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US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PROCLAIMED JANUARY 2010 AS NATIONAL SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH
WASHINGTON, 4 January 2010 (WHPS)—The United States was founded on the principle that all people are born with an unalienable right to freedom -- an ideal that has driven the engine of American progress throughout our history. As a Nation, we have known moments of great darkness and greater ...
MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF ECMI
My beloved Migrants and Immigrants in Taiwan, Greetings! The recent earthquake that devastated Haiti which claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people including the precious life of the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot. Number of priests and religious including ...
Haiti’s Filipino nuncio counters critics on slow aid
By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 02:38:00 01/27/2010 MANILA, Philippines—“Getting better every day.” This was how Filipino Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, described the progress of relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged ...
Pope's representative to Haiti gives first-hand account of destruction
Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan 13, 2010 / 01:21 pm (CNA).- Speaking with the Vatican's Fides news agency, the Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, described the devastation in the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince. He reported on what he had observed of the situation of ...
A pastoral response to the migratory phenomenon in the era of globalization
The Sixth Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees took place in Rome (November 2009), under the auspices of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People. The gathering attended over 300 delegates representing Episcopal Conferences, Religious ...
HOMILY ON THE CLOSING OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF EVANGELIZATION IN TAIWAN
Homily For closing of 150th anniversary of evangelization Taipei, Taiwan, November 21, 2009, Christ the King
Peace be with ...
SUBSIDIARITY A "NEW APPROACH" FOR MIGRATION ISSUE
Prelate Recalls Fundamental Principles ATHENS, Greece, NOV. 4, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The secretary of the Vatican's migration council is proposing the principle of subsidiarity as a suggestion for new approaches in the complex issue of migration. Archbishop Agostino Marchetto spoke of this and other ...
OFFICIAL: CATHOLICS NEED NEW PERSPECTIVE ON MIGRANTs
Reflects on Circulation of People, Consequence of Globalization VATICAN CITY, NOV. 3, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Globalization is not just about economics; it is also about the human person, and thus challenges us to a "radical change in perspective," says one Vatican ...
BISHOP LIN'S ADDRESS DURING ECMI MEETING
My Dear Pastoral Agents, It’s been 20 years now since the first CRBC pastoral letter on Migration was issued. Since then, we have seen many developments with regards to the pastoral care of migrants and new immigrants in Taiwan. I have seen your sacrifices in helping the migrants ...
ICMC contributes to new publication:
Guide to ratification of the International Migrant Workers Convention
Guide to ratification of the International Migrant Workers Convention
Geneva, 30 April 2009 - Marking another step towards improving the protection of migrant workers and members of their families worldwide, the International Catholic Migration Commission has joined with the International Steering Committee for the Campaign for Ratification of the Migrant Rights ...
LETTER FOR THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS (VATICAN CITY)
Dear Priests, The Year for Priests, announced by our beloved Pope Benedict XVI to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of the saintly Curé of Ars, St. John Mary Vianney, is drawing near. It will be inaugurated by the Holy Father on the 19th June, the feast of the Sacred Heart ...
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLE (VATICAN CITY)
PONTIFICIUM CONSILIUM DE SPIRITUALI MIGRANTIUM ATQUE ITINERANTIUM CURA + ANTONIO MARIA VEGLIO President I am please to send the greetings of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People to the Episcopal Commission for MIgrants and Itinerants of Taiwan and ...
SC STRIKES OUT 'DISCRIMINATORY' PROVISION IN MIGRANT WORKERS LAW 03/31/2009 | 08:26 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional a provision in the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act that limits the money claims of illegally dismissed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Ruled as unconstitutional was paragraph 5, Section 10 of ...
MENT STATEMENT-RESOLUTION ON THE PLIGHT OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN TAIWAN
STATEMENT-RESOLUTION ON THE PLIGHT OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN TAIWAN
MENT discussion regarding ILO Convention on Domestic Workers Situation in Taiwan
A) Problem identification: Gaps in national laws and policies vis a vis women migrants and domestic workers 1) Lack of legal protection Domestic workers and caregivers are not covered by the Labor Standards Law (LSL) At the end of 2008 more than 168,000, ...
LETTER OF PETITION
LET'S SUPPORT IT!
Dear friends,
We are the Taiwan International Workers' Association (TIWA), working for the rights of migrant workers in Taiwan. We urgently need your support! Please join our international signature compaign! Our long ...
REFLECTION ON INSTITUTIONALIZED OPPRESSION:
PETITION FOR A REDUCED SENTENCE FOR THE INJURED WORKER LIU HANGHUANG ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS
PETITION FOR A REDUCED SENTENCE FOR THE INJURED WORKER LIU HANGHUANG ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS
Background (Preamble): Petition for a Reduced Sentence for the Injured Worker Liu Hanghuang on Humanitarian Grounds On 16 June 2009, Liu Hanghuang, a factory worker in Dongguan, fatally stabbed two of his Taiwanese employers and left a third critically injured. This is definitely an ...
SECOND GENERATION KIDS ON VALENTINE'S DAY
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GOD'S PRESENCE IN LENT by MSGR. Paul Russel
The Daluyan Care Station is selling a Book written by Msgr. Paul Russel - the Apostolic Nuncio in China entitled "GOD'S PRESENCE IN LENT" - Homilies and Reflections on the Readings for Ash Wednesday, for the Sunday and Solemnities in Lent and for the Sacred Triduum. The book ...
MIGRANT CARE GIVERS AND DOMESTIC HELPERS DEMAND FOR DAY-OFF
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HAITI: AN INTERVIEW
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Changhua City - The Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (ECMI) and the Executive Director of Daluyan Care Station in Changhua City was interviewed by the Daluyan Internet ...
SEA ANGEL SUNK OFF THE COASTAL OF YUNLIN COUNTY
AOS-TAIWAN. A Thailand-registered freighter capsized off Mailaio, Yunlin County, at 5:30 a.m. leaving one man dead and eight missing, on January 26. Ten people were rescued by teams from the National Airborne Service Corps, the Air Force and the Coast Guard Administration, according to ...
CRBC PASTORAL LETTER '09
CRBC PASTORAL LETTER click the link
MARITIME CASE IN HUALIEN PORT
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF EVENTS OF ‘ALLEGED’ INVOLVEMENT OF VLCC ‘TOSA’ IN A CLOSE QUARTERS SITUATION WITH A TAIWANESE FISHING TRAWLER Tosa is a 299996 dwt VLCC delivered on 31.3.08, built in Japan, registered in Panama and managed by NYK ship management, Singapore. ...
UPDATE FROM AOS HUALIEN RE: MARITIME CASE IN HUALIEN
Dear Father LOLOY: Greetings in Christ Jesus! Captain Glen Patrick Aroza, an Indian national, Helmsman Eduardo Mallorca, a Filipino from Oton, Ilo-ilo, and another seaman from Bangladesh, all from the ship M/T Tosa have been temporarily on-hold in Hualien City since April while their ...
NEW UPDATE ON MARITIME CASE IN HUALIEN PORT
Dear Father LOLOY: Greetings in Christ Jesus! After the Sunday Mass yesterday night, our Filipino seaman Eduardo Mallorca and the Indian national Captain Gle Patrick Aroza updated me on their case. I was informed that last week, they have been formally charged already of ...