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So, the Filipino Mission Sunday does not refer to all Filipino missionaries in general, but, he Fil-Mission Sunday has been desig- rather, it particularly refers to the Mission Socinated by the Catholic Bishops Confer- ety of the Philippines. ence of the Philippines (CBCP) as a local or national celebration of mission, in contrast to If our gospel theme today is generosity, then, the World Mission Sunday. The Fil-Mission the MSP is a testament of the generosity of the Sunday is being celebrated every last Sunday of Catholic Church of the Philippines. Until now, some curious people are asking, Why does the July. Catholic Church in the Philippines continue to The Fil-Mission Sunday is a Sunday of the send missionaries to other countries, when we year during which the Catholic Church of the are in a dire need of them here?" Philippines remembers the missionary intentions and efforts of a missionary society of The answer is: it is because we are generous. priests called the Mission Society of the Philip- Missionary work is an imperative, and is not pines or MSP. Why the MSP? Because the dependent on the excess of missionaries that MSP was established by the CBCP in 1965 to we have. Some people would think of generosbecome the primary and official missionary ity in terms of giving what one no longer needs. arm of the Catholic Church of the Philippines. For example, if I no longer need this shirt, Mission Society of the Philippines
pants, shoes etc., it is time for me to dispose of them and give these to others. If that is the kind of our generosity, then we would have a problem on mission. We need to wait until we have priests whom we do not need. If that comes, then that would be the time to dispose them by sending them to mission. But again mission work should not be thought that way. That is not the way we think of generosity. True and authentic generosity happens when we give, even if we badly we need it. I know I need this shirt, but I am also aware that the other badly needs it, so I make a sacrifice. It pains to give. In the same way, we know that we are in a dire need of priests, but nevertheless, we share because other countries need more of them. We send them because we are
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Whats Inside
Introducing The Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP) 3 Observance: We Observe Filipino Mission Sunday 3 S. Korea School Caters to Children of Multicultural Families 4 Helpful Financial Tips for New OFW 5 What is driving the Philippines surprisingly strong growth? 5 Likhaan 6 Thank you Bee: Celebrating with Mama Gods gift of Life 6 Implementation Plan on Re-Entry Employment System for Sincere Foreign Workers 7 The Lamb's Supper: The Bible and the Mass 8 Mga Gintong Aral ni El Shaddai (Having the Right Attitude) 9 Small firms urged to hire Korean over foreigners 10 Seoul City to run hospitals without guardians 10 Insomnia patients up 85% in 5 years 10 Shutting brokers from foreign workers workplace transfer 11 Ulat Komunidad12 Announcements 13 Frequently Called Numbers 14 Daily Mass Readings (ORDO) 14 Birthday Greetings 14
By Ma. Teresa Solis FCC held the monthly 1st Saturday vigil last July 7, 2012 at the first floor of the Philippine Center. Sr. Angel Libron SSpS was the guest speaker with the topic "Mission," since July is the Mission Month. According to her, mission is doing good and proclaiming the Word. Everyone is a missionary and the mission is to proclaim the good news not only by quoting the passages but also by speaking nicely and saying beautiful words that will bring good results and good feelings.
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mer outing. The bus left at around 6:20 am at od poured out his blessing last July 15, Bokwang-dong in Seoul that Sunday morning 2012 at Gangneung, Gangwondo South and arrived at the venue at 9:30 am. Korea as the El Shaddai DWXI Prayer Partners After unpacking, the regular weekly bindings Fellowship International held their annual sumBy Sis. Mel
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he Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP) is a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right for mission ad gentes. It received its pontifical right status on January 6, 2009 from the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP). Having been established by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the MSP serves as the official and chief missionary arm of the Catholic Church of the Philippines. Since its inception in 1965, the MSP now has been working in five continents and twelve countries. In Asia, the MSP has missions in Thailand, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. In Oceania, it serves in Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and Cook Islands. In Europe, it is present in the Netherlands and in England. In North The founding of a Mission Society of the Philippines is a serious step America, it is present in the United States of America, while in South in our history as a Christian country. It deserves the best of our generosity, our dedication, and our zeal. We appeal to our clergy and faithful to America, it has a mission in Guyana. The MSP envisions this gift of faith in Christ to have been lived and cooperate with this missionary movement of ours and, if it be the Divine shared in love by all, most especially the peoples in Asia. Our mission- will, to consider volunteering for the foreign missions."
Simultaneous with the Fourth Centennial Calebration of our birth as a Christian nation in 1965, we will found this Society and lay the cornerstone of its seminary in Cebu. Its official patron will be the same Child Jesus whose image will be canonically crowned during the celebration. To be composed, first of all, of diocesan priests, the Foreign Mission Society of the Philippines will eventually embrace, we hope, a brotherhood, a sisterhood, and a lay missionary counterpart. The Society will accept "full members" and "associate members", these latter to be loaned and aided for a time by a diocese. Mindful of the particular needs and traits of our people, we will adopt a mode of missionary formation and a Constitution expressive of the genius of the Christian Filipino soul.
ary engagement involves the incarnation of the Church in Asia wherein The MSP Office is located at Room 316 Pius XII Catholic Center non-Christian believers abound; supportive evangelical service to the 1175 United Nations Avenue Paco 1007 Manila. Telephone Number young churches until they attain ecclesial maturity; auxiliary apostolic (632) 524-2977; 524-2979 Fax Number (632) 524-2995 and email administry for the renewal of churches; and finally, instilling missionary dress is [email protected]. consciousness to the Filipino migrants, making them partners and instruSource: http://www.msp.org.ph ments of missionary vocation. HISTORY The foundation of the MSP dates back to the year 1965, during which the Catholic Church of the Philippines had celebrated its 400 years of Christianity. At that time, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (then Catholic Welfare Organization) had thought of establishing a missionary society which became a "living memorial" of the Church's gratitude to God for the gift of faith that the Philippine Church received from its early missionaries. The bishops assessed that the Philippine Catholic Church had already come of age and thus, assumed its full commitment to "share with others the faith we have so bountifully received." This plan to establish the MSP was captured in the Statement of the Philippine Hierarchy on the Formation of the Foreign Mission Society. The following is an excerpt of the document which was signed by H.E. Archbishop JULIO R. ROSALES, DD, then President of the Catholic Welfare Organization: "Desirous to fulfill our divine commission to preach the Gospel to every creature, we, the Catholic Hierarchy of the Philippines, herewith declare our firm determination to share the light of the Faith with our less fortunate neighbors. It is our conviction that we, as a Christian nation, have reached a mature stage in our four centuries of development and that we are prepared to assume the responsibilities of such maturity. We, therefore, proclaim officially our intention to undertake a national effort to orient our people to the missions. To achieve this and to express in the concrete our gratitude to God for the gift of our Faith, we will organize the Foreign Mission Society of the Philippines.
ODAY is Filipino Mission Sunday. This year's celebration is doubly significant as the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has deemed that the Church in the Philippines should celebrate the year 2012 as the Year of the Missions.
