Advocates want say in Malacañang OFW bank bid

By JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS

Migrant advocates may be split on Malacañang’s go-ahead to build a bank of overseas migrant workers via migrant workers’ pooled funds but they agreed OFWs should be given say; some even ownership of the project.

"This government move again insulted many unsung heroes by diverting our money without due consultation," wrote Ronnie Abeto of the Saudi Arabia-based Pusong Mamon Task Force, one of several groups of overseas Filipinos connected to the Internet.

"The issue here is not actually the creation of an overseas Filipino workers’ bank, but the use of OWWA funds," an email by another Saudi Arabia-based OFW, Francis Oca, said. [read more]