OFWs Call for Remittance Boycott on Nov. 1 & 2

[uls]

Boycott remittance for 2 days?

ano effect nyan?

Parang yung kinakalat sa email na mag-boycott daw ng oil companies. Did that ever work?

Besides, even if that 2 day boycott succeeds, it wont have any effect. The economy wont feel a thing.

Siguro 6 month boycott pwede pa ma-hurt ang economy. Around 6B dollars yan.

But who is that boycott gonna hurt more? The economy or the dependents?

Blame the weak dollar on Bush.

Tax cuts and govt super-overspending and trade deficit with China sent the dollar into free fall.

[b1rken5tock]

If OFW wants a more stable USD/PHP exchange rate, dapat siguro magtayo ng OFW USD Stabilization Fund.

1. OFW will remit USD at a lower rate, let say the current int'l rate is $1=P45, the OFW will get $1=P40, the P5 will be kept as a reserve fund.

2. If the USD get stronger, OFW will still get $1=P40, and the difference between the current int'l exchange rate will again be kept as a reserve.

3. If the USD get weaker or PHP get stronger, the OFW will still get $1=40, and the deficit will be taken from the reserve fund.

There should be an org/union/association who will manage the reserve. Maybe a banking institution can manage/handle this fund. They can even sign in OFWs as their customer. The OFW can use automatic remittance thru bank. The reserve will have to be build up until it is big enough to subsidize weakening USD or stronger PHP. Only those who joined the scheme long enough will benefit on a more stable dollar exchange.

At dapat lahat ng OFW magpaparticipate, kasi para sa kanila naman ito.
There are some complications with this idea, like the effect of blackmarket, illegal remittances, padala thru kaibigan...etc...

boycotting remittances is a very shortsighted view, we should think of a longer term plans, inde yung para ngayon o bukas lang, dapat mas mahabang panahon.

This is just an idea and it is not perfect, it has plenty of holes and pitfalls....fell free to build on this one by contributing more ideas.

[chrisboy]

for those people who are thinking that the exchange rate is the sole gauge of our economy's "growth" or strength... you're wrong. yeah the exchange rate is going down, yahoo! but take a look at the prices of goods? bumababa ba? hindi. tumataas parin. the buying power of the peso doesnt improve, it deteriorates.

para sa taong hindi ofw at sumasagot ng kung anu ano... easy lang. hindi mo alam ang effect ng pagbaba ng dollar sa mga ofw. i for one was raving before when the usd is down. but sa mga sumasahod ng dollar, yung pagbaba ng exchange rate is like having a pay cut. you exert the same effort on work but you get less in salary. another thing, hindi mo rin alam ang mga nararamdaman ng isang ofw dahil hindi ka ofw. isa pa... ganun siguro kadali sa mundo mo na papuntahin ang buong pamilya kung san ka bansa nagtatrabaho. i wish it is the same in the real world... besides, not all ofw's would want to stay in another country for a long time. so bringing the family to that country is not really an idea worth pondering on.

i believe that the 2 day boycott wouldnt make a difference. like what some of you here say, after those 2 days, the volume of remittance will just make up for the lost 2 days. kung ganun lang kadali sana mabago ang exchange rate... but it is a complex thing.

on another note, actually hindi lang naman ofw's ang naapektuhan nito eh.. even the big businesses. in fact a couple of days ago, manny pangilinan aired his thoughts about the government controlling a bit the "strength" of the peso. imagine, pldt... complaining about it. big thing right?

[theveed]

Lam nyo naman ang paawa "kami lang ang api" mentality lagi ang first resort ng mga ibang makikitid ang utak...

[freefries]

honga naman, kung 2 days lang sila magboycot anong effect nun, tapos sa nov. 3 dadagsa din ang remittance, mas malaki pa, dahil binawi yung 2 days na nawala,,,hayyyy....

di naman ako against jan, kasi naman beneficiary din naman ako, mahirap talagang bumaba ang rate ng USD to Php, imbis na tumaas ang sahod mo, eh parang nademote pa, pero what can we do about that?? Kahit pa bumaba ang dollars, marami pa rin ang umaalis ng bansa dahil mas maganda ang opportunity dun kesa dito sa atin, kaya hayan bilyon bilyon ang usd na pumapasok sa ating bansa....

Last two years, when we got our house construction loan from the bank, the rate was 56 to 1 pesos, so we decided to fix our rate at 11.5% per annum at 5 years..coz we're afraid the usd will fall at 60 to 1..

and it prove us wrong...

[suv]

for those people who are thinking that the exchange rate is the sole gauge of our economy's "growth" or strength... you're wrong. yeah the exchange rate is going down, yahoo! but take a look at the prices of goods? bumababa ba? hindi. tumataas parin. the buying power of the peso doesnt improve, it deteriorates.

Pero kung papipiliin mas ok mababa dollar.....

para sa taong hindi ofw at sumasagot ng kung anu ano... easy lang. hindi mo alam ang effect ng pagbaba ng dollar sa mga ofw. i for one was raving before when the usd is down. but sa mga sumasahod ng dollar, yung pagbaba ng exchange rate is like having a pay cut. you exert the same effort on work but you get less in salary. another thing, hindi mo rin alam ang mga nararamdaman ng isang ofw dahil hindi ka ofw. isa pa... ganun siguro kadali sa mundo mo na papuntahin ang buong pamilya kung san ka bansa nagtatrabaho. i wish it is the same in the real world... besides, not all ofw's would want to stay in another country for a long time. so bringing the family to that country is not really an idea worth pondering on.

