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                    [Title] => Filipino maids lose court fight for HK residency
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Hong Kong's top court has denied permanent residency to two Filipino domestic helpers in the final decision of a legal case that affects tens of thousands of other foreign maids in the southern Chinese financial hub.

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                    [Title] => Why we should stop sending maids abroad
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Now that the Philippine economy is at its best, after so many decades of economic stagnation, this is the best time to stop being the number one supplier of maids in the whole world.

                    [DatePublished] => 2013-01-26 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Atty Josephus B Jimenez
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                    [Title] => HK gov't appeal heard in maid residency case
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A Hong Kong court has begun hearing arguments in the government's appeal  of a landmark ruling that could open the way for foreign maids to gain  permanent residency in the city.
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                    [Title] => Filipino maid wins landmark HK case on residency
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A Filipino maid in Hong Kong has won the right to apply for permanent  residency in a landmark legal victory for hundreds of thousands of  foreign maids fighting for equal treatment.
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                    [Title] => Filipino maid challenges HK rule denying residency
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A Filipino woman is challenging a legal provision denying permanent residency to the hundreds of thousands of foreign maids in Hong Kong in a landmark court case that sees them fighting for equal treatment with the city's other foreign residents.
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                    [Title] => Binay heads to Saudi to discuss maid ban
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The Philippine vice president is traveling to Saudi Arabia after authorities there effectively banned Filipinos from being hired as domestic helpers in a dispute over contracts.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-03-29 13:41:08
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                    [Title] => Unsolicited advice to the incoming president regarding OFWs - Part 2
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Stop sending maids to countries with no safety nets.
                    [DatePublished] => 2010-06-20 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
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                    [Title] => Tragedies involving maids
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The maids are the most vulnerable among our OFWs. There is no safety nets that can assure workers’ protection against rapes by male employers, against physical and verbal abuses by female employers, against all forms of cruelty and disrespect to human dignity. 
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                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
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                    [Title] => Malaysia confident Indonesia will lift maid ban
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KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — Malaysia said today it is confident neighboring Indonesia will lift a ban on sending women to work as maids which was imposed after several highly publicized abuse cases.
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                    [Title] => RP ready to send maids to Malaysia, says official
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KUALA LUMPUR (Xinhua) -- The Philippines is ready to send between 50,000 and 60,000 women to work as maids in Malaysia,  a local newspaper reported today.
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Filipino maids lose court fight for HK residency

March 25, 2013 - 10:18am

Hong Kong's top court has denied permanent residency to two Filipino domestic helpers in the final decision of a legal case...

Headlines

Why we should stop sending maids abroad

By Atty Josephus B Jimenez | January 26, 2013 - 12:00am

Now that the Philippine economy is at its best, after so many decades of economic stagnation, this is the best time to stop being the number one supplier of maids in the whole world.

Freeman Opinion

HK gov't appeal heard in maid residency case

February 21, 2012 - 3:16pm

A Hong Kong court has begun hearing arguments in the government's appeal of a landmark ruling that could open the way for foreign maids to gain permanent residency in the city.

Filipino maid wins landmark HK case on residency

September 30, 2011 - 12:38pm

A Filipino maid in Hong Kong has won the right to apply for permanent residency in a landmark legal victory for hundreds of thousands of foreign maids fighting for equal treatment.

Filipino maid challenges HK rule denying residency

August 22, 2011 - 2:20pm

A Filipino woman is challenging a legal provision denying permanent residency to the hundreds of thousands of foreign maids in Hong Kong in a landmark court case that sees them fighting for equal treatment with the...

Binay heads to Saudi to discuss maid ban

March 29, 2011 - 1:41pm

The Philippine vice president is traveling to Saudi Arabia after authorities there effectively banned Filipinos from being hired as domestic helpers in a dispute over contracts.

Unsolicited advice to the incoming president regarding OFWs - Part 2

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | June 20, 2010 - 12:00am

Stop sending maids to countries with no safety nets.

Freeman Opinion

Tragedies involving maids

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | September 23, 2009 - 12:00am

The maids are the most vulnerable among our OFWs. There is no safety nets that can assure workers’ protection against rapes by male employers, against physical and verbal abuses by female employers, against...

Freeman Opinion

Malaysia confident Indonesia will lift maid ban

September 8, 2009 - 12:00am

KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — Malaysia said today it is confident neighboring Indonesia will lift a ban on sending women to work as maids which was imposed after several highly publicized abuse cases.

RP ready to send maids to Malaysia, says official

June 29, 2009 - 11:28am

KUALA LUMPUR (Xinhua) -- The Philippines is ready to send between 50,000 and 60,000 women to work as maids in Malaysia, a local newspaper reported today.