JPEPA: Modern-day slave trade

November 14, 2007
-MANUEL F. ALMARIO, Movement for Truth in History, via e-mail
Inquirer
WHAT IS shocking in the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is not the trade in toxic wastes (of which the Philippines is the primary garbage dump), but the trade in persons, specifically nurses, with the Philippine government as the chief slave trader.
LINK: http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view_article.php?article_id=100948

February 8, 2007
Our Health Care Workers Are Not for Sale – Junk JPEPA Now
by Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK)

The administration has underlined it as a triumph for the country, i.e. opening up a channel for the export of Filipino health care workers to Japan. The government’s eagerness to push for the opening of Japan’s health care market comes as no surprise, however. Over the years, it has continuously promoted the sprouting of countless nursing schools in the country graduating thousands of nurses every year even while it has not increased local employment opportunities for them.

Link: http://doycinco.blogspot.com/2007/08/our-health-care-workers-are-not-for.html

November 28, 2006
Popularazing JPEPA issue ect, ect...
Doy Cinco / IPD
Mas madaling unawain ang JPEPA kung mailalarawan natin sa ganitong (analogy) sitwasyon. May dalawang magkapit-bahay, may dalawang (2) bakuran. Nakatayo sa isang bakuran ang isang bahay na "bahay kubo" at ang isang bakuran ay isang bahay na malaki, bungalow, mala-palasyo.

Ikaw ang nakatira sa isang bahay Kubo. Ngayon, papayag ka bang pagtapunan ng mga toxic waste, basurang ala-Payatas (umaalingasaw sa baho) ang iyong bakuran (likuran ng bahay mo) na manggagaling sa isang kapitbahay mo na malaki, bungalow na ang magiging kapalit ay iyong dalagitang anak na aalilain, gagawing katulong, gagawing aliping sagigilid at malamang sa hindi, gagahasain?

Sinong siraulo, gagong magulang, sinong taran... nilalang sa planetang ito, sa galaxyng ito ang tangang papayag na ibugaw, ibebenta ang sariling dalagang anak na babae, kapalit ang DOLYAR, paninilbihan at NAKAKALASONG basura?

Anong bansa, sinong head of state ang gago, ang baliw, ang nasisiraan ng bait na sasang-ayon sa ganitong karumaldumal na krimen, sa 'di pantay na kondisyones na tratado sa pagitan ng makapangyarihan Sakang na Hapon, ang super kontrabersyal na JPEPA?
Link: http://doycinco.blogspot.com/2006/11/popularazing-jpepa-isyu-ect-ect.html

October 29, 2006
Statement on the JPEPA
by Center for Migrant Advocacy

The Arroyo government is desperately seeking jobs to address the country's unemployment and underemployment problems. In the case of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), the government will not only export Filipino nurses and caregivers to Japan. It will also come at the cost of allowing the entry of toxic and hazardous waste from Japan.
Link: http://doycinco.blogspot.com/2006/10/statement-on-japan-philippines.html

October 28, 2006
Hindi lang Pangkatulong, Pang-basurahan pa (JPEPA)…..
Doy Cinco / IPD
Hindi ko alam kung paano ilarawan ang ating naghihingalong ekonomyang pinipilit palabasing maunlad at nasa tamang landas, modelo at nasa wastong economic fundamentals. Paulit-ulit na ipinopropagandang gumaganda raw ang ekonomya dahil lamang sa "lumalakas na Piso at stock market".
Link: http://doycinco.blogspot.com/2006/10/hindi-lang-pangkatulong-pang-basurahan.html