Kung gaano kadami ang naghinanakit sa palakad ni Macoy during his term at gaano kadami ang nakinabang - mas disqualified ang lahat nang Philippine Presidente who succeeded him - why HINDI DAPAT ILIBING SA LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI?
What is more devastating than to go abroad after Marcos regime, thousands of applicants paying exhorbitant placement fees for jobs that do not exist and those jobs that exist place applicants in most horrible, horrendous, miserable, dangerous, and fatal circumstances that affect millions of OFWs who suffered and their families - worst than the subtle, insidious, and corrupt politicians, like Macoy, has been considered by many?
I went to US in 1971 - all that was needed was a passport from DFA that required a birth certificate which I didn't have. I submitted a sworn affidavit of 2 witnesses in lieu of birth certificate, an NBI clearance that cost me P6, 2 passport photos, an application for passport notarized and submitted to DFA for the passport fee of P60. The passport was issued after 3 days - WALANG LAGAYAN!!!!!
I obtained a permit from Malacanang (as a government employee of the Civil Service Commission) to travel to US to observe women's club activities, deposited P50,000 in the bank, went to the US Embassy for a visa - issued a B-2 on the strength of my purpose to travel. bought PAL round trip ticket Manila-Los Angeles-Manila for P3,200, flew to California on October 1971 and returned in July 1972. WALANG LAGAYAN!!!
I returned to work at the Civil Service Commission as Personnel Transactions Examiner in October 1972 after Marital Law. I figured in a car accident in January 1973, underwent physical therapy while out on 8 months sick leave from work,
Meantime, I applied in June 1973 to study nursing in the United Kingdom. I only typed a letter of application enclosing my undergrad college transcript, and got an acceptance letter within 4 weeks to study nursing instructing me to bring the letter to the British Embassy on Roxas Blvd. I only spent for the cost of an airmail stamp to send my application to England, spent jeep fare to the British Embassy which issued me a certification that a student visa will be issued to me 2 weeks before I leave for England to start school February 4, 1974. WALANG LAGAYAN!!!!!
I got a British student visa end of January 1974 which was 2 weeks before nursing school class started. I bought a one-way ticket to London for P2,500 and flew out February 2, 1974.
I was met at the London Heathrow airport by the Director of Nursing School and was taken to a Nurses Home where I had a single room with bed already made and basic food supplies - tea, sugar, etc. I was paid from the minute I set foot on British soil 60 Br. Sterling pound currency which in 1974 was equiv. to $3.75 to 1 Br. sterling pound = $225 that amounted to P1,687.50 a month at $1 to P7.50 exchange rate. I was paying 6 Br. pound sterling a month, roughly $20 for my accommodation with free linen laundry, and free student uniforms. I only paid for my food.
I was paid as student at an incremental scheduled rate increase for 3 years, passed my first board exam and worked as staff nurse for 6 months. I proceeded on secondment to obtain my second nursing qualification for 2 years at staff nurse pay and passed the general nursing board exam.
I worked for 18 months as psychiatric.general staff nurse at St. Tomas's Hospital across the British Parliament. I applied in Dec. 1980 to work in the US and was accepted Jan. 1981 in Little Rock, Arkansas. I was issued an RN license to practice nursing without taking the US NCLEX board exam based on reciprocity for being a State Registered Nurse (SRN) and Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) for England and Wales.
I was issued a work visa in Jan. 1981 but refused to move to US unless my family travel with me. I was notified by US Embassy in London to submit all passports of my family - 5 children and my spouse's. That took 4 months to comply until I got all passports together - submitted to the US Embassy in London. In less than 2 minutes interview - 2 questions asked - visas as dependents were issued to my 5 children and my spouse.
I resigned from my work at St. Thomas's Hospital, returned to Manila and picked up the first batch of 2 children who entered the US with me. By January, 1981, 4 children and my husband were in the U.S. WALANG LAGAYAN!!!! One child who was second year high school at Letran opted to remain for a while and arrived in US, June 1981. WALANG LAGAYAN!!!
Our children were ages 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 in 1981. My husband went on leave from NAPOLCOM in 1980 to study and obtained his Masters Degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. All 4 children graduated with college degrees from same university taking up odd jobs because they were minors.
At that time during Marcos years, WALANG POEA, OWWA, and DOLE interference. Foreign employment was between the applicant and the foreign employer. After Marcos years, the POEA, OWWA, and DOLE became the arbiters and facilitators in the matter of foreign employment. Instead of harping the best intentions for OFWs, these offices served more than bottlenecks for job applicants. There are thousand of RECRUITERS, fake and genuine alike WHO BECAME VERY INNOVATIVE IN EXACTING PLACEMENT FEES FOR PROMISED JOBS THAT DIDN'T NET MUCH FOR THE OFWS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FEES, ACCOMMODATION, ETC. Some jobs did not even exist.
There are more lawsuits against these recruiters everywhere they send job applicants. Who suffer? The government and the OFWs. Just when did all these start? NOT DURING THE MARCOS YEARS!!!
MARCOS should be buried in the LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI - his corruption is an issue that cannot be dealt with, no matter whoever sits as President. If it can be dealt with, who benefits? Even if people who were beneficiaries of wealth recovered from his alleged corruption are named - who actually benefit? These beneficiaries will never see what they are entitled to. Until now, we still contend that all of them Presidents have not effectively dealt with corruption in the country - involving themselves as well directly or indirectly aiding corruption.
You asked me and I give you my answer. Take it or leave it. I don't benefit now where Marcos is - to me FORGIVENESS IS ABSOLUTE WHERE THERE IS NO INTENTION TO RETALIATE.
Forget it, bury HIM where he should in the LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI. There are people who disagree but what do you hope to gain?
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