Our celebration this Sunday is meant to foster awareness of all Filipino Catholics about the work and ministry of our Filipino missionaries - both lay and ordained. This is the reason the bishops of the Philippines have decreed that the last week of July be especially dedicated to Filipino missionaries. We are invited to support these missionaries through our prayers and through our material assistance. This is our humble offering to their ministry of proclaiming the love of God to all the ends of the earth. This celebration also commemorates the establishment of our first local missionary arm of the Catholic Church in the Philippines - the Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP). When the Philippine Church celebrated the 400th year of Christianity in the country in 1965, the CBCP established the society of priests whose mission it is to bring the message of salvation to other parts of the country and to the rest of Asia and the world. With the MSP, the Filipino Church evolved from a "mission-receiving" Church to a "mission-sending one. In Asia, the Mission Society of the Philippines has missions in Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. The MSP has missions in Oceania - Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and American Samoa; in Europe - the Netherlands and England; in North America - United States of America; and in South America - Guyana. We hope and pray that as we celebrate Filipino Mission Sunday this year with the theme "Faith received... Faith Shared," we may all realize that we all have a part in building the kingdom of God on earth. May we also acknowledge that faith, aside from being a gift that we have received, is also our responsibility. We have the responsibility to live it and share it with others. May the holiness and courage of San Lorenzo Ruiz and Blessed Pedro Calungsod - both missionaries and proclaimers of the gospel - inspire us to take up the challenge posed by the Church in this "Era of New Evangelization."
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Jason Strother Last updated on: March 14, 2012 8:00 PM uring the past decade, tens of thousands of South Korean men have married women from other countries, mostly in Southeast Asia. There is concern now their children will have difficultly fitting into Korean society and the education system. So earlier this month, the government opened up a high school just for them. Classes began earlier this month at the Seoul Dasom High School for multi-cultural children. Dasom has 48 students who have grown up abroad and have one Korean parent or stepparent. Liang Man Ni, 18, moved with her Korean mother and Chinese father to Seoul from China in 2009. She said she likes the school a lot and has made friends with students from Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Learning language and skills Dasom, which is an old Korean word for love, aims to teach these students the Korean language and also give them training for jobs in the tourism or multimedia industries. Kim Jee-hye teaches English at Dasom. She said the high school gives an introduction to life in Korea for many of the students here. "Our goal is to help them adjust themselves to Korean society. They have a lot of difficulties here, not only language difficulties, the difficulty that is based on their different cultural views. We want them to Koreanize in a way," said Kim. But the Dasom school is not just for students who were raised overseas. Administrators say children born into multicultural families in Korea might need to enroll here, too. Broadening educational net That is because many of these kids are not
going to school at all. A recent survey found that up to 31 percent of children with a foreign parent stay home and do not learn Korean proficiently. Seoul National University sociologist Chung Chin-sung, who served on the government panel that created the school, said officials were worried these children will fall through the cracks of society when they get older. In 2010, children born to parents of mixed heritage counted for about five-percent of all
why these children have a hard time fitting into Korean society. "Children of these multi-cultural families have the experience to be isolated. Mostly their academic records are very low," said Chung. Chung said Dasom high school might provide these kids a last chance to learn Korean and not fall behind their piers at mainstream schools. Some advocates worry, though, that segregating these children into their own school will do more harm than good. Potential negative effects Ahn Hyun-suk runs a counseling center Students at the Seoul Dasom High School for Multicultural for multicultural families and children Children take Korean as a sec- in Seoul, and said the idea of an alterond language class, March 2012 native school for these children can have many negative effects. It gives the image that these children are poor or bad students, yet receive free tuition from the government. This will only hurt their ability to be accepted in Korean society. Ahn said the best way to teach multicultural children is to integrate them in normal Korean schools. births - about 20,000 out of 470,000 - in South English teacher Kim acknowledged that this Korea. type of school is somewhat of an experiment. And Chung said most South Koreans are not "We have to try various forms of education ready for this demographic shift. for students from multicultural families. Be"Korea is one of the most homogeneous cause we are getting more and more students countries in the world, and we do not have from other countries, but our education system experience to live with other racial people," is not yet ready for them. And, we need to edusaid Chung. cate our Korean students to have more awareChung added that this lack of experience can ness in cultural diversity," said Kim. produce discrimination and racism. Kim said Dasom might soon be on the move. Overcoming cultural hurdles The school is expecting more students to enroll Many children of mixed marriages say their in the upcoming years and will need a bigger Korean classmates bully them. Some are teased campus to accommodate them all. because their mothers are from Southeast Asian Source: http://www.voanews.com/content/southcountries that are less developed than South korea-opens-school-for-children-of-multiculturalfamilies-142772385/180842.html Korea. Chung said that prejudice is a major reason
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generous. So the members of the Mission Society of the Philippines, who are working in 12 countries (Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, US, Guyana), are a testament to the generosity of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Now, it is the turn of the Filipino faithful to be generous too. How? First, be generous to the MSP by praying for them. Mission work is not easy. It is full of challenges and difficulties. Thus, we need your ardent prayers. Second, be generous to the MSP by offering material support. The existence of the MSP depends on your financial support which will be used for the formation of seminarians and sustenance of its members. Missionary work is every believers business. By virtue of our baptism and confirmation, we promised to God to preach the gospel to others. Not all of us can do that literally, but the Church in the Philippines has the Mission Society of the Philippines to represent her to the world. Therefore, we, the MSP, deserve your support. Please support the priests of the Mission Society of the Philippines! Happy Fil-Mission Sunday to everyone!
Below are the guidelines to be a good missionary: 1. Use words sparingly. Know when to talk or when to keep your mouth shut. 2. Use words of encouragement. Encourage people rather than condemn them because it yields good results. 3. Use words of benediction. Anything that comes out of your mouth will come back to you. If you bless, you will be blessed. If you curse, you will be cursed. 4. Use words of triumph. Always utter the words that leads us to success. Always be positive. Sr Angel also shared the result of a survey about the words that a person wants and doesn't want to hear. "You are hopeless." The words that kids don't want to hear from their parents. "What have you done for me?" The words that parents don't want to hear from their children.
"You embarrassed me!" The words that both parents and kids don't want to hear. "You are the most special person in the world." The words that kids want to hear from their parents. "I respect you." The words that parents want to hear from their children. "I love you!" The words that both parents and kids want to hear. "There is no one like you." The words that husband wants to hear from their wife. "You are the best thing that ever happen to me." The words that wife wants to hear from their husband. To summarize, words can change life. The power of words can be the best thing and can be the worst. Be careful in choosing the words. God said to us: "You are precious in my life and I love you. I will never forget you. I love you as you are. Come as you are." We encourage everyone to join the monthly 1st Saturday Vigil. It helps us grow spiritually.
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by Gil Tenorio ecause Im an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) and there are many Filipinos working abroad, I would like to take this time to give some tips and share some pieces of advice to them especially for new OFWs. In my family, we are three OFWs. First is my father who worked in Saudi for more than 10 years and my sister who worked in Syria for three years. I would say it is really hard to work in a foreign land particularly if your job is a difficult one like if youre a house helper, construction worker or a seaman. There are lots of reasons why Filipinos want to work abroad but it boils to one major goal: to get a higher salary or income. I believe it is the greatest factor why anyone would go to a foreign land to work without knowing what will happen to him or her in that place. Some people considered OFWs as the new heroes because they help to boost the Philippine economy through the billion-dollar remittances they sent to our country every year. Personally, I dont think Im a hero only because of that. Being a hero is a different level for me, it involves sacrifices and unselfish interest for the sake of the countrys benefits. For new OFWs, I would like to give you some tips on how to take care of your finances before and after working abroad. Ive been working here in South Korea for more than 4 years and Im thankful I learned about personal finance and investing through reading books, blogs and discussions with my co-Filipino workers. I would say there is a very small percentage of OFWs who are financially educated. I would like to give an example to back-up my assumption here. First and foremost, Ive been receiving many emails and comments from this blog how to open a savings account among OFWs around the world. Whats the problem about this situation? You are working abroad but you dont have a bank account in the Philippines?
