By Candice Rabusa: Lawson College has been under Migrante Melbourne’s radar since 2018 when student complaints were posted on social media by Filipino International Students. Claims regarding false promises of pathway to permanent residency, poor quality of teaching, substandard facilities, exorbitant fees and more importantly, bullying and threats of deportation are the most common themes […]
The International League of Peoples Struggle (ILPS) Australia held its national conference on July 25. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held online and attended by about 50 representatives from member organisations. Len Cooper, the outgoing chairperson of ILPS Australia and the chairperson of the global International Coordinating Committee (ICC) of ILPS, opened […]
By Gino Orticio and Alan Eduliantes, Migrante Queensland: This discussion paper highlights a case of a young Filipino interna- tional student currently enrolled in one Queensland’s registered training organisations (RTOs). Her case represents the plight and vulner- abilities of a sector of Filipinos who decided to take the migrant’s journey to Queensland via the Subclass […]
By Alexia Fuentes Back in March early this year, when news of the coronavirus broke, we all assumed it would pass in six weeks. We were all caught off guard when we suddenly realized the magnitude and seriousness of it all when it became a global pandemic which would then cripple economies around the world […]
By Laurence Castillo: The pandemic crisis has revealed the extent to which the Philippines has practically surrendered the taxpayer-funded social services to the highest bidders. In particular, the healthcare system has suffered one of the worst consequences of the privatisation of public services, as evinced in the constant lack of public funding allotted to government […]
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