US firms, magha-hire ng 75K pinoy seafarers

Sa isang pulong kasama si Pangulong  Ferdinand R. Marcos  Jr. sa Washington,  sinabi ni John Padget, presidente at CEO ng Carnival Corp.  na ang  kanyang “group of companies” ay nakatakdang mag-hire ng  mga Filipino seafarers.

Si Padget, kumakatawan din sa Carnival Cruise Line, Holland American Airlines and Seaborn,  pinuri ang mga manggagawang filipino para sa kanilang “hospitality at competitiveness” sa  global workforce.

“It doesn’t matter whether it’s the marine, deck, hospitality, restaurant…everything is based on the happiness, the smile, and the greatness of the Filipino employees,” ani Padget.

Sa nasabi pa ring pulong, inilatag naman ni  Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople sa US firms “the interest of 200,000 Filipinos”  na  “adhere to fair and ethical standards and principles.”

Pinasalamatan naman ni Pangulong Marcos ang  US employers para sa kanilang patuloy na kumpiyansa sa mga Filipino professionals at skilled workers.

“When you say that the — the ladies and gentlemen that we have here today represent 200,000, you do not represent 200,000 employees, you represent 200,000 families and you represent 200,000 communities in the Philippines,” ang sinabi ni Pangulong Marcos sa mga  employers.

Sa ulat, tinatayang mahigit na apat na milyong  Filipino immigrants (temporary at permanent) ang nasa Estados Unidos, kumakatawan sa  4th largest immigrant group matapos ang  Mexicans, Indians at Chinese.

Sa pamamagitan ng kanilang remittances, ang mga Filipino workers ay  nakapag-ambag sa  economic development, kapuwa sa Estados Unidos at Pilipinas, gamit ang kanilang  “kasanayan, talento at kadalubhasaan.”

Samantala, sa nasabi pa ring miting kasama ang mga  employers, kasama ng Pangulo sina  Ople, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel G. Romualdez, at Department of National Defense Officer-in-Charge, Senior Undersecretary Carlito Galvez, Jr.