First Tip: Before leaving the Philippines, Open a savings account in a reputable bank and enroll that account to Internet banking
Personally, I recommend Bank of the Philippine Islands or BPI because they have one of the best products and services among the banks in our country. I also do have other bank accounts like ChinaBank and Metrobank. It is very important to have your own savings account because it is where you should put your hard-earned money or use when sending money to the Philippines. You should select a popular and established bank so that you can have a guarantee that it will not go bankrupt easily. Your savings account should be enrolled to Internet banking the moment you open a new bank account so that you can monitor your balance and remittances through the Internet and anywhere you are. It will give you much comfort when you can view your account even though you are outside the Philippines.
ents and siblings even though I have my own family. You can apply Express Cash in their own name or to any person you want. The application cost is only P100. You can see this post to give you more idea about how BPI express cash can help you make your remittances faster and more convenient. How to Send Money within the Philippines for free After remitting to my own bank account, I just transfer a certain amount to Express Cash and then the beneficiary can withdraw it anytime after I successfully transferred the money.
Third Tip: If you possibly can, learn how to save and invest
Since you have your own savings account, it is easier now for you to save money from your salary. Normally, if you are working in a company, you will be given a local bank account and use it for your banking needs in that place. You can schedule the frequency of sending money to your Philippine bank so that you could save money on remittance fees. In that way, you can start saving money in your savings account in the Philippines. While working abroad, you could start investing so your money will also work for you. You may begin investing in low-risk or highrisk investments such as UITF, mutual funds, stocks, apartments, online and other types of business. You may start learning how investing works in the following articles I made: Mutual Funds (http://learnfinancialeducation.com/ category/mutual-funds/) UITF (http://learnfinancialeducation.com/category/ uitf/) Stocks (http://learnfinancialeducation.com/ category/stocks/) Business (http://learnfinancialeducation.com/ category/business/)
Second Tip: Arrange a Way on How you can Give Money to your Family without giving them your ATM or Bank Account
There are many OFWs who asked me questions about how to open an account from abroad. Sadly, our banking system does not allow that kind of situation so it is very important to open one before leaving the country. When you are there working for quite sometime, there will come a time that you need to send money to the Philippines especially if you have a family to support. In this case, you should send money to your own savings account in the Philippines not to anybody's account. Since you have online banking, you will know the status of your remittance if it is already credited to your account. I used BPI Ex- Source: http://learnfinancialeducation.com/helpfulfinancial-tips-for-new-ofw/ press Cash as a way to send money to my par-
By Vanessa Ko, for CNN - July 12, 2012 -- Updated 0937 GMT (1737 HKT) ong Kong (CNN) -- As emerging markets slump and the euro zone continues to struggle, the Philippine economy made a surprising surge in the first part of this year. The slowdowns in BRIC countries, China in particular, are feared to drag down the global economy. But in the first quarter of 2012, the Philippine economy grew 6.4%, the fastest since 2010 and already far outpacing the International Monetary Fund's forecast growth of 3.5% for this year. The growth surge was driven in part by a recovery of electronics exports after a decline in demand last year, while analysts say the economy was buoyed by strong domestic consumption. It is the money sent home to the Philippines by its overseas workers, known as remittances, and the rise of outsourced call centers that serve as the long-term stabilizers relatively unhindered by a sagging global economy, according to analysts. "About 70% of our economy is from consumption, so remittance is the key fuel behind that," said Haj Narvaez, Manila-based head of research for the Philippines at Credit-Suisse. "It drives consumption in malls. Even on the property side, the government estimates a third of remittances go into home purchases and rentals of properties." It is estimated that 11% of the population of 92 million work overseas. Remittances account for about 10% of the country's GDP, which totaled $225 billion in 2011. Because Filipinos head to a wide variety of countries to work, the diversity protects them from the full impact of regional economic troubles. The Middle East has the largest portion of the Philippines' overseas
labor force, with 61% working there. Asia is the next highest, with 27%, followed by the 6% in Europe. Moreover, these migrants often work as domestic workers, nurses or skilled technicians, types of jobs that are believed to be less vulnerable during an economic slowdown. "You have an aging population in the West, and you have a young population here in the Philippines that is waiting to do jobs that some people in the West aren't willing to do," Narvaez said. Another sector that has helped drive consumption is the call center industry, which has overtaken India's as the largest over the past decade. These jobs are considered well - paid -- enough for workers to afford, after several years' employment, down payments on condominiums in Manila's booming property market, Narvaez said. These jobs could leave the country structurally well positioned going into a slowdown; as wealthier economies seek to cut costs, they tend to increase outsourcing to low-cost, English-speaking markets like the Philippines. Singapore-based Edward Teather, the senior economist for ASEAN at UBS, said the Philippines has experienced "a virtuous circle of improved stability" with more investments, lower inflation, currency valuations going up and interest rates coming down. Other factors that have aided in the country's growth early this year are the transfer of operations to the Philippines from Thailand by flooddisrupted businesses, said Teather, as well as improved electronics exports. While most analysts are optimistic, they do not expect growth for the year to be maintained at the first quarter's level -- Bloomberg's compiled predictions for GDP growth in 2012 averages at 4.2%.
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Ni: Michael B. Balba Ako ngayo'y nag-iisa, pagkat ika'y di kapiling Kaya itong aking puso, sa tuwina ay naninimdim Pighati at kalungkutan ang kaniig ng damdamin Pagkat ikay tuluyang lumayo na nga sa akin. Ang puso ko ay nasanay na parati kang kasama Kaya ngayong nagkawalay, lumuluha sa tuwina Sa mundo ko ay naglaho ang kulay at ang sigla Dahil ikaw, aking hirang, nagbibigay ng ligaya. Noong ikaw ay lumayo ay napuno ng hilahil Lubha akong nangulila, nasugatan at nanimdim Kailan kaya magbabalik, ikaw sinta sa'king piling? Kailan kaya liligaya sa tulong mo aking giliw? Kahit saan makarating, hindi kita ipagpapalit Pagkat ikaw ay dalisay at wagas na iniibig Puso ko man ay lumuha at mapuno ng pasakit Ako'y hindi magsasawang sambahin ka bawat saglit. Tanging hiling sa Maykapal, nawa muli ay magkita Upang pusong nasugatan ay mapuno ng pag-asa Pag-ibig na laan sa iyo, muling iyong madarama Kung darating ang panahong muli tayong magsasama.
