Aquino allocates one percent of 2012 budget for migrant workers
Aquino allocates one percent of 2012 budget for migrant workers
“The budget for OFW services is only 0.43 percent of the debt-servicing budget; three precent of the military budget, 14 percent of PPP funds, and 1.9 percent of the presidential un-programmed funds or the President’s pork barrel.” – Migrante International
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) added up $18 billion to the Philippine economy in 2010, but in the Aquino government’s budget proposal for 2012, only one percent will be allotted for their welfare.
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