miller’s article,
JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Journal Group Link International P. O. Email: lariosa_jos@sbcglobal.net
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The reason is that our country is not engaged in war against any country – Afghanistan, Iran, or what.
It would be foolhardy for the President to mention the phrase to describe our Filipino workers who are working as civilian employees as “warriors” forgotten or not in foreign wars in which our country is not engaged in.
Those people are merely trying to earn a living under a most perilous situation – of course a sad commentary of the level of poverty our country is in.
Senator Pimentel
(As e-mailed to Bobby Reyes, editor of www.mabuhayradio.com)