MIGRATION for work has become an enduring phenomenon in the country to the extent that the government has hailed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as the "new heroes" for the billions of dollars they remit -- considered as the lifeline to the country's...

MOST migrant workers leave the country for better-paying jobs abroad, but many of them end up in occupations below their qualifications, resulting in their "de-skilling" or "brain waste." The extent of this de-skilling or brain waste, however, is not...