Migrants

Fil-Ams Demand US Troops Out of Mindanao

Siting of US Soldiers at Massacre Scene Proves "Balikatan Kills" "

The involvement of US troops in a fatal raid of a Sulu village, south of Mindanao, killing eight innocent bystanders, including two children and pregnant woman proves Balikatan kills," states BAYAN USA Chair Chito Quijano in response to the testimony of Sandrawina Wahid, a villager who claims to have witnessed US troops storm her village with Philippine troops earlier this month.

Save the Life of Marilou! Filipinos in Tokyo Stage Appeal in Front of Kuwait Embassy

Filipinos belonging to the Kalipunan ng mga Filipinong Nagkakaisa (KAFIN), Philippine Women's League of Japan, the Filipina Circle for Advancement and Progress (FICAP), and Migrante – Japan troop in to the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Tokyo to appeal the case of Marilou Ranario, a Filipina domestic worker whose death sentence by hanging is on final appeal beginning today at the Kuwait's Court of Cassation.

Prospects for Filipinos in Canada under the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)

It was August 2000 when my wife, Jasmin, woke up to a phone call. I can hear a woman’s frantic voice over the phone and immediately recognized, Melca Salvador. Jasmin was the chairperson of PINAY at the time and Melca was the vice-chairperson, both were leaders of the Filipino women’s organization based here in Quebec. It was time for them to mobilize the rest of PINAY and friends. Melca had received a deportation order and was to go into hiding.