Inasar ko lang naman mga ofws kasi dami reklamo sa buhay....

1st-- yung lifestyle columnist na tabachoy eh talagang nilechon ng mga ofws...sineseryoso ba mga ganyan bagay.....napikon na agad sa axe scandal...

2nd--- Pati yung desperate housewives pinatulan din.....Nagsorry na nga yung producer tapos eh gusto pa maki-alam ng mga ofws kung ano ipapalabas sa next episodes...(gusto na maging ofws director)

Tapos ngayon tumaas lang yung piso eh welga na naman mga ofws.....Mahilig sa UGALING EDSA mga pinoy :bwahaha:

Edsa na nga mga tao dito sa pinas....Edsa pa rin mga ofws sa ibang bansa...

May napanuod ako recently sa news.....ang laki daw ng pinapadala ng mga ofws sa mga relatives nila pero bakit hindi daw umaasenso......Alam nyo ano sagot doon sa study?.......MAGASTOS....HINDI DAW NAGIIPON NG TAMA.....ASA LANG NG ASA SA PADALA...BILI NG BILI NG NOKIA N95, IPOD.... (sa channel 2 ko napanuod yan sa news)

So advice sa mga ofws....Wag na kayo makisabay sa uso kung mahihirapan din naman kayo pag tagal..... Be practical.....3210 pwede na....eh Sun Sim and All text lang din naman pinaloload nyo....

i believe that the 2 day boycott wouldnt make a difference. like what some of you here say, after those 2 days, the volume of remittance will just make up for the lost 2 days. kung ganun lang kadali sana mabago ang exchange rate... but it is a complex thing.

on another note, actually hindi lang naman ofw's ang naapektuhan nito eh.. even the big businesses. in fact a couple of days ago, manny pangilinan aired his thoughts about the government controlling a bit the "strength" of the peso. imagine, pldt... complaining about it. big thing right?

Dollar kasi ang sweldo ni Mr pangilinan kaya nagrereklamo

Uulitin ko mas pabor sa pinas ang mababang dolyar kahit mataas pa rin ang bilihin....

Kung mas pabor sa mga ofws na mataas ang dolyar eh ano mas important...pinas or ofws?

[CoDer]

Kung mas pabor sa mga ofws na mataas ang dolyar eh ano mas important...pinas or ofws?

Rock on man!

Galing talaga sa angal mga pinoy kaya la tayong asenso.

[chrisboy]

daming reklamo sa buhay? yung 3 binanggit mo eh madaming reklamo sa buhay na ba yan? well again, you're not an ofw so you really cant tell kung ano ang feeling ng isang ofw. yung sa desperate housewives... ofw ba ang nagreklamo dun? hindi ba mga doctor na pinoy sa america na matagal na nakatira, and mga doctor sa pinas?

maybe if you have the guts to be an ofw, na magisa lang sa ibang bansa at nangangarap ng maayos na buhay para sa pamilya sa pilipinas... maybe... just maybe you will know what the ofws are feeling, and not be insensitive with your remarks.

of course mas importante and pinas, no doubt about it. but imagine what the philippines now if not for the money being sent by ofws. dont tell me the philippines wont be far off from what it is now.

[VtEC]

Inasar ko lang naman mga ofws kasi dami reklamo sa buhay....

2nd--- Pati yung desperate housewives pinatulan din.....Nagsorry na nga yung producer tapos eh gusto pa maki-alam ng mga ofws kung ano ipapalabas sa next episodes...(gusto na maging ofws director)

Tapos ngayon tumaas lang yung piso eh welga na naman mga ofws.....Mahilig sa UGALING EDSA mga pinoy :bwahaha:

cant resist myself from answering this post.

kakatawa ang post na ito.asarin ba naman mga ofw.

unang una pag sinabing pinoy, at ikaw e nasa ibang bansa or nasa pinas ka, pinoy kapadin tama ba? yong gawing katatawanan mga pinoy, at ikaw e hindi naapektuhan aba, parang hindi ka yata bagay sa bansang pinas.kahit hindi ikaw ang diretsahang sinabihan na brown monkey dahil andyan ka sa pinas at yong iba nasa abroad, brown monkey padin ang tingin sayo.kung ni katiting hindi ka tinatablan, isa lang ibig sabihin non hindi ka pinoy.sa akala mo sa hindi mo pagpansin sa bagay na yon e naiba kana sa mga tinatawag na pinoy??parehas padin yon, pinoy kapadin na ganon padin ang tingin sayo.ala kanang pinag kaiba don sa ibon na nakaapak sa likod ng kalabaw na akala e kalabaw nadin.na ok lang na gawin kang katatawanan ng ibang tao dahil ikaw ay isang hamak na pinoy.baka sa akala mo, madali lang makibagay sa mga ibang lahi na racist.mababa na nga tingin sa pinoy, then meron pang mga pinoy din na aalispusta sa kapwa pinoy parang me mali na don.para mo nadin sinabi na ok lang sayo na gawing katatawanan ang sarili mong pamilya (tatay at nanay mo, mga kapatid, mga anak mo).pag ganon kaya ang scenario makakatawa kapa or makapapang asar kapa kaya?

[chua_riwap]

Hwag nyo na pansinin si Suv. Epekto lang ng katol yan........