+ Follow OEBANDA Tag
OEBANDA
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[ArticleID] => 968951
[Title] => Helping our helpers help themselves
[Summary] => Recently, I was in Hong Kong and read a news article about an upcoming football match between the Philippine team and the Hong Kong team that was going to be held there.
[DatePublished] => 2013-07-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134481
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1704761
[AuthorName] => Rod Nepomuceno
[SectionName] => Lifestyle Business
[SectionUrl] => business-life
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[ArticleID] => 948577
[Title] => American client of Manila cybersex den hauled to jail
[Summary] => A 54-year-old American from Washington was sentenced by a US court to 12 years in federal prison on Thursday for coercing Filipino minors into doing sexual acts over the Internet.
[DatePublished] => 2013-05-31 16:38:25
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1212169
[AuthorName] => Camille Diola
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
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[ArticleID] => 941710
[Title] => Iconic fighters save kids from sex traffickers
[Summary] => Following a two-year CNN investigation, the two-hour documentary The Fighters chronicles Philippine human rights pioneer Cecilia Flores-Oebanda in her journey to protect children from the sex trade and convince the Philippines’ biggest star, Manny Pacquiao, to join her as a fighter in the battle against modern-day slavery.
[DatePublished] => 2013-05-14 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Health And Family
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[ArticleID] => 849124
[Title] => NGO in US fund mess: We were not given due process
[Summary] => A non-government organization accused of failing to account for P210 million in funds that came from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) cried foul over what they called a “lack of due process and the rush to judgment.”
[DatePublished] => 2012-09-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804764
[AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo
[SectionName] => Metro
[SectionUrl] => metro
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[ArticleID] => 665952
[Title] => Phl upgrade in anti-trafficking rating sought
[Summary] => Anti-human trafficking advocates yesterday expressed optimism the Philippines will be upgraded to at least Tier 2 in the 2011 United States’ Trafficking in Persons Report.
[DatePublished] => 2011-03-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804518
[AuthorName] => Ghio Ong
[SectionName] => Metro
[SectionUrl] => metro
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[ArticleID] => 647007
[Title] => Exodus!
[Summary] => “We are not for sale!” This was the strong statement of Ma. Cecilia Flores- Oebanda, president and founder of the Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. (VFFI), during the commemoration of the World Anti Trafficking Day last December.
[DatePublished] => 2011-01-12 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1398313
[AuthorName] => Joey Cindy M. Semblante
[SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle
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[ArticleID] => 638548
[Title] => Concert marks anti-trafficking day celebration
[Summary] => A night of music marks the celebration of the World Anti-Trafficking Day in Cebu with a concert organized by the Movement of Anti-Trafficking Advocates and the Visayan Forum Foundation Incorporated.
[DatePublished] => 2010-12-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1398313
[AuthorName] => Joey Cindy M. Semblante
[SectionName] => Cebu News
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[ArticleID] => 352401
[Title] => Returning OFW wants to teach
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Having had enough of being a domestic helper in war-torn Lebanon, 26-year-old Marilou Mendoza now wants to stay home and pursue her dream of becoming a teacher.
"I really want to become a teacher. I will work on that now. I don’t want to leave again," she told The STAR.
A native of Pila, Laguna, Mendoza is among the 4,600 Filipino workers who have been evacuated from Lebanon since the start of the Israeli offensive a month ago.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804896
[AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
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[ArticleID] => 352587
[Title] => Returning OFW wants to teach
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Having had enough of being a domestic helper in war-torn Lebanon, 26-year-old Marilou Mendoza now wants to stay home and pursue her dream of becoming a teacher.
"I really want to become a teacher. I will work on that now. I don’t want to leave again," she told The STAR.
A native of Pila, Laguna, Mendoza is among the 4,600 Filipino workers who have been evacuated from Lebanon since the start of the Israeli offensive a month ago.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804896
[AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
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[ArticleID] => 334221
[Title] => Congress urged to pass magna carta for domestic workers
[Summary] => Domestic workers yesterday renewed their call on Congress to pass the law that seeks to protect them from abuses and unsuitable working conditions.
In a statement, Visayan Forum Foundation president Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda said the rights and welfare of household helpers should be promoted and fought for because they work for a living like everyone else.
The group noted the magna carta for domestic workers, or the Batas Kasambahay, is relevant and necessary for the protection of household helpers.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1371238
[AuthorName] => James Mananghaya
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
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