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An Inspiration to all...a celebration of Love in Hot Summer by Sis. Angel C. Libron, SSpss grew up seeing my parents as best friend to each other. Therefore, when Mama was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1986, Papa suffered much from "separation anxiety". The thought of being left behind caused him much stress that after a year he had his first stroke. That 1987 stroke made Papa half-paralyzed and his speech almost gone.Papa was quiet by nature. He was a man of few words. He expressed his love to Mama through his gift of touch (skinship) and the gift of presence. They were inseparable even in sickness and old age. Although his hand had no more strength and feeling, he would volunteer to massage Mama's aching body. Papa went to God's side in 2004. In 2006, on Mother's Day, I wrote this as Papa's voice, imagining what Papa would say to Mama. To Mama, on Mother's Day (by Angel) Grandma, if Lolo were still with us, these are what we would surely hear him say to you. Thank you, Bee for overlooking our big differences in personality and instead just focusing on our mutual exchange of love and how we complement each other; for taking the sacrifice to give up your great love for dancing because I was born with two left feet. You could have enjoyed the parties more if you had a dancing partner. you are fast yet you patiently adjust to my slow and laid-back pace;
you are intelligent and articulate and love talking yet you do not let my quietness upset you; for standing behind me and building up my self-confidence; for sharing your strong faith in God with me and showing me the happiness of constantly reaching out to others in compassion and charity
Thank you, Bee for the joys we shared when we dated just by ourselves on Saturdays, taking your time-off from mothering when the kids were still small and in later years, the nightly bonding-walk around the village after dinner; for not letting the sun set on our side with a quarrel and for reminding me of this wisdom; for waking me up when I forget to kiss you goodnight saying it might be our last; for closing our day with I love you;
for our praying and going to Holy Mass daily together for unabashedly kissing me at Holy Mass during the kiss of peace at that time when hardly any couple was doing it yet Thank you, Bee in my sickness you faithfully stand by me; you love food so much but was quick to change to a simple diet for my sake; you lovingly prepare my meals and always insist that my meal tray does not look like the typical hospital food tray; ... for also insiting that the meals are not taken in the bedroom but in the living room or dining room, thus making meal time more pleasant; for changing my diapers three times a day even if they were not really soiled yet; for regularly giving me my daily bath making sure I look well-groomed and not look like a sick man; when I lose balance and fall, you pick me up from the floor with the whole weight of my heavy body on you; for the many times you try to forget that you are sick just so I could get better. Dear Bee, the list could go endless but what I want to tell you now is thank you for loving me as simply me and for gratefully accepting all the love that I offer you. Happy Mothers Day to you, my dear Wife SAM May 14, 2006
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Article 18-4 of Act on the Employment, etc of Foreign Workers (Special Cases for Re KLPT, which is the only process imposing -entry Employment_ and Article 14-3 age limitation. 3 months elapse time: Workers can come (Procedures on Special Cases for Re-entry back to the same workplace ion 3 months Employment) of its Enforcement Regulation. since his/her departure from Korea, unlike 2. Application Standards (all conditions other foreign workers (restricted to reshould be satisfied) entry at least 6 months from the departure (1) Continuous employment with one (1) date in Korea) employer without workplace transfer for 4. Departure and Re-entry Procedures either 4 yrs and 10 months or 6 yrs as an E-9 visa holder. Application on re-entry employment permit issuance (Employer Job Center) In case a workplace transfer was made due to reasons not attributable to the worker (acceptable reasons will be announced thru a Ministry notice). The employment duration with the last employer should be 1 year or longer. A competent regional Employment Center can check if a worker belongs to this case. (2) Agriculture, Fishery or manufacturing companies with 30 or less employees. In case a company belongs to the Root Industry and the number of employee is 50 or less, the said company will still be eligible to apply for a re-entry employment permit pursuant to the Root Industry Promotion and Advancement Act.
Even after the issuance of the re-entry employment permit, the permission can be Foreign worker cancelled in case the concerned foreign worker Exemption from KLPT and Employment changes his/her workplace before his departure. Training: Foreign workers entitled to special cases for re-entry employment are No age limitation for re-entering foreign exempted from KLPT and pre and post workers Employment conditions and regulations for rearrival employment training No age limitation on re-entry employment entering workers are same with those applied to because these workers are exempted from the first timers. Receiving Korea) Process (Employer
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The employer should pay Receiving Commission Fee and Agency Business Fee thru virtual bank account transmitted by SMS
Service Fee consists of Receiving Commission Fee (mandatory) and Agency Fee (optional)(. There is no charge for the training due to the exemption of employment training for reentering workers. Paid Fee is refundable if the receiving process was stopped due to reasons attributable to the worker.
Objective:
The employer who meets the conditions described in Provision 1 of Article 18-4 of Act on the Employment, etc of Foreign Departure and Arrival Report (Foreign Workers and the terms for employment Worker Sending Agency) permit issuance except the condition to Re-entering workers should: endeavor to hire locals. - Sign a new employment contract for Application Period next term: The application can be submitted to the competent employment center 1 month or at least 7 days prior to the expiry date of the employment activity period of the concerned foreign worker
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Return the Alien Registration Card (ARC); Depart before the end of sojourn.
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Re-entry employment permit requires foreign workers departure before his/her sojourn ends. Re-entering workers should report to the Sending Agency within 7 days from his departure in Korea.
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Root Industry is a business using processing technology such as Casting, Molding, Plastic Working, Welding, Surface Treatment, etc. (An employer may check if his/her entity belongs to the Root Industry starting 25 June 2012 and onward).
(3) Employment contract agreed and duly signed by both parties with the duration of 1 year or more and commences upon the arrival of the worker.
(4) The employer should meet the conditions of employment permit issuance, such as not exceeding the allocated number of foreign employees per entity (when the employer submits an application of re-entry employment permit, the employer is not required to go through the process for hiring local prior to the submission of application (Foreign nationals and marriage migrant with for forign workers employment). foreign nationality are not counted) (5) The amendment will be applied to foreign workers whose employment are Limitation of Employment of foreign expired on or after the effective date of workers: There is no limitation on the number of new hires by workplace, but should not this amendment. exceed the allocated total number of foreign 3. Privileges workers for each company. Employer Application for the replacement of returning Waiver of the process in endeavoring to workers is allowed, but if the total number of hire local workers before the submission foreign employees exceeds the allocated number, the submitted re-entry application can of re-entry employment permit. be rejected. Continuous employment of experienced
Certificate of Confirmation of Visa Issuance Photocopy of ARC and Photocopy of (Employer Ministry of Justice) Passport for foreign Worker, The employer should apply for the CCVI to the concerned Immigration office after Departure Schedule Report the departure of the employee (CCVI Processing Period: 7 days from the date of application is acceptable only after the application / submission departure of the concerned worker) Matters to be attended before the submission Medical check-up and Visa Application of application of Re-entry Employment (Foreign Worker Sending Agency Permit concerned Korean Embassy in the workers Applicable workplaces: Agriculture, fishery, country of origin) livestock, manufacturing companies hiring 30 Foreign worker should get the medical or less (in case of Root Industry, the size of check-up with the guidance of the Sending companies hiring 50 or less cent submit the Agency and submit the required application). documents for visa issuance. Definition of 30 employees or 50 employees: Sending Agency should send the result of Average number of insured local employees for the medical check-up to HRD Korea. 3 months prior to application submission date,
HRD Korea will draw up a list of workers who received CCVI from MOJ Korea and medical certification from the Sending Agency, and then send the entry plan back to the concerned Sending Agency. Sending Agency starts the entry process based on the entry plan of HRD Korea.
Visa issuance application and flight schedule arrangement request should be made to the concerned Korean Embassy simultaneously.
