Usec. De Vega on Kuwait: Inaasahan sa July magre-resume ang talk sa Labor Agreement
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Q1. Bakit nasa UAE ngayon?
00:30.0
... Kailangan dikin silang last-minute instructions, training at reassurance na paano natin gagawin together. So July 1 they'll take over. Pero sa ano lang ito, if you look at the law, sa lugar kung may labat sila, walang laboratorship kami pa rin ang in-charge sa kanila.
01:00.0
... Ang coincidence nandito ako, nakasama ko isa pang classmate natin si Ambassador Ver sa Abu Dhabi, pumunta rin ako doon kasi pinasalmatan din natin ang UAE government dahil nagpatawad ng 3 Pilipinong."
01:30.0
... There are 10,000 Filipinos in Russia, karamihan nasa Moscow, around 9,000. There's a few hundred sa St. Petersburg at Krusansan pa, alam namin napakalawak ng Rusia.
02:00.0
... Kaya safe na ang Pilipino. From the beginning kaugnayan naman ng ating ambahada ang Pilipino sa Russia, nagbigay ng advisory, well-behaved ng Pilipino sa Moscow, they stayed indoors. Pero sa Rostov, yan ang tinakeover temporarily ng Wagner Group.
02:30.0
... May contingency plans but I'll tell you mga kapababayan, pag nasa Europe kahit magulo hindi silang paparinig na gusto nilang mag-repatriate maliban kung may atom bomb na or what. So sa Russia they were never worried about it. So ganoon po mudi na tapos na agad."
03:00.0
... Russia is a partner. May sabihin ito sa diplomat. You can say it's completely normal kasi may giyera sa Ukraine. Pero kung Wagner Group, tapos na ang threat sa Wagner Group. Kaya we're pretty sure President Putin at mga opisyalis nila are watching out for any other possible movements like this.
03:30.0
... Pero kung Wagner Group tapos na ang kanyang threat."
04:00.0
Q1. Ang 10,000 pinoy doon permanent na sila nakatera doon o OFW lang sila pansamantala lang?
04:30.0
... So I would say almost all of them are temporary. At hindi sila kasambahay. It's only a minority kasambahay ng diplomats. Karamihan mga professionals usually teachers, English teachers working in some companies.
05:00.0
Q1. All accounted sila ang USEC? Regular ang kanilang pagre-report sa embahada para ipaalam na sila lintas?
05:30.0
... So magbigay ng assurance sa ating mga kababayan doon that they are ready to help them kung kailangan. So okay naman. Yes."
06:00.0
... So may advisory kung saan magigipagtipon-tipon kung may kailangan evacuation. May plans ang embassy. For this one, hindi nagkaroon dahil hindi kailangan increment ang contingency kasi natapos agad.
06:30.0
... Kasi basta may Filipino community groups, ang bilis. Ang isa pang maganda, ang laki-laki ng rasya pero almost all of them are in Moscow. And there are few hundred only in St. Petersburg which is their second biggest city of course. So napapadali ang information contact between the embassy at ating mga kababayan doon."
07:00.0
Q1. Ano ang magiging target doon na fully na mahahawakan na rin ito ng Department of Migrant Workers?
07:30.0
... As soon as possible kasi para makafocus kami sa ibang pillars ng foreign policy, defense of our integrity, territorial integrity, economic diplomacy, cultural. Pero hindi natin pwedeng madalian yan. If you remember kahit may POLO ngayon tawag siya ng MWO, ngayon lang sila mag-takeover because they had to set up their financing and all that.
08:00.0
... Ang inaasaan natin, ito lang sabihin ko po, the law requires na ideally dapat may MWO sa bawat embassy or consulate. Ang inaasaan natin at least kung saan marami mga Pilipino kompleto na yan within the term of President Marcos.
08:30.0
... Malaysia mayroon, Singapore mayroon, Hong Kong mayroon, China, Japan, Korea, including Hong Kong and Macau mayroon. So inaasaan natin sa many European posts wala pa, African wala kahit isa. Ngayon Tyro does not have, Tripoli does not have, Russia does not have. So let's hope within the next few years.
09:00.0
... So emerging markets like Hungary, magtatayo sila doon. At ang gulo ngayon sa Southeast Asia ang problem, trafficking of victims, kailangan may local attache. So tatayo sila sa Thailand to be a hub muna."
09:30.0
... Good morning. I am in UAE. Kita niyo ang hotel ko yan, ang Burj Khalifa. Proud sila sa building nila. Drawing na rin, hindi admit na. Unahe ko muna ang UAE. Nagpapasalamat tayo sa pamahalaan ng UAE kay Sheikh Mohammed Zayed Al Nahyan dahil nagpatawad ng 3 Pilipino including 2 on death row.
10:00.0
... So good. Now Kuwait. This is where Atty. Harry Roque comes in also. Thank you Atty. Harry Roque for your taking the position, also the cudgels for the Executive Department na hindi man tayo dapat magpatalo na poor kid sinabi nila ayaw na magpadala ka sa bahay, hindi na may tatanggap kahit ang Pilipino.
10:30.0
... Pero hindi nila, ininatitulungan natin mga kababayan may masamang conditions lalo na kunyari sinasaktan sila or hinakawakan ng employee ang passport, bawal yan.
11:00.0
... Now ang inaasahan natin sa July magre-resume ang talks sa Kuwait about how to improve the labor agreement, current labor agreement para ma-implement na bigyan maximum protection before we take a decision to recommend na sige mag-deploy ulit tayo.
11:30.0
... Well let's agree to disagree. By the way they are trying ibang mga nationalities so good luck with that. Mga Ethiopian and so forth. So I think Kuwait is also realizing na they have to see na baka hindi nga talaga kumahingang Pilipino. I think we defended our national honor and dignity and integrity. Saka ang protection ng ating mga kababayan siyempre number 1 dapat yan. Thank you for your support."
12:00.0
... Just for your personal information, yung Minister of Foreign Affairs na yan is actually a friend. He is also very active in the Asian Society of International Law. And all his domestic staff pati yung mga nagpapatakbo na kanyang yate ay Pilipino. Itong si Dr. Ahmed Alsaba, foreign minister. And I'm hoping dahil malapit ang puso ni foreign minister sa mga Pilipino at lahat talaga ng kanyang service staff ay mga Pilipino, ma-re-resolve ba itong issue natin with Kuwait?"
12:30.0
... He's on our side. Ang Ministry of Interior, yung nag-design ng visas at police matters, sila yung hardliners. But dapat gumawa ng compromising time ng parties. By the way they're not asking us to close the shelter, hindi na sila nagpaparinig kasi sumunod naman tayo na sige itatransfer namin sa shelter ng Kuwaiti authorities...
13:00.0
... So mabilis. Within a week, mga lagpas 300-400 binigyan nilang exit permit. Kaya naman pala nilang badalian. Kasi some of our household workers na ran away, ilang buwan na nandon, 3-4-5 buwan. So tumutulong ang ating Kuwaiti foreign minister."
13:30.0
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