http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/ All Things Brown and Beautiful. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:52:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/comment-page-1/#comment-102450 Daxlight Pinoy Hangout Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:58:57 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/#comment-102450 [...] · Tags: The New York Times on Filipino OFWs April 22, 2007 | Posted by Pinoycentric Staff at [...] [...] · Tags: The New York Times on Filipino OFWs April 22, 2007 | Posted by Pinoycentric Staff at [...]

]]> http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/comment-page-1/#comment-5697 Readables - i swallowed a bug Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:55:45 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/#comment-5697 [...] April joseph10:55 amAdd comment Pinoycentric has a link to a New York Times Magazine article about OFW’s. The article titled “A Good Provider is One Who Leaves” is a looong read and requires a free sign-up. [...] [...] April joseph10:55 amAdd comment Pinoycentric has a link to a New York Times Magazine article about OFW’s. The article titled “A Good Provider is One Who Leaves” is a looong read and requires a free sign-up. [...]

]]> http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/comment-page-1/#comment-5681 Tammy David Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:37:54 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/#comment-5681 I was fortunate to spend almost a week with Mr. Jason DeParle (as his fixer/translator) and the Portugana/Comodas family last December. It was heartbreaking to translate about a dozen OFW stories. The experience made my christmas in 2006 extra special. I was fortunate to spend almost a week with Mr. Jason DeParle (as his fixer/translator) and the Portugana/Comodas family last December. It was heartbreaking to translate about a dozen OFW stories. The experience made my christmas in 2006 extra special.

]]> http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/comment-page-1/#comment-5674 Blogger News Network » Food Aid, Famine and encouraging agriculture Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:09:45 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2007/04/22/the-new-york-times-on-filipino-ofws/#comment-5674 [...] The problem remains the same today, and not just with food aid,but with policies that actually undermine the ability of third world farmers to become prosperous. Here in the Philippines, our local farms, which are near enough to Manila to make growing vegetables a lucrative alternative to rice, we now see cheap imported vegetables from China (which is artifically subsidized by an undervalued currancy) and from Europe (which is subsidized by the EU policies). Local farmers cannot make a good profit, so their children tend to prefer to work overseas instead of staying home in a “dead end” agricultural job, even though thanks to land reform they own their own land. [...] [...] The problem remains the same today, and not just with food aid,but with policies that actually undermine the ability of third world farmers to become prosperous. Here in the Philippines, our local farms, which are near enough to Manila to make growing vegetables a lucrative alternative to rice, we now see cheap imported vegetables from China (which is artifically subsidized by an undervalued currancy) and from Europe (which is subsidized by the EU policies). Local farmers cannot make a good profit, so their children tend to prefer to work overseas instead of staying home in a “dead end” agricultural job, even though thanks to land reform they own their own land. [...]

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