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III. At the Lambs Supper
A. Giving Us Our Daily Bread From these texts we can understand the tradition handed on to us by the apostles - that Christ is "our paschal lamb" (see 1 Corinthains 5:7) - whose blood was shed for our salvation, and whose flesh and blood we eat and drink in remembrance that salvific act. We profess this faith in every Mass, making the words of Scripture our own. The priest presents the consecrated bread to us with Johns words: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (see John 1:29). He follows these words with words drawn from Johns Revelation, which allude to the wedding supper of the Lamb ("Happy are those . . . " see Revelation 19:9). As we explored in Lesson 5, in the Eucharist we join ourselves to a cosmic liturgy, described in Revelation as a heavenly wedding feast. As is appropriate for a wedding feast, we introduce the Communion Rite of the Mass by praying the family prayer that Jesus taught us (see Matthew 6:9-13;Luke 11:2-4). In the context of the Mass, the petitions of the Our Father take on new meaning. We might even say that the Mass fulfills the Lords Prayer word for word. In the Mass, we hallow or glorify His name and ask Him to forgive our trespasses. The Sign of Peace symbolizes our forgiveness of those whove trespassed against us - as we offer a gesture of reconciliation before approaching he altar (see Matthew 5:23-24; John 14:27). In the Mass, the Father gives us our "daily bread." In fact, epiousios, the word translated "daily," is a Greek word found only in the Lords Prayer. Its exact meaning has puzzled translators and scholars for more than 20 centuries now. Its interesting to note, however, that the idea and expression "to give bread" seems to trace back to the primordial experience of God giving the Israelites a daily portion of bread from heaven as they sojourned in the wilderness (see Exodus 16:4; Psalm 78:24). The giving of bread becomes an image of Gods care and salvation elsewhere in the Old Testament (see Psalm 107:9; 146:7; Proverbs 30:8-9). Jesus refers to the original wilderness experience in His Passover sermon at Capernaum - saying that our "Father gives you the true bread from heaven" (see John 6:32). The idea of giving bread occurs only in a few other places in the Gospels. But those places are all highly suggestive. In fact, each time it
appears, it is in a scene heavy with Eucharistic overtones. Jesus takes, blesses, breaks, and gives bread in His miraculous multiplication of the loaves (see Mark 6:41; 8:6; Matthew 15:36; John 6:11); at the last supper (see Mark 14:22; Matthew 26:26); and at Emmaus after His resurrection (see Luke 24:30). So, too, in the Mass, he comes to give us our daily bread. By this bread we are strengthened against temptation, and promised deliverance from evil. In the Mass, were blessed to be able to eat bread in the kingdom of God, as Jesus promised (see Luke 14:15). Indeed, in the cosmic liturgy of the Eucharist, the kingdom has come on earth as it is in heaven. Thats why the early Christians recited a short "doxology," after saying the Lords Prayer during the Mass. We still pray their doxology ("For the kingdom, the power, and the glory . . . ") in our Mass. B. Until He Comes Again In the earliest Eucharistic celebrations, the first believers also prayed a short prayer for the coming of the Lord in glory: "Come, Lord Jesus!" The prayer - an Aramaic expression, Marana tha - is also found in the New Testament where it also evokes the Eucharistic setting (see 1 Corinthians 16:22; Revelation 22:17, 20). The early Christians looked forward to the second "coming" of the Lord. The Lords coming in glory was anticipated as a time when He would finally reveal himself and call all peoples into His presence for judgment (see Matthew 24:27; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 3:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:1,8; 1 John 2:28). Parousia (pronounced: PAHR-oo-SEE-uh) the Greek word used by the New Testament writers for this "coming" means both "advent" or "arrival" and "bodily presence." For instance, Paul uses parousia to describe his own immediate bodily presence, which he admits is, while real, not striking or imposing (see 2 Corinthians 10:10; Philippians 2:12). Outside the Bible, parousia came to be an official term for the visit of a king or emperor. And the first Christians saw the Eucharist as a parousia. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes," Paul wrote (see 1 Corinthians 11:26). Pauls words are still heard in our Eucharist celebrations today - one of three options for proclaiming the Mystery of the Faith following the consecration of the bread and wine. Very early, Christians began praying, also as we still do, "Hosanna . . . blessed is he who comes in the Lord" in their celebrations of the Eucharist (see Matthew 21:9). Jesus himself had said, one the threshold of His passion: "I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord" (see Matthew 23:39). And we see Him when we say this prayer in the Mass. In every Eucharist, He fulfills His promise to be with us until the end of the age
(see Matthew 28:20). The Eucharist is His coming, the parousia, the Real Presence of Christ. In the Eucharist we have the bodily presence of Christ, the coming of the king who stands at the right hand of God (see Acts 7:56). In describing His "coming," Jesus said that "this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place" (see Matthew 24:34). And at the last supper, He said He would not drink wine "until the kingdom of God comes" (see Luke 22:18). A moment later, He told the apostles: "I confer a kingdom on you . . . that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel" (see Luke 22:29-30). These same images are found in Johns vision of the cosmic liturgy - the wedding feast of the Lamb (see Revelation 19:9); Jesus as the Word of God and the King of Kings (see Revelation 19:13,16); the kingdom of priests who reign with him (see Revelation 5:10; 20:6); the thrones of judgment (see Revelation 20:12); the "apostles of the Lamb" and the "twelve tribes of the Israelites" (see Revelation 21:1014). C. A Share in His Body and Blood Whenever the New Testament speaks of Christs coming, it speaks also of His judgment. The Eucharistic parousia is a real presence Christ coming in power to judge. This is why we must come worthily to the celebration. As Paul warned, if we do not acknowledge come worthily, we eat and drink judgment upon ourselves (see 1 Corinthians 11:27-32). This is why before we pray the words of the centurion while on our knees before receiving communion, "Lord, I am not worthy . . . " (see Matthew 8:8). We are not worthy to be visited by our Lord. And yet He makes us worthy. He grants us "participation" (koinonia, "communion" or "sharing") in His body and blood (see 1 Corinthians 10:16). Through this Eucharist we "come to share (koinonia) in the divine nature" (see 2 Peter 1:4). This participation, this sharing is the goal of all of salvation history, the blessing that God desired to bestow on all peoples. It is a history that begins "in the beginning," as we read on the Bibles first page, and continues in every Mass, in which we echo the prayer found on the Bibles last page - "Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!" (see Revelation 22:20). And with every coming of the Lord in the Eucharist we anticipate that final coming, when death will be defeated, and He will hand over the kingdom to His Father, and God will be all in all (see 1 Corinthians 15:23-28). In the Eucharist we receive what will be for all eternity, when we are finally taken up to heaven to join with the heavenly throng in the marriage supper of the Lamb. At Holy Communion we are already there.
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our attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, of what we offer Him. When we give to God and others, we should being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God have a joyful heart because of what we are able to give. We should something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very not worry about how much we are giving up, for everything benature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in longs to God n the first place. Instead, we should joyfully give to appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death God our best in time, money, possessions and talents. even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place b. Negative attitudes lead to wrong decisions. and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of (1 Samuel 8:1-22) Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, Look, they told Him, you are now old, and your sons are not like and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God you. Give us a king like all the other nations have. It was not their the Father. desire for a king that was wrong but their reasons for wanting a Philippians 2:5-11 king. Often we let others values and actions dictate our attitudes If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any and behaviour. comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderc. Negative attitude or Lack of Appreciation for what God has given ness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, us leads to complaining. having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better III Positive Attitude Benefits than your selves. Each of you should look not only to your interest but to a. Positive attitudes allow God to work. the interest of others. (Genesis 39:1-23) As prisoner and slave, Joseph could have seen Attitude is as complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and his situation as hopeless. Instead, he did his best with each small values dispositions to act in certain ways. It is the way a person views task given himRemember how God turned Josephs situation something or tends to behave towards it, often in an evaluative way. around. He will see your efforts and can reverse even overwhelming odds. (Romans 8:28) Oftentimes our attitude towards giving, law of generosity, forgiving and loving, and to the needs in our life makes our life poorer, miserable b. Positive attitude can influence others and unhappy. We excuse selfishness, pride or evil by claiming our (Exo. 14:1-14) The people were hostile an despairing, but Moses rights. (I have a right to my own). But as believers, we should have encouraged them to watch the wonderful way God would rescue a different attitude; one that enables us to lay aside our rights in order them. Stand firm and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomthat we may follow Christ and live as he Lived. plish. God will make a way. I The Best Positive Attitude Is One Like Christs c. Positive attitudes will help overcome difficulties Philippians 2:5 Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus (Ruth 2:1-13) Difficulties can be a test of your character that can had. open up new doors of opportunity. a. An attitude of Humility and Serving Other People will help us to IV Key To Having A Good Attitude. be more like Christ. (Romans 8:6) If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. b. An attitude of love sums up many aspects of good attitude towards But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace. others. a. Letting Gods Holy Spirit control our minds, rather than letting our c. Philippians 4:4-6 Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again sinful nature control it, is the key to having a good attitude. Rejoice!...Dont worry about anything; instead, pray about every(Romans 12:2) Dont copy the behavior and customs of this world, thing. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. but let God transform you into a new person, by changing the way An attitude of Faith in God Has Many Positive Aspects: joy in every you think. circumstance, dependence on God in prayer rather than worrying, and b. When we give God control over our lives, He gives us His attitudes thankfulness no matter what. and ways. II Negative Attitudes Affect Our Relationship With God. c. Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is a. Negative attitude may cause us to turn away from God. noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, what(Genesis 4:1-16) ever is admirable if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things. Gods discipline - responding with resentment to Gods discipline can lead us into sin. Gods standards God evaluates both our motives and the quality
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started. It was raining very hard and the wave was as high as the spirit of bonding among all the participants. The rain didnt stop them from praising and worshipping God. On the same day, Bro. Tony Sacapanio, an assistant elder disciple also celebrated his 53rd birthday. Everyone surprised him with a bountiful food and a
huge cake and warm greetings in the middle of was also shared by everyone. the outpouring rain. The cold breeze never made our hearts cold Brunch was served and shared by everyone. but instead the joyful spirit of each participant The fun was never complete without games on made us feel the warmth of Gods embrace. the beach. The participants enjoyed the parlor May there be more summer outings to come to games, such as sack race, candy relay, tug o bring bliss in the midst of lifes crisis, and heat war and volleyball game. A bag of snack and in the cold miles of distance from family and chocolate served as prizes for each group which loved ones of OFW here in Korea.
