7000 OFW have been advised to leave Syria...and their stories give a picture of what is actually going on inside that country.
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OFW are a major source of income for the Philippines, and it's not just here: TPMBarnett comments on an article from the WSJ noting the huge amount of money sent back home from relatives working in richer countries.
We're number four...
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Father Bossi has passed away. He survived his kidnapping, but others, not just priests but Evangelical missionaries and lay people, did not.
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Even though most of the ivory used to carve statues here has to be certified as "old ivory", that hasn't been done due to lack of funds. So the NatGeo findings of some new ivory being used is "business as usual": but the local conservationists feel betrayed by the reporter for twisting the story to emphasize the crime, painting the Philippines as the center of the problem.
“I should be honest with you, we have been expecting that you’d write about the Sto. Niño and our cultural traditions but we are disappointed that after all, we Filipinos would be portrayed as fanatics, idol worshippers, smugglers, etc. in a rather appalling story,” he said.
So why bash the Philippines when most of the "blood ivory" goes to China?
because China might retaliate, but it's fun to make fun of Filipinos.
full rant at BNN.
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