3 April 2009 Dear Senator Roxas,
I should like to thank you for the kind response. Indeed, we, the working overseas Filipinos would appreciate getting a slice of your attention and support not only in the case of pre-need plans but also in providing OFWs especially those who have retired and come back home for good to join their respective families. As an OFW myself for the last 25 years in the Middle East, the time has come that I need to go home and be with my family. But what services and support does our government has done and would be done to augment our meager take home pay and to help us with our medical, hospitalization, subsistence as a would be senior citizen in our beloved country? What are the concrete assistance and supports are we expecting ? or shall I say, what kind of hope are we expecting to happen when we OFWS finally come home? Mr. Senator, I believe the future of OFWS who have toiled and work hard all their lives abroad and sending regular remittances to our country is quite dim and not promising when they go home and join their respective families. It is for this reason that I would like to call the Senator's attention and support that while we still have the time and the opportunity to launch and enact laws benefiting Overseas Filipinos when they retire back home, the House of Senate should not wait and waist time in doing their assignment, because the returning OFWS cannot wait any further than this time when our lawmakers would be able to enact realistic laws providing for retirement benefits of OFWS who have worked abroad for more than five years or more. I would also like to inform you that I believe our OFWs are ready to help and support those lawmakers who we believe would also support and provide us the retirement benefits we deserve. I for one would do my best to extend the necessary support to your good plans for us, OFWs. I trust that with Almighty God's blessing, you will make it to the Presidency, Mr. Mar Roxas so that you would be able to better help us, the poor OFWS when we finally retire home to our native beloved country. Respectfully, Dick E. Orense Incorporator and Ex-Chairman of the Filipino Expatriates in UAE Foundation Inc.-2007- Co-Founder, Filipino DanceSports and Cultural Club Dubai, UAE, 2007 Founder and President, Filipino Dance Club Dubai 1996, 1999-2000 Co-Founder, Bicol Anom Dubai UAE - 1999 Bagong Bayani Awardee 2002-03 On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:40 PM, MAR Roxas <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dick, > > > > Thank you for your interest in the “Legacy” issue and for sharing with me > your inputs on the matter. They are very insightful. It is indeed > lamentable that SEC has failed in its primary function of protecting > pre-need planholders relative to its function of regulating the pre-need > industry. There are still many lingering questions that remain unanswered > and I intend to get to the bottom of this scandal. > > > > I would like to stress that the apparent involvement in the controversy of > government officials like former SEC Commissioner Jesus Martinez is only the > tip of the corruption iceberg in our country and only proves that the Arroyo > Administration is incapable, or has refused, to root out corrupt practices > within its ranks. It is indeed unfortunate and disappointing to see that > while our people are suffering and undergoing belt-tightening measures > amidst the present global economic crisis, we see this shameful spectacle of > pre-need companies getting the hard earned savings of our people, but > consequently abandoning their financial commitments. Even more shameful is > the fact that there are corrupt public officials involved. > > > > Because of the Legacy issue and collapse of several pre-need companies, > pre-need regulations must all the more be strengthened for the protection of > planholders. It was precisely for this reason that I principally authored > Senate Bill No. 2077, also known as “The Pre-Need Code” which seeks to give > all the necessary protection to pre-need planholders. I have been > advocating for the passage of this bill since 1998 when I was still a member > of the House of Representatives. Senate Bill No. 2077 has already passed 3 > rd Reading in the Senate, but is still currently pending at the committee > level in the House of Representatives. > > > > It is high time that we advance and protect the interest of our citizens > against deceptive and corrupt practices. My position on this matter is > clear: *Mananagot ang dapat managot, magbabayad ang dapat magbayad.* > > > > God bless, > > Mar > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Deo Guerrero* <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM > Subject: SEC - LEGACY SCANDAL > To: [email protected] > > Dear Senator Mar Roxas, > > > > I have watched and seen the senate hearing conducted by your committee on > the Legacy scandal and I believed that you have done a very good job and > part justice to the planholders of Legacy. I said part justice because it is > just the beginning of a the whole scenario that we still expect to happen. > > > > Mr. Senator, I am also a victim of the CAP plan which my mother and i have > religiously paid only to find out that what we have been paying will go to > nothing. > > > > Same with other Plan companies such as the Platinum Plans Philippines Inc. > which we have come to know that it has been rehabilitated following a court > decision. > > > > Why all these are happening to the Pre Need Plans Companies? There is only > one answer, and it is the > > negligence of the sole regulatory body, the Securities and Exchange > Commission. The SEC is supposed to protect us but what kind of service is it > giving to the public? Why are the wrongdoings of these unscrupulous > companies,not immediately expose and instead being cover up. > > > > We count on your full investigation on these matters and we do trust that > those found guilty would be put to jail and those victims be paid and given > enough justice. > > > > Thank you Mr. Senator and please continue the good work. We are watching > you and would back you up in case you plan to continue serving the Filipino > people to a higher level, > > > > Respectfully yours, > > > > Dick E Orense > > Filipino Expatriates Foundation UAE > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "filex2007" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filex2007?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
