+ Follow LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND Tag
LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND
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[ArticleID] => 1498702
[Title] => Group seeks probe of OFW legal aid fund use
[Summary] => Congress should investigate the alleged underutilization of the government’s Legal Assistance Fund (LAF) despite the high number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in distress, a group said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2015-09-11 10:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097338
[AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin
[SectionName] => Metro
[SectionUrl] => metro
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 1326619
[Title] => Hustisya sa OFW na binuhusan ng kumukulong tubig tiyakin - Villar
[Summary] => Pinatitiyak ni Senator Cynthia Villar sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na mabibigay ang hustisya sa 22-anyos na OFW na binuhusan ng kumukulong tubig ng kanyang amo sa Saudi Arabia.
[DatePublished] => 2014-05-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097275
[AuthorName] => Malou Escudero
[SectionName] => Bansa
[SectionUrl] => bansa
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[ArticleID] => 933508
[Title] => Should we help produce “Blood Money” for death convicts?
[Summary] => The Philippine government is appealing to all Filipinos and other nationals of goodwill to help produce the difference between the 44 million pesos demanded by the victim, supposedly killed by OFW Joselito Zapanta in Saudi Arabia, and the amount of 5.6 Million pesos already generated by the Zapanta family, from their own funds and from friends' and relatives' donations.
[DatePublished] => 2013-04-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134002
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1146389
[AuthorName] => Atty Josephus B. Jimenez
[SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
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[ArticleID] => 708509
[Title] => Gov't urged to verify stand on blood money
[Summary] => A non-government organization urged the government to study its position on blood money and to immediately meet with the families of overseas Filipinos on death row in Saudi Arabia.
[DatePublished] => 2011-07-22 13:58:22
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[ArticleID] => 672447
[Title] => Legal Assistance Funds ng OFWs hiling 'wag tapyasan
[Summary] => Umapela si San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito sa gobyerno na huwag tapyasan ng 50% ang Legal Assistance Fund (LAF) para sa mga overseas Filipino workers (OFW) sa buong mundo.
[DatePublished] => 2011-04-04 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1334962
[AuthorName] => Gemma Amargo-Garcia
[SectionName] => Bansa
[SectionUrl] => bansa
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[ArticleID] => 627388
[Title] => Pinoy spared from death penalty in Saudi
[Summary] => An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia was saved from death penalty after the families of the victims granted the tan azul (affidavit of forgiveness), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2010-11-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804865
[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
[SectionName] => Metro
[SectionUrl] => metro
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 612873
[Title] => DFA names OFW slain in Saudi
[Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) identified yesterday the Filipina household service worker in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia who died of stab wounds and acid burns.
[DatePublished] => 2010-09-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804865
[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
[SectionName] => Metro
[SectionUrl] => metro
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[ArticleID] => 594819
[Title] => 1 Pinay tortured, another stabbed in Kuwait
[Summary] => A Filipina worker was tortured to death by her employers while another Filipina was stabbed 31 times by her Egyptian husband, the Philippine embassy in Kuwait reported yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2010-07-21 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804865
[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
[SectionName] => Metro
[SectionUrl] => metro
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[ArticleID] => 533571
[Title] => Protection for OFWs
[Summary] => Out here in the Middle East frontlines, where our government engages in real action protecting, nurturing and caring for OFWs, especially the distressed ones, we are often attacked from two fronts: one from the radical left, which accuses us of not doing enough for the migrant workers, and on the other hand, by the conservative right, which charges government of “spoiling”, “over protecting” the OFWs and for defending them whether right or wrong.
[DatePublished] => 2009-12-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134003
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1148714
[AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
[SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 126384
[Title] => Pondo inilabas para sa OFWs
[Summary] => Mayroon nang inilaang pondo ang Malacañang para sa mga overseas Filipino workers na nagkakaroon ng problema sa ibayong-dagat tulad ng mga demanda.
Umaabot sa P80 milyon ang naipalabas ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa kanyang tatlong buwang panunungkulan bilang tulong sa mga OFWs.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-16 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Bansa
[SectionUrl] => bansa
[URL] =>
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