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Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) have been called the “new heroes” of the Philippines, leaving their homes in search for better paying jobs abroad and keeping our economy afloat.

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Contrary to the high expectation that globalisation would create business opportunities in developing countries and play a big role in poverty alleviation through the creation of productive work opportunities, the latest report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) shows that the opposite is true.

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Fighting for land, diverse groups of farmers, fisher folk, ethnic minorities, and women were brought together in a forum called Land, Territory and Dignity.  The forum penned a Final Declaration on the contours of a new agrarian reform, and was held simultaneously with the 2nd International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD), organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).