San Jose, Antique – The capital town of San Jose de Buenavista has the most number of immigrants, which totals to 375, this data was bared by Commission on Filipino Overseas’ Senior Immigrant Service Officer Edwin Pajares. Aside from this, San Jose also topped the records on number of Antiqueñas married to a foreigner, 66 out of the overall count of 358 with 33 from Bugasong, and 29 each from Hamtic and Sibalom. This number was registered with CFO and their major destination countries as recorded are United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and South Korea.
Pajares, along with Nichole Pangilinan, also of CFO, were in town recently to conduct their annual Community Education Program (CEP) entitled “Pangingibang Bansa : Handa Ka Na Ba?” to raise public awareness on issues concerning migration, inter-marriages and existing government policies and programs directed against illegal recruitment, documentation fraud and human trafficking.
This leg of the CFO’s trip was part of its outreach program and aims to reach an approximate audience of 2,000 in a series of symposia around the province which intends to assist prospective migrants in making informed decision regarding settlement abroad.
Pajares also provided the members of Antique tri-media the hot-line to contact in cases where help is needed. It is easier to remember, he stressed, because it spells “I can Help You” or 1343. The number is operational starting March 15, 2011. CFO has also its email address, to wit: info@cfo.gov.ph and its website : www.cfo-anti-trafficking.org.ph. CFO is an agency under the Office of the President.\PIO_antique(lmpt)
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