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(Jakarta, 4 Jul). Antigraft official Bambang Widjojanto has accused Singapore of facilitating money fraud in Indonesia by issuing S$10,000 notes, which have limited domestic use. “Do Singaporeans carry S$10,000 notes in their pockets when they go shopping? For whom do you think the Singaporean government made the note?”... 

(July 3, 2014)    The Singaporean Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said a Filipino diplomat in Singapore cast doubt on an online news report that Filipina household workers were being displayed for sale at some of the city-state’s malls. In a statement, MOM responded “to recent Filipino media reports, based on an online Al... 

(4 Jul) Former Ambassador Roy Seneres on Friday said the OFW Family party-list will file a protest with the International Labor Organization for violations of relevant ILO conventions relative to the right of workers to decent work and to be treated as human beings not as slaves and/or chattels. Seneres, founder of the party-list,...