Holy Mass ............................. Bokwang Dong Fridays: Bible Sharing Itaewon, Sangmun, Chang Wi-2 dong, Myonmok Dong, Songsu Dong Saturdays: Prayer Intercession .............. Bokwang Dong Bible Sharing ....................................... Ansan Sundays: Fellowship: Praise and Worship service Sungdong Social Welfare, Majangdong *Every 1st Sunday: Mass and Healing For inquiries, Prayer and Counseling, please call: PPFI Center : 02-6013-2390 or 02-794-2338 (fax) or Bro. Tony Sacapanio (010-3040-7995 / 010-7640 -6778
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"The Lord is with us," as the priest says after communion. And we are sent away from every Mass in peace - both dismissed and commissioned - to live the mystery, the sacrifice we have just celebrated, through the splendor of our ordinary life in the home and in the world.
What does it mean in the Old Testament when God is said to "remember"? What did Israel remember in its ritual worship? Explain how Israels remembrance of its covenant brought the people into a mysterious sharing of the covenant made with their ancestors. How and why does the New Testament describe Christ as a new "paschal lamb"? What does parousia mean? Why do we say that the Eucharist is parousia?
The ministry said 4,700 small- and mediumsized enterprises currently hire a total of 46,000 migrant employees. We specifically target these firms, as theyre in a better financial condition compared with much smaller companies with fewer employees, Jang said. Employers violating the law twice or more will be prohibited from hiring E-9 visa holders. The ministry will also urge firms with between 30 and 49 workers to put a priority on hiring locals over foreigners. We have not come up with a specific plan yet but those companies will include those paying higher wages or located in bigger cities, Jang said.
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The city will also set up more public health centers by 2014, so that one clinic will only have to handle 50,000 to 70,000 people from the current 700,000. It will establish hospitals specializing in diseases related to senility, have 50 private clinics open at night and on weekends, and increase free vaccinations for children.
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(City hospitals to provide Read Pauls warnings about the worthy caregivers for patients) reception of the Eucharist (see 1 Corinthians 11:27-32). Do you truly "discern" the body By Kim Rahn Based on what you have learned in this course, amily members usually tend to what resolutions can you make to better hospitalized kin or hire a private "discern" the body and blood of Christ when caregiver to do the job. you come to Mass? But by 2015 those staying at all hospitals run end by Seoul City will no longer need to attend to Small firms urged to hire sick family members all day long as professional medical staff will do so on their Koreans over foreigners behalf. By Yi Whan-woo Seoul City Tuesday announced its master he Ministry of Employment and Labor plan for public medical services, named said Sunday that it will encourage small- Healthy Seoul 36.5, to expand the service for and medium-sized firms to hire Koreans rather not just the poor but to all citizens. The number than foreigners in order to provide more jobs 36.5 stands for a persons normal body temperature. for local jobseekers. Under the plan, all eight city-operated A ministry official said that firms with a staff of 50 to 300 will not be allowed to recruit low- hospitals will become hospitals without skilled migrant works with an E-9 visa guardians by 2015, starting with the Seoul beginning next month if they have refused to Medical Center in October. Nurses and other medical staff will take care of the patients at renew employment for Koreans. The move comes with the unemployed those hospitals when their family members criticizing migrant workers as taking their jobs. cant be with them. It indicates that the public sector will share The number of Koreans who are either jobless or working part-time or less than 36 and take charge of the burden of nursing, which hours per week was 1.68 million as of May. On patients families usually undertake and often the other hand, the low-skilled foreign imposes a heavy burden on them, Mayor Park workforce increased from 52,000 in 2005 to Won-soon said in a media briefing at the medical center. 194,000 in 2011. Public medical services have been focused The labor law requires small- and mediumsized companies with less than 300 workers to on the underprivileged, offering a minimum hire immigrants only when they fail to find range of services. Well expand the related Koreans suitable for low-skilled jobs despite a budget to adopt services that satisfy all the daily basic needs of citizens, he said. 14-day recruitment notice. To do this, the city will spend 353 billion Those firms, however, have not been cooperative and favor the cheaper foreign labor, won for medical services in 2013 and expand the budget by 100 billion won in 2014, so that according to the ministry the funds will account for 2.3 percent of the We understand that the small- and midcitys total budget. sized companies have financial difficulties and Many cities around the world spend a are trying to cut labor costs, said Jang Hyungreater portion of their budget on public suk, a senior deputy director of the foreign medical services, such as 7.5 percent in Tokyo, workforce policy division under the ministry. 4.7 percent in Singapore and 2.3 percent in But employers should not forget that the New York, he said. government introduced the employment Well make efforts so that Seoul citizens can program to allow migrant workers because the firms had difficulty finding local job applicants. maintain a healthy temperature of 36.5 degrees And now its time to force those employers to Celsius from the cradle to the grave, he said. obey the law, he said.
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Visa issuance application should be made in a group, individual visa issuance application will not be allowed. When the entry schedule of a worker is finalized, HRD Korea can inform the detailed schedule to concern employer.
