 | Press Statement
24 July 2008
Reference: Brandon Lee, lfs_sfsu@gmail.com, +639282094578
BAYAN USA JOINS THE PEOPLE'S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
Manila, Philippines - As balikbayans, members of BAYAN USA will join the Filipino people for the real State of the Nation Address (SONA) this coming Monday, July 28 and will be sharing the conditions of the Filipino people in the United States who are forced to migrate as a result of the major problems plaguing the country. With the prices of commodities (primarily oil and rice) shooting up to great heights, pushing the poverty line further down, more and more Filipinos – with an average of 3,000 everyday -- leave the country in search for more rewarding jobs abroad in order to feed the families that they have left behind.
With the Philippine government's implementation of the Labor Export Policy (LEP), which institutionalizes the sending of Filipino workers abroad to provide cheap labor to other countries, Filipinos are being subject to human trafficking, illegal recruitment, and inhumane working conditions in workplaces – as with the case of the domestic worker Marichu Baoanan abused in the hands of the Philippine Ambassador Lauro Baja, and the 27++ Sentosa Nurses who were recruited but were mistreated and were even charged with criminal cases by their foreign employer.
"Under Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's term, the plight of the Overseas Filipino Workers has even worsened. Instead of providing jobs in the homeland, the government even pushes its people to find work abroad, relying much on the OFWs' remittances to sustain the Philippine economy," Jonna Baldres of BAYAN USA says.
But also with the worsening crises in the belly of the beast, with the dollar also plunging in value, the remittances become less which makes it harder for OFWs to sustain their living conditions abroad; as more often than not, they send all the money they earned to their families back home.
"And all these happen while the First Family and its cronies, with not even the slightest show of compassion for the OFWs and its people who were recently struck by the typhoon Frank, bask in the amassed wealth from the taxes that they impose upon the people -- spending lavishly on tours to the US to ask for the US government for more funds (which also come in form of tax dollars) for the war on terror, being the US imperialist's staunchest ally in Asia," adds Baldres.
In this time of the year when the President delivers her State of the Nation Address and claims progress in the economic, political, military and social affairs of the country, BAYAN USA -- with the thousands of Filipino people who will be joining the march on the 28th and with actions happening simultaneously back in their home cities in the US -- will expose the lies of the administration and will show the world what the real State of the Nation is, and has been, under the hands of the fascist, puppet and corrupt US-Arroyo regime since its rise into power in 2001. And that is, a socio-economic and political crisis-ridden nation, with the captain – which is the President herself -- abandoning its sinking ship, much like how she fled when the MV Princess of the Stars sunk and killed 900 people due to the typhoon that struck the nation during the past month.
BAYAN USA is the first overseas chapter of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), with over 12 member organizations all over the US from different sectors, including youth, women and workers.
OUST GLORIA!
END GOV'T CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES!
CONTROL THE PRICE OF OIL! ABOLISH THE RICE CARTELS!
CUT US FINANCIAL AID TO THE ARROYO GOV'T! |
 | cur24 wrote on Jul 29, '08 Jonna, tama na, tigilan na.... ang kakarally. :D |
| cur24 wrote on Jul 29, '08 |
| cur24 wrote on Jul 29, '08  Hay nako, jeff. Ayan ka na naman. Kung ikaw, nawalan na ng pag-asa sa Pilipinas, kami hindi. Hehe.
'Wag mo nang tangkain na pigilan ako dahil hindi effective. Hahaha!  Hay Jonna, iitim ka lang sa kakalakad sa araw, makukuba sa kakabitbit ng banner, iiwanan ng boyfriend kasi laging nasa lansangan. Cge kaw din :D hehe |
| cur24 wrote on Jul 29, '08 Ok lang umitim, may tan naman. Black is beautiful.
Hindi ako makukuba, kasi marami naman akong karamay sa pagbibitbit.
At lastly, hindi naman ako naghahanap ng boypren na hindi ko kasama sa lansangan. Dun na 'ko maghahanap noh para pareho kaming naglalakad, iitim at magbibitbit ng banner. &;p Sabagay workout din ang paglalakad sa lansangan at pagnoise barage at syempre mapapractice din ang vocal mo sa kakasigaw.
hehehe |
 | talunan lang ang sumusuko.
magandang theraphy ang pagrarally na i vo voiceout mo sama ng loob. kasama mo pa ang mga mahal nating kasama, saya noh... |
 | buhay na uli si alvin!! nakakamiss ang mga ganito, junabebe.. |
| jonnabebeh wrote on Jul 29, '08, edited on Jul 29, '08 talunan lang ang sumusuko.
magandang theraphy ang pagrarally na i vo voiceout mo sama ng loob. kasama mo pa ang mga mahal nating kasama, saya noh... Ika nga sa isang text ng kaibigan: "Despair is typical of those who don't understand the causes of evil, see no way out and incapable of struggle". Sabi raw ito ni lenin kaya "matulog nang may tanaw sa maalwang bukas." &;p |
 | 48million years old na ang panawagang ito ah, kailan kaya itataas ang sahod ko? |
 | matagal na akong hindi nakaka-SONA sa Pilipinas.. wahhhh. clap! clap! |
 | hang galing galing.... kinikilabutan ako sa sobrang kahusayan ng mga pilipino... sana andyan din ako waaaaahhhh!!!
ndi ko nakilala c clingots hehehe... c kuya rusty nawawala lolz...
da best da best!! can't say more..... |
 | Ituloy ang laban. Keep up your good work. |
| Hehe. Kung sa'n-sa'n nagkalat 'yang mga graffiti na 'yan. Hangkulet. &;p |
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