Entry and Induction (Sending Agency In this regard, we plan to ask embassies of HRD Korea Employer) Recently, the MOEL recognized the increase EPS sending countries in Korea to set up a of brokers' intervention in the workplace Re-entering workers move in a group with the protection measure for their nationals not transfer of foreign workers and their guidance of HRD Korea and concerned sending to be tempted by the brokers and work in encouragement and unfair profit from it, agency (individual entry is not allowed) their workplace with confidence. which led MOEL to decide to respond Re-entering worker will be transported to a strongly. On the other hand, education and promotion specific place from the airport in a group for activities will be strengthened for foreign Pursuant to the Act on Foreign Workers' medical check-up. workers not to be deceived or accept the Employment, etc, parties other than The employer / workplace shall be notified tempting offer from brokers. Professional Stability Organizations of the result of the medical check-up. If (Employment Stability Center of MOEL) Employment education program for any contagious disease is found, the Chief shall not intervene in the employment foreign workers will include the subjects of concerned District Public Health Center procedures, such as selection, job referral, regarding 'workplace transfer' and shall be advised. etc, of foreign workers who came to Korea 'damages with broker's involvement' thru the Employment Permit System. It After completion of the processes of EPS We will publish and distribute 'guideline does not matter if the broker gets a service mandatory insurances, employee will be brochure' to foreign workers visiting charge from the concerned foreign worker transported to his/her employer Employment Stability Center for the on his/her workplace transfer. Insurances subscription by employer: purpose of workplace transfer and will Any broker or individual found conducting Departure Guarantee Insurance, Guarantee disseminate guidance letter to all or intervening in the employment Insurance employers hiring foreign workers. procedures shall suffer imprisonment of Insurances subscribed by employee: ONE(1) year or less OR shall be imposed So far, the Employment Stability Center has Return Cost Insurance, Casualty Insurance recommended appropriate job seekers to the a penalty fee of 10 Million won or less. companies. Simultaneously, the lists of Commencement of employment contract Foreign workers who apply for workplace companies planning to hire foreign workers (HRD, Employment Center) transfer has increased, while the size of have been handed out to the foreign job Employment period will be counted from foreign workers in Korea has likewise seekers, which is for the smooth and active the date that concerned foreign worker increased continuously. job matching service. arrives at his/her workplace (employer). * Total No. of foreign workers (person): - MOEL has reviewed the ways to stop 5. Implementation schedule and Transitional (Year of 2008) 156,429 / (Year of 2009) distributing the list of companies which Measure 158,198 / (Year of 2010) 177,546 / (Year might be misused by brokers of 2011) 189,190 The amended Act shall be implemented MOEL plans to spur the job referral from 02 July 2012. * Workplace transfer application (case): service for foreign workers, which helps (2008) 60,542 / (2009) 70,183 / (2010) The employer should submit the re-entry them find a new company within the 3 69,861 / (2011) 75,033 application to the competent Employment months legally allowed period. Center 1 month before or at least 7 days Along the workplace transfer process, - MOEL will strictly act on the interruption prior to the expiry date of the worker;s some brokers tempt/encourage foreign of the employer for foreign worker's contract duration. workers to change their workplace by workplace transfer, such as intentional abusing the fact that foreigners are alien to In case the workers contract delay in reporting on workplace transfer. Korea. Unfortunately, some of the workers expiration is between 02 July 2012 to Lee Tae Hee, Deputy Director General of end up unemployed. July 31, 2012, the application for ReManpower Supply said "EPS was highly entry can be submitted starting 25 June * At the moment, it is difficult to estimate complimented in ILO as a leading migration 2012. the size of brokers' intervention into Management System in Asia (September foreign workers' workplace transfer Concerned Employment Center will 2010), and received 'UN Public because report to the government agencies issue an Employment Permit from 02 Administration Award' (June 2011)" and is not done properly, which makes it July 2012 after validating the added "We will strongly act upon the illegal difficult to come out with correct statistics. qualifications and requirements of approach of brokers to the foreign workers' concerned parties. workplace transfer and plans to support the To prevent cases of brokers' involvement in employers to hire foreign workers legally. foreign workers' workplace transfer, MOEL NOTE: Unofficial POLO translation plans to take actions such as the following: Original document posted at If you need further details on this, pls give a www.eps.go.kr call to Senior Deputy Director Jang, Hyun Joint crackdown with other government Posted 14 June 2012 Seok ( 02-2110-7194) agencies on irregular stayers will be implemented together with the o o investigation on brokers' involvement in foreign workers' workplace transfer. Highly suspicious brokers (brokerage organization) will be closely monitored. MOEL plans to request the police agencies to investigate brokers if any violation is found in terms of foreign workers' employment procedures. A hotline will be operated for the purpose of prompt report at MOEL main office
(Foreign Workforce Policy Division) and Employment Centers throughout Korea. A person-in-charge of processing foreign workers' workplace transfer at the Employment Center should question the foreign worker if there is any involvement of a broker. In case a broker's involvement is apparent, the application can be closely investigated and actions can be taken.
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support or welfare MIRIAM COUNSELING 2. How to calculate the monthly salary based on CENTER For Migrant Women the hourly pay: 40-hour work week Wages 1. Period of application: Jan. 1 2012 ~ Dec. 31 50-17 Dongsoong Dong Chongrogu Seoul regularly paid a month for contractual work2012 110-809 near Maronnier Park. Tel #(02) 747ing hours 209 hours 2. Minimum wage 2086 E-mail: [email protected] (KCWC) Of Hourly wage rate : 4,580 won, daily wage EVEN THOUGH THE STATUTORY fice hours: Mon-Fri. 11 am-5 pm Sat. day off rate (on a 8-hour basis): 36,640 won WORKING HOURS ARE REDUCED THE Sun. 3 pm-6 pm Activities: Emotional/ In the case of 40 hours per week (209 PREVIOUS MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD spiritual counseling Womans rights and hours per month) the monthly wage will BE GUARANTEED labor issues Korean language/culture study amount 957,220 won. If working hours are reduced to 40 hours per (men and women are welcome). 3. Target of application: every business or week, the minimum monthly wage may be KAILANGAN SA workplace employing workers calculated at 902,880 won. However, it should Workers whose minimum wage can be PAGPAPABINYAG be paid at 976,320 won which is the minimum reduced wage for the previous working hours (44 hours 1. Birth certificate ng batang bibinyagan - Apprentices: his/her minimum wage 2. 2X2 ID pictures (2 pcs) per week), may be reduced as much as 10% up to 3 When minimum wage is raised, the mini- 3. Application form (kumuha sa center) months (hourly wage rate :4,122 won) Kailangan ipasa ng mag-asawang magpapamum monthly pay may be calculated at 4. Workers who are not applied the minimum 957,220 won. However it should be paid at binyag ng anak ang application form at suwage 976,320won which is the minimum wage for mailalim sa interview sa Catholic Center - A person who has remarkably low abilities the previous working hours (44 hours per isang linggo bago dumating ang takdang araw to work due to a mental or physical handi- week). ng binyag. cap (when approved by the Minister of Ang mga magulang, ninong at ninang ay (However, in case of a worker who was emLabor). ployed on July 1, 2011 and onwards, minimum bibigyan ng katekismo sa binyag na ginaganap - An employee who works for the workplace wage shall be calculated based on 209 hours tuwing ika-10 ng umaga, araw ng linggo which employ only relatives living to- <209 x 4,580 won>) (mismong araw ng binyag). Tanging ang mga gether or domestic workers. pangalan ng mga nakadalo ng katekismo ang - A sailor who is subject to the seamen law mailalagay sa Baptismal Certificate. Ang biMGA IMPORTANTENG or an owner of ship employing sailor. lang ng mga ninong at ninang ay hindi dapat 5. Liability of the employer PAALAALA lalabis sa dalawampu. Ang lahat ay pi Liable to pay above the minimum wage to Mga kailangang dokumento sa paga-asikaso ng nakikiusapang isaisip ang angkop na pananamit the employee. mga reklamo tungkol sa sahod: para sa okasyon. - An employer shall pay the workers at least the minimum wage rate or more. 1. Pay Slip or any other proof of payment of PANAWAGAN PARA SA MGA salary And no employer may lower the previ2. Daily Time Record (DTR) if available, or NAGPAPABINYAG ous wage level on the ground of the self-made record of daily work attendance Tinatawagan ang pansin ng lahat ng mga di minimum wage. specifying Regular Working hours, Over- pa nakakakuha ng Baptismal Certificates ng - If a labor contract provides for a wage time, and Night Differential. kanilang mga anak. that is less than the minimum wage rate, Maaari ninyong kunin ang mga ito sa Cathoit shall be considered to stipulate that the 3. Labor Contract lic Center tuwing linggo sa ganap na alas 9:00 same wage as the minimum wage rate 4. Bank Book/ Passbook 5. Alien Card and Passport ng umaga hanggang ika 12:00 ng tanghali, at sa shall be paid. ganap na ika 4:00 hanggang ika 5:00 ng hapon. 6. Obligation of notice of the minimum wage to MGA LIBRENG KONSULTA Maliban po lamang sa tuwing ikadalawang the worker lingo ng bawat buwan. Makipag-ugnayan po - An employer shall inform the workers of AT GAMOT kay Edison Pinlac: (010-2906-3109) o sa kahit minimum wage rate, wages not included in na sinong Lay Minister. the minimum wage, effective date, and Doty Hospital - 42-5 Eung-am-dong, Unworkers being excluded from the minimum pyeong-gu, Seoul 122-906, tel. no. (02)385KAILANGAN SA wage Act. 1477 7. In the cases of the following, a contractor PAGPAPAKASAL Joseph Clinic - 423 Yeungdongpo-dong, Yeshall take responsibility for violating Miniung dongpo-gu, Seoul 150-030, Mon.-Fri. 1pm- 1. Birth Certificate ng mga ikakasal mum Wage Act jointly with the subcontrac2. Status of singleness from Census 9pm, Tel. No.(02)2634-1760 tor. (notarized) Raphael Clinic - inside Tong Song High - As for determining the unit labor cost 3. Parents consent as proof of singleness School, every Sun. , 2-6 pm. lower than the minimum wage at the time (notarized) National Medical Center Dongdaemun Tel. of the signing of the contract; 4. Baptismal Certificate for marriage purposes No. 2260-7062 to 7063 - As for lowering the unit labor cost to beSeoul Medical Center Gangnam Tel. No. 5. Confirmation Certificate for marriage purlow the minimum wage in the middle of poses 3430-0200 the contract period. 6. Passport (xerox copy) 7. Pre-Cana seminar na gaganapin bago ang MIGRANT CENTERS HOW TO ESTIMATE IF THE MINI- Guri Pastoral Center takdang araw ng kasal. Makipag-ugnayan 031-566-1141 MUM WAGE IS FULFILLED po lamang sa Catholic Center para sa schedAnsan Galilea Center 031-494-8411 1. Convert the total wages excluding the below Suwon Emmaus Center ule. 031-257-8501 wages and allowances into hourly wage rate Friends Without Borders Counseling Office SA LAHAT NG MAY E-9 VISA and compare it with hourly minimum wage 032-345-6734/5 Para Po sa lahat na may E-9 VISA, may tatlo ( 4,580won). Gasan, Song-uri International Community pong tanging dahilan upang payagan kayong Wage which is not paid regularly more 031-543-5296 makalipat ng kumpanya. Ito po ay; than one time per month (such as bonus) Uijungbu, Nokyangdong Migrant Center 1. Kayo ay dalawang buwang hindi pinasasa Wage which is paid for the non031-878-6926 hod contractual working hours (such as ex- Masok Chonmasan Migrant Center 2. Kayo ay pisikal at verbal na sinasaktan, o tended work allowance, holiday work 031-593-6542 di kayay allowance, etc) Bomun, Seoul Foreign Workers Labor Coun3. Bankrupt o lugi ang kumpanya Allowances paid for an employee's living seling Office 02-928-2049/924-2706
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Old Philippine Passport and a photocopy of the passport data page, last page showing the name and signature of the signing officer, and the page with the date of last entry to Korea Passport application form Remember your Appointment Reference Number ePassport fee US$ 60.00 payable in cash only.
A child born in the Republic of Korea with Filipino parent/s should be reported to the Philippine Embassy in Seoul , not later twelve (12) months from the date of birth, for transmittal to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General, National Statistics Office (NSO), Manila. Report of the birth of a child after one year is considered late and an Affidavit of Late Registration shall be required. Requirements for ROB 1.Duly accomplished ROB form in 4 original copies 2.Birth Certificate issued by the Korean hospital where child was born ( with English translation) 3.If child is legitimate, marriage contract of parents. If marriage was in the Philippines, marriage contract must be authenticated by NSO. If abroad, copy of Report of Marriage duly received by the Philippine Embassy with jurisdiction to register the marriage. 4.If not married, NSO authenticated birth certificate of mother. If the surname of the father will be used, Affidavit of Admission of Paternity and Authority to use surname of Father will be required from the father. Republic Act 9255 allows illegitimate children to use the surname of their father. (Notarization fee of affidavit is Won 33,550) 5.Valid passports/ travel documents of the parents 6.If parent/s are naturalized Filipino/s, naturalization documents are required 7.If reporting is done after twelve (12) months from occurrence, Affidavit of Late Registration of Birth. (Notarization fee of affidavit is Won 33,550) 8.Consular Fee: Won 33,550 Processing period: two (2) working days Original documents will be required upon processing together with four (4) photocopies. Photocopy of a document will be accepted provided they are authenticated/ certified true copy (CTC) by DFA or the nearest Philippine Embassy or Consulate. The Consulate may require additional requirements , if necessary. Dear FilCom,
Check your name on the list of applicants with appointment Complete all information on the passport application form Wait for your name and number to be called at Window 4 Submit the application form and present your old Passport and photocopies OPTIONAL : If you wish to avail of the courier service, get a courier form and write your name and complete return address. Get a copy of the courier form. Payment will be made upon delivery of your ePassport. Have your old passport canceled by the consular officer. Go to cashier and pay the exact amount of US$ 60.00 in cash. No check may be accepted Keep your receipt and show it when you claim your ePassport in person after 6 weeks. Go to the encoder for encoding of data, picture taking, taking of thumb marks and digital signature. Applicant should be in decent attire. Both ears should be shown Keep your receipt of payment and bring your old passport for cancellation to claim your ePassport. You can also authorize a representative to claim your passport by giving authority at the back of y o u r claim receipt.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea notified all Diplomatic Missions that the Organizing Committee for the Expo 2012, Yeosu , Korea has special offers and privileges available for foreign visitors to the Expo. - Foreigners visiting the Expo are offered lower prices for entrance tickets (KRW 10,000 instead of KRW 33,000) and KTX train tickets. - A duty free shop has been established at the Expo site. - Reserved seats are available for foreigners at K-Pop concerts within the Expo site. May we encourage you and your community to visit the Expo site. You may refer to this link to the PE website regarding a similar announcement. 5-1, Itaewon 2-dong, Yongsan-Ku, Seoul, 140-857 Thank you. Korea Atty. Felicitas Q. Bay Tel: 82 2 3785 3634/5; Fax: 82 2 3785 3624 Labor Attache [email protected] Philippine Overseas Labor Office www.philembassy-seoul.com Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines
NOTE: It takes about six (6) weeks to process the ePassport as the approved applications are sent to a central processing facility in the Philippines.
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Phil.Embassy (Labor Office) (Consular Office) (Hotline) Philippine Airlines Fr. Alvin Parantar, MSP Sr. Miguela Santiago Edison Pinlac (Pres/JPC) Bro. Jimmy Villaflor (VP) Masok (Gil Maranan) Taerim Community (Dan) Worship Ministry (Ely) Recreation Ministry (Mike)
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SAMBAYANAN
Lay Eucharistic Ministry (Cecil) FMAA (Norma) LRC (Rey) CWI Mokdong Immigration Processing (Detention) Center 02-2650-6247 Hwaseong, Suwon Immigration Processing (Detention) Center 031-355-2011/2 Chungju Immigration Processing (Detention) Center 043-290-7512/3 Yang Seung Geol Han Suk Gyu 011-226-9237 010-5348-9515 010-2408-1554 010-3922-3109
is prepared and published monthly by the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center for Filipino Migrants which is being administered by the Mission Society of the Philippines under the auspices of Seoul Archdiocese.
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